
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

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.

Human Centred Computing Research
The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.
News
'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.

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.

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...

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.

Events

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 - 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
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
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 our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.
Research

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.

Human Centred Computing Research
The group is concerned with the design, development and evaluation of human computer systems.
News
'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.

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.

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...

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.

Events

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 - 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
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
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 our new researchers from the Department of Informatics
We interview some of our academics who started September 2022.