Scholar
Mark J. Nelson
Google Scholar ID: DPC67mkAAAAJ
American University
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,704
H-index
16
i10-index
32
Publications
20
Co-authors
43
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Held positions at University of California Santa Cruz
- IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Falmouth University (UK)
- Currently Associate Professor at American University
- Participated in an international collaboration grant on AI game design, with a final working visit in Gothenburg, Sweden
Background
- Associate Professor & Undergraduate Director in the Department of Computer Science at American University
- Research focus on artificial intelligence (AI), particularly AI & games
- Research includes: technical work on game playing as sequential decision-making, AI for automated/semi-automated game design, and formal modeling of games’ mechanics and meaning-making
- Recently exploring how to harness large language models (LLMs) while constraining hallucinations by integrating LLMs into larger AI systems
- Broad interests across CS: symbolic logic, programming languages, theory of computation, computer art, computer music, and computer-assisted design
