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Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Ben Swift is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Cybernetics.
Ben is an internationally-recognised interdisciplinary scholar, electronic/computer music artist and creative technologist. He’s an expert in AI/machine learning, computational art & music, computing education, user experience (UX) design, and cybernetics.
He leads the Cybernetic Studio—a cybernetic community that makes things out of hardware/software/people/stuff to explore cybernetic systems and their impact on the world.
As a livecoding artist he has performed at international arts festivals, including the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and the International Conference on Live Coding (ICLC). He is also a founding director of the ANU Laptop Ensemble, an interdisciplinary computer music research and teaching collective.
Ben is a maker of open-source software tools for generative AI, music, creative code, data analysis/visualisation, and more. He’s one half of the core development team for the Extempore programming environment 
Education/Academic qualification
Computer Science, PhD, The Australian National University
Research student supervision
- Registered to supervise
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Emerging Paradigms in Human–AI Creativity: From Visualisation to Biofeedback in Adaptive Interfaces
Herrington, J., Biedermann, T. & Swift, B., 17 Jun 2025, Human-Computer Creativity: Generative AI in Education, Art, and Healthcare. Geroimenko, V. (ed.). Cham: Springer Nature, p. 31-48 18 p. (Springer Series on Cultural Computing).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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High Resolution and Labeling Free Studying the 3D Microstructure of the Pars Tensa-Annulus Unit of Mice
Wu, J. P., Yang, X., Wang, Y., Swift, B., Adamson, R., Zheng, Y., Zhang, R., Zhong, W. & Chen, F., 8 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9, 720383.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Spatial anchor based indoor asset tracking
He, W., Xi, M., Gardner, H., Swift, B. & Adcock, M., Mar 2021, Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 255-259 5 p. 9417665. (Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2021).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
Camera Adversaria
Browne, K., Swift, B. & Nurmikko-Fuller, T., 21 Apr 2020, CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 3376434. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus) -
Disruption and creativity in live coding
Attanayake, U., Swift, B., Gardner, H. & Sorensen, A., Aug 2020, Proceedings - 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2020. Homer, M., Hermans, F., Tanimoto, S. & Anslow, C. (eds.). IEEE Computer Society, 9127204. (Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC; vol. 2020-August).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus)
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Australia's Digital Economy in 2030
Swift, B. (PI), Shellard, J. (CoI) & Young, R. (CoI)
17/05/22 → 28/10/22
Project: Research
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The Augmented Web
Gardner, H. (PI), Martin, C. (CoI) & Swift, B. (CoI)
1/05/19 → 31/10/19
Project: Research