WG 14.4 Games and Entertainment Computing

Aim

Scope

Applications:

• Analytical games (e.g., Chess, Go, Poker)
• Consumer games (e.g., Action games, Role-playing games, Strategy games)
• Mobile games (e.g., Mobile phones, PDA's)
• Interactive multimedia (e.g., Virtual reality, simulations)

Technologies:

• Search techniques
• Machine Learning
• Reasoning
• Agent Technology
• Human-Computer Interaction

Theories:

• Mathematical game theory
• Classification of games

Activities

• The workgroup will hold meetings at several conferences where Games and Entertainment Computing are prevalent, such as the ICEC.
• The workgroup will promote computer games as a viable and challenging area of research in state-of-the-art computing techniques, for instance by organising special events at conferences.
• The workgroup members will engage in research activities in the aforementioned areas.

Members

• STEPHANE NATKIN (chair)
• HIROYUKI IIDA (vice-chair)
• JOS UITERWIJK (secretary)
• BRAD BUSHMAN
• PAOLO CIANCARINI
• PEDRO GONZALEZ-CALERO
• JAAP VAN DEN HERIK
• WIJNAND IJSSELSTEIJN
• GRAHAM KENDALL
• JONG WEON LEE
• ANDRÉ MELZER
• ANTON NIJHOLT
• ABDENNOUR EL RHALIBI
• TIMOTHY RODEN
• JONATHAN SCHAEFFER
• PIETER SPRONCK
• MARK WINANDS
• WOONTAK WOO
• HYUN S. YANG