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Claude Comair

Claude Comair
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Claude Comair, February 2017
Born Claude Comair
(1958-02-03) February 3, 1958 (age 60)
Tannourine, Lebanon
Residence Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater
Years active 1984–present
Title
Awards Order "National Order of the Cedar" وسام الأرز الوطني
Commander of National Order of the Cedar

Claude Comair (born February 3, 1958) is the founder of DigiPen Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Nintendo Software Technology Corporation. While at Nintendo Software Technology, a subsidiary of Nintendo Co. Ltd. of Kyoto, Comair held the title of Chairman and CTO, and later, Chairman of the Board. Comair continues to be the President and CEO of DigiPen Institute of Technology to the present day.

Comair founded DigiPen Institute of Technology in 1988. Comair served as one of the founders of Nintendo Software Technology in 1996. At Nintendo Software Technology, Comair held the title of Chairman and CTO, and later, Chairman of the Board. At Nintendo, Comair additionally worked on games for Digital Eclipse Software, Inc., Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. and Namco, and went on to releasing 12 video game titles and receiving 25 patents. At DigiPen Institute of Technology's Research & Development arm, Comair lead the development of an Artificial Intelligence system regarding human behavioral modeling and simulation, titled B-HIVE, for The Boeing Company and their Phantom Works division. B-HIVE and its associated patents were commended as Boeing's "Supplier Technology of the Year" in 2008.

Comair remains the CEO and President of DigiPen Institute of Technology to this day. Comair has established the university in 3 locations- Redmond, Singapore, and Bilbao, Spain, with over 2000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.


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