Dr Damon Daylamani-Zad
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media
Michael Sterling 256
- Email: damon.daylamani-zad@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 267638
Summary
Damon is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Computing (AI and Games).
Qualifications
- PhD, Multimedia Computing, Electronic & Computer Engineering, Brunel University
- Fellow of The British Computer Society
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Greenwich
- MSc, Multimedia Computing, Brunel University
- BSc, Computer Engineering (Software Engineering), University of Tehran
Responsibility
- Director of Education (Brunel Design School)
- PG Courses Director and Admissions Tutor (Digital Media)
- Head of Creative Computing Research Group
Newest selected publications
Droutsas, N., Spyridonis, F., Daylamani-Zad, D., Glass, PE. and Ghinea, G. (2026) 'Bridging human insight and automation: improving alt text generation with human-curated contextual data'. Behaviour and Information Technology, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 0144-929X Open Access Link
Yusuf, H., Money, A. and Daylamani-Zad, D. (2026) 'Exploring student anxiety and experience in performance-based assessments using AIvaluate: an LLM-augmented emotionally intelligent pedagogical AI conversational agent'. Educational Technology Research and Development, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 44. ISSN: 1042-1629 Open Access Link
Dima, M., Daylamani-Zad, D. and Lympouridis, V. (2026) 'Acting on the Edge: Developing Mixed Reality Heritage Performance through Real-Time 3D and Virtual Production Technologies'. ACM Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 0 (in submission). ISSN: 1556-4673 Open Access Link
Alexander, N., Fukaya, K., Daylamani-Zad, D. and Angelides, MC. (2026) 'Serious games for decision-making and team tactics training in sports: A conceptual framework and review of state-of-the-art'. Entertainment Computing, 57. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 1875-9521 Open Access Link
Fukaya, K., Daylamani-Zad, D. and Agius, H. (2026) 'Heuristics for AI-Driven Graphical Asset Generation Tools in Game Design and Development Pipelines: A User-Centered Approach'. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 1044-7318 Open Access Link