Rate My Professor Brian Magerko

Brian Magerko is a Regents Professor of Digital Media, Director of Graduate Studies in Digital Media, and head of the Expressive Machinery Lab in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. He joined Georgia Tech in 2008 after serving as an Assistant Professor in Digital Games at Michigan State University. Magerko holds a B.S. in Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon University (1999), an M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan (2001), and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan (2006). His research explores the intersections of computation, cognition, and social and creative interactions between humans and artificial intelligence, with specializations in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computational media, computer science education, creativity and cognition, educational media, human-computer interaction, improvisation, interactive narrative, serious game design, cognitive architectures, intelligent agents, and music technology.