Parag K. Mital

Joined
August 2025

Names

Parag K. Mital (Preferred)

Emails

****@thegardeninthemachine.com (Confirmed)
****@ccrma.stanford.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Lecturer
Art, University of California, Los Angeles (ucla.edu)
20202025
Lecturer
Music, California Institute of the Arts (calarts.edu)
20152018
Postdoc
Music, Dartmouth College (dartmouth.edu)
20142015
PhD student
Informatics, Goldsmiths College, University of London (gold.ac.uk)
20102013
Researcher
Informatics, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh (ed.ac.uk)
20082010
MS student
Informatics, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh (ed.ac.uk)
20072008

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor
20102014

Expertise

artificial intelligence
machine learning
neural networks deep learning
generative models
multimodal learning transformer models
large language models
conversational AI reinforcement learning
multi-agent systems
emergent behavior probabilistic models
Bayesian inference
active learning
20072025
emergent storytelling
interactive narrative
computational creativity AI-generated narrative
LLM-driven characters
interactive fiction procedural generation
game design
AI in games real-time narrative integration
narrative design
interactive art character modeling
behavioral simulation
agency in media
20072025
embodied cognition
predictive processing
situated intelligence consciousness studies
phenomenology
enactive mind computational neuroscience
perception
affective computing philosophy of technology
artificial consciousness
human-computer interaction
20072025