Here is a list of the students and researchers I work with.
Undergraduate Students
Summer students 2020
- Erin Brintnell, 4th year Bioinformatics, Bachelor of Health Sciences
- Michael Wahba, 4th year, Computer Science and Biological Sciences
Summer students 2019
- Joweria Ekram is a 3rd year University of Calgary Bachelor of Health Sciences student majoring in Bioinformatics. Joined the lab as a summer student in 2019. Her project is funded through an NSERC undergraduate summer research award.
- Andrew Galbraith, 2nd year Bioinformatics student in the Health Sciences Program at the University of Calgary, joined the lab as a summer student in 2019. His project is funded through an NSERC undergraduate summer research award
- Alexander Vanc, second-year bioinformatics student at the University of Calgary, joined the lab as a summer student in 2019.
- Erin Brintnell, 3rd year University of Calgary Bachelor of Health Science student majoring in Bioinformatics and minoring in Mathematics, joined the lab as a summer student in 2019. Her project is funded through an NSERC undergraduate summer research award.
- Ryan Lee, 3rd year Bioinformatics student in the Bachelor of Health Science Program at the University of Calgary, re-joined the lab as a summer student in 2019.
Summer students 2018
- Ryan Lee, summer student, 3rd year Bioinformatics student in the Bachelor of Health Science Program at the University of Calgary, joined the lab as a summer student in 2018.
Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students
- Owen Brierley, Ph.D. Candidate, Computational Media Design, 2019 – present
- Neil Christensen, Ph.D. Candidate, Computational Media Design, 2020 – present
- Beth Kates, MSc, Drama: Incandescent Edges of the Future: Performance Creation with Virtual, Augmented and Carbon Realities, 2018 – 2020
- Neil Christensen, MSc, Computational Media Design, Altered Perceptions: Discerning the Natural from the Virtual in Extended Reality, 2017- 2019
- Alexander (Sasha) Ivanov, MSc, Computer Science: Augmented Reality for Evolutionary Design, 2017 – 2020
- Eric Eidelberg, MSc, Computer Science, 2016 – present
- Natasha Shevchenko, MSc Computational Media Design, 2016 – present
- Tim Davison, PhD, Computer Science, LifeBrush: An Illustrative Simulation Canvas for the Biological Mesoscale, 2015 – 2019
Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars
- Katayoon Etemad, Postdoctoral Scholar, Information Visualization and Exploration in Mixed Reality Environments, 2018-2019
- Markus Santoso, Postdoctoral Scholar, Augmented Reality Applications in Medical Education, 2015 -2017
- Sebastian von Mammen, Postdoctoral Scholar, SwarmScript: A Scripting Language for Agent-based Simulations, 2009 – 2012
- Herbert Tsang, Postdoctoral Scholar, RNA Protein Folding Prediction Algorithms, 2009 – 2010
PhD Students
- Rotem Golan, PhD Computer Science; thesis title: DeepCADe: A Deep Learning Architecture for the Detection of Lung Nodules in CT Scans, 2012 – 2017
- Rafael Simon Maia, PhD Computer Science, 2009 – 2016
- Abbas Sarraf, PhD Computer Science, Abstraction Mechanisms Towards Large-Scale Agent-Based Simulations 2009 – 2013
- Navneet Bhalla: PhD Computer Science 2005 – 2011
- Namrata Khemka, PhD Computer Science, Solving Challenges in Population-based Optimizers through Visualization Techniques and Evaluation Interfaces, 2006 – 2009
- Sebastian von Mammen, PhD Computer Science, Swarm Grammars: Modeling Computational Development through Highly Dynamic Complex Processes, 2006 – 2009
- Ian Burleigh, PhD Computer Science, An Application of Calculated Consonance in Computer-Assisted Microtonal Music, 2005 – 2013
- Marcin Pilat, PhD Computer Science, Morphid Academy: A Virtual Laboratory for Evolution of Form and Function, 2003 – 2009
MSc Students
- Brad Wrobeski, MSc Computational Media Design, “Enhancing the creation of photography through semantic, sympathetic, augmented, voice, intelligent agent and interaction“, 2015 – 2018
- Justin Kelly, MSc Computer Science, “evoExplore: Multiscale Visualization for Evolutionary Design Histories“, 2014 – 2018
- Douglas Yuen, MSc Computer Science, EUKARYO: An Agent-Based, Interactive, Virtual Reality Simulation of a Eukaryotic Cell, 2014 – 2016
- Tatiana Karaman, MSc Computational Media Design, The Giant Walkthrough Brain: An Interactive Experience, 2013 – 2016
- Andrew Wu, MSc Computer Science, A 3D Multi-Scale Model of Chemotaxis in Bacteria, 2012-2015
- Afshin Esmaeili, MSc Computer Science, An Artificial Escherichia coli Bacterium Brought To Life: A Journey Inside the Cell, 2009 – 2012
- Vladimir Sarpe, MSc Computer Science, Biological Simulation and Parameter Optimization: Modelling the Immune Response to Influenza A Infection, 2009 – 2012
- Paul Adamiak, MSc (co-supervised with Drs. A. Schryvers and J. Kellner), Patterns of sequence and structural variation within the Neisseria meningitidis transferrin and lactoferrin receptor systems, 2009 – 2013
- Matthew Templeton, MSc Computer Science, On the Origin of Robotic Species, 2008 – 2011
- Ryan Moniz, MSc Computer Science, An Automatic and Interactive Evolutionary System with Grid Computing, 2007 – 2009
- Paul-Jean Letourneau, MSc Computer Science, Fluctuations in Biological Systems: Explorations with Cellular Automata, 2004 – 2006
- Namrata Khemka, MSc Computer Science, Particle Swarm Optimization and Evolution Strategies, 2004 – 2005
- Ricardo Hoar, MSc Computer Science, Swarm-based Traffic Simulation, 2002 – 2004.
- Joanne Penner, MSc Computer Science, Applications of Swarm Intelligence for Path Finding, 2002 – 2004
- Robert Leclerc, MSc Computer Science, Evolvability in Artificial Life, 2002 – 2004
- Ian Burleigh, MSc Computer Science, The Lactose Operon: Swarm-based Simulation of a Biomolecular Switch, 2001 – 2004
- Garret Suen, MSc Computer Science, Simulated Evolution of Army Ants, 2000 – 2004
- Henry Kwong, MSc Computer Science, Evolutionary Design of Implicit Surfaces and Swarm Dynamics, 2000 – 2003