Faculty

Prof. Stacey Scott, Director Dr. Scott is a Full Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Guelph and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Systems Design Engineering and the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. She is also a Member of Waterloo's Games Institute. Her background is in human-computer interaction, computer-supported collaboration, and computer science. Her research focuses on designing emerging technologies, especially that support small-group collaborative work. She specializes in the design of interactive large displays and multi-display systems that support collaboration in a wide variety of application domains, including tabletop gaming, military command and control, and emergency response. Since joining the University of Guelph in 2016, Dr. Scott's research interests have expanded to include the design of emerging technologies in farming contexts, especially livestock farming. Her work in this area intersects with the two emerging fields of precision livestock farming and animal-computer interaction, combining her experience in emerging technologies and user-centred design with her passion for animal health and welfare. CV (pdf)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Leila Homaeian  Leila received her PhD in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2022. She was co-supervised by Dr. Stacey Scott and Dr. Jim Wallace. Leila has a MSc. in Software Engineering from the University of Alberta. Leila's PhD thesis work focused on the design of user interfaces to support small group collaboration in multi-device touch-based environments, such as a group working with a set of personal tables and a shared interactive tabletop or wall display. As a postdoctoral fellow in CSL, she has been exploring how to support computer-supported communication between international fans and their Korean-based K-pop idols using machine translation.

This could be you!  If you are a highly motivated graduating or recently graduated PhD student with expertise in the areas of HCI, Surface Computing, and/or Information Visualization, are great with people, and are seeking a Postdoctoral position, please see the CSL Positions Available page for current funded positions. If you have your own funding, please contact CSL Director, Dr. Stacey Scott ( stacey.scott@uoguelph.ca).

Current Graduate Students

	Hoodad Farhad Hoodad is a Computer Science Master's student at the University of Guelph. Hoodad completed a Bachelor's of Science, majoring in Software Engineering, from Azad University in Iran. His Master's thesis is focused on augmenting machine translation outputs to better support live stream events.
	Kristina Kacmarova Kristina is a Computer Science Master's student at the University of Guelph. Kristina completed a Bachelor's of Science degree with an Honours Specialization in Integrated Science with Computer Science at Western University. Her Master's thesis is focused on the creation of synthetic data using virtual simulation to train deep learning models for precision livestock farming applications, such as monitoring the health and welfare of farm animals.
	Zayn Abbas Zayn is a Computer Science Master's student at the University of Guelph. Zayn completed an Honours Software Engineering degree at the University of Guelph. He worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant (URA) with CSL since summer 2021. In addition to his computing degree, Zayn has a background in animal biology and international development. As a CSL URA he assisted on several projects related to machine vision-based livestock monitoring in outdoor habitats, like pastures. Zayn's Master's thesis is focused on augmenting machine translation outputs to better support global K-pop fans' experiences during live stream events.
	This could be you!  If you are a highly motivated student with expertise or interest in the areas of HCI, Information Visualization, and/or the use of technology to improve animal health and welfare, and are not afraid of hard (but very interesting!) work please see the CSL Positions Available page for current funded graduate positions.

Research Assistants; Co-op Students; Visiting Students

	Mahek Patel Mahek is completing an Undergraduate Research Assistantship for the Summer of 2023. Mahek is a University of Guelph student pursuing a degree in Software Engineering with a minor in Business. She is assisting in a research project at CSL that will explore the experiences of global K-pop fans when watching a live stream events ("lives") or an archived lives.
	Vibhuti Bajaj Vibhuti is completing a Graduate Research Assistantship for the Summer of 2023. Vibhuti is a University of Guelph student pursuing a Master's of Engineering degree. She is assisting in a research project at CSL that is using machine learning and natural language processing methods to identify occurrences of different types of social support within online fandom communities, for instance, among fans of Korean popular music (K-pop) who interact together on social media platforms.
	This could be you!  If you are a highly motivated student with expertise or interest in the areas of HCI, Information Visualization, and/or the use of technology to improve animal health and welfare, and are not afraid of hard (but very interesting!) work please contact the CSL Director, Dr. Stacey Scott (stacey.scott@uoguelph.ca). ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: PLEASE SEE THE "Positions Available" PAGE FOR A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR SUMMER 2024

Alumni

	Garrett Holmes (UofG Computer Science) 2022		Muhammad Muhaiminul Islam; (UofG Computer Science Master's Student), 2018-2020 (Full-time Research Associate), 2020-2021
	Feerass Ellid  (UofG Computer Science) 2021		Marvin Pafla (UofG Research Assistant / UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2017-2020
	Eli-Henry Dykhne (UofG Computer Science) 2020		Ayoola Makinde  (UofG Computer Science Master's Student) 2018-2020
	Fanny Febriana Susilo  (UofG Computational Sciences Ph.D. Student) 2018-2019		Nathan Chan (UofG Research Assistant/Software Developer) 2019
	Kassidy Marsh  (UofG Computer Science) 2018-2019		Anemmeabasi Bassey  (UofG Software Engineering) 2019
	John Harris  (PhD Student, University of Waterloo) 2013-2019		Dema Abu Adas (UofG Software Engineering) 2018
	Jonas Bakelaar (UofG Software Engineering) 2017		Riaan Oberholzer  (Postdoctoral Fellow) 2018-2019
	Anetia Camacho (UofG Animal Biology and Microbiology) 2017		Mojgan Ghare (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2015-2017
	Victor Cheung, Ph.D. (UW Systems Design Engineering Ph.D. Student) 2010-2016		Y.-L. Betty Chang, Ph.D. (UW Systems Design Engineering Ph.D. Student) 2010-2016
	Danniel Varona-Marin (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2014-2016		Nippun Goyal (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2013-2016
	Quin Millard (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2016		Ethan Liang (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2016
	Wayne Wu (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2015		Caroline Wong (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2015-2016
	Anastasia Kuzminykh (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2014-2015		Mark Martinez (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2015
	Raphael Cheng (UW Computer Engineering Undergraduate) 2015		Demi Olagoke (UW Software Engineering Undergraduate)  2015
	Feng Edmund Liu (UW Computer Engineering Undergraduate) 2014		Jay Chilibecki (UW Computer Science Undergraduate) 2014
	Kris Onderwater (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2014		Marcus Osobase  (UW Software Engineering Undergraduate)  2014-2015
	Brian Parfett (UW Computer Science Undergraduate) 2013		Shrey Khosla (UW Software Engineering Undergraduate) 2014
	Julie Tournet (Visiting student from Telecom Bretagne in Brest, France, through the LEIF Exchange Program) 2012-2013		Mylène Mengual (Visiting student from Telecom Bretagne in Brest, France, through the LEIF Exchange Program) 2012-2013
	H.X. William Zhang (UW Computer Science and Actuarial Undergraduate) 2013		Guillaume Besacier (Postdoctoral Fellow) 2011-2013
	Phil McClelland (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2010- 2013		Faizan Haque (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2013
	Jim Wallace, PhD (UW Systems Design Engineering Ph.D. Student) 2007- 2012		Sepinood Gashti (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2009-2012
	Alexandra Ion (Visiting student from Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria, through the LEIF Exchange Program) 2012		David Lindlbauer (Visiting student from Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria, through the LEIF Exchange Program) 2012
	Mindy Seto (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2009-2012		Katie Cerar (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2009-2011
	Nader Cheaib (Postdoctoral Fellow) 2010-2011		Andy Phan (SurfNet Research Assistant) 2010-2011
	Carla Midence (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2010		Antoine Allavena (Visiting student from TELECOM-Bretagne in Brest, France) 2009-2010
	George Dumitrel (High School Student) 2009-2010		Simon Whitmell  (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2009-2010
	Khaled Tangao (Visiting student from TELECOM-Bretagne in Brest, France) 2008-2009		Majd Al-Shihabi (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2008
	Farzan Sasangohar (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2007-2009		Paul McKay (UW Systems Design Engineering Master's Student) 2007-2009
	Lin Chen (UW Management Science Master's Student) 2009		Eugene Lai (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2009
	Taryn Stutz (UW Psychology Undergraduate) 2008		Trisha Enns (UW Systems Design Engineering Undergraduate) 2008