Ian Parberry is a Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of North Texas. With over a quarter century experience in research and education, he is the author of six books and more than 70 articles on a wide range of computing subjects including algorithms, complexity theory, parallel computing, neural networks, and game programming. A pioneer of game programming education and research in academia, he has been teaching game programming classes at the University of North Texas since 1993. Ian Parberry directs the Laboratory for Recreational Computing (LARC) at UNT, a crucible in which the game industry professionals and professors of the future learn about and conduct research in game programming.

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Ian Parberry Speaks on National Gaming Day (Posted 11/15/2010) LARC Director Ian Parberry gave a talk "UNT LARC: Research and Education in Game Programming" at National Gaming Day 2010 at UNT's Willis Library on November 13, 2010. A video of his talk is available. LARC Technical Report #4 Published (Posted 10/25/2010) LARC Technical Report LARC-2010-04 is "Towards Fast, Believable Real-time Rendering of Burning Objects in Video Games", by Dhanyu Amarasinghe and Ian Parberry. LARC Technical Reports are preliminary versions of papers to be submitted or in review in refereed journals, conferences, and workshops. They are published online for fast dissemination and citation. North Texan Article (Posted 9/8/2010) An article about Ian Parberry and LARC highlighting the experience of three distinguished alumni, Chris Bream (LARC Alumnus #12), Cesar Stastny (LARC Alumnus #35), and Art Griffith (LARC Alumnus #32) appeared in the North Texan, Vol. 60, No. 3, Fall 2010. LARC Technical Report #3 Published (Posted 6/23/2010) LARC Technical Report LARC-2010-03 is "Emergent Economies for Role Playing Games", by Jonathon Doran and Ian Parberry. LARC Technical Reports are preliminary versions of papers to be submitted or in review in refereed journals, conferences, and workshops. They are published online for fast dissemination and citation. Refereed Journal Publication Appeared (Posted 6/21/2010) LARC PhD student Jon Doran's first refereed journal publication appeared in the June 2010 issue of IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games. The paper, "Controlled Procedural Terrain Generation Using Software Agents", coauthored with Ian Parberry, explores a controllable system that uses intelligent agents to generate terrain elevation heightmaps according to designer-defined constraints. News Archive Also available: An archive of old news briefs, and LARC News on the LARC home page.