Digital Evolution Research is Almost Game Development

Thursday, March 27, 2025
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Students

Though they might seem worlds apart, game development and scientific research in computational evolutionary biology share a common foundation. Agent-based models used in digital evolution research are analogous to non-playable characters in video games, just with different motivations and without the pretty graphics. Dr. Austin Ferguson, Assistant Professor in the GVSU College of Computing, will discuss how a change of mindset can switch us between these two fields, how skills transfer across them, and how many fields are often closer related than we might think.

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Topic: Digital Evolution Research is Almost Game Development
Where: Mackinac Hall Room A-1-105 (EOS Lab)
When: Thursday, March 27 from 6:00pm - 7:00pm

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