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, http://ccastellanos.com

Angela Tomizu

Email: atomizu [at] sfu [dot] ca

Degree: MA

Research Interests, keywords: Communication Design, Performance, Biofeedback, Bioresponsive Art, Interactive Art, Pain, Anxiety, Empathy.

Recent Activities: Angela is currently the Sessional Instructor for IAT 102 - Graphic Design, is building her thesis project B[i[ound: a bioresponsive corset performance and writing her Masters thesis. She is also a designer for the BioMedia Lab and is a part of the Transforming Pain Research Group.

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

Degree: MA

Research Interests, keywords: Sound Design & Music Composition for the purpose of transcendence / meditation, user-driven non-linear sound compositions, creating Poetic Immersive Environments & visual performance.

Recent Activities: Mark is a recent graduate of the SIAT undergraduate program and also teaches sound design & audio engineering.