AI and Gaming Research Summit

Peter Lee, Microsoft Research

Microsoft plenary session

Chairs: Haiyan Zhang, Xbox & Sam Devlin, Microsoft Research

Gaming as Vanguard of AI Innovation
Phil Spencer, Xbox
Katja Hofmann, Microsoft Research

Track 1: AI agents

Chair: Tommy Thompson, AI and Games

Assisting and Coordinating with Humans
Anca Dragan, University of California, Berkeley

Coordinated Self-Play to Ad-Hoc Teamwork In Bleeding Edge
Sam Devlin, Microsoft Research
Raluca Georgescu, Microsoft Research

Agents for Game Development
Julian Togelius, New York University

Track 2: Computational creativity

Chair: Vanessa Volz, modl.ai

Place Like I do! Example-based Procedural Placement
Anastasia Opara, Embark Studios in Stockholm, Sweden

Generative Design in Minecraft: The AI Settlement Generation Challenge
Christoph Salge, University of Hertfordshire

Creating the 4D Digital Twin in Microsoft Flight Simulator with AI
Jorg Neumann, Microsoft Flight Simulator

Track 1: AI agents

Chair: Diego Pérez-Liébana, Queen Mary University of London

The MineRL 2020 Competition on Sample Efficient Reinforcement Learning using Human Priors
William Guss, OpenAI & Carnegie Mellon University
Stephanie Milani, Carnegie Mellon University

Abstractions for Social Agents
Chris Martens, North Carolina State University

Designer-friendly Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning for Videogames
Adith Swaminathan, Microsoft Research
Brian Broll, Vanderbilt University

Track 2: Computational creativity

Chair: Matthew Guzdial, University of Alberta

Musical AI Landscape & Opportunities in Gaming
Maya Ackerman, Santa Clara University

Clippy Has Rejected Your Pull Request: Game Prototyping in the Age of AI
Mike Cook, Queen Mary University of London

Human-AI Co-creation for Games and Game Creators
Mikhail Jacob, Microsoft Research

Game studio plenary

Chair: CJ Williams, Microsoft

Making AI a Product Concern
Catherine Varner, Dreamhaven

Chris Bishop, Microsoft Research

Academic research plenary

Chair: Mikhail Jacob, Microsoft Research

Making Things that Make Things: Computational Creativity for Games and Worlds
Mark Riedl​, Georgia Tech College of Computing

Track 1: AI agents

Chair: Raluca Georgescu, Microsoft Research

World-best Mahjong AI: Suphx – Help Human to Play Better
Junjie Li, Microsoft Research

Self-play Reinforcement Learning for Hearthstone AI
Wayne Yang, Blizzard Entertainment

Zero-Shot (Human-AI) Coordination (in Hanabi)
Jakob Foerster, Facebook AI Research, University of Toronto & Vector Institute

Track 2: Responsible gaming

Chair: Nancy Baym and Rachel Bergmann, Microsoft Research

Automated Futurisms in Digital Game Production
Aleena Chia, Simon Fraser University

Building Social Capital through Gaming with Co-Workers
Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research

Building Social Bonds in Online Gaming Communities
Maria Antoniak, Cornell University
Alexandra Olteanu, Microsoft Research

Track 1: Understanding players

Chair: Ruth E. Falconer, Abertay University

Machine Learning for Optimal Matchmaking
Josh Menke, Microsoft

Game-Human Interaction: Developing Methods that Capture the Player Experience
Magy Seif El-Nasr, University of California, Santa Cruz

Minecraft’s transformative journey to personalized player experiences
Francisco Rius, Minecraft at Microsoft
Abby Gaddis, Minecraft at Microsoft

Track 2: Responsible gaming

Chair: Danielle Bragg, Microsoft Research

Using AI to create safe, positive experiences in the metaverse
Remy Malan, Roblox

Power of Play: Building a Better World with Minecraft
Deirdre Quarnstrom, Microsoft

Extending Helping Hands for Accessible Player Experiences
Christopher Power, University of Prince Edward Island

Peter Lee, Microsoft Research
Kareem Choudhry, Xbox

Haiyan Zhang, Xbox
Ashley Llorens, Microsoft Research
Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research