Cynthia D’Angelo
Cynthia D’Angelo is a post doc with the Epistemic Games group. She is currently the Research Director for the group’s projects.
David Hatfield
David Hatfield is the Technical Director for the Epistemic Games research group, and a recent Ph.d. grad. He is interested in designing software tools that both help young people engage in simulated professional practices and also provide new and powerful visualizations of learning for research. Currently, he is working on dynamic assessment of live player performance in epistemic games using epistemic network analysis.
Anjali Sridharan
Anjali Sridharan serves as Director of Programs and Partnerships in the UW-Madison Epistemic Games Group. Anjali is proud to be a double-degree recipient from UW-Madison, having received both her BS in Electrical Engineering and her MBA from the university.
Gina Navoa Svarovsky
Gina Navoa Svarovsky was the first graduate student and first PhD graduate of the epistemic games group. A former engineer and classroom teacher, her research has focused on the design, implementation, and assessment of the Digital Zoo epistemic game.
Zhiqiang Cai
Zhiqiang Cai is presently a programmer in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. His work centers around developing software that involves mathematical modeling in linguistics and cognition.
Sidney D’Mello
Sidney D’Mello is a research assistant professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. His primary research interests are in the cognitive and affective sciences, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and the learning sciences.
Fazel Keshtkar
Fazel Keshtkar is currently a research scientist in the Institute for Intelligent System and Department of Computer Science at the University of Memphis. Currently, He leads in developing AutoMentor’s Natural Language Generation module and Question Generation for AutoMentor system.
Vasile Rus
Vasile Rus is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Memphis. He works in the area of syntax-based semantics with applications to intelligent tutoring, textual entailment, question answering, reading comprehension, search and many other applications where semantics is a must.
