Interested Students

I am looking for research students at the graduate and undergraduate levels to join my research group in the area of computer games and virtual reality. Knowledge of game engines (Unreal or Unity) or knowledge of reinforcement learning is a great asset.
Contact me at richard.zhao1 (at) ucalgary.ca .

Research Interests

• Computer Games, Virtual Worlds, Serious Games, Educational Games, Virtual Reality
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning
• Social Media

Office hours

• TBA

Podcast

• Video Games, AI, and Why You Should Study Both

Research news

• National Science Foundation funds 2-year study of Behrend engineering teams

Student news

• Game on: Students Make Connections at Conference
• Penn State Behrend gamers go the distance for good cause

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computing Science, University of Alberta.
• Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computing Science, University of Alberta.
• Honours Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science - AI Specialization, University of Toronto.

Links

• Department of Computer Science Faculty
• Researchers Active in Technical Games Research
• Academic Lineage: The Mathematics Genealogy Project