I am a researcher and developer  in the Colledge of Computer Science-Northeastern University in Boston, MA, United States. I am also participating in a graduate level training program for professional career development.

Experiences & Interests: My main research and development fields Include : HCI user research, Social computing, Game Analytics, Data mining, and Visual Analytics for HCI data. I have worked in different game companies, and academic projects as a researcher and developer to develop Data mining , Visual analytic and Business Intelligence solutions to answer the practical questions raised from game researchers, designers, producers, and marketing teams.  Check out my research projects for further details.

Games:
I am also a passionate game designer, developer, and software engineer. I am looking at games as mediums to promote the social interactions, problem solving, critical thinking, and educational concepts among kids and adult audiences.

Education

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
Msc in Interactive Art and Technology
February 2011
Thesis: Understanding and Evaluation of Cooperative Video Games
Supervisor: Dr.Magy Seif El-Nasr

Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Bsc in Software Engineering May 2006
Thesis : A Soccer Middle Size Simulator Based on USARSIM and Development of Proper Agents
Supervisor: Dr.Kangavari