Seth Cooper, the creative director of the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington, will speak at 7 tonight in the Performing Arts Center at Kentlake High.

Cooper, who earned a doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering from UW, focuses his current research on using video games to solve difficult scientific problems. I=He is co-creator and lead designer and developer of Foldit. You can read more about Foldit here. He has also done research in real-time animation for games, often in the mocap lab. He previously worked at Square Enix, Electronic Arts,Pixar Animation Studios and the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (on BOINC).