James Robert Wright

Department of Computer Science
201-2366 Main Mall
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6T 1Z4
jrwright@cs.ubc.ca

Education

2010–present
Doctor of Philosophy (in progress)
University of British Columbia, Canada
2007–2010
Master of Science in Computer Science
Thesis: Beyond Equilibrium: Predicting Human Behaviour in Normal Form Games
University of British Columbia, Canada
1995–2000
Bachelor of Science in Computing Science
Simon Fraser University, Canada

Publications

Presentations

2010
Beyond Equilibrium: Predicting Human Behavior in Normal Form Games. James R. Wright and Kevin Leyton-Brown. Invited talk (with expenses reimbursed) at Behavioral and Quantitative Game Theory Conference on Future Directions (BQGT), Newport Beach, California.

Editorial Activity

2010
Reviewer, Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
2009
Reviewer, ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce.
2009
External reviewer, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence.

Teaching

2009
Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia
Multiagent Systems (1st year graduates), Kevin Leyton-Brown.
2008
Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia
Computers and Society (advanced undergraduates), Kurt Eiselt.
2007
Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia
Advanced Software Engineering (advanced undergraduates), Eric Wohlstadter.

Awards

2013–2014
University Graduate Fellowship
University of British Columbia, Canada
2010–2013
Canada Graduate Scholarship (Ph.D.)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
2010–2013
University Graduate Fellowship (declined)
University of British Columbia, Canada
2008–2009
Canada Graduate Scholarship (M.Sc.)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
2000
Computing Science Graduation Award (for top graduating student in department)
Simon Fraser University, Canada
1996 (twice)
and 1999
Honour Roll
Simon Fraser University, Canada
1996–2000
Open Scholarship
Simon Fraser University, Canada
1995–1996
Taduesz Specht Memorial Scholarship in Science
Simon Fraser University, Canada

Selected Employment

2006–2007
Senior Software Developer
Bycast Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005–2006
Research Developer
Business Objects Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001–2004
Director of Development / Software Developer
Silicon Chalk Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada
2000
Research Assistant
Binay Bhattacharya
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
1998
Research Assistant
Jim Delgrande and Arvind Gupta
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Last update: May 18/2010