教育经历
2012-2018 英国安格利亚鲁金斯大学 计算机科学博士学位
2007-2009 英国谢菲尔德大学 信息系统硕士学位
2004-2007 英国伦敦城市大学 商业信息系统学术学位
工作经历
2023-2024 英国dBs音乐与技术学院 讲师
2021-2022 英国JD Sports(英国体育零售商) 软件开发员
2019-2021 英国PHMG 软件开发员
2012-2018 英国安格利亚鲁金斯大学 副讲师
研究方向：
世界构建与虚拟世界、虚拟现实与电子游戏、数字媒体设计与开发
研究成果（部分）：
Sawyerr, W. (2026). A Symbolic Virtual World for Training Agents in Cross-World Exploration. In: Posenato, R., Vanderfeesten, I. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops. CAiSE 2026. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 586. Springer Nature, pp. 91-102. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-28160-9_9
Sawyerr, W. (2016). An Application of the Design Science Research Theoretical Framework and Methodology in the Construction of an Approach for Designing Applications in 3D Virtual Worlds. Journal of Advances in Information Technology, 7(4), pp. 259-263.
Sawyerr, W., Brown, E. and Hobbs, M. (2013). Using a Hybrid Method to Evaluate the Usability of a 3D Virtual World User Interface. International Journal of Information Technology & Computer Science, 8(2), pp. 66-74.
Holley, D., Howlett, P., Hobbs, M. and Sawyerr, W., 2013. 'The Chaotic Science Lab’: Supporting Trainee Science Teachers - A Cross Departmental Project. Networks, 16, pp. 51-58.
Sawyerr, W. (2026) ‘Indirect Utility Maximization via Second-Order Agents’, in Proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems (MMVE ’26). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 15-20. doi: 10.1145/3798090.3799679.
Sawyerr, W. (2016) ‘An approach for designing applications in 3D virtual worlds’, in Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Massively Multiuser Virtual Environments (MMVE’16). New York: Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 1-2. doi: 10.1145/2910659.2910661
Sawyerr, W. and Hobbs, M. (2014) ‘Designing for Usability in 3D Virtual Environments’, in Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Usability and Accessibility Focused Requirements Engineering (UsARE’ 14). IEEE, pp. 32-35. doi: 10.1109/UsARE.2014.6890998
Sawyerr, W., Ji, J., Qi, Y., Wang, J. and Zhang, Z. (2025) Talk on Artificial Intelligence in Practice at the 2025 Conference on Intelligent Integration Cross-Boundary: Interdisciplinary Innovation and Future Landscape of Design Disciplines in the AI Era. Xiamen, China, 22-24 November 2025. Jimei University.
Patron at the 2026 China Digital Entertainment Congress and China Game Developers Conference (ChinaJoy 2026)
Judge at the 2025 Xiamen International Animation Festival Golden Dolphin Awards (Virtual Reality Track)
Aimini, M., Penn, S., Sawyerr, W., Perez, F. M., Zheng, N., and Zhang, H. (2026-2027). Portable Urban Lab for Sensing the Environment (PULSE). University for the Creative Arts Knowledge Exchange Fund. Award: £10,000
