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Game AI Applications for Historical Games Research

This Digital Ludeme Project (DLP) workshop, co-funded by the European Research Council (ERC), the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), and the University Fund Limburg/SWOL (SWOL) is being held from 11-14 April 2022 at Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Aim and Topics

This workshop will gather AI researchers, Archaeologists, Historians, game designers and other games scholars to develop interdisciplinary approaches for a better understanding of games and the development of new AI techniques.

The main topics of this workshop are to discuss overlapping questions, approaches and challenges with regard to Game AI and the History, Archaeology and Anthropology of games, using the Ludii general game system -- and the significant database of evidence for traditional games collected by the DLP -- to investigate issues regarding the transmission, identification, reconstruction and evolution of games.

During this workshop, researchers will present their recent ideas and research interests to motivate the discussion and potentially lead to new collaborations. DLP team members will present recent work on reconstructing, analysing, documenting and mapping games, in addition to general Game AI, and will conduct tutorials on using the Ludii system. These presentations are aimed at fostering inter-disciplinary discussions over the four days of the workshop.

Topics of interest include:

- Digital Archaeoludology: Modelling, analysing and reconstructing ancient games.
- Game AI: General Game Playing, search and machine learning.
- Archaeology and the History of Games: Transmission, identification and evolution.
- Game Design: Measuring games for playability and quality.
- Games for Education.

The schedule is available Here.
To join remotely the workshop please use Zoom.

Invited Speakers

Yngvi Björnsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Tristan Cazenave, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine, France
Veronique Dasen, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Thierry Depaulis, independent, France
Eddie Duggan, University of Suffolk, UK
Wijnand Engelkes, independent, the Netherlands
Tiago Hirth, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Fatih Parlak, University of Cappadocia, Turkey
Lisa Rougetet, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Jorge Nuno Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Marco Tibaldini, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Ulrich Schaedler, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Jacob Schmidt-Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Hui Wang, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine, France

Confirmed Participants

Yngvi Björnsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Cameron Browne, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Jolijn Bruinen, Student of the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Tristan Cazenave, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine, France
Hippolyte Caubet, Ubisoft, France
Quentin Cohen-Solal, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine, France
Walter Crist, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Veronique Dasen, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Thierry Depaulis, independent, France
Eddie Duggan, University of Suffolk, UK
Wijnand Engelkes, independent, the Netherlands
Yu Fei, Student of the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Stela maris Ferrarese, Ethnic Toy Museum, Neuguen, Argentina
Jérôme Gavin, Images des Mathématiques, Genève, Switzerland
Tiago Hirth, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Fred Horn, independent, the Netherlands
Markus Niebisch, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Fatih Parlak, University of Cappadocia, Turkey
David Parlett, independent, United Kingdom
Eric Piette, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Lisa Rougetet, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
Marco Tibaldini, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Ulrich Schaedler, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Jacob Schmidt-Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Christof Schöch, University of Trier, Germany
Jorge Nuno Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Dennis Soemers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Mathias Staudigl, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Matthew Stephenson, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Arie van der Stoep, independent, the Netherlands
Ilaria Truzzi, Master Student, University of Milano, Italy
Hui Wang, LAMSADE, Paris-Dauphine, France
Mark Winands, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

Venue

The workshop will be held at the Department of Data Science and Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Maastricht University.
Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1 6229 EN, Maastricht.
Room C1.015

How to reach Maastricht?

Via Brussels Airport (Zaventem) and subsequent train service (approx. 2:00h) to Maastricht.
Via Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and subsequent train service (approx. 2:30–3:00h) to Maastricht.
Via Düsseldorf Airport and subsequent train service (approx. 2:30–3:15h) to Maastricht.
Via Cologne-Bonn Airport and subsequent train service (approx. 2:30h) to Maastricht central station.
Via Eindhoven Airport and subsequent bus line 400 or 401 to Eindhoven Centraal (approximately 00:30h), and train to Maastricht (approximately 01:00h).
Directly to Maastricht-Aachen Airport and subsequent taxi to Maastricht. The airport is very small. There are only a few connections to Maastricht-Aachen Airport.

Organisers

Eric Piette, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Walter Crist, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Cameron Browne, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Matthew Stephenson, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
Dennis Soemers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands