Arya has years of experience in the industry as a software engineer and project manager, and also research and teaching positions at various academic institutions. Since 2006, Arya has been with the School of Information Technology at Carleton, where he is a Professor of Interactive Multimedia. H...
Arya has years of experience in the industry as a software engineer and project manager, and also research and teaching positions at various academic institutions. Since 2006, Arya has been with the School of Information Technology at Carleton, where he is a Professor of Interactive Multimedia. His research interests include human-computer interaction, educational technologies, computer games and virtual worlds, artificial intelligence, computer graphics and animation, and digital art. Arya's research has been funded by National Science and Engineering Research Council, Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Ontario Centres of Excellence, and industrial partners. He organizes a series of events and activities for his students such as the Global Game Jam, Creative Jam, and the Information Technology seminars. Arya is a senior member of IEEE, a member of ACM, and on the editorial board and technical committees of various journals and conferences in the areas related to his research.