Assistant Professor in Game AI

Position Information

**Proposed Faculty Rank** Assistant Professor

**Department** 01508 - Games

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Track** Tenure Track

**New Position to Begin** 7/1/2026

**Details**
The Division of Games at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Games to begin in Fall 2026. We seek a scholar whose primary area of expertise is Game Artificial Intelligence (Game AI): the design, application, and study of computational intelligence methods that drive, shape, and enhance games and interactive experiences. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to develop analytic frameworks, methods, or tools that advance game science and enhance game development practice. Relevant subareas include, but are not limited to: procedural content generation, intelligent non-player characters and agents, adaptive and personalized gameplay, narrative in games, AI for content and/or design, multi-...