Alexander Nareyek

Alexander Nareyek

Director of Interactive Intelligence Labs; Director of NUS Games Lab; Asst Prof. at the National University of Singapore

Singapore

Current
  • Director of NUS Games Lab at National University of Singapore
  • Director of ii Labs; Assistant Professor at the ECE Department at National University of Singapore
Past
  • CEO / CTO and Owner at Digital Drama Studios
  • Research Staff at Cork Constraint Computation Centre / University College Cork
  • Emmy Noether Fellow / Guest Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher at German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD)
Education
  • Technische Universität Berlin
  • Technische Universität Berlin
Connections
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Alexander Nareyek’s Summary

Alexander Nareyek directs the interactive intelligence Labs (ii Labs) and the multi-disciplinary Games Lab at the National University of Singapore, where he also holds an assistant professorship.

He received his diploma and Ph.D. from the TU Berlin/Germany, held positions at GMD-FIRST/Germany, Carnegie Mellon University/USA, and the Cork Constraint Computation Centre/Ireland, and served as CEO and CTO for Digital Drama Studios/Czech Republic.

He is one of the leading figures in the field of game AI and serves on numerous academic and industrial committees. For the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), he is responsible for matters regarding artificial intelligence, and serves as chairperson of the IGDA's Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee.

Alexander Nareyek’s Specialties:

Artificial Intelligence for Gaming and Digital Entertainment


Alexander Nareyek’s Experience

  • Director of NUS Games Lab

    National University of Singapore

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    January 2007Present (1 year 10 months)

  • Director of ii Labs; Assistant Professor at the ECE Department

    National University of Singapore

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    June 2006Present (2 years 5 months)

  • CEO / CTO and Owner

    Digital Drama Studios

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    January 2005June 2006 (1 year 6 months)

  • Research Staff

    Cork Constraint Computation Centre / University College Cork

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    January 2004September 2004 (9 months)

  • Emmy Noether Fellow / Guest Scientist

    Carnegie Mellon University

    (Educational Institution; Research industry)

    January 2002December 2003 (2 years)

  • Post-Doctoral Researcher

    German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD)

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2000December 2001 (1 year 3 months)


Alexander Nareyek’s Education

  • Technische Universität Berlin

    PhD, Artificial Intelligence, 19972000

    Dissertation title: “Constraint-Based Agents - An Architecture for Constraint-Based Modeling and Local-Search-Based Reasoning for Planning and Scheduling in Open and Dynamic Worlds"

  • Technische Universität Berlin

    Master, Computer Science, 19911996

    Activities and Societies:
    Thesis title: "Algorithms for Modeling and Efficiently Processing Disjunctive Constraints over Finite Sets""

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Alexander Nareyek’s Groups:

International Game Developers Association (IGDA), American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee (AIISC)

  •    International Game Developers Association

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