David Culyba

Assistant Teaching Professor

Entertainment Technology Center

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
    Entertainment Technology Center

BIO

Dave received a B.S. in Computer Science and a Master’s in Entertainment Technology from Carnegie Mellon University. He has since worked at Electronic Arts as part of the team that created the computer game Spore, was a co-founder of the startup Interbots which worked on combining robotics and apps to create both entertainment and therapeutic experiences for kids, and is also one of the core members of the Alice research team working to create software to help teach students how to program. He is an active participant in game jams and was the co-organizer of the “Now I Get It!” jam.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Director of Curriculum
    Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburgh, United States31 Aug 2019 - present
  • Associate Teaching Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburgh, United States1 Sep 2021 - present
  • Assistant Teaching Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburgh, United States31 Aug 2014 - 1 Sep 2021
  • Senior Research Programmer
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States1 Sep 2008 - 30 Aug 2013
  • Student Researcher
    Carnegie Mellon University, CS/HCII, Pittsburgh, United States4 Sep 2000 - 2 Jan 2006
  • Special Faculty
    Carnegie Mellon University, Entertainment Technology Center, Pittsburgh, United States26 Aug 2013 - 2 May 2014

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Consultant, Alice Research Project
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States26 Aug 2013 - present
  • Programming Lead and Co-founder
    Interbots, Pittsburgh, United States1 Aug 2005 - 1 Aug 2017
  • Software Engineer
    Electronic Arts (United States), Maxis, Emeryville, CA, United States9 Jan 2006 - 3 Nov 2008
  • Game Developer
    Ludoliminal, Pittsburgh, PA, United States29 Aug 2023 - present

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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