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Sally McKay

Sally McKay

MPhil Candidate
Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Art & Design

Website: www.sallymckay.com.au

Email: sally.mckay@unsw.edu.au

Supervisors: Jill Bennett, Volker Kuchelmeister

Sally McKay's work is located at the intersection of art and science with a focus on the development of Artificially Intelligent Digital Human Characters to promote preventative health in Huntington's Disease.
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Digital human characters
  • Immersive neuro art
  • Huntington’s Disease
  • Preventive Neurology
  • Science-art communication
  • Participatory design

Non-Traditional Research Outputs

  • In collaboration with the ARC Laureate felt Experience & Empathy Lab [fEEL] an Artificially Intelligent (AI) Digital Human Character ‘Sophie’ has been developed using innovative participatory design approaches underpinned by lived experience in the neurodegenerative condition Huntington's Disease and the practice of Preventive Neurology.
  • Sophie may be viewed on life-sized screens (to create a sense of presence) or on a range of smaller devices that will enable research to a global community aimed at understanding to what extent and an AI Character can offer peer support, motivation, self-efficacy and knowledge transfer for Preventive Neurology.

Conference Presentations

  • Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Kenning G; McKay S, 2023, 'Ai Viv and friends', presented at UNSW Future Health Expo 2024, Sydney, 14 March 2024
  • Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Kenning G; McKay S, 2023, 'Ai Viv and friends', presented at UNSW Ai Symposium 2023, Sydney, 22 November 2023

Exhibitions

Conference Posters

  • Award – 1st Prize Best Poster Award AI Symposium
  • Bennett J; Kuchelmeister V; Kenning G; McKay S, 2023, 'Ai Viv and friends', UNSW Ai Symposium 2023, Sydney, 22 November 2023