Hi! I'm Sammy. I'm a 3rd year PhD Candidate in the Computer Science department at the University of Houston. My research interests include Virtual Reality, Game Development, Medical Imaging, and Artificial Intelligence.

I am also appointed as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Houston - Downtown, and am currently the President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association at the Main Campus.

My dissertation will focus on Redirected Walking, which will keep a user within a confined physical space while allowing for infinite exploration in a virtual world. The user will be able to conduct training sessions, engage in medical rehabilitation exercises, play video games, or be embodied within an immersive story to walk a mile within one's shoes.

My recent project involved using voice activation and LLMs to pair input to functions so medical data can be viewed and reflected across a network. 

My hobbies include game development, skydiving, digital design and music.

I am always open to collaboration or answeringn question in regards to the University of Houston. If you would like to contact me, please do so through stawakkol at uh dot edu

My resume is below!