Jan 12 Notes on Student Interests

IAT 842 Jan 12 Notes

Terry Lavender – Supervisor: John Bowes

• Can video games be effective as agents of social change
• Progressive agenda
• Design a game as a change agent
• Wants to learn about designing video games in order to better understand what makes a good game.

Leonard Paul – music minor – no Supervisor

• Audio & computer games
• Works in the video game business

Doreen Leo – Bio, Art, photo - Supervisor: Ron Wakkary

• Nature museum audio interaction
• Wants game design methodologies, techniques

Nis Bojin – Communication + cultural theory – no Supervisor

• Games & edu

• Wants to examine best practices of game design

Daniel Ha – serious games for health care -- Supervisor: In progress

• Health care games
• Collaborative play and work – how to represent?

Leslie - Graphic design - no Supervisor

• Interested in games

Emily Yao – CS - no Supervisor

• HCI + Info Vis

Wei (Wayne) Hsueh – SIAT graduate – online games – Supervisor: Thecla Schiphorst (Interim)

• Online culture
• Object interaction, avatar clothing, how clothing affects player behavior
• Does a dress code online foster a better game story?

Huaxin – CS ugrad – Supervisor: Tom Calvert

• Story based games
• How do you organize story materials for a game
• Visualize narrative structures
• Some people have used UML to visualize film narratives

Shilpi Rao - Comp Sci - Supervisor: Marek Hatala

• Recommender systems