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ALOHA From New York, GBDA Student Helps Advance Conversational AI Systems

Global Business and Digital Arts student Julia Sprague, alongside her Computation Health and Informatics Lab (CHIL) team, recently celebrated the publication of their paper, “ALOHA: Artificial Learning of Human Attributes for Dialogue Agents.” Led by Professor Jesse Hoey, the team’s paper was published in Google Scholar and accepted to the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) conference in New York, where the group presented their findings in February.

BLND is back for another year at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business. This 1-day interactive conference highlights how the transformative power of design has become the secret advantage to business success.

Team smiling and lauging as they play their newly created game.

More than 135 registrants from Waterloo's main campus, the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business and other institutions, descended upon the Stratford School Saturday morning to participate in StoryCamp, a 15-hour design competition on multimodal storytelling.

Researchers led by Lennart Nacke, Associate Professor at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, have developed a novel tool that will enable user-experience designers to create more effective, personalized games and marketing campaigns.

Virtuous Waste team members smiling as they accept the World Vision 2019 Social Innovation Award

A team of Global Business and Digital Arts students developed Virtuous Waste, an alternative to plastic packaging made of seaweed that they pitched before a panel of industry experts and social entrepreneurs on June 19 in Toronto. Their winning solution will receive $25,000 in funding for implementation during a 12-month incubation period.

The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus warmly welcomed over 200 students on Thursday, with an afternoon of one-of-a-kind planned orientation activities that were generously supported by the businesses of Downtown Stratford.

The five university students behind a project called Recreate didn't expect to win a digital arts project showcase.

"Absolutely not," said Pedja Ristic, who spoke on behalf of his group.

A panel of four graduates (and one current student) talk about what life is like in the working world of design.

Design students at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus had the chance to hear from their colleagues who had graduated and gone on to work in the field on Saturday.

Jessica Ching, a designer-turned-entrepreneur and CEO of Eve Medical.

Everybody wanted in on the University of Waterloo Stratford campus' design party.

Global Business and Digital Arts student Katrina Schouten

Working with the best is the fastest way to get better.

That's a lesson that 20-year-old digital artist Katrina Schouten understands well.

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ALOHA From New York, GBDA Student Helps Advance Conversational AI Systems

ALOHA From New York, GBDA Student Helps Advance Conversational AI Systems

BLND Tickets Now Available. Business Meets Design

StoryCamp welcomed over 100 students to participate in multimodal story design competition.

Research team creates 'player trait model' allowing for personalized user-experiences

GBDA Students Pitch at the World Vision Social Innovation Challenge, Win $25,000

Stratford Campus sees annual 20% increase in students entering the Global Business and Digital Arts program.

RECREATE project wins digital arts showcase at University of Waterloo Stratford campus

Graduates return with career advice

University of Waterloo Stratford campus hosts sold-out business and design conference

Global Business and Digital Arts students at University of Waterloo Stratford Campus showcase their creative projects in the Creator's Gallery