Langxuan (James) Yin Comprehensive Exam Committee Approval Request

Members of my Comprehensive Exam Committee

Timothy Bickmore, Advisor (website): CCIS
Magy Seif El-Nasr (website): CCIS; College of Arts, Media and Design
Stephen Intille (website): CCIS; Bouve College of Health Sciences
Nick Montfort, External (website, CV): MIT

Proposal: Designing and Evaluating a Drama Manager for Interactive Narrative-Based Games for Health

Download the proposal here.

Thesis advisor's justification of the choice of the Committee

Professors Bickmore and Intille are experts in health informatics, specifically the design and evaluation of automated systems to promote health behavior change. Professor Seif El-Nasr is an expert in research on game design, including "serious games". Nick Montfort (http://nickm.com/) is an Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT and is an expert in interactive narrative.