Bio:
Dr. Seif El-Nasr is an assistant Professor in College of Information
Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, where she directs
the Real-time Aesthetic and Experience Lab. She earned her
Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in Computer Science and her
master's degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M
University. Dr. Seif El-Nasr received several grants and awards. The
awards she received include 2nd best paper award at the International
Conference of Virtual Storytelling 2003, student best paper award at
the Autonomous Agents conference 1999, and Leadership Excellence Award
from Texas A&M University. She is on the editorial board of the
Journal of Game Development, the International Journal of Intelligent
Games and Simulation, and ACM Computers in Entertainment; she has
chaired and organized several workshops including, American
Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Symposium on Artificial
Intelligence and Interaction Entertainment, which has recently became
its own conference AIIDE (Artificial Intelligence and Interactive
Digital Entertainment) and Design of Interactive Systems (DIS)
Workshop called 'On the Process of Game Design'. She was a special
theme editor for the Journal of Game Development special issue on Game
Design Research. Her research work includes designing and developing
tools that enhance the engagement of interactive environments used for
training, education, and entertainment. She developed several classes,
including Game Design and Development, Design of Immersive
Environments, Interactive Narrative, and Software Engineering. In all
her classes she promotes creativity and project-based learning through
the use of the tools she built in her research augmented with game
engines. URL: http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/SeifEl-Nasr/.