Najmeh Khalili-Mahani
Director
Sylvain Tran
Computer Sci & Computation Arts
Hello! I am a student in Computer Science and Computation Arts at Concordia University. I completed my B.A. Honours in Psychology in May 2017 (my research was on nonverbal interpersonal cognition and perception of anger, competency and assertiveness emotions), and after a few years of full-time work in the insurance industry and in psychiatry research, I decided to pursue completely different fields of fascination: Computation Arts and Computer Science. As a multidisciplinary student and game developer, I seek to refine and expand my skills in computer programming, fiction writing, game mathematics, game design, 3D modelling, texturing and animation. I try to publish games on itch.io semi-regularly, and my current research interests and goals are focused on using experimental video games as a laboratory for studying the psychopathologies and economics of human relationships and social interactions using narrative, networks and AI for real-life modelling.
Mahsa Mirgholami
Former Researcher
Eileen Holowka
Researcher
Pooyan Alizadeh
Designer
Alessia Signorino
Designer
Scott DeJong
Former Researcher
Sandra Woods
Patient Partner
Ella Goodman-Vincent
Researcher
Sasha Elbaz
Researcher
Rebecca Goodine
Former Researcher
Luciano Frizzera
Former Researcher
I am a Ph.D. student in Communication Studies at Concordia University (Canada). My doctoral research explores the political and social implications of algorithmic media (AI, AR, Social Media) at urban spaces (a.k.a. smart cities). I am also involved on research associated to the social and cultural consequence of artificial intelligence and machine learning platforms, the political influence of social media recommendation systems, and development of interactive prototypes to visualize and analyze structured and unstructured data.