Note to prospective research students:

I am always interested in supervising some well motivated Master or PhD students with a strong background in computer science. An advanced and working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning is certainly an advantage. If you think you fall into that category, do not hesitate to contact me (mylastname"at"sfu.ca).

Current and Past research students:

  Main supervisor:

• Research assistants:
  • David Bourget (Laval University, Fall 2003, co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa): Agent communication, development of the DGS (Dialogue game simulator)
  • Benjamin Rivallant (Laval University, Summer 2003): Agent communication, development of a cognitive coherence simulator (continuous version)
  • Nicolas Andrillon (Laval University, Spring 2004, visiting from ENSEIIHT, engineer school, Toulouse, France): Agent communication, integration of a cognitive coherence simulator (discrete version) in the DGS system
  • Noémie Perona (SIAT/ENSPS, France), 2009: Genetic programming of Pure Data patchs
  • Ivan Kwiatkowski (SIAT/ISIMA), 2009: Social Coherence in Multiagent Systems
  • Uday Shankar (National Institue of Design, Ahmedabad, India), summer 2009: Virtual agents for virtual soccer
  • Madhavi Kulkarni (National Intitute of Design, Ahmedabad, India), summer 2009: Virtual agents for virtual soccer
  • Denis Lebel (Digidesign, San Francisco), Fall 2009-Fall 2010: Genetic programming of Pure Data patchs
    
• Master Students:
  • Ramon Hollands, M.Sc., (co-supervised with Frank Dignum, University of Melbourne/ Utrecht University), completed in 2007: Automated negotiation, development of the interest-based negotiation simulator using 3APL
  • Alexander Mateesco, M.A., SIAT/SFU, Spring 2008, ongoing: Empirical qualitative evaluation of electro-acoustic music composition tools
  • Andrew Hawryshkewich, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2008, ongoing: An Interactive Rhythmic System
  • Matthew Rosen, M.A., SFU/SIAT, Fall 2009, withdrawn (Spring 2010)
  • Alireza Davoodi, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2008, ongoing: Multi-Agent Area Coverage
    
• Ph.D. Students:
  • Karim Muhammad Ridwanul a.k.a Samin (co-supervised with Liz Sonenberg), The University of Melbourne, Sept 2005-June 2009: Plans as an outcome of learning
  • Ben Bogart, SIAT/SFU, Fall 2009, ongoing: Dreaming Machines
  • Erick Martinez, SIAT/SFU, Fall 2009, ongoing: A Coherentist Approach to Social Control and Social Organisation in MAS
  • Pattarawut Subyen, SIAT/SFU (co-supervised with Thecla Schiphorst), Fall 2009, ongoing: TBD

Supervising or examination committees:

• Master Students:
  • Jack Stockholm, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2007, ongoing: Eavesdropping, Mood-based Networked audio performance tool with reinforcment learning.
  • Ben Bogart, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Completed in 2008: Visual Metacreation Using Self-Organised Maps (Kohonen network).
  • Laura Lee Coles, M.A., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2009: TBD
  • Lorn McIntosh, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2009: Virtual Agent Animation
  • Nathan Sorenson, M.Sc., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2008: Automated Video Games Level Generation
  • Kristin Carlson , M.A., SIAT/SFU, Fall 2009: Computational Creativity and Dance Choreography
    
• Ph.D. Students:
  • Greg Corness, SIAT/SFU, 2007: Modeling performers' intuitions
  • Carlos Castellanos, SIAT/SFU, 2008: Symbiogenics
  • Christian Guttmann, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2008, ongoing: Collective Iterative Allocations in Multiagent Systems.
  • James Maxwell, SCA/SFU, Fall 2008, ongoing: Electro-acoustic composition tool based on cognitive models.

Some more details on some of these research projects are available via the MAMAS Lab website.