Jeremy Owen Turner

Jeremy Owen Turner (b. 1974, Victoria, B.C., Canada) is currently a PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology (Vancouver, Canada). Turner is also a sessional Professor at Simon Fraser University's Cognitive Science program. Turner's current research focus is on the subjects of: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), cognitive science (cognitive architectures) and virtual character design. Since 1996, Turner has also developed an international portfolio...See more

Jeremy Owen Turner (b. 1974, Victoria, B.C., Canada) is currently a PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology (Vancouver, Canada). Turner is also a sessional Professor at Simon Fraser University's Cognitive Science program. Turner's current research focus is on the subjects of: Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), cognitive science (cognitive architectures) and virtual character design. Since 1996, Turner has also developed an international portfolio as a performance artist, music composer, media-arts historian and art-critic within virtual worlds and video games. Turner's academic history includes an MA about avatar-design in Second Life and an interdisciplinary BA that focused on both Art-History and Music Composition. Turner's current PhD research explores developing cognitive architectural heuristics for virtual agents (automated characters/NPCs) in virtual worlds and video games. See less