Dr. Brian Magerko is an Associate Professor of Digital Media & head of the Adaptive Digital Media (ADAM) Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Cognitive Science from Carnegie Mellon in 1999 and his MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan, respectively in 2001 and 2006. His research explores the intersection of creativity, cognition, and computing. This interdisciplinary work leads to studying creativity and human cognition, building artificial intelligence systems that can creatively collaborate with human users, and exploring the use of human creativity as a gateway to better understanding how to effectively teach computing skills. Much of this work results in cutting edge digital media experiences in digital games, interactive narrative, and educational media.

Dr. Magerko has been research lead on over $5 million of federally-funded research; has authored over 60 peer reviewed articles related to cognition, creativity, and computation; has had his work shown at galleries and museums internationally; and his learning environment for computer science (in collaboration with Dr. Jason Freeman) – called EarSketch – has been used by tens of thousands of learners worldwide.