Academic

I am a Master of Science graduate from the University of Calgary and studied in the areas of robotics and human-computer interaction. I was part of the uTouch and GroupLab groups of the Interactions Lab. I was co-supervised by Dr. Ehud Sharlin and Dr. Saul Greenberg. You can view my publication list here.

Project Summary

During my 2-year Master program, I worked on two similar but slightly different projects related to robots. The first was Robot Emotional Control, where I explored how human emotion might be used to control robot behaviour.

From there, I moved into designing methods of nonverbal robotic interruption usable to attract the attention of people in specific ways without using speech. This work formed the basis of my MSc Thesis.

Press Coverage

My robot project attracted a lot of press coverage at home and around the world.

Completed Education