Mark Nelson Assistant Professor CAS | CSC | Computer Science
- Degrees
- PhD, Computer Science (Georgia Institute of Technology)
BSc, Computer Science (Harvey Mudd College) - Languages Spoken
- English, Greek (modern), and a little Spanish
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- Outdoors!
- Bio
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Prof. Mark J. Nelson is a computer scientist with a research focus on artificial intelligence (AI). His research primarily uses games as a domain of study. This includes: technical research that uses games to analyze the robustness of AI decision-making algorithms; work on bots that can play and analyze games; design-support work that uses AI to empower professional and novice designers; and conceptual work on formal models of games' mechanical and meaning-making elements. In addition to the Department of Computer Science, he researches and teaches in the interdisciplinary Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Game Center.
He is currently (2020–2024) the Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation research project .
Other research interests include computer music, domain-specific programming languages, and the history of computing.
Before coming to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, he was a faculty member, researcher, and student at various places around the world: Falmouth University (UK), the IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark), the University of California Santa Cruz (USA), the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), and Harvey Mudd College (USA).
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Teaching
Fall 2024
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CSC-421 Design & Org Programming Lang
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CSC-468 Artificial Intelligence
Spring 2025
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CSC-468 Artificial Intelligence
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CSC-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring: Applications Generative AI