{"50385":{"#nid":"50385","#data":{"type":"profile","title":"Mark Riedl","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMark Riedl is an associate professor in the College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing.\u0026nbsp; As director of the Entertainment Intelligence Lab, Dr. Riedl\u0027s research focuses on the study of artificial intelligence and storytelling for entertainment (e.g., computer games).\u0026nbsp; Narrative is a cognitive tool used by humans for communication, sense-making, entertainment, education, and training. Consequently, there is value in discovering new computational techniques that make computers better communicators, entertainers, and educators. The principle research question Dr. Riedl addresses through his research is: how can intelligent computational systems reason about and autonomously create engaging experiences for users of virtual worlds and computer games?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Riedl earned a PhD degree in 2004 from North Carolina State University, where he innovated novel intelligent technologies for automatically generating stories and managing interactive user experiences in virtual worlds and computer games.\u0026nbsp; From 2004 to 2007, Dr. Riedl was a research scientist at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies where he researched and developed interactive, adaptive training systems.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Riedl joined the Georgia Tech College of Computing in 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAreas of Expertise:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EArtificial Intelligence\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComputer Game AI\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EStorytelling Technologies\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInteractive education and entertainment\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EIntelligent Media\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EComputational Creativity\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMachinima\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27154","created_gmt":"2010-01-29 12:36:21","changed_gmt":"2014-11-26 20:49:30","author":"Louise Russo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","extras":[],"hg_media":{"349711":{"id":"349711","type":"image","title":"Mark Riedl compressed","body":null,"created":"1449245696","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:56","changed":"1475895075","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:15","alt":"Mark Riedl compressed","file":{"fid":"201051","name":"mark-riedl_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark-riedl_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark-riedl_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":12265,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mark-riedl_0_0.jpg?itok=-ydPf_kk"}}},"media_ids":["349711"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[{"id":"8192","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"8154","name":"GVU Center"},{"id":"8155","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"classification":["Faculty"],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":{"work":"4043852860"},"contact":[],"email":["riedl@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}