Pankaj Kamthan is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Concordia University. His work focuses on software engineering education, agile methodologies, and user-centric software development practices. He is particularly known for integrating innovative pedagogical techniques such as mind mapping into testing education and addressing gender equity challenges in software engineering fields. His research explores the intersections between academic and industry perspectives in software projects, the impact of remote work during the pandemic on software practices, and the ethical dimensions of user story engineering. He has contributed frameworks for analyzing software projects across sectors and frameworks for improving the credibility of web applications. Notable themes in his publications include curriculum design challenges, the role of socio-technical factors in requirements engineering, and leveraging social web environments for collaborative education. He has consistently emphasized practical applications of software patterns and agile principles in both teaching and industry contexts. No scientific awards were explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. His work has implications for improving educational outcomes, fostering inclusivity in STEM, and bridging gaps between academic theory and industrial practice in software engineering.
Jonathan Lessard is an Associate Professor at Concordia University's Department of Design and Computation Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts. He serves as a Primary Investigator for LabLabLab and holds the Behaviour Interactive Research Chair in Game Design . His research explores intersections of game design, history, and computational technologies. Education: PhD in Cinema Studies, Université de Montréal MA in History, Université de Montréal BA in Arts and Humanities, Université de Montréal Dr. Lessard's work focuses on emergent narratives , interactive storytelling , natural language interactions , and game design history , with technical expertise in 3D modeling, rendering, and computer graphics. His research spans playful technologies, possible worlds theory, and procedural dialogue systems. Research trends in his publications reveal deep engagement with game design methodologies , narrative systems , and procedural generation . Key contributions include tools for narrative analysis, documentation frameworks for game design, and explorations of language interaction in games. Scientific Awards: Behaviour Interactive Research Chair in Game Design Second Best Paper Award (Foundations of Digital Games, 2018) As a thesis supervisor at Concordia University, Dr. Lessard guides students in Design (MDes) , Individualized PhD Programs , and Humanities PhD Programs . His LabLabLab team develops experimental games like Chroniqueur and SimHamlet , with a focus on design research.
Gabriel Vigliensoni is an Assistant Professor in Creative Artificial Intelligence within the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University. He holds a PhD in Music Technology from McGill University and maintains active research and creative practice at the intersection of artificial intelligence, music, and human-computer interaction. His work spans academic research, artistic performance, and music production. PhD in Music Technology, McGill University Assistant Professor, Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University Vigliensoni's research focuses on sound and music making through machine learning, human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence, embodied musical interaction, music information retrieval, and new interfaces for musical expression. His approach merges formal musical training with extensive experience in sound recording, music production, and computational techniques. His creative work challenges traditional notions of liveness and immediacy in digital music production through procedural composition and embodied interaction. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on interactive machine learning for creative applications, particularly in audio and music domains. The research trends show increasing emphasis on explainable AI for the arts, ethical considerations in AI music applications, and the development of interfaces that facilitate sustained artistic practice with machine learning systems. His work spans from theoretical foundations to practical implementations in musical interfaces. 2025-2027: Co-Applicant, New Frontiers in Research Fund—Exploration 2024–2025: PI, Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (PCYIA) 2024–2025: Collaborator, Responsible AI UK international partnerships UKRI 2023–2025: PI, Explore and Create | Research Creation (Canada Council for the Arts) 2023–2025: PI, Faculty Research Development Program (Concordia University) 2022–2023: PI, Knowledge Mobilization Grant (FRQSC) 2020–2022: PI, Postdoctoral Research Creation (FRQSC) Vigliensoni supervises graduate students in Design (MDes), Individualized Programs (MA, MSc), and Individualized Programs (PhD). His research is supported by significant grants from Canadian funding agencies as well as international collaborations. His work bridges academic research with artistic practice, creating feedback loops between theoretical exploration and creative output. His studio practice and research involve developing interactive systems for musical expression, with notable projects including Clastic Music, Telematic Awakening, and Re•col•lec•tions. These projects often combine real-time audio processing, machine learning, and gestural interfaces to create novel musical experiences that explore the relationship between human performers and AI systems.
Natalie Phillips is a Professor at Concordia University and holds the Concordia University Research Chair (Tier 1) in Sensory-Cognitive Health in Aging and Dementia. She is affiliated with the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Science and collaborates with institutions like the Lady Davis Institute. Her research integrates behavioral and electrophysiological (ERP) measures to study cognitive aging and dementia. Research Themes : Cognitive aging, bilingualism, sensory-cognitive interactions, Alzheimer's disease, and executive function assessment. Awards : Recipient of the CIHR-Institute of Aging Age Award Collaborations : Involved in major initiatives like the COMPASS-ND study on dementia. Publications highlight her work on bilingualism’s role in cognitive reserve, sensory-cognitive tradeoffs in aging, and neurophysiological markers for early dementia detection. Her research bridges auditory neuroscience, neuropsychology, and clinical applications.
Inigo Novales Flamarique is a Professor in Neuroanatomy & Physiology at the Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University. He specializes in fish visual pathways, color and polarization detection, retinal neuron regeneration, and visual adaptations. His research interests focus on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying vision in aquatic species, with particular emphasis on how environmental factors influence photoreceptor development and function. Key projects include studies on CRISPR/Cas9 knockout effects on fish retinal development and the ecological role of polarization sensitivity in foraging behaviors. Publications highlight his work on opsin expression dynamics in salmonids, flatfish visual adaptations, and the functional segregation of retinal pathways. His lab is located in B8269 with a telephone extension 778-782-3512.
May Chew is an Assistant Professor at Concordia University, holding dual appointments in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema and the Department of Art History. She specializes in interactive and immersive technologies in cultural institutions, with a focus on how these technologies shape national and cultural identities. Her research integrates settler-colonial studies, hauntology, and critical race theory. Chew earned her PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at York University’s Sensorium Centre. She collaborates on projects like Houses on Pengarth and Archive/Counter-Archive, emphasizing socially-engaged experimental art and decolonial methodologies. Her teaching spans visual culture, hauntology, and sensory studies, including courses on art and embodiment, Indigenous cinema, and critical immersion. She actively supervises graduate students exploring themes like queer gestures, hauntological analysis, and decolonial futures. Chew participates in academic networks such as EAHR Media and the Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. Her work bridges art history, media studies, and cultural geography, addressing how technologies mediate historical memory and cultural citizenship.
Leith Davis is a Professor in the Department of English at Simon Fraser University and Director of the Research Centre for Scottish Studies. She specializes in eighteenth-century literature, media history, cultural memory, and Scottish/Irish cultural studies. Co-founder of the MA in Print Culture program, her research examines intersections between media, memory, and national identity. Key works include Acts of Union (1998) and Mediating Cultural Memory (2022). She leads Digital Humanities projects on early circus and Robert Forbes' manuscripts. Education: BA (Saskatchewan), MA & PhD (Berkeley). Awards include the Amundsen Teaching Fellowship (2021) and Cormack Teaching Award (2018). Active in traditional music with the Sybaritic String Band. Research Interests: Jacobitism, print culture, transatlantic studies, gender studies Current Projects: Reconstructing Early Circus, Lyon in Mourning Manuscript DH project Awards reflect her scholarly and pedagogical excellence. Advising focuses on graduate students in eighteenth-century and transnational studies.
Pierre-Paul Bitton is an Associate Professor in Psychology at Memorial University's Faculty of Science, heading the Visual Ecology Lab. His work examines visual communication in birds and fish, spanning perceptual mechanisms (e.g., contrast sensitivity) to social behaviors and evolutionary adaptations in photic environments. Research integrates spatial frequency analysis, flicker fusion, and visual modeling to understand how species like Atlantic Puffins and cod respond to ecological and anthropogenic stimuli. The lab collaborates across disciplines to address conservation and behavioral questions.
Bryan Heit is Associate Professor at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine, investigating macrophage function in health and disease. His laboratory focuses on efferocytosis mechanisms and failures in disease contexts. Research expertise includes phagocyte biology, efferocytosis regulation, antigen processing, and inflammatory disease mechanisms. Applications span atherosclerosis, pneumonia, and autoimmune conditions. Recent publications describe quantitative methods for efferocytosis measurement, SARS-CoV-2 immune evasion strategies, and synovial macrophage dysfunction in osteoarthritis. Emerging techniques include long-term live cell imaging and fluorescent biosensors. No specific awards listed in extracted text Supervises graduate students in microbiology and immunology programs. Research funded by Canadian institutes including studies on efferocytosis impairment in arthritis. Leads the Heit Lab (www.phagocytes.ca) developing advanced microscopy techniques to study macrophage behavior in real-time during infection and inflammation.
Jeremy Bradbury is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University, where he has served as Undergraduate and Graduate Program Director for Computer Science and as a member of the Board of Governors. His research focuses on software testing, analysis, and quality assurance, with a particular emphasis on human-centered approaches, empirical methodologies, and concurrency issues in software systems. He leads the Software Quality Research Lab (SQRLab) and develops tools like PIE for visualizing software design patterns and GidgetML for adaptive educational gaming. Education: PhD in Computer Science from Queen's University (2007). Research interests include software visualization, open-source software analysis, flaky test detection, and the application of machine learning to software engineering challenges. His work spans both academic contributions (e.g., combinatorial testing frameworks) and practical innovations like the Run, Llama, Run game for computational thinking education. Recent work explores AI-driven bug prediction, data augmentation bias in ML models, and cybersecurity for connected autonomous vehicles. He has organized workshops on testing configurable systems (ToCaMS) and challenges in parallel computing.
Dr. Tim Rogalsky is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Canadian Mennonite University. He holds a PhD from University of Manitoba and teaches courses spanning discrete mathematics, calculus, and chaos theory. His pedagogy focuses on making mathematics accessible and demonstrating interdisciplinary connections to science, economics, and social justice. Research Interests: Dr. Rogalsky develops mathematical models for epidemiological control, investigates connections between mathematics and art, and creates pedagogical approaches for diverse learners. Notable projects include: Optimal control methods for disease management Mathematical mysticism in Salvador Dali's work Aerodynamic optimization using Bézier parameterization Community Engagement: Regularly presents mathematical concepts to public audiences through Winnipeg Art Gallery lectures exploring beauty in nature, sacred geometry, and Renaissance mathematical influences. Teaching Philosophy: Emphasizes interactive learning that connects mathematics to real-world contexts, serving students from math-phobic general learners to mathematics majors.
Robert Bruce Milliken is a Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour . As an experimental psychologist, his work focuses on understanding fundamental processes in human cognition, including attention, memory, and cognitive control. His research explores the distinction between conscious and unconscious mental processes, the role of attention in learning and memory, the impact of visual imagery on perception, and how implicit learning shapes attentional control. Education : Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. from the University of Waterloo; Postdoctoral Researcher at McMaster University Research Trends : Analysis of his 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on visual attention mechanisms, cognitive control dynamics, and memory encoding processes. Key subfields include attentional blink paradigms, contextual cueing effects, imagery-perception interactions, and the role of perceptual difficulty in memory formation. Teaching Activities : He has taught advanced courses including Human Memory, Senior Honours Thesis, and Cognitive Psychology at McMaster University from 2017-2025, supervising numerous student research projects.
Ashok Krishnamurthy is an Associate Professor at Mount Royal University's Department of Mathematics & Computing, within the Faculty of Science and Technology. His research focuses on mathematical modeling of infectious diseases (e.g., Ebola, Measles, COVID-19) and Bayesian data assimilation. He emphasizes spatial and temporal tracking of disease outbreaks and has led projects in Congo, Nigeria, the Czech Republic, and historical England/Wales. PhD (2009): University of Louisville MSc (Mathematics) (2002): University of Windsor MSc (Statistics) (2000): University of Madras BSc (Statistics) (1998): University of Madras Dr. Krishnamurthy has secured multiple grants as Principal Investigator, including $5000 Internal Research Grant Funds for Ebola and measles tracking projects (2012–2020). He actively promotes mathematics, statistics, data science, and computing through undergraduate research assistantships, fostering high-impact learning opportunities. Notable awards include the 2020 MRU Undergraduate Research Supervision Award and a 2020 teaching excellence nomination. 2019–2020: Spatial tracking of Ebola in Congo 2015–2017: Redundant constraints detection in mathematical programming 2012–2013: Bayesian tracking of epidemics His work integrates interdisciplinary approaches, such as web-based dashboards for disease tracking and nature-based healthcare solutions. He teaches courses ranging from calculus to statistical data analysis and has presented research at provincial/national conferences.
Logan C. Hoehn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at Nipissing University. He holds a PhD from the University of Toronto (thesis available). His research focuses on continuum theory, geometric topology, and topological dynamics. Key areas include the study of plane embeddings, hereditarily indecomposable continua, fixed-point-free maps, and isotopies in metric spaces. His work intersects with set-theoretic topology, metric geometry, and low-dimensional topology. Recent publications (2023–2024) explore accessibility properties of arc-like continua, simplicial inverse systems, and plane embeddings. Notable contributions include a complete classification of homogeneous plane continua and advancements in shortest path parameterization in arbitrary domains. Hoehn has presented at conferences such as STDC24, STDC23, and the Summer Topology Conference. He develops interactive tools for linear transformations, puzzle games, and complex function visualization. His teaching includes advanced courses like Singular Homology (MATH 5067).
Alla Kushniryk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU). She holds a BA from Chernivtsi National University, a MS from Lviv National University, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee. Her research focuses on health communication, organizational communication, digital/social media, and quantitative methods. She leads studies funded by the Communications + Public Relations Foundation and collaborates with Natalie Doyle Oldfield on organizational trust-building strategies. Her work also includes evaluating best practices in public relations and international studies on communication standards through the GAP VIII project with the Canadian Public Relations Society. Her research explores how organizations leverage social media for two-way communication and examines trust dynamics with stakeholders. Notable projects include analyzing immigrant women’s health behaviors and assessing public libraries’ use of Twitter. She actively engages in professional partnerships, contributing to industry standards in Canada and beyond. Alla welcomes MA students interested in excellence in PR practices, social media strategy, health communication, organizational communication, and quantitative research methods.
