Scott Bateman
Associate Professor
Gillin Hall GC128C
Fredericton
Research interests
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Mixed Reality and Spatial Computing
- Games and Serious Games
- AI/ML for User Interaction
Biography
Dr. Scott Bateman is the Research Director of the Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RIDSAI), the Director of the Spatial Computing Research Centre (SPECTRAL), and the co-director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. His work focuses on adopting emerging technology to solve real world problems in areas such as health care, skills training, and entertainment. He places a large focus on understanding how university researchers can best support the needs of regional, national and international industrial partners.
He completed his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan (2012), and has worked as a researcher at Microsoft Research, IBM Watson Research, the University of Calgary, and the National College of Ireland. He has also been a Visiting Professor at the Université de Lille and Singapore Management University. He has served in senior editorial roles at leading HCI publication venues, including the ACM CHI and CHI PLAY conferences. His work has previously received a Best Paper and two Honourable Mention awards at the CHI conference.
