Bill Kapralos, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Faculty of Business and Information Technology
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.  L1H 7K4.
Phone: 905-721-8668 x2882
Email: firstname.lastname@uoit.ca
Bio
Bill Kapralos is an Associate Professor in the Game Development and Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.  Bill received his BSc (first class, with distinction), MSc, and Ph.D from York University (Department of Computer Science and Engineering). His MSc research was concerned with the development of a video teleconferencing system combining both audio and video cues to automatically detect and track multiple speakers in teleconferencing and remote learning applications.  His Ph.D dissertation investigated the development of sound synthesis techniques inspired by image synthesis and optics-based methods to model the acoustics of an environment in an efficient manner for dynamic virtual environment/reality applications. Bill Kapralos' current research interests include: serious games (videogames whose primary purpose is education and training) and more specifically, examining the factors that lead to a maximum transfer of knowledge and retention, real-time acoustical modeling and 3D (spatial) sound generation for virtual environments and video games, multi-modal virtual environments/reality, and the perception of auditory events.  With funding from the Networks of Centers of Excellence of Canada (NCE), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) and Inukshuk, he is currently involved in a variety of serious games initiatives including those for the training of accountants, community health nurses, critical care providers, orthopedic and cardiac surgeons, and first responders.  He has held various teaching appointments at several institutions including York University (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) and the University of Toronto (Department of Computer Science).  He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (Computer Science and Engineering), York University.  Bill chaired the ACM FuturePlay International Conference on the Future of Game Design and Technology from 2007 - 2010.  ACM FuturePlay is an international conference that addresses academic research and emerging industry trends in the area of game technology and game design and the design of games for learning, for gender, for serious purposes, and to impact society. 

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