Doctor of Philosophy in Computing Science- Computer Games

University of Alberta

Research into computer games involves both real-time programs for strategic game-playing (such as classic board and card games) as well as programs to meet the needs of the commercial games industry (including working with industrial partners such as BioWare and Inflexion). Although our passion is to demonstrate new technologies in game-playing programs, the research is more general and has found applications in areas as diverse as robotics, civil engineering, and bioinformatics. We offer courses and research opportunities in several disciplines, including Artificial Intelligence, Database Systems, Computer Games, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software Engineering, Artificial Man-Machine Interfaces, Bioinformatics, Communication Networks, Algorithmics, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Software Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Internetworking, and Multimedia.