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+ | **Nick Montfort**\\ | ||
+ | Associate Professor of Digital Media\\ | ||
+ | Massachusetts Institute of Technology\\ \\ | ||
+ | Thursday, February 7, 2013\\ | ||
+ | 5:00 pm\\ | ||
+ | Taylor Hall, Room 203\\ | ||
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+ | “Creative computing” is a concept that incorporates but goes beyond video games, including hobbyist programming, | ||
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+ | Nick Montfort writes computational and constrained poetry, develops computer games, and is a critic, theorist, and scholar of computational art and media. He is associate professor of digital media in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is now serving as president of the Electronic Literature Organization. He earned a Ph.D. in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania. | ||
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+ | Montfort’s digital media writing projects include the interactive fiction system Curveship; the ppg256 series of 256-character poetry generators; the group blog Grand Text Auto; Ream, a 500-page poem written on one day; Mystery House Taken Over, a collaborative “occupation” of a classic game; Implementation, | ||
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+ | Sponsored by the Media Studies Program, English Department and Computer Science Department. | ||
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+ | Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact the Campus Activities Office, 845 437-5370. |