ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN GAMING and virtual worlds for educational and health settings

In  the  near future many of us will have avatars and be a part of a virtual experience embedded with  advanced  artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. This event therefore considers the role artificial intelligence will play in intelligent machine-driven avatars of the future. The event will  also  look  at  how  AI  is currently being used in educational and health settings and in leading edge research, such as the Echoes project.   

Leading  specialist  speakers  from  industry  and  academia will explore examples of artificial intelligence  used  today  and  will  explore possible applications for this technologies in the future, igniting active debate and discussion.

The programme will include:

12.00-1.30pm Lunch and Networking   
1.30-1.50pm    Adaptiveness in Gaming using Artificial Life techniques, Professor Sara de Freitas and Dr David Panzoli 
1.50-2.15pm    User-adaptive Games: Opportunities and Challenges, Dr Vania Dimitrova, University of Leeds  

2.15-2.40pm    Building an Autonomous Avatar for a Virtual World: Challenges and Opportunities, David Burden, Daden Ltd 
2.40-3.05pm     Developing  More  Realistic Characters for Virtual Worlds: Developments in Human Like Minds, Stuart Slater, The Institute of Gaming and Animation, University of Wolverhampton 
3.05-3.35pm    Coffee Break 
3.35-4.00pm    Towards Adaptive Video Games, Simon Colton, Imperial College London
4.00-4.25pm    Enhancing the learning and exploration of social skills by young children through intelligent technology An introduction to the ECHOES project Kaska Porayska-Pomsta,  London  Knowledge  Lab Institute of Education University of London  
4.25-4.50pm    Break out sessions  
4.50-5.00pm    Feedback and Capture  
5.00-6.00pm    Drinks and networking    

Remember that you can also join our Second Wednesday events live by logging on to our virtual auditorium in Second Life at :  http://slurl.com/secondlife/SGI%20Nexus/96/107/27