Johanna Pirker is assistant professor, software engineer, and researcher at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at Graz University of Technology (TUG). Prior to this Johanna worked in the video game industry at Electronic Arts. About Johanna Johanna’s efforts to spread programming and computer science knowledge among non-engineers Read more…
Michael Hitchens is an associate professor in the department of Computing at Macquarie University, Australia. Before joining Macquarie he worked at Western Sydney University (1991-1995,2000) and the University of Sydney (1996-1999). About Michael Michael’s main research areas are video games and computer security. He is particularly interested in player experience, Read more…
Magy Seif El-Nasr is a Professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University, Boston. She is an associate editor for several journals, including: IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Games, and Elsevier’s Read more…
Casper is an Associate Professor of Game Design at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Casper has affiliated appointments in Computer Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, and with the School of Law, and works closely with faculty in Marine Science and Public Policy. About Casper Casper’s research focuses Read more…
Georgios Yannakakis is a Professor and Director of the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta (UM) and the co-founder of modl.ai. Georgios was formerly an Associate Professor at the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. About Georgios Georgios has published over 230 journal and Read more…
Evelyn Tan is a research student currently completing a PhD programme with Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence (IGGI) at the University of York About Alistair Evelyn’s PhD research focuses on improving matchmaking in team-based online games to compose more cohesive teams. She aims to do this through team cohesion typologies, Read more…
Dr. Daniel Johnson leads the Queensland University of Technology Games Research and Interaction Design Lab and is a Professor in the Bachelor of Games and Interactive Entertainment. About Daniel Daniel has completed Bachelors and Honours degrees in Psychology, a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and a doctorate on the psychology Read more…
Lennart Nacke is an Associate Professor, the Associate Director Graduate Studies for Stratford campus, and the Director of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Games Group at the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute. About Lennart As part of the Games Institute, Lennart is researching cognitive and emotional elements of player experience in Read more…
Pejman Mirza-Babaei is an Associate Professor of User Experience (UX) Research and Associate Dean Industry Relations at the Faculty of Business and Information Technology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Toronto. About Pejman Pejman was formerly UX Research Director at Execution Labs (Montréal, Canada) and UX Researcher at Vertical Read more…
Rafet Sifa is a PhD. student at the University of Bonn and a Data Scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems (IAIS), Germany. About Rafael Rafet is head of the Cognitive Business Optimization business unit, deputy head of the Media Engineering Department and a senior research data Read more…