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Michael-Cook

Dr Michael Cook

Senior Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

  • Computer science

Contact details

Biography

Dr Michael Cook is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Informatics, with his research focusing on computational creativity and applications of AI to game design and development. He earned his PhD in 2016 from Imperial College London, and currently holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship.

Research interests

  • Computational Creativity
  • Automated Game Design
  • Design & Analysis of Generative Software
  • General Game Playing
  • Computational Subjectivity

Further information

    Research

    FEATURE CUSP Window
    Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) London

    CUSP London is a collaboration between King’s College London and New York University, which brings together researchers, businesses, local authorities and government agencies, to apply data science and visual analytics to challenges in and for London.

    Group working
    Human Centred Computing Research

    The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.

    News

    New Scientist Live 2023

    From fortune-telling with ChatGPT to the cybersecurity of fairy tales, King’s academics showcased their latest research and demonstrations in physics,...

    New Scientist Live 2023 event thumbnail

    'Inspirational, informative and thought-provoking': King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

    King’s opened its doors to the public to explore the latest AI developments at this five-day festival.

    AI Festival AI Panel Auditorium 2

    King's scientists explore the effects of AI on human life

    Bringing the Human to the Artificial presents cutting-edge AI research at King’s.

    Bringing the Human to the Artificial

    Puck – An Automated Game Designer

    Puck is a computationally creative AI that uses many different AI techniques to design games. It will be exhibited in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial...

    Puck Demo 2 780x440

    AI researcher and game designer, Dr Michael Cook, joins the Department of Informatics

    AI researcher and game designer, Dr Michael Cook, joins the Department of Informatics.

    Michael Cook

    Events

    07Junnothing beside remains screenshot 780x440

    Nothing Beside Remains: Archaeological Records & Generative Systems

    Try Nothing Beside Remains, a game about exploration and archaeology, as part of research into how generative algorithms can tell stories and create worlds.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    28MayNext Level logo

    Next Level - AI and the Future of Games

    Join us at King's for a public day of talks about the future of the games industry, from scientists, sociologists, game designers, YouTube essayists, AI...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    26MayPuck Demo 2 780x440

    Puck

    Watch the AI system Puck design games live, and try them out yourself, with Puck designer Dr Michael Cook.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07JunPuck Demo 2 780x440

    Puck

    Watch the AI system Puck design games live, and try them out yourself, with Puck designer Dr Michael Cook.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    Meet: Dr Mike Cook

    Meet: Dr Mike Cook

    Mike Cook 2023

    Reimagining AI Futures - Dr Mike Cook: Building the Future of AI

    What is AI and who is it for? Dr Mike Cook examines AI's control by corporations asks what kind of AI future we want to see.

    Hero Desktop Reimagining AI Futures

    Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics

    We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.

    informatics_feature

      Research

      FEATURE CUSP Window
      Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) London

      CUSP London is a collaboration between King’s College London and New York University, which brings together researchers, businesses, local authorities and government agencies, to apply data science and visual analytics to challenges in and for London.

      Group working
      Human Centred Computing Research

      The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.

      News

      New Scientist Live 2023

      From fortune-telling with ChatGPT to the cybersecurity of fairy tales, King’s academics showcased their latest research and demonstrations in physics,...

      New Scientist Live 2023 event thumbnail

      'Inspirational, informative and thought-provoking': King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

      King’s opened its doors to the public to explore the latest AI developments at this five-day festival.

      AI Festival AI Panel Auditorium 2

      King's scientists explore the effects of AI on human life

      Bringing the Human to the Artificial presents cutting-edge AI research at King’s.

      Bringing the Human to the Artificial

      Puck – An Automated Game Designer

      Puck is a computationally creative AI that uses many different AI techniques to design games. It will be exhibited in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial...

      Puck Demo 2 780x440

      AI researcher and game designer, Dr Michael Cook, joins the Department of Informatics

      AI researcher and game designer, Dr Michael Cook, joins the Department of Informatics.

      Michael Cook

      Events

      07Junnothing beside remains screenshot 780x440

      Nothing Beside Remains: Archaeological Records & Generative Systems

      Try Nothing Beside Remains, a game about exploration and archaeology, as part of research into how generative algorithms can tell stories and create worlds.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      28MayNext Level logo

      Next Level - AI and the Future of Games

      Join us at King's for a public day of talks about the future of the games industry, from scientists, sociologists, game designers, YouTube essayists, AI...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      26MayPuck Demo 2 780x440

      Puck

      Watch the AI system Puck design games live, and try them out yourself, with Puck designer Dr Michael Cook.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07JunPuck Demo 2 780x440

      Puck

      Watch the AI system Puck design games live, and try them out yourself, with Puck designer Dr Michael Cook.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      Meet: Dr Mike Cook

      Meet: Dr Mike Cook

      Mike Cook 2023

      Reimagining AI Futures - Dr Mike Cook: Building the Future of AI

      What is AI and who is it for? Dr Mike Cook examines AI's control by corporations asks what kind of AI future we want to see.

      Hero Desktop Reimagining AI Futures

      Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics

      We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.

      informatics_feature