David Schwartz
Director of the School of Interactive Games and Media
David Schwartz
Director of the School of Interactive Games and Media
Education
BS, MS, Ph.D., University at Buffalo
Bio
David I. Schwartz, Ph.D. (he/him/his) has worked in the academic field of game design and development since 2001, when he founded the Game Design Initiative at Cornell University. In 2007, Schwartz moved to the Rochester Institute of Technology as a game design and development faculty member who formed the School of Interactive Games and Media (IGM) in 2011. After receiving tenure in 2011, he became IGM's Director in 2015. His current research focuses on cybersecurity gamification, critical infrastructure, geogames, digital twins, and physically-based animation.
Currently Teaching
In the News
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January 27, 2025
NSF awards RIT more than $1 million to develop digital media forensics platform
A new RIT project aims to bring order to the chaotic world of digital media forensics. The project in development, led by Endowed Professor of Cybersecurity Matthew Wright, will help combat misinformation and manipulated media, including deepfakes.
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March 21, 2024
RIT game design and development programs ranked among top 10
RIT is one of the top 10 universities for students looking to land their dream job as a game designer, according to new international rankings from The Princeton Review.
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March 13, 2024
RIT ranked among top game design schools in the United States
RIT has been recognized as one of the top game design universities in the nation. RIT was named No. 6 on the Animation Career Review list of Top 50 Game Design Schools and Colleges in the U.S. and No. 2 in New York state.
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October 30, 2024
Schwartz presents at Global Critical Infrastructure Workshop
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July 17, 2024
Schwartz presents at National Hazards Research workshop
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August 15, 2023
K-12 team hosts STEM speaker series
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June 8, 2023
Schwartz and Bayliss present at Military Operations Research Society symposium