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Mark Nelson Assistant Professor CAS | CSC | Computer Science

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Mark Nelson
CAS | Computer Science
Don Myers Technology and Innovation Building 108G
DMTI 108G
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
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 ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®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 ¹ú²úСßÏÅ®, 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

  • CSC-421 Design & Org Programming Lang

  • CSC-468 Artificial Intelligence

Spring 2025

  • CSC-468 Artificial Intelligence

  • CSC-496 Selected Topics: Non-Recurring: Applications Generative AI