Ruck Thawonmas

Ruck Thawonmas received a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 1987, an M.Eng. degree in information science from Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan, in 1990, and a D.Eng. in information engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1994. He is currently a Professor in the College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University (Japan) where he is leading the Intelligent Computer Entertainment Laboratory with more than 40 of his lab graduates currently working in game industry. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers in both Japanese and English. His current research interests include games for health and for humanities. Prof. Thawonmas is a member of the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies. He is currently an Associate Editor for both IEEE Transactions on Games and Games for Health Journal.