Foaad Khosmood
Professor
Computer Engineering Computer Science & Software Engineerin
California State Polytechnic University
United States of America
Biography
Foaad Khosmood is an Associate Professor of Computer Science, and the Forbes Professor of Computer Engineering at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). Foaad received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2011. His dissertation work was on "Computational Style Processing". His research interests include Natural Language Processing (NLP), Artificial Intelligence, Interactive Entertainment and Systems. Dr. Khosmood is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Technology & Public Policy. He is also a board member, CTO and past president of Global Game Jam, Inc. where he helps to organize the world's largest game creation activity. At Poly, Professor Khosmood usually teaches Operating Systems, Interactive Entertainment Engineering and Natural Language Processing. He serves as the faculty advisor for the Cal Poly Game Development club (CPGD).
Research Interest
Artificial Intelligence, Flying Robotics, Global Game Jam, Interactive Entertainment & Systems
Publications
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Fowler A, Lai G, Studios K, Khosmood F. Trends in organizing philosophies of game jams and game hackathons. InGJ Workshop. FDG2015 2015 Jun.
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Fowler A, Khosmood F, Arya A, Lai G. The global game jam for teaching and learning. InProccedings of the 4th Annual Conference on Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand 2013 Oct 9 (pp. 28-34).
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Fowler A, Khosmood F, Arya A. The evolution and significance of the Global Game Jam. InProc. of the Foundations of Digital Games Conference 2013 May 16 (Vol. 2013).
