Ian Lane DavisDeveloper BIO
Dr. Ian Lane Davis, CEO and Founder of
Mad Doc® Software, Creative Director on the critically acclaimed
Empire Earth® II, and former Technical Director at
Activision’s Santa Monica studio, is widely acknowledged as one of the top Artificial Intelligence experts in the video game industry. His direct credits include Empire Earth® II (a PC Gamer Editor’s Choice Award winner), the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Computer Role Playing Game of the Year Finalist:
Dungeon Siege®: Legends of Aranna™;
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest™; and
Star Trek®: Armada II™, among others.
Currently co-authoring the definitive AI and games textbook for academic and industry training, Dr. Davis is a trusted advisor to key industry publishers, serves as a Peer Panel Leader for the AIAS Peer Panel for Gameplay Engineering, was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Game Development, and is a guest professor at MIT. A highly sought speaker who presents in academic and game-focused venues, Davis earned his doctorate in AI and Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Games CreditedBrothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008), Ubisoft, Inc.
Bully: Scholarship Edition (2008), Rockstar Games, Inc.
Iron Man (2008), SEGA of America, Inc.
Empire Earth III (2007), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy (2006), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Star Trek Legacy (2006), Bethesda Softworks LLC
Empire Earth II (2005), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Ground Control II: Operation Exodus (2004), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (2003), Microsoft Games Studios
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest (2002), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron (2002), Xicat Interactive, Inc.
Star Trek: Armada II (2001), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Call to Power II (2000), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Star Trek: Armada (2000), Activision (UK) Limited
Civilization: Call to Power (1999), Activision, Inc.
Interstate '82 (1999), Activision Deutschland GmbH
Battlezone (1998), Activision, Inc.
Dark Reign: Rise of the Shadowhand (1998), Activision, Inc.
Dark Reign: The Future of War (1997), Activision, Inc.
