——————————————————————– EAIA’16 Advanced School on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR GAMES (AI4G) web.ipca.pt/eaia2016/ ——————————————————————– C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N ** NEWS ** – registration is open ——————————————————————– APPIA [1], the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence is proud to announce EAIA’16, a Winter School dedicated to Artificial Intelligence applied to Games [2]. EAIA’16 will be held in Barcelos, Portugal, from 17th to 19th November, and will focus different aspects of how Artificial Intelligence techniques can be applied to the development of digital games. Topics: – Decision Taking – AI-Assisted Game Design Tools – Advanced Path Finding – Gesture Recognition – Procedural Content Generation – Collision Avoidance – Adversarial Search in Strategy Games – Real Time Player Characterization Venue: – Escola Superior de Tecnologia Campus do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave Barcelos, Portugal Lecturers: – Ben Sunshine-Hill (Havok) – Antonios Liapis (University of Malta) – João Dias (INESC-ID) – Penousal Machado (Universidade de Coimbra) – Luís Paulo Reis (Universidade do Minho) – Rui Mendes (Universidade do Minho) – Davide Carneiro (Universidade do Minho) – Duarte Duque (Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave) – Alberto Simões (Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave) Registration: – Three day school registration – €50 (includes coffee breaks and three lunches) – Three day school registration and accommodation – €150 (also includes three night hotel, from 17-20 November) Organization: – Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence Support: – Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave – Sociedade Portuguesa de Video Jogos Organization Committee: – Event Chair: Alberto Simões (IPCA) – Program Chairs: Paulo Novais (UM) & Alberto Simões (IPCA) – Organization Chair: Pedro Henriques (UM) – Financial Chair: Goretti Marreiros (ISEP/IPP) – Local support: Mário João Vale [1] www.appia.pt/ [2] web.ipca.pt/eaia2016/