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A TATRC-West/SUMMIT Workshop Jan. 25, 2005 in Long Beach, CA
SUMMIT is a center in the School of Medicine dedicated to putting Stanford University at the forefront of medical and life-sciences education through the innovative use of information technology. E-mail: simworkshop@stanford.edu
Workshop Sponsor TATRC
The Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)
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Gaming and Simulations Based Learning: Applications for Medicine Speaker:
Noah Falstein earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hampshire College,
Amherst, MA where his Senior Project was a simulation game. Now a Freelance
Game Designer/Producer with over 20 years experience in the industry,
Noah is President of The Inspiracy in Marin County, CA began in 1996.
His experience as Lead Designer on Hungry Red Planet for Health Media
Labs, The Lost World: Chaos Island, a strategy game, and Senior Designer
on Small Soldiers for Dreamworks Interactive, where he was the organization’s
third employee, becoming Executive Producer and Head of the Story/Design
Group, qualify him as a major leader in the industry. Earlier, he had
affiliations with NF Interactive, and was the 9th employee at The 3DO
Company, and before that, he worked at LucasArts Entertainment Company,
and was integral in developing Lucasfilm Games that has won numerous
industry awards for it’s best-selling games. Noah’s award-winning
games credits include BATTLEHAWKS 1942, INDIANA JONES / LAST CRUSADE,
and INDIANA JONES / ATLANTIS. He has been Chairman of the Board of
the Computer Game Developers Association (now the IGDA) and has written
and edited numerous articles, and has lectured internationally, and
taught extensively. He is designing a Neurofeedback Training Game for
East3, and recently, designed and wrote an Anti-smoking TV Commercial ‘game’ for
Windmill Lane Productions. |