Ian Parberry is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas. With over a quarter century experience in research and education, he is the author of six books and more than 70 articles on a wide range of computing subjects including algorithms, complexity theory, parallel computing, neural networks, and game programming. A pioneer of game programming education and research in academia, he has been teaching game programming classes at the University of North Texas since 1993. Ian Parberry directs the Laboratory for Recreational Computing (LARC) at UNT, a crucible in which the game industry professionals and professors of the future learn and conduct research in game programming.

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Refereed Journal Publication Accepted
(Posted 1/19/2010) LARC PhD student Jon Doran has his first refereed journal publication accepted in IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games. The paper, "Controlled Procedural Terrain Generation Using Software Agents", coauthored with Ian Parberry, explores a controllable system that uses intelligent agents to generate terrain elevation heightmaps according to designer-defined constraints.
Student Evaluations for CSCE 4210/5250
(Posted 1/13/2010) Student evaluations for Ian Parberry's CSCE 4210 (Game Programming 1) and CSCE 5250 (Intro to Game Programming) for Fall 2009 are now available. Also available, more teaching evaluations.
Ian Parberry and LARC Get Respect
(Posted 12/8/2009) Ian Parberry and LARC were mentioned in 2 paragraphs on page 2 of an article in the Fort Worth Weekly, December 2-8 issue, "Geeks Get Respect".
PC Member for FDG 2010
(Posted 12/2/2009) Ian Parberry is serving as an at-large member of the Program Committee of the 5th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, to be held in Monterey, CA on June 19-21, 2010.
PC Member for Workshop on Procedural Content Generation
(Posted 12/2/2009) Ian Parberry is serving on the Program Committee of the Workshop on Procedural Content Generation in Games, to be held in Monterey, CA on June 18, 2010.
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Also available: An archive of old news briefs, and LARC News on the LARC home page.

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Created September 22, 1994. Last updated January 21, 2010