Staff

Queen Mary University of London. Researcher in music information research, new interfaces for musical expression and music perception. Interested in combining audio and visual modalities with AI for new game and creative experiences.

University of York.  Researches transformations in technology and media and how they reshape society and culture. This work focuses on the social power of algorithms and the politics of data and metrics.

University of York.  Experience design researcher interested in designing, developing and evaluating multimodal and mixed physical/digital user experiences. Keen to work in the areas of digital experiences and games for disabled people and those with mental or physical illnesses.

Queen Mary University of London.  My research explores new approaches to the creation of interactive technologies for media and arts through Interaction Design techniques. It impacts the areas of Human-Computer Interaction, Creative Computing, and Design.

University of York. I am fascinated by the different experiences games offer players, what those experiences are and how to quantify them. I am also excited by using diverse research methods to understand games.

Queen Mary University of London. Computational Creativity researcher working on getting AI software to act creatively in an autonomous fashion, with applications to procedural content generation, whole game design, music, visual art, design, mathematics and software engineering.

Queen Mary University of London. Discovering cause-and-effect relations from data with Bayesian network structure learning algorithms.

Queen Mary University of London. Research leader seeking to understand how research can positively impact the games industry and wider society. Interested in using games/creativity/AI to determine promising future directions for games/creativity/AI research.

University of York. A designer-researcher working on games and playful design for enjoyment, learning, wellbeing, and climate adaptation. Especially interested in curiosity in games, motivational affordances, behaviour change, design research, psychology of games, methods for entertainment and applied game design.

Queen Mary University of London. Interactive Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law scholar and Video Games enthusiast. Especially interested in the relationship among creativity, interactivity, technology and the law.

University of York. Data scientist focusing on behavioral modeling in the Creative Industries.

Queen Mary University of London. Academic interested in applying gamification for human-machine interactive systems, including robotic-based rehabilitation.

De Montfort University. Technology ethicist with an interest in the ethics and social impact of video games and innovative research methods. Anything to do with games, philosophy, society, critical theory, diversity & inclusion, or ethics.  

University of York. Interdisciplinary researcher and data scientist working on evolutionary and bio-inspired algorithms, machine learning, and biological modelling.

University of York. Lina’s expertise is in the clinical utility of digital media as means to specialist interventions for mental health. She has led the development and evaluation of software-based systems, including games and mixed reality applications, for use in psychological therapies and skills training.

Queen Mary University of London. Game AI researcher with a focus on computational game design: how can computers help design video games? Interested in computational creativity, procedural content generation, and applications of AI in game development.

University of York. Computer graphics and vision researcher working on photo-realistic materials for games and AR/VR applications to investigate human perception of colour and materials.

University of York. Ecological modeller trying to understand complex ecological systems, and develop quantitative solutions for real life problems. Especially interested in creative and playful ways to understand and communicate research to non-scientists.

University of York. HCI researcher interested in new interactive media content forms and tools to support their creation. Particularly interested in data-driven experiences and how games and other media forms can help the public understand and benefit from data.

Queen Mary University of London. Research combines machine learning and motivational psychology. Work on technology for behaviour change, well being, and improving communication.