Students, Post-doctoral Fellows, and Research Assistants
Note to prospective research students: I am always interested in supervising some highly motivated M.Sc or PhD students with a strong background in computer science and creative skills. An advanced and working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning is certainly an advantage. If you think you fall into that category, do not hesitate to contact me (mylastname"at"sfu.ca).
Current
Keon Ju Maverick Lee / Leigh — PhD (UVic, SIAT, SFU)
Aug 2021 - ongoing. Musical / Visual AI agents for assisting drum performance
Arshia Sobhan — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2022 - ongoing. Generative models for the Arabic script
Renaud Bougueng Tchemeube — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Jan 2018 - ongoing. Designing Computer-assisted Composition Systems
Jonas Kraasch — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
Aug 2020 - ongoing. AI and Deep Learning Creativity
Rafael Arias Gonzalez — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
Aug 2021 - ongoing. Transformer Optimization for Music Composition
Pablo Cardenas — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
Aug 2021 - ongoing. Dance Generation Rendering
Philip Bertrand — RA (Composer and Sound Designer)
May 2015 - ongoing. Metacreation Lab studio production
Kristian Voveris — RA (SIAT, SFU)
Dec 2019 - ongoing.
Dan Hawkins — RA ()
Sept 2021 - ongoing.
Christopher Anderson — RA ((MFA, SCA, SFU))
Sept 2021 - ongoing.
Alumni
Ankita Patel — (SFU, GITAM)
May - Sept 2022. AI, Visuals- Aaron Ferguson — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2016 - ongoing. Narrative Generation and Generative systems for games 
Karim Muhammad Ridwanul — PhD (University of Melbourne)
Sept 2005 - Jun 2009. Plans as an Outcome of Learning
(Co-supervised with Liz Sonenberg)
Erick Martinez — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2009 - Mar 2012. A Coherentist Approach to Social Control and Social Organisation in MAS
withdrawn
Graeme McCaig — PhD (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2011 - Sept 2013. Deep-Learning for Computational Creativity
(co-supervised with Steve DiPaola)
Ben Bogart — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2009 - Nov 2014. Dreaming Machines
(Ben's website)
Pattarawut Subyen — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2009 - Nov 2014. Aesthetic Generative Visualisation of Movement Qualities
(Co-supervised with Thecla Schiphorst)
James Maxwell — PhD (SCA, SFU)
Sept 2008 - Nov 2014. Electro-acoustic composition tool based on cognitive models
(rubato-music.com)
Miles Thorogood — PhD (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2011 - Jun 2018. World Soundscape Engine
(co-supervised with Arne Eigenfeldt)
Kıvanç Tatar — PhD (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2014 - Jun 2019. Music Agent
Jianyu Fan — PhD (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2014 - Jul 2020. Soundscape and Music Affect Recognition- Mirjana Prpa — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
2013 - 2021. HCI, UX, VR 
Mahsoo Salimi — PhD (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2014 - Oct 2021. Swarm and Soft Robotics
Omid Alemi — PhD (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2012 - Dec 2021. Movement Generation
Jordon Phillips — MSc (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2013 - ongoing. iDanceForm: Digital Movement Processing
(Co-supervised with Thecla Schiphorst)- Marc-André Labrie — MSc (Laval University)
Dec 2004. DIAGAL: Dialogue Game Agent Language
(co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa) - Mathieu Bergeron — MSc (Laval University)
Dec 2004. DIAGAL: Dialogue Games Simulator
(co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa) - Ramon Hollands — MSc (University of Melbourne, Utrecht University)
2005 - 2007. Automated Negotiation: Development of the Interest-based Negotiation Simulator Using 3APL
(Co-supervised with Frank Dignum) - Ben Bogart — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
2008. Visual Metacreation Using Self-Organised Maps (Kohonen network)
(ekran.org) 
Alireza Davoodi — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2008 - Jan 2011. Multi-Agent Area Coverage
Uros Kradinac — MSc (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2010 - Apr 2011.
withdrawn
Andrew Hawryshkewich — MSc (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2008 - Nov 2011. Beatback - An Interactive Rhythmic System
(andrewh.ca)- Lorn McIntosh — MSc (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2009 - Nov 2011. Virtual Agent Animation 
Matthieu Macret — MSc (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2010 - Jun 2013. Genetic Programming for Automatic Generation of Pure Data patches- Sohail Md — MSc (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2013 - Dec 2014. Novelty Search for Music Composition
withdrawn 
Nicolas Gonzales — MSc (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2011 - Dec 2016. Computer-Assisted Composition
William Li — MSc (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2014 - Jun 2018. Deep Learning for Expressive Movement Generation
Tara Jadidi — MSc (FUM, SIAT)
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022. Music and Technology, Calliope
Jeff Ens — MSc (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2016 - Feb 2023. Multi-corpus Style Imitation
Matthew Rosen — MA (SFU, SIAT)
Sept 2009 - Jan 2010. Rhythm Generation
withdrawn- Alexander Mateesco — MA (SIAT, SFU)
May 2008 - Aug 2010. Empirical Qualitative Evaluation of Electro-acoustic Music Composition Tools
withdrawn 
Laura Lee Coles — MA (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2009 - Jul 2012. New Media Production in Natural Settings- Benjamin Rivallant — RA (Laval University)
May - Aug 2003. Agent communication, development of a cognitive coherence simulator (continuous version)
(co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa) - David Bourget — RA (Laval University)
Sept - Dec 2003. Agent communication, development of the DGS (Dialogue game simulator)
(Co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa) - Nicolas Andrillon — RA (Laval University, ENSEIIHT)
Jan - Apr 2004. Agent communication, integration of a cognitive coherence simulator (discrete version) in the DGS system
(co-supervised with Brahim Chaib-draa) - Uday Shankar — RA (National Institute of Design - Ahmedabad, India - SIAT/SFU)
May - Aug 2009. Virtual Agents for Virtual Soccer - Madhavi Kulkarni — RA (National Institute of Design - Ahmedabad, India - SIAT/SFU)
May - Aug 2009. Virtual Agents for Virtual Soccer 
Noémie Perona — RA (SIAT, ENSPS)
Jan - Dec 2009. Genetic Programming of PureData Patches- Ivan Kwiatkowski — RA (SIAT, ISIMA)
Jan - Dec 2009. Social Coherence in Multiagent Systems: implementation of a prototype simulator 
Justin Love — RA (University of Victoria)
Sept - Dec 2009. Agent-based Non-Photorealistic Rendering
Denis Lebel — RA (McGill, SIAT)
Sept 2009 - Sept 2010. Genetic Programming of PureData Patches
Jack Stockholm — RA (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2007 - Nov 2010. Eavesdropping: Mood-based Networked Audio Performance Tool with Reinforcement Learning
(oddible.com)
Nathan Sorenson — RA (SIAT, SFU)
Sept 2008 - Dec 2010. Automated Video Games Level Generation- Adam Burnett — RA (CogSci/SFU)
Sept 2011 - Aug 2012. Empirical Evaluation of Computational Musical Creativity 
Laurent Droget — RA (IRCAM, France)
Mar - Aug 2012. Genetic Algorithms for Automatic Synthesizers Parameters Setting- Chris Anderson — RA (SFU, SCA)
Sept 2011 - Mar 2013. Generative Electronica Research Project (GERP) 
Ramy Gorgis — RA (SIAT/SFU)
Sept 2012 - Apr 2013. Generative Print Media
Konstantinos Poulakidas — RA (CS/SFU)
May - Aug 2014. Web Development- Matthew Gingold — RA (Melbourne, Australia)
May 2012 - Dec 2014. Surrey Urban Screen Project
(consultant) - Robert Arnt — RA (SFU, SIAT)
Jun 2014 - Mar 2015. Lab re-branding
(Graphic Designer) - Shunan Li — RA (SFU, SIAT)
May - Dec 2015. - Tristan Bayfield — RA (SFU, CS)
Jan 2013 - Jun 2016. Database Development
(Co-supervised with Arne Eigenfledt) 
Lucia Veronica Sepulveda — RA (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education)
Jun - Sept 2016. MAVi module for Automatic Camera Rotation
Cale Plut — RA (MFA, SCA, SFU)
May 2016 - Apr 2022. Unity developer for generative systems- Corey Kereliuk — PostDoc (SFU, SIAT)
Nov 2012 - Jun 2013. Sparse Audio Encoding - James Maxwell — PostDoc (SFU, SCA)
Sept 2014 - Jun 2015. Bias against computational creativity
