Dr. Ulysses Bernardet is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Computer Science at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich and has a background in psychology, computer science, and neurobiology. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology of Simon Fraser University. He is the main author of the large-scale neural systems simulator iqr, has developed models of insect cognition, and conceptualized and realized a number of complex, real-time interactive systems. His research is centered on the development of autonomous, anthropomorphic virtual humans and bridges the domains of psychology, computer science, robotics, and neuroscience.