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Al and Kevin present at CASCON 2026

Two posters from the lab at CASCON 2026.

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Two of our Master’s students, Al Shifan and Kevin Chua, presented their work at CASCON 2026.

Four people wearing CASCON badges standing together in the conference hall
From left: Kevin Chua, Prof. Jeremy Bradbury, Al Shifan and Ankita Mukherjee, all from Ontario Tech University.

Evolved Neural Agents as Tireless Playtesters — Al Shifan

Al standing next to his poster, Evolved Neural Agents as Tireless Playtesters
Al holding a laptop and talking with a visitor in front of his poster

Al is co-supervised with Loutfouz Zaman.

Trait Activation Steering: Keeping Small-Model NPCs in Character — Kevin Chua

Kevin standing next to his poster, Trait Activation Steering
Kevin pointing at a chart on his poster while a visitor listens

Kevin is co-supervised with Ali Neshati.

More from the poster session

Kevin by his poster in the session hall
Al looking at his poster
Visitors gathered at Al's poster

Congratulations to both of them!

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