![Michael Cook](/newimages/person-profile/2022b/michael-cook.x73a2a677.jpg?w=213&h=160&crop=160,160,27,0&f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/FEATURE-CUSP-Window.xa9c98908.jpg?w=819&h=440&crop=780,440,20,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
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](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/CUSP-London/events/Group-working.x347f6ffa.jpg?w=780&h=521&crop=780,440,0,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Human Centred Computing Research
The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.
News
COMMENT: OpenAI's content deal with the FT is an attempt to avoid more legal challenges – and an AI 'data apocalypse'
OpenAI’s new “strategic partnership” and licensing agreement with the Financial Times (FT) follows similar deals between the US tech company and publishers...
![Conversation Mike title (3)](/newimages/nmes/main-article-780X450/conversation-mike-cook-openai-and-ft/conversation-mike-title-3.x269754d0.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/folsm/hero-banner/bmeis/new-scientist-live-2023-event-thumbnail.x5f175224.png?f=webp)
'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](/newimages/ai/events/ai-festival-ai-panel-auditorium-2.x14937e7a.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/ai-exhibition-launch-v2.xdeed8371.png?f=webp)
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](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/main-article-780X450/michael-cook-780x440.xfbc94f4d.jpg?f=webp)
Events
![nothing beside remains screenshot 780x440](/newimages/ai/events/nothing-beside-remains-screenshot-780x440.xe96cfe28.jpg?f=webp)
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.
![Next Level logo](/newimages/ai/news/next-level-logo.xbec29101.jpg?w=782&h=440&crop=780,440,1,0&f=webp)
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.
![Puck Demo 2 780x440](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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.
![Puck Demo 2 780x440](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/mike-cook-2023.x8c68c8fe.jpg?w=1903&h=1269&crop=1903,558,0,356&f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/hero-carousel-1903x558/hero-desktop-reimagining-ai-futures.xe8f31ac0.png?w=1903&h=559&crop=1903,558,0,1&f=webp)
Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.
Research
![FEATURE CUSP Window](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/FEATURE-CUSP-Window.xa9c98908.jpg?w=819&h=440&crop=780,440,20,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
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](/ImportedImages/Schools/NMS/CUSP-London/events/Group-working.x347f6ffa.jpg?w=780&h=521&crop=780,440,0,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Human Centred Computing Research
The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.
News
COMMENT: OpenAI's content deal with the FT is an attempt to avoid more legal challenges – and an AI 'data apocalypse'
OpenAI’s new “strategic partnership” and licensing agreement with the Financial Times (FT) follows similar deals between the US tech company and publishers...
![Conversation Mike title (3)](/newimages/nmes/main-article-780X450/conversation-mike-cook-openai-and-ft/conversation-mike-title-3.x269754d0.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/folsm/hero-banner/bmeis/new-scientist-live-2023-event-thumbnail.x5f175224.png?f=webp)
'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](/newimages/ai/events/ai-festival-ai-panel-auditorium-2.x14937e7a.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/feature-images-800x430/ai-exhibition-launch-v2.xdeed8371.png?f=webp)
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](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/main-article-780X450/michael-cook-780x440.xfbc94f4d.jpg?f=webp)
Events
![nothing beside remains screenshot 780x440](/newimages/ai/events/nothing-beside-remains-screenshot-780x440.xe96cfe28.jpg?f=webp)
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.
![Next Level logo](/newimages/ai/news/next-level-logo.xbec29101.jpg?w=782&h=440&crop=780,440,1,0&f=webp)
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.
![Puck Demo 2 780x440](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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.
![Puck Demo 2 780x440](/newimages/ai/news/puck-demo-2-780x440.xd799aa25.jpg?f=webp)
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](/newimages/mike-cook-2023.x8c68c8fe.jpg?w=1903&h=1269&crop=1903,558,0,356&f=webp)
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](/newimages/nmes/hero-carousel-1903x558/hero-desktop-reimagining-ai-futures.xe8f31ac0.png?w=1903&h=559&crop=1903,558,0,1&f=webp)
Meet our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.