Steve DiPaola

Steve DiPaola, is a cognitive based AI computer scientist and former director of the Cognitive Science Program at Simon Fraser University. DiPaola also leads the iVizLab (ivizlab.sfu.ca), a research lab that strives to make computational systems bend more to the human experience by incorporating biological, cognitive and behavior knowledge models. Much of the lab’s work is creating computation models of very human ideals such as expression, emotion, behavior and creativity. He is most known for his AI based computational creativity (darwinsgaze.com) and 3D facial expression systems. He came to SFU from Stanford University and before that NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, an early pioneering lab in high- end graphics techniques. He has held leadership positions at Electronic Arts, Saatchi Innovation and consulted for HP, Macromedia and the Institute for the Future. His computer based art has been exhibited internationally including the AIR and Tibor de Nagy galleries in NYC, Tenderpixel Gallery in London and Cambridge University’s Kings Art Centre. The work has also been exhibited in major museums, including the Whitney Museum, the MIT Museum, and the Smithsonian.

Publications

Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design
Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design
Jeremy Owen Turner, Michael Nixon, Ulysses Bernardet, Steve DiPaola. © 2016. 346 pages.
Cognitive architectures represent an umbrella term to describe ways in which the flow of thought can be engineered towards cerebral and behavioral outcomes. Cognitive...
Designing Socially Expressive Character Agents to Facilitate Learning
Designing Socially Expressive Character Agents to Facilitate Learning
Steve DiPaola. © 2010. 18 pages.
This chapter discusses the design and implementation issues around creating an expressive but easy-to-author 3D character-based system. It then describes several application...