• Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology

Prof. Daniel Angus is Professor of Digital Communication in the School of Communication, and Director of QUT's Digital Media Research Centre. Daniel's research examines issues at the intersection of technology and society, with a focus on artificial intelligence, automation, misinformation, and new methods to study the digital society. Daniel has been involved in computer and social science research for 20 years and he contributes regularly to media and industry on the impact of technology on society.

Daniel received a BS/BE double degree in research and development, and electronics and computer systems, and the PhD degree in computer science from Swinburne University of Technology, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Between 2008 and 2018 he worked in a number of roles at The University of Queensland, leading collaborative research at the intersection of computer science, design, communication, linguistics, and journalism.

He is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society, and the ARC Projects: Evaluating the Challenge of 'Fake News' and Other Malinformation; Using machine vision to explore Instagram's everyday promotional cultures; and, Young Australians and the Promotion of Alcohol on Social Media.

• 2021–present Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
• 2020–2021 Associate Professor of Digital Communication, Queensland University of Technology
• 2016–2019 Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Science, University of Queensland
• 2012–2015 Lecturer in Computational Social Science, University of Queensland
• 2008–2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Queensland

• 2008 Swinburne University of Technology, PhD
• 2004 Swinburne University of Technology, Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Computer Systems)
• 2004 Swinburne University of Technology, Bachelor of Science (Research and Development)

• Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing (0801)
• Communication Technology And Digital Media Studies (200102)

Fellow of the Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences

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