Author: Richard Zhao

Congratulations to Michael Shomoye for successfully defending his thesis! Michael’s thesis is available here. Michael’s work examines the recognition of emotions (boredom, confusion, etc.) using convolutional neural network in future Virtual Reality-based classrooms, so that …

Today, Dr. Richard Zhao, Dr. Meadow Schroeder, and Dr. Lauren Goegan were invited to present at the Alberta Research Network Symposium organized by the Ministry of Education, on the research work on GEARS, an educational …

Congratulations to Mohamad Elzohbi, Ph.D. candidate in our research group, for winning a Departmental Teaching Assistant Award in the 2022/2023 year!

Congratulations to Yiwei Zhang for having his paper “Enhancing MCTS with Convolutional Autoencoder and Linear Approximator in XCOM-Inspired Environments” accepted at the Tenth AIIDE Workshop on Experimental Artificial Intelligence in Games (EXAG)!

We welcome Mahdi Farrokhi Maleki, new master’s student, in our research group!

We have a new journal publication: Behavioral Modeling of Collaborative Problem Solving in Multiplayer Virtual Reality Manufacturing Simulation Games in the Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. Tyler Hartleb, B.Sc. graduate from our …

The Gauntlet has published an article describing our research work: U of C researchers design a computer game to help students with learning disabilities.

On June 7, as part of the Course Design Conversations Workshop hosted by the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, Dr. Richard Zhao joined a panel on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithmic Tools for Content Creation, …

We welcome Talaal Irtija and Avery Keuben as summer undergraduate research assistants to the group! Talaal and Avery will be working collaboratively with Dr. Meadow Schroeder and Dr. Lauren Goegan on the GEARS research project.

Congratulations to B.Sc. student Tyler Hartleb for having his paper “Exploring Magic Interactions for Collaboration in Virtual Reality Learning Factory” accepted at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2023) Annual Conference! Collaborators include Ph.D. student …