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< Back iGGi Essex is located two miles from the historic city of Colchester and set in over 200 acres of beautiful parkland. iGGi is a consortium of four universities or sites: the University of York (York), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Goldsmiths, University of London (Goldsmiths), and the University of Essex (Essex). iGGi received funding in two phases: “iGGi 1” funded the first five cohorts of researchers across York, QMUL, Goldsmiths, and Essex and PGR intake spans from 2014 to 2018; “iGGi 2” started in 2019 with funding for a further five cohorts, this time only at York and QMUL. One of the "Essex iGGis" from the iGGi 1 funding round is still in the process of completing their PhD work. Essex is therefore still listed here as an active iGGi site, even though future iGGi main events such as the iGGi Conference and the iGGi Game Jam will take place at one of the iGGi 2 sites, i.e., either York or QMUL. iGGi Essex is part of the University of Essex's School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering . You can find the University of Essex campus map in the gallery below. University of Essex (UoE) iGGi Essex Gallery University of Essex Colchester Campus University of Essex Campus Map Colchester Campus, University of Essex Previous Next

< Back The 2018 Hanabi competition Link Author(s) J Walton-Rivers, PR Williams, R Bartle Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Investing in AI for social good: an analysis of European national strategies Link Author(s) F Foffano, T Scantamburlo, A Cortés 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. University of Tampere

< Back Crowdsourcing and aggregating nested markable annotations Link Author(s) C Madge, J Yu, J Chamberlain, U Kruschwitz, S Paun, M Poesio 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. Meaning Machine

< Back IGGI students and staff at the 2019 IGGI Conference The annual IGGI conference assembles is your games research download from 50+ PhD students at York, Goldsmiths, QMUL, and Essex Universities. Previous 12 Oct 2020 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. York Mediale

< Back iGGi @ Develop:Brighton 2024 Develop:Brighton 2024 Talks: iGGi featured with iGGi PG Researcher Dominik Jeurissen and his talk on " LLM Agents For QA - Potential & Limitations ". Please see our related article for further detail. iGGi @ Develop Expo: For the 3rd year running, the iGGi stand was present again on the Expo floor of the 2024 Develop:Brighton conference ! The Expo always takes place on Days 2+3 of the conference and is a popular networking platform for the game dev community. Attendees could drop by the iGGi stand to speak to one or more of the 25 iGGi PG Researchers and staff who came to Develop this year. As in previous years, iGGi was promoting the intersection between games industry and research and fostering collaboration links through knowledge exchanges that are mutually beneficial to both sides. Displays at the iGGi Stand: PG Researcher displays this year included Michael John Saiger 's Teach Quest (a serious game designed for teacher recruitment), Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat 's Win Condition (an ML-powered tool for professional esport broadcasters), Sarah Master 's Moth Magic (a "tiny retro pixel art game" with green development goals), Dominik Jeurissen 's NetPlay (the first LLM-powered zero-shot agent for the challenging roguelike NetHack), Alan Wallat's War of the Toads (a card game used by James Goodman in his research), and Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir 's and Erin Robinson 's Moss Project (an immersive art installation focused on creative plant-human interaction; see image below). Several senior iGGi PG Researchers and Alumni hosted their own session/event (or with their company) at/around Develop, e.g., Gorm Lai, Charline Foch, Tom Cole, Jozef Kulik - a warm thank you to all of them for keeping us in the loop about their work and particularly for supporting junior iGGis. iGGi Con 2024 + Expo: We also advertised our upcoming iGGi Conference 2024 (and Expo) which showcases our recent research as well as offering a valuable opportunity for dialogue between academia and industry. If you want take part in the iGGi Expo as an exhibitor, or to learn more about existing pathways of knowledge exchange between iGGi and games companies or other research organisations, you can check out our Industry Info + KE page , but we are also always open for new ideas and formats. Please do get in touch if you require any further information. iGGi Partners during Develop: A massive big THANKS from all of iGGi to the various iGGi Partners who either ran satellite events, came over to our stand, invited us to events, and/or showed their support in other ways. This includes Player Research (who hosted iGGi at their office and who also organised a fabulously informative Game Accessibility Gathering with/at Unity Technologies), Splash Damage, Safe In Our World, Women In Games, Game Republic, BiG, Square Enix, Keywords Studios, Meaning Machine, #RaiseTheGame /Ukie, and AI and Games/Tommy Thompson, all of which contributed greatly to the "Develop networking magic" by connecting us to relevant contacts and by spreading the word about iGGi. We are especially happy that Game Republic won the Develop Star Award for "Supporting Star" and Meaning Machine secured the People's Choice Award in the Indie Showcase with their game Dead Meat !! Both well deserved! Big CONGRATS from iGGi. Lastly, a sincere THANK YOU to the Develop organisers who make it happen every year and are doing such an amazing job at it. We can't wait to see everyone back together in 2025!! Previous 12 Jul 2024 Next

< Back Monte carlo tree search applied to co-operative problems Link Author(s) PR Williams, J Walton-Rivers, D Perez-Liebana, SM Lucas Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Kinematics reconstruction of static calligraphic traces from curvilinear shape features Link Author(s) D Berio, FF Leymarie, R Plamondon Abstract More info TBA Link

< Back Exploring the relationship between video game expertise and fluid intelligence Link Author(s) AV Kokkinakis, PI Cowling, A Drachen, AR Wade Abstract More info TBA Link