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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.

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To the Class of 2020

Since we couldn't send you off in person – here are our parting words for you, GBDA Class of 2020

Stratford School Professor Lennart Nacke Receives $30k Mitacs Accelerate Grant

Lennart Nacke, Associate Professor at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business and Director of the HCI Games Group at the Games Institute, has recently been awarded a $30k grant from Mitacs in partnership with TD Bank.

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.

Global Business and Digital Arts student Victoria Vandenberg achieved 2nd place at the annual Communitech Code/Design to Win challenge held in Kitchener this past weekend.

Vandenberg and 5 other students from the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business were among the top 25 finalists selected from 258 designers that participated in the preliminary on-campus challenges.

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.

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.

How can technology help stressed parents quickly find their lost child in a crowded park?

Student winners at Communitech Code/Design to Win competition

Emerging tech talents from the University of Waterloo collected all $12,000 in prizes from the expanded Code/Design to Win competition at Communitech on Saturday.

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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

To the Class of 2020

To the Class of 2020

Stratford School Professor Lennart Nacke Receives $30k Mitacs Accelerate Grant

Stratford School Professor Lennart Nacke Receives $30k Mitacs Accelerate Grant

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

GBDA Student Victoria Vandenberg Places 2nd in National Competition

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

Graduates return with career advice

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

Code/Design to Win: GBDA student's winning design could help parents locate lost child

Fourth-year GBDA student Filip Jadczak wins the top prize in Communitech’s Design to Win competition!