INTRODUCTION

On 03 and 04 November 2014, the School for Information and Knowledge Systems (SIKS) organizes the Advanced SIKS-course on "Contemporary AI for Serious Gaming". The location will be Conference center Landgoed Huize Bergen in Vught. The course will be given in English and is part of the Advanced Components Stage of the educational Program for SIKS-Ph.D. students. Although the course is primarily intended for SIKS-Ph.D. students, other participants are not excluded. However, their number of passes will be restricted and depends on the number of SIKS-Ph.D. students taking the course. In this course we will discuss some of the ways AI and agents can be used to support the design and implementation of (serious) games in order to make them more interesting for players or better facilitate learning. The course will have a practical component in which the participants will design and implement intelligent behavior for characters in a game. The strategies will be tested in a competition.

LOCATION: Landgoed Huize Bergen Vught

DATE: 03-04 November 2014

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS:
Dr. F. Dignum (UU)
Prof.dr. D. Heylen (UT)
Dr. ir. P. Spronck (UvT)

PROGRAM: A provisionary program is now available:

REGISTRATION
In the conference center there is a limited number of places and there is interest from other groups in the topic as well. Therefore, an early registration is required.

Deadline for registration for SIKS-Ph.D.-students: October 29 2014

After that date, applications to participate will be honoured in a first-come first-serve manner. Of course, applications to participate from other interested groups are welcome already. They will receive a notification whether they can participate as soon as possible.

For registration you are kindly requested to fill in the registration form

Arrangement 1 includes single room, all meals, and course material.
Arrangement 2 includes two lunches, one dinner and course material. So no stay in the hotel and no breakfast.