Sepehr Sep Vaez Afshar
XR Lead & AP @stu/dio | XR, Game Studies, Data Viz, Cultural Heritage
- Role
- Coordinator at Digitalfutures
- Location
- Urbana, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sepehr Sep Vaez Afshar
Sepehr is a PhD student in the Informatics program at the University of Illinois. He holds master’s degrees in Landscape Architecture and Historic Preservation, with a broader background in architecture and computer science. His research takes an interdisciplinary approach to serious games, extended reality, and digital heritage.At UIUC, Sepehr explores how data science and immersive technologies can make public engagement more accessible and impactful. He serves as Associate Producer and XR Lead at the GSD stu/dio, where he leads XR initiatives and contributes to project development, quality assurance, and the integration of UX standards into production workflows. He actively serves on research and review committees for international journals and conferences and has received multiple international awards in computer-aided design and historic preservation.
Experience
Coordinator
Jan 2023 — Present · US
Team Coordinator (Turkish Language) and Webmaster | 2023-PresentWorkshops Coordinator and Web Master, 2023 International Workshops | 2023-PresentTechnology Coordinator, AI Series: An Introduction to AI for Designers | 2023
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Informatics
Azad University (IAU)
Bachelor's degree, Architectural Engineering
Istanbul Technical University
Master of Science - MS, Landscape Architecture
Texas Tech University
Master of Science - MS, Architecture
Islamic Azad University
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering
2012 — 2014
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