Job: Research Assistant positions at Playable Innovative Technologies (PLAIT) group at Northeastern University

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Job: Research Assistant positions at Playable Innovative Technologies (PLAIT) group at Northeastern University

November 2, 2012


The PLAIT (Playable Innovative Technologies) research group at Northeastern University is seeking both PhD and Master’s students. This interdisciplinary group is comprised of several faculty members and resides within the Colleges of Computer and Information Science and Arts, Media and Design. Research focus areas in the group include (a) HCI and Games, (b) Adaptive Games, (c) Procedural Content Generation and Computer Creativity, (d) Games for Impact, (e) Interactive Narrative, (f) Game Analytics, and (g) Game User Research.

Currently the group has funding to support 5 Research Assistants in these areas.

To learn more about our program, including faculty profiles and current research projects, see: http://www.northeastern.edu/games

To apply to either the Master’s or PhD program, see:  http://www.ccs.neu.edu/graduate/degreeprograms/applications.html

For any questions, please email any of the faculty members listed in the website or Magy Seif El-Nasr ([email protected])




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