Digital Hollywood Spring, March, 2006 Speaker Tim Langdell, Information Technology Program, USC Tim Langdell, Professor, Information Technology Program, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC: Tim is one of the early founders of the computer and video game industry: in the late 70s he formed EDGE which became one of the top five European games companies. Through joint ventures that EDGE entered into, Tim was effective head of Electronic Arts Europe and Sega Europe. EDGE is best known these days as the top selling games magazine in Europe (soon to be released in the US). While at EDGE Tim produced more than 180 award winning games. Tim first joined the faculty at USC in the early 1990s when, at the USC Film School, he devised and taught the first interactive/games course (which later became a key course in the Interactive Masters). But for several years now, Tim has been on faculty at the Viterbi School of Engineering where he has focused on building ITP's games program. Tim is an author of 3 books on games programming, 1 on virtual reality,has just completed a co-written book on game testing (Game Testing All In One, Thomson, Feb 2005), and has one on Games Curriiculum coming soon. Tim has appeared on TV in such shows as G4/ Tech TV. and he is also an active member of BAFTA/LA (British Academy of Film & Television) of which he was a Director. He is also a member of the Writer's Guild of America and was co-founder of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.