My research group is working on serious games: games for the purpose of education.

Research Interests

• Computer Games, Serious Games, Educational Games, Virtual Reality
• Artificial Intelligence, including Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning
• Social Media

Office hours

• Tuesdays 1:45-2:45pm and Thursdays 6-7pm (Mountain Time)

Prospective Students

• If you have the same interests as my research group, contact me using this form and also send me your C.V. in email. Our guaranteed funding package can be found here. We support Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Podcast

• Video Games, AI, and Why You Should Study Both

Links

• Game Production One-Week Intensive Course
• For undergraduates: Concentration in Computer Game Development


• Department of Computer Science Profile
• Researchers Active in Technical Games Research
• Academic Lineage: The Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Connect: LinkedIn

News

Research
• National Science Foundation funds 2-year study of Behrend engineering teams

Teaching
• Behrend professors use custom Zoom backgrounds to boost student engagement

Students
• Game on: Students Make Connections at Conference
• Penn State Behrend gamers go the distance for good cause

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computing Science, University of Alberta.
• Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computing Science, University of Alberta.
• Honours Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science - AI Specialization, University of Toronto.