Adrian Shatte

Projects 10

Publications 55

Awards 7

Contact Details

Academic Head & Senior Lecturer, Information Technology

+61747813829
adrian.shatte@jcu.edu.au
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DDRMDg4AAAAJ&hl=en
JCU Townsville, Bebegu Yumba campus, Douglas

Biography

Dr Adrian Shatte is a Academic Head, Information Technology at James Cook University. His research focuses on the development and application of data-driven digital health technologies and human-centred computing to improve health, wellbeing, and behavioural outcomes. His work combines machine learning, digital phenotyping, human-computer interaction, and collaborative technologies to better understand human behaviour and support personalised interventions in real-world settings. His research has particular relevance to regional, rural, and remote communities where technology can enhance access to healthcare, support services, and wellbeing interventions.

Adrian has led and contributed to interdisciplinary projects spanning mental health, maternal and paternal wellbeing, digital engagement, citizen participation, and health service innovation. His research is characterised by close collaboration with healthcare providers, government agencies, industry partners, and community organisations to ensure that technological innovations translate into meaningful social impact. Through these collaborations, he has helped secure more than $2.3 million in competitive research funding from national, industry, and community-based sources. He is a co-founder of the interdisciplinary JCU Digital Wellbeing Research Group, where he leads the Applied HCI and Computational Wellbeing stream.

Beyond research, he is the Work-Integrated Learning Coordinator, and represents the IT discipline on the College of Science and Engineering's Teaching and Learning Committee. He has significant teaching experience across James Cook University, Monash University, Deakin University, and Federation University Australia, in the areas of software engineering, cybersecurity, and mobile development. He holds a Bachelor of Information Technology, Grad Cert in Education (Tertiary Teaching), and PhD in Information Technology. He is a committed educator and collaborator who works closely with students, colleagues, and industry partners to support impactful, practice-focused learning and research.

JCU Digital Wellbeing Research Group, 2025.

Research

Research Interests

Highlighted Papers (linked):

My research investigates how artificial intelligence, digital phenotyping, and human-centred technologies can be used to understand, predict, and improve health and wellbeing outcomes. I am particularly interested in the use of active and passive data streams, machine learning, and multimodal sensing to develop personalised, context-aware interventions that operate in real-world environments.

My work sits at the intersection of digital health, human-computer interaction, behavioural analytics, and computer-supported collaborative work. I collaborate extensively with health services, government agencies, community organisations, and industry partners to develop technologies that address challenges in mental health, service delivery, workforce engagement, and regional and remote communities.

Current areas of interest include:

Digital health and wellbeing
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
Digital phenotyping and behavioural analytics
Human-computer interaction
Computer-supported collaborative work
Context-aware and personalised interventions
Multimodal sensing and intelligent systems
Technology for regional, rural and remote communities

I am an active Higher Degree by Research supervisor and welcome collaboration with researchers, practitioners, and industry partners interested in digital health, applied artificial intelligence, behavioural analytics, and human-centred technology design.

Projects

FLARE – Federated Learning for AI-Based RRR Engagement

01 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026

Beyond the bump: Leveraging social media to build positive perinatal mental health in regional, rural and remote North Queensland women

13 Jan 2025 - 12 Jan 2027

Carbon accounting for sustainable design and manufacturing in the signage industry

01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021

Refining the bidirectional encoder representations from transformer (BERT) model for semantic intent classification using Twitter data

01 Jul 2020 - 01 Jul 2021

City of Casey Citizen Engagement Chatbot and Social Isolation Project

01 Jan 2020 - 01 Dec 2021

Leveraging digital technology to reduce the prevalence and severity of eating disorders in Australia (WIRED project)

01 Jan 2020 - 27 Jun 2022

Harnessing social media and m-health to predict, monitor and intelligently intervene in paternal postpartum depression

01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021

Evaluation of DigitalHealth@Home Remote Patient Monitoring Program

01 Jan 2020 - 27 Jun 2022

Passive monitoring and intervention for fathers' experiencing perinatal distress

01 Jul 2019 - 01 Jul 2020

Teaching

Teaching Interests

Drawing on my own professional experience in the IT industry, I have a particular passion for Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) and the development of meaningful industry-aligned experiences that enhance employability and deepen students' engagement with authentic practice. I coordinate and supervise industry project subjects that place students in real professional contexts, enabling them to work directly with organisations on current challenges and deliver tangible outcomes. My approach emphasises structured scaffolding, professional skill development, and close engagement with industry partners to ensure high-value placements and mutual benefit for education and industry. I also support colleagues in strengthening WIL integration across the curriculum, contributing to improved student readiness and stronger connections with the regional and national tech industry.

IT Student Design Sprint, 2025