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Code & Sorcery Lab - Empirical Game Research
Cristiano Politowski
Assistant Professor
I am an Assistant Professor at Ontario Tech University, within the Computer Science group in the Faculty of Science.
My research interests include Video Game Development, Software Testing, Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering (AI4SE), Deep Reinforcement Learning, and Empirical Software Engineering.
Graduate students
Dilan Mian
Master’s student · started September 2025
Kevin Christopher Chua
Master’s student · started May 2026 · co-supervised with Ali Neshati
Mohame Al Musqi Mohamed Shifan
Master’s student · started May 2026 · co-supervised with Loutfouz Zaman
Charon Takov
Master’s student · starting September 2026 · co-supervised with Muhammad Usman
Caio Varalta
Master’s student · co-supervised with Leonardo Tórtoro Pereira (IGCE, UNESP)
Yohan Duarte Pessanha
Ph.D. student · co-supervised with Andre Takeshi Endo (Departamento de Computação, Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Laurent Voisartgraduated
Master’s student · co-supervised with Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc (CSSE, Concordia University)
Undergraduate students
Alex Lowegraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher · co-supervised with Ali Neshati
Saffron Birchgraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher · co-supervised with Mariana Shimabukuro
Saksham Tejpalgraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher
Rabia Chatthagraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher · co-supervised with Ken Pu
Daniel Babagraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher
Ryan Ahlborngraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher · co-supervised with Michael Miljanovic
Saahir Dhanigraduated
Undergraduate Honours Researcher · co-supervised with Jeremy Bradbury