Serious Games Presentation 10/27 ACM Chicago/Loyola

This information is also on the Chapter website at:
http://www.chicagoacm.org/

OCTOBER ACM Chicago MEETING:

A joint meeting with the
Loyola University Computer Science Department

"Serious Games"

Maria Klawe - ACM Distinguished Speaker

Tuesday, Oct 27, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Loyola University Lake Shore Campus
Quinlan Life Sciences Building Auditorium (Room LSB-142)
1032 W Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60660
(Northwest Corner of N. Kenmore and W. Sheridan)
Campus map: http://www.luc.edu/biology/pdfs/map.pdf

COST: Free. (General Admission, No Reserved Seats) However, Please RSVP on the Chicago ACM website (chicagoacm.org) for this event, to best help our group with upcoming joint ACM/Loyola University events.

TOPIC ABSTRACT
Ever since video games first invaded pinball arcades, there has been a parallel development in creating games for job training and education. These serious games use the same graphics, audio, and game design players expect in games like Warcraft, the Sims and Half-Life. But in these games players reach new levels during military training, while learning mathematics and exploring the sciences. And funds for developers come from the government, military, research foundations and commercial investors.

This talk describes a variety of current serious game projects including Senior Prom, a version of Dance Dance Revolution for elders, and web-based math games for K-12.

SPEAKER INFO:
Maria Klawe is President of Harvey Mudd College (2006) and former Dean of Engineering at Princeton University.

She has made significant contributions to functional analysis, discrete mathematics, and theoretical computer science in her work at IBM Research and academia. Her current interests include interactive and multimedia interfaces in mathematics education, serious games and assistive technologies.

She has led research studies, projects and served on boards to further her lifelong passion to increase the participation of women and other under-represented groups in science, engineering and especially computer science.

Maria has been President of ACM, Trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute at Berkeley, and has been a member of the boards of Math for America, CRA-W and Microsoft. She is an ACM Fellow, a PhD in Mathematics from the Univ. of Alberta and has been awarded several honorary doctorates.

RESERVATIONS
Please make your reservation as soon as you know you are coming. RSVP by filling out this quick form:
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For those interested we plan to meet afterwards to eat and discuss the talk. (This would be at your own expense) Details to follow on the website.