Oklahoma State University Computer Science Department     Blayne E. Mayfield

"The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of the mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place." -- Douglas Adams

One can learn a lot from Sykes' 11 rules of life.
 

Current address:

Blayne E. Mayfield, PhD
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Director, Institute for Teaching & Learning Excellence (ITLE)
100 Telecom Center
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK  74078-6060

Office: 232 Math Sciences
Telephone: (405) 744-5683

Office hours, Spring 2008:
    Tue/Thu 9:30 - 11:00 am ,
    and by appointment.
 
Email: bem@cs.okstate.edu

 Research interests:
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Computer Graphics
  • Logic Programming
  • Neural Networks
  • Object-Oriented Computing
  • Video game development


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During the Spring 2008 semester I am teaching:
    Design and Development of Video Games (CS 4570)

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