Graduate Student Bios

Meehae Song

Email: meehaes [at] sfu [dot] ca

Degree: PhD

Research Interests, keywords: Virtual Reality, Meditation, Biofeedback, Chronic Pain

Recent Activities: Currently, Meehae is working on a virtual walking meditation application (Virtual Meditative Walk) under Dr. Gromala and the Transforming Pain Research Group. This application uses VR and biofeedback technologies to drive the visuals/sound while the meditator walks on a treadmill. She is also working on an interactive tree installation as well as revisiting the Neurofloat project over the summer.

Carlos Castellanos

Email: carlos_castellanos [at] sfu [dot] ca

Degree: PhD

Research Interests, keywords: Interactive Art, Phenomenology, Human/MAchine Co-evolution, Embodiment, Cybernetics, AI/A-life, Networks

Recent Activities: Carlos' current projects are Protocol (a.k.a. Enhanced Rhythm System), Heterogenesis and BodyDaemon v2. He is also working on Transforming Pain, a collaborative project under Dr. Diane Gromala at SFU.

For more information on Carlos' work see his website, ccastellanos.com[1].

Angela Tomizu

Email: atomizu [at] sfu [dot] ca

Degree: MA

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Amir Aziz Ghahary

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Jay Vidyarthi

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Degree: MSc

Research Interests, keywords: interface design, human-computer interaction, usability, self-expression, spirituality, biofeedback, psychophysics, art therapy, pain, anxiety, stress

Recent Activities: Publication and presentation at the ECA2010 conference in Geneva and the EuroITV2010 conference in Tampere. Numerous user experience research / design / evaluation projects for major industrial clients.

Mark Nazemi

Email: mna31 [at] sfu [dot] ca

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