In Memoriam: Maha El Meseery, School of Interactive Arts & Technology June 18, 2018
It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Maha El Meseery on May 13, 2018.

External Award: Richard Rogers Fellowship Residencies at Harvard Graduate School of Design July 18, 2017
The Richard Rogers Fellowship is a unique residency program that focuses on London as a site of opportunity. Apply by late November.

Faculty Profile: Dr. Ron Wakkary June 20, 2017
Ron Wakkary received the 2017 Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies for Graduate Supervision.

Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence 2017 May 03, 2017
We’re delighted to announce the recipients of the 2017 Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence.

Future Savvy February 18, 2016
Future Savvy, a new collaboration between SIAT and Continuing Studies.

Roham Sheikholeslami, MSc, Interactive Arts and Technology November 26, 2015
Meet Roham Sheikholeslami, SIAT MSc, Amazon designer and QR code visionary.

Job Posting: Back-end Web-based Application Developer November 05, 2015
Moving Stories Project is searching for a back-end web-based application developer

Terra Foundation Research Travel Grants October 05, 2015
Terra Foundation Grants give support to scholars looking to travel to the United States for short-term research on American art and visual culture prior to 1980.

Postdoc Profile: William Odom, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow September 15, 2015
Congratulations to Dr. William Odom, recipient of a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship of $70,000 per year for two years to support his research at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, SFU.

Dr. Joshua Tanenbaum receives Dean's Convocation Medal June 01, 2015
Dr. Joshua Tanenbaum chose SFU for his master's degree because he was inspired by the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) researchers that he encountered at a SIGGRAPH conference.

New program offering: Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization May 29, 2015
The Beedie School of Business is offering a new certificate program to help research scientists and engineers commercialize their products with existing firms or as their own start-ups.

Three Minute Thesis 2015: Karen Cochrane, Interactive Arts and Technology March 31, 2015
SFU's annual Three Minute Thesis finals took place on March 9, 2015. Karen Cochrane spoke on "Wearable Technology for Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy."

Event: SIAT Graduate Talk July 24, 2014
Special SIAT Graduate Talk: Ken PERLIN: This Monday, July 28, 2014 at 11:00 am in SUR 5380

Research Profile: Samar Al-Hajj, School of Interactive Arts and Technology September 11, 2013
Samar Al-Hajj's academic journey has taken her around the world from Beirut to San Francisco and now to Vancouver.

Karen Tanenbaum receives Dean's Convocation Medal June 06, 2013
Dr. Karen Tanenbaum's endless curiosity has led her from Celtic Studies to computational linguistics to wearable technology and storytelling to the Maker Movement and being featured in a recent Make magazine Shout Out to the Women of Tech.

Three Minute Thesis 2013: Daniel Feuereissen, SIAT June 01, 2013
SFU's Three Minute Thesis finals took place on March 6, 2013. Daniel Feuereissen (Canada), School of Interactive Arts and Technology, spoke on "Active, User-generated Motion-Cueing Facilitates Self-Motion Perception (Vection) in Mediated Environments"

Three Minute Thesis 2013: Mina Soltangheis, SIAT June 01, 2013
SFU's Three Minute Thesis finals took place on March 6, 2013. Mina Soltangheis (Iran), School of Interactive Arts and Technology, spoke on "Designing a time visualization for CZSaw a visual analytic tool."

Contest Entry: Maria Fedorova February 12, 2013
We're sharing the contest entries from our Photos of Home graduate student photo contest.

Research profile: Xiaolan Wang, School of Interactive Arts and Technology November 14, 2012
Xiaolan Wang has come a long way from her hometown of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China.

Research profile: Michelle Fan, School of Interactive Arts and Technology September 24, 2012
Min (Michelle) Fan is a PhD candidate in SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology. She earned her Bachelor and Master degrees in Digital Media Arts from the Communication University of China.

Medium Difficulty: Game analysis website goes global April 06, 2012
We were sitting in Karl’s office in the English department, talking about video games.

Research Profile: Karen Tanenbaum, Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) February 03, 2012
Karen Tanenbaum took a long and winding road through academia.

Research Profile: Jay Vidyarthi, SIAT December 06, 2011
We all know that technology has increased efficiency and productivity, but it can seem like those benefits have come at the cost of speeding events up so that we can't pause for contemplation in the midst of over-stimulation and endless wired distraction.

Research Profile: David Milam, SIAT November 22, 2011
When David Milam finished his master's degree at Harvard, he worked in the software and design industry for several years before deciding to begin his PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University.

In Memoriam: Andrew Wade, SIAT October 03, 2011
Andrew Wade's fellow students and friends remember him as passionate, energetic and brimming with positive energy.

Alumni Profile: Robin Oppenheimer, SIAT September 21, 2011
Recent SFU alumna Robin Oppenheimer has been working in the field of media arts field since 1980.

Pacific Institute for Climate Change Fellowship Recipients September 13, 2011
Three SFU doctoral candidates have received fellowships totalling $54,000 from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

Digital Media grads launch mobile game July 14, 2011
A group of seven grad students from the Centre for Digital Media will launch their first mobile game, Crash Craving, for iPad and iPhone on July 15. Team members are Shahrzad Aghasharifianesfahani, Carmen Chow, Mohamed El-Eryan, Airlia Hansen, Jeffrey Lane, Nickolas Marouhos, and Alice Tai.

Grad Studies 40th Anniversary prize winner: Joshua Tanenbaum May 26, 2011
Joshua Tanenbaum is working on his PhD at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology in the next year, and is enthusiastic about his experience at Simon Fraser University:

SFU takes top two awards in Digital Media Challenge May 19, 2011
Congratulations to Andrew Au, an engineering graduate student, for taking first place in this year’s BCNET Digital Media Challenge Competition for his video (linked above), entitled Veaver, an Interactive Multiview Video System.

Science student wins best business concept May 11, 2011
Congratulations to Suraaj Aulakh, a graduate student in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry whose business concept took first prize in the SFU Business Concept Competition, held in April 2011.

Research profile: Veronica Zammitto, SIAT February 07, 2011
Veronica Zammitto, a cognitive psychologist and SIAT PhD student, was profiled in the Surrey North Delta Leader this week for her work on video games.

Convocation Medal Winners 2013
Congratulations to this year’s Convocation Medal Winners! They will receive their awards at our Spring Convocation, June 11–14, 2013.