Julian Togelius Explained

Julian Togelius
Occupation:Game researcher and professor

Julian Togelius is an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering.

Career

Togelius holds a BA from Lund University, an MSc from the University of Sussex, and a PhD from the University of Essex.

He was an associate professor at the Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen before moving to NYU.

Togelius is the editor in chief of the IEEE Transactions on Games journal. He is also, with Georgios N. Yannakakis, the co-author of the Artificial Intelligence and Games[1] textbook and the co-organiser of the Artificial Intelligence and Games Summer School series.

Togelius co-edited the book Procedural Content Generation Book for games.[2]

Research

Togelius was described by Kenneth O. Stanley as one of "the world's most accomplished experts at the intersection of games and AI".[3] His research has appeared in media such as New Scientist,[4] [5] [6] and Le Monde,[7] The Verge,[8] The Economist,[9] and the MIT Technology Review.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Artificial Intelligence and Games. Yannakakis. Georgios N.. Togelius. Julian. Springer Nature. 2018. 978-3-319-63519-4.
  2. http://pcgbook.com The Procedural Content Generation Book
  3. Artificial Intelligence and Games - Book Quotes. Springer Nature.
  4. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17560-race-is-on-to-evolve-the-ultimate-mario.html New Scientist, August 2009
  5. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11455-autonomous-driving-systems-aim-to-drive-dirty.html New Scientist, March 2007
  6. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427295.200-computer-games-that-adapt-to-the-way-you-play.html New Scientist, issue 2729, 7 October 2009
  7. http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2009/12/09/des-jeux-video-sur-mesure_1277579_651865.html "Des jeux vidéo sur mesure", Le Monde, 12 December 2009
  8. News: OpenAI's Dota 2 defeat is still a win for artificial intelligence. The Verge. 2018-08-29.
  9. News: Why AI researchers like video games.
  10. News: AI Is Dreaming Up New Kinds of Video Games.