<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Don't know who piloted this but you may want to change your schedules ;)<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Dan Duchamp <<a href="mailto:djd@cs.stevens.edu">djd@cs.stevens.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 31, 2009 11:17:05 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cs-grads@cs.stevens.edu">cs-grads@cs.stevens.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:cs-classOf2010@cs.stevens.edu">cs-classOf2010@cs.stevens.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:cs-classOf2011@cs.stevens.edu"><a href="mailto:cs-classOf2011@cs.stevens.edu">cs-classOf2011@cs.stevens.edu</a></a><br><b>Cc:</b> George Kamberov <<a href="mailto:kamberov@cs.stevens.edu">kamberov@cs.stevens.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Cs-classof2010] New courses & program in computer gaming</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Computer Science graduate students, seniors, and juniors: I am writing</span><br><span>to make you aware of a new MS degree offered by the CS department:</span><br><span>Game Design and Simulation Programming. We haven't yet updated the CS</span><br><span>web site or catalog to describe the program, so for the time being</span><br><span>this message will have to serve.</span><br><span></span><br><span>The description below was written by Prof. Kamberov, who is creator</span><br><span>and director of the program. The entry course for this program, CS</span><br><span>585 Introduction to Game Development, meets Monday night and is</span><br><span>co-taught by Prof. Kamberov and Coray Seifert, a professional game</span><br><span>developer.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I urge you to read Prof. Kamberov's web page cited below, and perhaps</span><br><span>attend tonight's class to find out more.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The CS department is offering a new MS Program in Game Development and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Simulations and two related certificates in graphics and animation and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in AI fro gaming.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The 30 credits program will prepare students for positions in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>gaming industry as well as in industrial, government, education and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>research organizations involved in simulation, visualization, training</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and edutainment. Furthermore, the program will prepare students for</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>entry in elite PhD programs in Computer Science, Remote Sensing, and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Geographic Information Systems. The program will expose the students</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>to: (i) The fundamentals of interactive game design; (ii)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>State-of-the-art graphics and animation and behavior modeling; (iii)</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>The methodologies for game development; (iv) Provide an insight in the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>entrepreneurship skills and environment needed to be a successful</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>member of the gaming community.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Fall 2009 Course Offerings: CS 537 Introduction to Interactive</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Graphics and CS 585 Introduction to Game Development</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>For more information about the program and the certificates</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>visit <a href="http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~kamberov/teach/DescrptionForDJD.html"><a href="http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~kamberov/teach/DescrptionForDJD.html">http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~kamberov/teach/DescrptionForDJD.html</a></a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>------------</span><br><span>Dan Duchamp Email: <a href="mailto:djd@cs.stevens.edu"><a href="mailto:djd@cs.stevens.edu">djd@cs.stevens.edu</a></a></span><br><span>Director, Computer Science Department WWW: <a href="http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~djd"><a href="http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~djd">http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~djd</a></a></span><br><span>313 Lieb Building Voice: 201-216-5390</span><br><span>Stevens Institute of Technology Fax: 201-216-8249</span><br><span>Castle Point on Hudson</span><br><span>Hoboken, NJ 07030</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Cs-classof2010 mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Cs-classof2010@guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu">Cs-classof2010@guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu</a></span><br><span><a href="https://guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs-classof2010">https://guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu/mailman/listinfo/cs-classof2010</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>