Committees
Future Play 2010 Conference Committee:
Bill Kapralos, Chair
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario
Bill Kapralos is an Assistant Professor in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Bill received his BSc (first class, with distinction), MSc, and Ph.D from York University (Department of Computer Science and Engineering). Bill Kapralos' current research interests include: real-time acoustical modeling and 3D (spatial) sound generation for virtual environments and video games, multi-modal virtual environments/reality, the perception of auditory events, and the application of video games ("serious games") to education and training. He is currently involved in a number of serious games initiatives including those for the training of accountants, community health nurses, critical care providers, and orthopedic surgeons. Bill has chaired the ACM Future Play International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology since 2007.
Andrew Hogue, Co-ChairUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario
Andrew is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Business and Information Technology in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship programme at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. Prior to joining UOIT, Andrew acquired his BSc in Computer Science and MSc from York University. Andrew's current research interests lie in developing computer vision and photogrammetry techniques, focusing on how to automatically generate photorealistic 3D models of environments from video and imagery. The application domains of his research are numerous including robotics, simulation, virtual reality, gaming, and Forensics.
Jay Rajnovich, Chair Emeritus
Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Jay (retired) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Algoma University. Prior to joining Algoma University he obtained his BA and MA from the University of Toronto, his BSc from Lake Superior State University, his MSc from McMaster, and then his PhD from the University of Western Ontario. His areas of expertise include logic Programming and Tentative Reasoning with Partial Information Logic; Visualization and Simulation using Computer Graphics, Computer Game Technology and Artificial Intelligence.
Future Play 2010 Peer Review Program Committee
Robert Allison, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Katrin Becker, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Brian Burton, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX. USA
Karen Collins, Canadian Centre of Arts and Technology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Drew Davidson, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abdennour El Rhalibi, Department of Information, Media and Computer Entertainment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
Steve Engels, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Jing Feng, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Miguel Angel Garcia Ruiz, College of Telematics, University of Colima, Colima, Mexico
Nicholas Graham, Department of Computer Science, Queens University, Kingston, CanadaMark Green, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Henk Herman Nap, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsAndrew Hogue, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Michael Jenkin, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Bill Kapralos, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Jennifer Jenson, Department of Education, York University, Toronto, Canada
Michael Katchabaw, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Jochen Lang, School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Bruce Maxim, Computer and Information Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. USAVictoria McArthur, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Florian Müller, Media Lab Europe, Dubmin, Ireland
Janne Paavilainen, Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandJim Parker, Digital Media Laboratory, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Karolien Poels, Game Experience Lab, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsJay Rajnovich, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada
Andrei Rotenstein, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Wei Shi, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Canada
Robert Teather, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada
Alexander Thayer, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA. USA
Anders Tychsen, Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhague, Denmark
Clara Fernandez Vara, Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab, Cambridge, MA. USA
Anthony Whitehead, School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Simon Xu, Department of Computer Science, Algoma University
Jose Zagal, College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. USA
Shumon Zaman, MSc Candidate (under the supervision of Dr. Wolfgang Sturzlinger), York University
