Having recently finished her Master’s, Samantha is now focused on academics and research. She started working in research with Pejman during her undergrad, but remains interested in a variety of game development areas from programming to math to writing, and has a strong passion (and talent!) for art. You can…

James is an associate teaching professor in Ontario Tech’s Game Development and Entrepreneurship program. He is a self-described researcher by accident. He’s spent his life loving games and ended up taking an unconventional path into the world of academics and research. …

Bo is a current Master’s student in computer science and the most recent member of the UXR Lab team! He started his studies in engineering at the University of Ottawa. …

Nour is a researcher who loves the academic side of game development and user research, enjoying everything from play-testing to collecting data. …

Pejman Mirza-Babaei is an Associate Professor of User Experience (UX) Research and Associate Dean Industry Partnerships at the Faculty of Business and Information Technology. His research and teaching is focused on the design and evaluation of user experience in interactive entertainment systems. …

Name: Thomas Galati 1. What is your current position? I am currently a Game Data Analyst at Gameloft. 2. What role did you play at UXR Lab? I was a Grad Student working on my Masters degree in Computer Science. …

Name: Lena Uszkoreit 1. What is your current position? I am a user experience researcher at Google. Currently, I am working on Google Assistant in Zurich, Switzerland. 2. What role did you play at UXR Lab? I was a post-doctoral research fellow at the UXR Lab working with Pejman and…

Name: Nour Halabi What role do you play at UXR Lab? I am a PhD student, I find my role is based on my area of expertise which falls under play-testing data analytics and information visualization. In that role I find that I tend to offer guidance, assistance, and share…

Name: Atiya Nova What role do/did you play at UXR Lab? I am a masters student in computer science. At the lab I work as a research assistant, I help with things like lab related research, writing papers, anything that would need my assistance. What inspired you to go into…