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Nick Montfort is a Professor of Digital Media at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Professor II & Principal Investigator at the University of Bergen's Center for Digital Narrative. He directs MIT's Trope Tank lab/studio and contributes to platform studies, critical code studies, and electronic literature.
- Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from University of Pennsylvania (2007)
- M.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Boston University (2001)
- S.M. in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT (1998)
- B.S./B.A. in Computer Science and Liberal Arts from University of Texas at Austin (1995)
Montfort's research focuses on computational creativity and digital poetics, particularly through exploratory programming and constraint-based writing. He has developed over ten computer-generated print books and co-edited MIT Press volumes like The Future and The New Media Reader. His work bridges computer science and literary arts, emphasizing algorithmic expression and platform-specific creation.
His recent computational works include All the Way for the Win (2025), written entirely in three-letter words, and collaborations like The Deletionist and Sea and Spar Between. Notable books cover interactive fiction (Twisty Little Passages), platform studies (Racing the Beam), and generative literature (10 PRINT). He also co-edits the Hardcopy and Using Electricity book series.
Montfort's academic contributions span digital narrative systems, creative code, and computer-generated literature. His 101 BASIC Poems and Output: An Anthology of Computer-Generated Text exemplify his focus on code as cultural artifact and algorithmic literary practice. He has presented at major conferences including ELO, C&C, and Digital Arts and Culture, addressing topics from minimalist computational poems to narrative modeling.
Through collaborations with institutions like University of Bergen and MIT's Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Montfort explores digital storytelling, machine-generated poetry, and platform-specific creativity. His academic leadership includes directing the Trope Tank and co-founding Bad Quarto press.
