8803 AGA / 4803 AGA / LCC 8823 MR : Advanced Game AI

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Week Date Topic Due Notes  
1 8-24 Introduction      
  8-26 Procedural content generation + Game AI review      
2 8-31 AI review      
  9-2 AI review
Papers: Charles05
  Charles05: Mark Riedl  
3 9-7 Player modeling
Papers: Thue07, Sharma07, Pederson09
 
Thue07: William
Sharma07: Michael
 
  9-9 Project work time      
4 9-14 Project 0 presentations Project 0    
  9-16 Characters and weapons
Papers: Hecker08, Hastings09 (plus Pederson09)
  Pederson09: Kyle
Hastings09: Ken H.
Hecker08: Peter
 
5 9-21 Project 1 pitches + World generation
Papers: Roden04, Parish01, Doran10
  Roden04: Abhishek
Parish01: Drew
Doran10: Michael
 
  9-23 Level generation
Papers: Togelius07, G.Smith10, Shaker10
  Togelius07: Azfar
G.Smith10: Kenneth A.
Shaker10: Hong
 
6 9-28 Quest/mission generation
Papers: Hullett09, Dormans10, Ashmore07
  Ashmore07: Tyler
Hullett09: Dallas
Dormans10: Ken H.
 
  9-30 EA guest presentation
     
7 10-5 Partial order planning; Quest/mission generation
Papers: Pita07, Li10
  Li10: Dallas
Pita07: Peter
 
  10-7 Story generation
Papers: Lebowitz84, Lebowitz85, Meehan81
  Meehan81: Alex
Lebowitz84: Kenneth A.
Lebowitz85: Tyler
 
8 10-12 Intelligent End-user authoring support      
  10-14

Intelligent End-user authoring support
Papers: Rowe08, McNaughton04, Gonzalo08

 

Rowe08: Brian
McNaughton04: Kyle
Gonzalo08: Alex

 
9 10-19 Fall break      
  10-21 Project 1 presentations Project 1    
10 10-26

Project 1 presentations

 


 
  10-28 Project 2 pitches + AIIDE'10 recap
 

 

 
11 11-2 Story generation
Papers: Riedl04, Diaz-Agudo04, Swanson08
 

Riedl04: James
Diaz-Agudo04: David
Swanson08: Azfar

 
  11-4 Interactive storytelling
Papers: Nelson05, Mateas02, Cavazza02
  Nelson05: Blake
Mateas02: William
Cavazza02: Mark
 
12 11-9 Interactive storytelling
Papers: Magerko04, Riedl08
  Magerko04: James
Riedl08: David
 
  11-11 TBD  
 
13 11-16 character discourse/dialogue
Papers: Moore94, Khosmood10, Leuski10
  Moore94: Mark
Khosmood10: Hayley
Leuski10: Blake
 
  11-18 Dynamic difficulty adaptation
Papers: Jennings-Teats10, Huncke04, Beaudry10, Magerko06
  Jennings-Teats10: Abhishek
Hunicke04: Azfar
Beaudry10: Drew
Magerko06: Dallas
 
14 11-23 Procedural game design
Papers: A.Smith10, Togelius08
  Togelius08: Hayley
A.Smith10: Hong
 
  11-25 Holiday      
15 11-30 Ethics, failure, trust      
  12-2 Computational creativity and evaluation      
16 12-7 Project 2 presentations Project 2    
  12-9 Project 2 presentations      
Exam
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12-16 Game jam