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< Back MCTS Pruning in Turn-Based Strategy Games. Link Author(s) YJ Hsu, DP Liebana Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Development of the Brief Open Research Survey (BORS) to measure awareness and uptake of Open Research practices Link Author(s) Emma Norris, Kait Clark, Marcus Munafo, Nick Ballou, et al Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Evaluating the Effects on Monte Carlo Tree Search of Predicting Co-operative Agent Behaviour Link Author(s) J Walton-Rivers Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Nirit Binyamini Ben-Meir wins Best Paper Award at DIS25 Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir 's paper “Domestic Cultures of Plant Care: A Moss Terrarium Probe”, was awarded Best Paper at the ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS) 2025 . The work was lauded particularly for its originality, methodological rigour and its potential impact on the field of interactive systems. Here is the paper abstract: Houseplants are increasingly being used as part of interactive systems that aim to foster pro-environmental concern and awareness of more-than-human life. Yet such interventions rely on conflicting and untested assumptions about how people relate to houseplants. We therefore studied domestic plant care in 11 purposefully sampled households, applying a sensor-equipped moss terrarium as a living ‘thing ethnography’ probe, supplemented with semi-structured interviews. We find that social and intergenerational cultures of plant care inform people's individual concern and accountability through constituents and mechanisms like gift-giving, signaling, knowledge transfer, or joint practical care. We identify five domestic cultures of plant care in our sample, each of which frames plants differently and leads to different practical approaches to plant care. We propose design considerations that emphasise enculturation and shared care over individual behaviour change and reframe houseplants from decorative objects into living household members. You can access the full paper here . DIS25 took place 05-09 July in Madeira (Portugal). Nirit described the conference experience as very valuable, and enjoyed receiving some very useful feedback about her talk from the audience, making new connections as well as exploring its setting at Madeira Islands. Link to QMUL News article Previous 8 Jul 2025 Next

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Creative AI

< Back *New Partner Alert* - Safe In Our World iGGi is proud to introduce our new partner Safe In Our World . The charity (which was founded in 2017 by a group of dedicated folks from games industry) wants to foster positive mental health wellbeing and deliver support not only for players but also developers, publishers, retailers and the other incredible folk and teams who make up the video games industry. The main goal of Safe In Our World is to create and foster worldwide mental health awareness within the video game industry; to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health, to make it a natural topic of discussion, and to promote the dialogue surrounding mental health so people are not afraid to reach out for help if they need it. iGGi is definitely happy to get behind that goal! As part of our pledge, we are committing to address the following points over the forthcoming year and beyond: Continue to create awareness among iGGi Staff, Supervisors and Researchers in respect of mental health related matters Make sure that all iGGi Supervisors have completed some form of mental health training Offer access to Safe In Our World’s resources to all iGGi Staff and PGRs, including training on mental health first aid and similar Update our annual mental health newsletter which contains important local contacts and resources and other information relevant to the topic Campaign for the cause, disseminate and foster “best practice” and support Safe In Our World in its mission Collaborate with Safe In Our World via sharing mental health-related iGGi research/publications and via joint events such as workshops, talks, panels, etc. So, here’s an official WELCOME to the Safe In Our World Team! We look forward to working together on that mission. #LevelUpMentalHealth Please note: Safe In Our World will feature in our upcoming iGGi Conference (06+07 September in York, find the Registration Link here . Previous 24 Aug 2022 Next

< Back The Effects of a Soundtrack on Board Game Player Experience Link Author(s) T Farkas, A Denisova, S Wiseman, R Fiebrink Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Automated motion analysis of adherent cells in monolayer culture Link Author(s) Z Zhang, M Bedder, SL Smith, D Walker, S Shabir, J Southgate Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Is a robot needed to modify human effort in bimanual tracking? Link Author(s) N Pena-Perez, J Eden, E Ivanova, E Burdet, I Farkhatdinov Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back How Could They Win? An Exploration of Win Condition for Esports Narratives Link Author(s) AP Chitayat, FO Block, JA Walker, A Drachen Abstract More info TBA Link

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Ubisoft

iGGi Partners We are excited to be collaborating with a number of industry partners. IGGI works with industry in some of the following ways: Student Industry Knowledge Transfer - this can take many forms, from what looks like a traditional placement, to a short term consultancy, to an ongoing relationship between the student and their industry partner. Student Sponsorship - for some of our students, their relationship with their industry partner is reinforced by sponsorship from the company. This is an excellent demonstration of the strength of the commitment and the success of the collaborations. In Kind Contributions - IGGI industry partners can contribute by attending and/or featuring in our annual conference, offering their time to give talks and masterclasses for our students, or even taking part in our annual game jam! There are many ways for our industry partners to work with IGGI. If you are interested in becoming involved, please do contact us so we can discuss what might be suitable for you. Bossa Studios