"Developing multi-disciplinary research based on Computer Games Technology"
"Developing multi-disciplinary research based on Computer Games Technology"
Speaker: Lachlan M. MacKinnon
Professor of Information & Knowledge Engineering
Head of School, School of Computing & Creative Technologies
University of Abertay Dundee
When: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Where: USC Viterbi School of Engineering - RTH 306
Abstract:
Over the past ten years the University of Abertay Dundee has taught and researched in Computer Games Technology, predominantly focused on the development of techniques and technologies associated with console games and massively multi-player role-playing communities. We have built a successful reputation within the Games industry for the quality of our work and our graduates, and developed the premiere student games competition, but in the UK this work does not impact on the traditional research community. Accordingly, we have sought to utilise the techniques and technologies developed from our games teaching and research to develop novel activities within a range of research communities and to promote multi-disciplinary research on this basis. This talk will consider some of the issues in using games technologies for research, and will present examples of successful utilisation in Environmental Science, Health Science, Smart Systems, eLearning, and Microelectronics design.