MEDIA ADVISORY

MAD DOC®’S CEO INVITED SPEAKER AT IJCAI’05 SCOTLAND
WORKSHOP ON REASONING, REPRESENTATION AND
LEARNING IN COMPUTER GAMES

“Strategic Thinking: Defining the Real-Time
Strategy Game AI Problem ”

WHO:

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

WHAT:

Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI’05) Scotland Workshop on Reasoning, Representation and Learning in Computer Games. Dr. Davis is the Invited Speaker re: “Strategic Thinking: Defining the Real-Time Strategy Game AI Problem”. Real Time Strategy games (aka, RTS games) are one of the most popular genres of computer game in the world. Additionally, RTS games are very similar conceptually to simulations of real world strategic problems. However, the study of AI techniques for RTS games and other strategy game variants has been ad hoc when it has been studied at all. In this talk, we will define some of the common traits of strategy games, formulate the problems to be solved, detail existing solutions, and, finally, suggest new areas of research for RTS AI. Examples from several current RTS games, including Empire Earth II, and related real world simulations will illustrate the problems.

WHERE:
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
WHEN:
July 29, 2005
SPEAKER BIO:
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 online, print and television media.
PRESS:
Interviews, photo opportunities and insights from Dr. Davis will be granted at the conference and via one-on-one interviews live, as well as via phone post show.
CONTACT:
Sandy O’Toole, Mad Doc PR (978) 687-8024. Please also feel free to email inquiries to: [email protected].