Penny Kyburz

Penny Kyburz

Dr Penny Kyburz (Sweetser) is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing at ANU. She is a researcher in the areas of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction in video games and extended reality and an experienced game developer. She developed the GameFlow model, which is a seminal model of enjoyment in video games, and authored a book on Emergence in Games. She has contributed to 20 digital games, which have garnered many awards, including four prestigious BAFTA nominations. She has devised usability methods and led usability testing on AAA games. She also worked in the Senate as a policy adviser in digital rights, communications, and disability. She leads the ANU Games Research Group. She is an advocate for women in technology and games and is an Associate Editor for Elsevier’s Entertainment Computing and IEEE Transactions on Games.