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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Cellular automata are powerful but painful to author. Rules are a lookup table; neural CAs are more expressive but a black box. What if each CA rule was just code that you can read? Introducing Programmable Cellular Automata (PCA)
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
And we are off! We just kicked off our 8th event #GameAISchool2026 at Leiden @LIACS ! Looking forward for a week of AI &Games talks, networking, and more!
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
I think this interview about our recent position paper (with @yannakakis @gdrtodd_ and @Smearle_RH) came out really well. Also, this picture (courtesy of @lchaimowicz ) is exactly what my days look like in the NYU Game Innovation Lab.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
🎉 Early Bird extended due to popular demand! You now have until 15 March to secure the discounted rate for the International Summer School on AI and Games 📍 Leiden | 📅 15–19 June 2026 👉 school.gameaibook.org/
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
From ideas to gameplay in just 48 hours 🎮 This past weekend at Global Game Jam 2026, students and hobbyists came together to brainstorm, build, and bring their games to life while exploring this year’s theme, “Masks.” 🎭
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For the 8th year in a row, the #GameAISchool2026 brings together researchers, developers, and industry leaders for five days at the intersection of AI, ML, and game development. Tickets include daily lunch, coffee & snacks twice per day, and 2 evening receptions.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
And we are back for our 8th year with some amazing partners on board! Next June, our @GameAISchool is heading to Leiden, The Netherlands. Watch this space for speaker announcements and registration details!
We return in 2026! Join us in Leiden NL 15–19 June for a week of cutting-edge research, learning, and industry insights. We’re partnering with leading studios including Activision, CCP, DeepMind, Microsoft, Riot, Unity, Krafton, Wargaming, Icoinic, Sony AI, Ludomotion, and more!
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Here is my take on the future of AI inspired by games, humans and their interaction. In this latest @_odsc podcast🤖🎮we dive into everything from the struggles of academic AI, and our research at @InDigitalGames to the AI-assistive tools we develop at humanfeedback.ai👇
🎙️ In this episode of the ODSC Ai X Podcast, we speak with @yannakakis. The discussion spans his seminal paper, the value of human feedback in AI development, and the transformative role of AI in game research and design. 🎧 Listen here: hubs.li/Q03M4-Cn0
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Please we are still looking for more human data for our project :) Please send it to your students, repost it, play some #puzzlescript games. These ones suppose to be short and fun :) #research #ai #pcg #ml #study #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #puzzle
We (me, @Smearle_RH, @togelius) are working more to understand the relation between human solutions and the AI solutions in the #PuzzleScript games. Help us by playing #online #puzzlescript games. No personal data is collected. Links are in the subsequent tweets.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Big win for the Institute of Digital Games! 🏆 as it won won the prestigious NVIDIA Best Paper Award for their innovative work that addressed a main AI challenge – having AI models understand gameplay across multiple games 🎮🤖. More on Newspoint.mt! #ShineAtUM
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Una serata all’IIC di La Valletta con @InDigitalGames per parlare di fantascienza, filosofia, distopia e gioco.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
📢 DiGRA News: One Week Left for Early Bird Registration 📢 The early bird fee is available until midday on Friday, 4 April 2025 (CET). Register before the deadline to take advantage of the reduced rate: digraconference2025.org/conf…
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Can AI really predict how engaged you are while gaming? We put #GPT and #LLaVA to the test with 80 minutes of FPS gameplay and 2,400+ experiments! Did they match human intuition or miss the mark? Watch our 1-min breakdown to find out! #AI #GameResearch #AffectiveComputing
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
On @artribune: videogames meet conceptual art, and @Gua_Le_Ni's "Il videogioco del mondo. Istruzioni per l'uso" (Timeo) meets @marijamdid's "Everything to Play For: How Videogames Are Changing the World" (@VersoBooks).
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
We are excited to have Rasheed onboard for DiGRA 2025 - Games at the Crossroads in Malta! And in case you missed, the deadline to submit your abstract for DiGRA 2025 is 29th November, 2024. 🔗 for more details: digraconference2025.org/call…
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A father of five living in Nablus, Palestine, his work has received-along with other global recognition-the Excellence in Storytelling award at the International Mobile Game Awards. Rasheed is currently working on a new game focused on the events of the 1948 Nakba.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Our first keynote for DiGRA 2025: Rasheed Abueideh! Rasheed is an award-winning Palestinian creative director and game designer, who created Liyla and The Shadows of War (2016) to highlight the impact of the 2014 Gaza War on children.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
Reminder: if you have a paper on LLMs and games (such as video games, board games, etc), we have a special issue for you to send it to! The journal is @IEEETxnOnGames, the deadline is December 1, the editors @SentientDesigns, Roberto Gallotta, @MatthewGuz, Lara Martin and me.
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Institute of Digital Games - University of Malta retweeted
I'll be hosting this event at the IIC Valletta on Oct 22nd! Me and Irene Incarico will have a conversation about two recent books by Riccardo Fassone and Stefano Gualeni, together with the authors. In Italiano! Ci vediamo lì!
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