Serious Games Research Group

Serious Games Research Group

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We are the Serious Games Research Group at the University of Calgary led by Dr. Richard Zhao. We interested in serious games: these are computer games and gaming-related technologies for the purpose of training and education.

“Game” does not narrowly refer to only entertainment, as modern game engines (such as Unreal and Unity) are used everywhere from media and simulations to digital twins. We deploy immersive technologies (virtual reality, eye-tracking technology) as part of the experience.

We examine AI techniques (search and learning) to provide adaptive and personalized experiences, and for automated natural language generation.



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News

Congratulations to Farhan Aslam

Congratulations to master's student Farhan Aslam for getting his work "Voice-Augmented Virtual Reality Interface for Serious Games" accepted as a research paper in the 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)!
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New Publication on Enhancing Metaphor Detection

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Mohamad Elzohbi for having his paper “ContrastWSD: Enhancing Metaphor Detection with Word Sense Disambiguation Following the Metaphor Identification Procedure” accepted at the 2024 Joint International Conference...
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Welcome new graduate students!

We welcome two new graduate students, Matthew McConnell and Parsa Rahmati!
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Research

IVS (Immersive Virtual School)

GEARS (Gearing up for Education, Achieving Real-world Success)

Contact

Email: seriousgames (at) ucalgary.ca

Serious Games Research Group: ICT 716

Department of Computer Science
University of Calgary

2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4, Canada