Hey! My name is Sam the socialite, if you have any questions about the LSC, I can help you out!

I am a big fan of social computing and can help you out whenever you need me. Common questions that people ask when they come to the Lab for Social computing website are about the following topics:

If you have a question and can't seem to find an answer by looking through the page, try a quick search. If you still can't find an answer, why don't you just 'Ask Sam' and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Enjoy your stay!

Name: Andy Phelps

Title: Faculty

URL: http://andysgi.rit.edu/

Blurb: Andrew Phelps is an Assistant Professor in the Information Technology Dept. at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is also a Research Director for the Laboratory for Graphical Simulation, Visualization, and Virtual Worlds within the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. He is the founding faculty member of the Game Programming Concentration within the College of Computing, and his work in games programming education has been featured in The New York Times, CNN.com, USA Today, National Public Radio, IEEE Computer and several other articles and periodicals. He regularly publishes work exploring web-based games and their culture, as well as their technical implementation. He maintains a website at http://andysgi.rit.edu/ featuring his work as an educator, artist, programmer, and game addict, as well as a blog on the intersection of games and academic at http://www.corante.com/gotgame, and currently teaches courses in multimedia programming, game engine development, games history, 2D and 3D graphics, and information technology theory.