Scott Turner has a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from UCLA. His dissertation subject was a program called
MINSTREL that told stories about King Arthur and his knights, as a way to explore issues in creativity and storytelling. For the last twenty year, Dr. Turner has worked for the
Aerospace Corporation, where he advises the nation's space programs on software and systems engineering issues.
Dr. Turner is responsible for adding Keystone Cops, squeaky traps, rock moles, fountains and spider webs to
Nethack, won the
ACM International Programming Contest in 1989,
led an Irish music session in Northern Virginia, and
predicted college basketball games.
His current obsession is
procedural generation of fantasy maps.
You can contact Scott Turner by emailing srt19170@gmail.com.
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