Professor Dr. Scott Bateman

Biography

Scott Bateman is an Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick, where he serves as the Research Director of the Research Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RIDSAI). He is also the Director of the Spatial Computing Research Centre (SPECTRAL) and co-director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. His work focuses on adopting emerging technology to solve real-world problems in areas such as healthcare, skills training, and entertainment. Scott emphasizes understanding the support needs of university researchers in collaboration with regional, national, and international industrial partners. He completed his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in 2012 and has previously worked as a researcher at Microsoft Research, IBM Watson Research, the University of Calgary, and the National College of Ireland. Additionally, he has held visiting professor positions at Université de Lille and Singapore Management University. Scott has served in senior editorial roles for leading HCI publication venues, including the ACM CHI and CHI PLAY conferences, and his work has received Paper Honourable Mention awards at the CHI conference.

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