The 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games brings
together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and
industry to discuss recent advances and explore future directions in
this field.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
* Yngvi Björnsson, Reykjavik University
* Stefano Lecchi, Milestone
* Michael Mateas, University of California Santa Cruz

TUTORIALS
* Playing Machines: Machine Learning Applications in Computer Games
Ralf Herbrich & Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, Microsoft Research
Cambridge
* Practical Issues in Evolving Neural Network Controllers for Video
Game Agents
Kenneth O. Stanley, University of Central Florida

COMPETITIONS
* 2K BotPrize
* Defcon AI Competition
* Ms Pac-Man Competition
* Simulated Car Racing Competition

More keynotes, tutorials, and competitions to be announced!

CALL FOR PAPERS
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers
describing new work in the field. Papers should be formatted according
the conference format available at http://www.ieee-cig.org/

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Learning in games
* Coevolution in games
* Neural-based approaches for games
* Fuzzy-based approaches for games
* Console and video games
* Character Development and Narrative
* Player/Opponent modeling in games
* CI/AI-based game design
* Multi-agent and multi-strategy learning
* Comparative studies
* Applications of game theory
* Board and card games
* Economic or mathematical games
* Imperfect information games
* Non-deterministic games
* Evasion (predator/prey) games
* Realistic games for simulation or training
* Player satisfaction in games
* Games for mobile or digital platforms
* Games involving control of physical objects
* Games involving physical simulation

All papers are to be submitted electronically in PDF.

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: May 29, 2009
Decision Notification: July 3, 2009
Camera-ready: July 24, 2009
Symposium: September 7-10, 2009

CONFERENCE FLYER
A conference brochure is available at:
http://www.ieee-cig.org/cig-2009/flyer.pdf

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chair: Pier Luca Lanzi
Program Chair: Sung-Bae Cho
Proceedings Chair: Luigi Barone and Philip Hingston
Publicity Chair: Julian Togelius
Competition Chair: Simon Lucas
Sponsorship Chair: Georgios N. Yannakakis
Local Chairs: Nicola Gatti and Daniele Loiacono

CONFERENCE VENUE
The symposium will be held at the Politecnico di Milano, the largest
technical university in Italy, ten minutes from downtown Milan, the
shopping area, and its famous galleries and museums.

For more information please visit:
http://www.ieee-cig.org

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