MEDIA ADVISORY

MAD DOC® SOFTWARE’S DR. DAVIS TO PRESENT "
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER: AI PERSONALITIES
IN VIDEO GAMES" AT UPCOMING
AAAI-04 CONFERENCE

Dr. Ian Lane Davis, CEO, Mad Doc® Software, LLC.

Dr. Davis will be a featured speaker at the upcoming American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-04) Nineteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, and at this year’s event, he will be delving into the topic "Strength of Character: AI Personalities in Video Games."  Davis will examine the upcoming great frontier in AI, which is the construction of believable characters in video games, and he will touch on all aspects of making believable characters: from animations - to behaviors - to internal models of AI. Visit http://aaai.org/Conferences/National/2004/aaai04.html for more information.

The AAAI-04 Conference, San Jose, California, at the San Jose Convention Center, from July 25-29, 2004.

Dr. Davis will be presenting his lecture on Thursday, July 29, 2004, at 10:30AM.

Dr. Davis, former Technical Director at Activision Studios, is widely acknowledged as one of the top artificial intelligence experts in the video game industry. Davis is a trusted advisor to some of the most important publishers in the industry and is active in the gaming community, serving as a Peer Panel Leader for the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Peer Panel for Gameplay Engineering. He is a highly sought speaker who presents in academic and game-focused venues, and has been interviewed for all media.

Interviews, photo opportunities and insights from Dr. Davis will be granted at the conference and via phone post show.

For more information regarding Mad Doc Software, or if you’d like to speak with Dr. Davis, please do so on site, or contact Sandy O’Toole, Mad Doc PR, at (978) 687-8024. Please also feel free to email inquiries to: [email protected].