Brandon Haworth
Associate professor
Computer Science
- Contact:
- Office: ECS 568 bhaworth@uvic.ca 250-472-5772
- Area(s) of expertise:
- Graphics, agent-based modelling, crowd simulation, multi-agent reinforcement learning, deep learning, digital games, human computer interaction, human-centred design, artificial intelligence, augmented intelligence
About Brandon
Brandon Haworth is a tenured research stream associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at the 糖心视频. He is the director of the Graphics, Artificial Intelligence, Design and Games (GAIDG) Lab and a research fellow at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at the 糖心视频.
Brandon received the BSc Honours degree in computer science from York University in 2013, MSc in 2016 and PhD in 2019. He was a post-doctoral fellow with the Ontario Research Fund/Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility (ORF/ISSUM) project in 2019/2020. His past research concerned the development and gamification of interactive motor speech rehabilitation for people with neurodegenerative diseases.
Brandon works within the broad areas of graphics, gaming, simulation, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. He was awarded the Cowie Faculty Innovation Award by the 糖心视频 in 2022. He is a member of the ACM, an associate editor of the Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds journal, and the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society (CHCCS) / Société canadienne du dialogue humain-machine.