{"id":14,"date":"2020-10-20T21:16:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T21:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/gaidglab\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-09-15T06:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:06:49","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/gaidglab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; prev_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#890155&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;100px||100px||false|false&#8221; top_divider_style=&#8221;slant2&#8243; top_divider_height=&#8221;73px&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;mountains2&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1em&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-family: 'Open Sans'\">Our People<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;Brandon Haworth&#8221; position=&#8221;Director, GAIDG | Associate Professor, University of Victoria | Research Fellow, Institute on Aging &amp; Lifelong Health | Editor-in-chief, Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society | Board Member and Director of Technical Development, Canada Comics Open Library&#8221; image_url=&#8221;https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/gaidglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5343\/2021\/02\/BrandonHaworth_web.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; position_text_color=&#8221;#4d4d4d&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span>I work within the broad areas of Graphics, Simulation, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-Computer Interaction. My primary research focuses are diversity in crowds simulations, locomotion &amp; biomechanical modelling in human steering, multi-agent reinforcement learning, and human-centric artificial intelligence in simulation and design. The applications of this research cut across several fields including gaming, film &amp; animation, architecture, urban planning, predictive design, safety analysis, rehabilitation, assistive technology and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I am generally interested in the reduction of overhead (environmental, computational, and monetary costs), diversification (of representation and access), and democratization of artificial and augmented intelligence solutions for complex problems in graphics, animation, games, and design. Our group explores solutions to these complex problems by tackling both basic and applied research while synthesizing methods and ideas across several disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhaworth.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>https:\/\/www.bhaworth.ca\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|15px|15px|false|false&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|14px|14px|14px|14px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Professional Associations<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; 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