[humaine news] [IFIP-EC-NEWS] *** EXTENDED DEADLINE JUNE 14th 2009 *** IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG-2009)

[Georgios N. Yannakakis]

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    IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG-2009)
                    Milano, Italy - September 7-10, 2009
                           http://www.ieee-cig.org

             ***   DEADLINE EXTENDED  TO JUNE 14th 2009   *** 
             *** STUDENTS TRAVEL GRANTS INFORMATION ADDED ***

Due to the many requests, the deadline of the 2009 IEEE Symposium on 
Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG-2009) has been extended to June 14th 2009.

The 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games brings 
together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to 
discuss recent advances and explore future directions in this field.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
* Yngvi Björnsson, Reykjavik University
* Stefano Lecchi, Milestone
* Michael Mateas, University of California Santa Cruz

TUTORIALS
* Playing Machines: Machine Learning Applications in Computer Games
  Ralf Herbrich & Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, Microsoft Research Cambridge
* Practical Issues in Evolving Neural Network Controllers for Video Game Agents
  Kenneth O. Stanley, University of Central Florida

COMPETITIONS
* 2K BotPrize
* Defcon AI Competition
* Ms Pac-Man Competition
* Simulated Car Racing Competition

STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
There will be a number of students travel grants sponsored by the 
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Travel Grants
Program. More information are available at the conference webpage.
Submission of applications: July 4, 2009 - July 31, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers describing 
new work in the field. Papers should be formatted according the conference 
format available at http://www.ieee-cig.org/ 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Learning in games
* Coevolution in games
* Neural-based approaches for games
* Fuzzy-based approaches for games
* Console and video games
* Character Development and Narrative
* Player/Opponent modeling in games
* CI/AI-based game design
* Multi-agent and multi-strategy learning
* Comparative studies
* Applications of game theory
* Board and card games
* Economic or mathematical games
* Imperfect information games
* Non-deterministic games
* Evasion (predator/prey) games
* Realistic games for simulation or training
* Player satisfaction in games
* Games for mobile or digital platforms
* Games involving control of physical objects
* Games involving physical simulation

All papers are to be submitted electronically in PDF.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission:       June 14, 2009
Decision Notification:  July 3, 2009
Camera-ready:           July 24, 2009
Symposium:              September 7-10, 2009

CONFERENCE FLYER
A conference brochure is available at:
http://www.ieee-cig.org/cig-2009/flyer.pdf

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chair: Pier Luca Lanzi
Program Chair: Sung-Bae Cho 
Proceedings Chair: Luigi Barone and Philip Hingston
Publicity Chair: Julian Togelius
Competition Chair: Simon Lucas
Sponsorship Chair: Georgios N. Yannakakis
Local Chairs: Nicola Gatti and Daniele Loiacono

CONFERENCE VENUE
The symposium will be held at the Politecnico di Milano, the largest 
technical university in Italy, ten minutes from downtown Milan, the shopping  
area, and its famous galleries and museums.

For more information please visit:
http://www.ieee-cig.org

-- 
Georgios N. Yannakakis
Assistant Professor, 
IT-University of Copenhagen

Tel. +45 7218 5078
Fax. +45 7218 5001
Email: yannakakis at itu.dk 
Web: http://www.itu.dk/~yannakakis/    
Addr. Room 4B09, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, DK-2300 Copenhagen S 


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