I am a Lecturer at the Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab NZ) at the University of Canterbury. My research addresses individualised interactions between humans and intelligent virtual agents, enabled by recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence. Such agents can be purely text-based, voice-based, or embodied by utilising technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality. By taking a user-centred perspective, the overarching aim is to design human-AI interfaces that are valuable, efficient, and safe for users.