CfP: Advances in Computer Games (ACG 2021)

[Cameron Browne]

Dear Colleagues,

The Advances in Computer Games conference (ACG 2021) will be held online this year over 23–25 November 2021 (https://icga.org/?page_id=3086). ACG is an internationally renowned conference that publishes computer-based studies of games. Its history goes back to the inaugural event held in Edinburgh in 1975, making this the longest ongoing game AI conference. 

This year’s ACG will have a special track on The History of Computer Studies of Games. In addition to new work, we invite submissions that provide historical context or otherwise highlight key developments in game-playing programs and computer-based game studies over the decades. 

Keynote speakers will include: 

• David Silver (Google DeepMind) 

• Michael Bowling (University of Alberta) 

• Mark Lefler (Komodo, Zillions of Games) 

Conference attendance to view all talks will be free. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• The current state of game-playing programs for classic and modern board games, card games, puzzles, virtual/casual/video games, etc. 

• General game playing. 

• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for games. 

• The history of computers in game-based research. 

• New theoretical developments in game-related research. 

• New and enhanced algorithms for search and knowledge acquisition. 

• Automated game design and evaluation. 

• Social aspects of computer games. 

• Scientific contributions produced by the study of games. 

• Cognitive research of how (and why) humans play games and puzzles. 

• Capture and analysis of game data. 

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Submission 

Papers must be written in English and can be up to 10 pages in length (including references). 

Please conform to the LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). 

LaTeX preferred; an Overleaf template is available. 

Submit a PDF version of your paper via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acg2021). 

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Dates 

• Submission due: 6 September 2021 

• Notification due: 11 October 2021 

• Final version due: 1 November 2021 

• ACG 2021: 23–25 November 2021 

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Program Co-Chairs 

• Cameron Browne, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 

• Akihiro Kishimoto, IBM Research, Tokyo, Japan 

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Program Committee 

• Yngvi Bjornsson, Reykjavik University, Iceland 

• Bruno Bouzy, Paris Descartes University, France 

• Tristan Cazenave, LAMSADE Université Paris Dauphine PSL CNRS, France 

• Lung-Pin Chen, Tunghai University, Taiwan 

• Siang Yew Chong, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Malaysia 

• Chao Gao, University of Alberta, Canada 

• Reijer Grimbergen, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan 

• Michael Hartisch, University of Siegen, Germany 

• Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan 

• Ryan Hayward, University of Alberta, Canada 

• Hiroyuki Iida, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan 

• Eric Jacopin, CREC Saint-Cyr, France 

• Nicolas Jouandeau, Paris8 University, France 

• Tomoyuki Kaneko, University of Tokyo, Japan 

• Sylvain Lagrue, Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC), France 

• Diego Perez Liebana, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), UK 

• Shun-Shii Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan 

• Martin Mueller, University of Alberta, Canada 

• Mike Preuss, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands 

• Abdallah Saffidine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia 

• Spyridon Samothrakis, University of Essex, UK 

• Jonathan Schaeffer, University of Alberta, Canada 

• Nathan Sturtevant, University of Alberta, Canada 

• Ruck Thawonmas, Ritsumeikan University, Germany 

• Michael Thielscher, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia 

• Jonathan Vis, Universiteit Leiden, The Netherlands 

• Mark Winands, Maastricht University, The Netherlands 

• Ting Han Wei, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 

• I-Chen Wu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 

• Shi-Jim Yen, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan 

• Kazuki Yoshizoe, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), Japan

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Regards,

Cameron

ACG 2021: https://icga.org/?page_id=3086