Graham Wakefield, York University

Research

Mixed Reality Virtual Reality Augmented Reality Generative Art Artificial Intelligence Artificial Life Movement and Computing mixed reality, virtual reality, augmented reality, generative art, artificial intelligence, artificial life, movement and computing

Latest funding

Memory Machines: emerging practices in environmental sensing and ecopoetics
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$88,367
Computational Worldmaking
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$300,000
Computational Worldmaking
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 6 grants and awards

Memory Machines: emerging practices in environmental sensing and ecopoetics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ong, Yuzhi Joel

Keywords: data art; environmental art; ecopoetics; artscience; computational art

$88,367

Computational Worldmaking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wakefield, Graham D

Keywords: mixed reality, virtual reality, augmented reality, generative art, artificial intelligence, artificial life, movement and computing

$300,000

Computational Worldmaking

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wakefield, Graham

$200,000

Living architecture systems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: architecture; responsive structures; living architecture; synthetic biology; human-machine interaction; curriculum development; interdisciplinary working methods; cognitive psychology; new technologies; aesthetics

$2,476,738

Live coding: networks, interpretations and applications

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Ogborn, David P.

Keywords: live coding; network music; media arts; digital humanities; computational literacy; software studies

$25,000

Interactive Information Visualization

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Wakefield, Graham D

Keywords: mixed reality,virtual reality, virtual reality, information visualization, interactive art, generative art, game, artificial life, cybernetics, natural interaction, code generation, compiler construction

$540,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Mixed Reality Dear Professor Wakefield, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on mixed reality connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Computational Worldmaking" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]