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SUMMARY:Serious Play: Games Beyond Entertainment
DESCRIPTION:Electronic games are among the largest entertainment industries in the world! Games and interactive experiences have multiple uses and applications, and they are being applied in a wide variety of “serious” fields including education, health, and finance.\nJoin Magy Seif El-Nasr, Vice Chair of Serious Games in the Computational Media Department at UC Santa Cruz, from 3:00pm – 4:00pm PST, for a roundtable discussion of how electronic games impact our real and virtual worlds, and how the gaming industry will help construct the future of critical technologies.\nWe hope to see you there!\nBIO\nMagy Seif El-Nasr is a Professor and Vice Chair of Serious Games in the Computational Media Department at University of California at Santa Cruz, where she directs the Game User Intelligence and Interaction (GUII) Lab. Dr. Seif El-Nasr earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Computer Science. Her research focuses on two goals (a) developing automated tools and techniques for authoring, adapting, and personalizing virtual environments (e.g., interactive narrative, believable characters, and visuals), and (b) developing methodologies to model and understand players’ behaviors and motivations through the development of novel mixed-methods approaches that use machine learning and visual analytics tools. Her work is internationally known and cited in several game industry books. She is also known for her work on Game Data Science, and her book Game Analytics: Maximizing the Value of Player Data. She is currently working on another book called Game Data Science which is currently in press to be published in 2021. She received several awards and recognition within the game research community. Notably, she was named HEVGA (Higher Education Video Game Alliance) Fellow in 2017 and received several Best Paper Awards, honorable mentions, and exceptional paper designations.\nREGISTERFor questions or to sign up to attend this event, please contact roundtables@svlg.org ( mailto:roundtables@svlg.org ). \nSPONSORS\n\n\n\n\n                \n\n              \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    \n\n\n\n                \n\n              \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    \n\n\n\n                \n\n              \n\n\n\n\n\n    \n    \n\n\n            .popup-contact .smls-overlay-contact-info {\n              display: none;\n            }\n            .popup-contact .smls-overlay-contact-info.active {\n              display: block;\n              position: fixed;\n              width: 30%;\n              height: 37%;\n              background: #000000a6;\n              color: #fff;\n              left: 30%;\n              right: 0;\n              top: 30%;\n              z-index: 999;\n              text-align: 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