Students

Researcher in games for rehabilitation and human robotics interaction, working on exploring the human neuromotor system coordination through intelligent games and robotic interfaces.

Psychology researcher using multiplayer online battle arena games such as Dota 2 to study how humans engage with risky situations. This is done through data-intensive methods: working with large gameplay datasets to draw inferences about human cognition and behaviour.

Affect-aware procedural game generation My proposed research lies at the intersection of affective computing and machine learning with the intelligent design of games, and in particular, procedurally generated and player- adaptive game content....

Player behaviour tracking researcher working on cryptocurrency gambling transaction analysis. Especially interested in exploring analytical similarities between gambling and gaming transactions.

Gifting in video games (Industry collaboration with BT) Lisa’s research is an exploration of gifting behaviour in video games. In the fields of social science and positive psychology, a considerable amount of research has found out how being generous, and its incarnation in gifting can benefit one’s subjective well-being. However, when it comes to the digital space, little do we know about how people can become happier through gifting....

To build a robot that learns and makes decisions like a bumblebee, what algorithms would we need?

Deep Learning for Procedural Content Generation in Virtual Environments Ryan Spick is a PhD student with a computer science background, working on methods to improve how content (models, terrain, assets etc.) is created with an autonomous focus, with the main focus on generative deep learning to augment real-world data through a series of neural network layers to learn unlying properties of these data....

Using digital games to understand productive team dynamics. Especially interested in understanding how to develop cohesion in within newly formed virtual teams in competitive esport games..

PhD student researching the role of practice in the acquisition of complex skills. Interested in leveraging games and telemetry data to investigate cognitive-behavioural patterns that promote optimal learning.

Discrete Models and Algorithms to create a more satisfying and strategic opponents For many 4x and Grand Strategy computer games (e.g. Civilisation, Europa Universalis), the player will be playing against one or more AI opponents. For many games, the AI is not clever enough to stand up to a player without being given the ability to "cheat" - ability to spawn in resources, see what the player is doing, etc....

Application of Neuroevolution to General Video Game Playing In the field of artificial intelligence, great advancements in developing AI capable of playing specific games has been made over last few decades. Over the years, the potential of General Game Playing (GGP) AI, was realized, and thus a new area of research was spawned, focusing mainly on turn-based board games....

A game focused design researcher exploring perspective challenging moments in games through the lens of reflection, critical design, eudemonic enjoyment, and meaningful mechanics.

PhD student working in analytics and machine learning for esports broadcast and understanding. In particular working with Weavr on various projects related to broadcast and learning tools for Dota 2.