PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Papers

Generating Believable Virtual Characters Using Behavior Capture and Hidden Markov Models Richard Zhao and Duane Szafron. Advances in Computer Games 13 Conference (ACG), Tilburg, The Netherlands, November 2011. Computer-game construction: A gender-neutral attractor to Computing Science Mike Carbonaro, Duane Szafron, Maria Cutumisu, and Jonathan Schaeffer. Computers and Education 55 (3), November 2010, 1098-1111. Learning Companion Behaviors Using Reinforcement Learning in Games AmirAli Sharifi, Richard Zhao, and Duane Szafron. Proceedings of the Sixth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-10), October 2010. Quest Patterns for Story-based Computer Games Marcus Trenton, Duane Szafron, Josh Friesen, and Curtis Onuczko. Proceedings of the Sixth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-10), October 2010. An Architecture for Game Behavior AI: Behavior Multi-Queues Maria Cutumisu and Duane Szafron. Proceedings of the Fifth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-09), Stanford, USA, October, 2009, 20-27. Learning Character Behaviors using Agent Modeling in Games Richard Zhao and Duane Szafron. Proceedings of the Fifth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-09), Stanford, USA, October, 2009, 179-185. Supporting Dialogue Generation for Story-Based Games Christopher Kerr and Duane Szafron. Proceedings of the Fifth Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-09), Stanford, USA, October, 2009, 154-160. Dialogue Patterns - A Visual Language For Dynamic Dialogue Jeff Siegel and Duane Szafron. 4th Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 20 (3), June 2009, 196-220. Agent Learning using Action-Dependent Learning Rates in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Michael Bowling, Richard S. Sutton. 4th Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-08), Stanford, USA, October 22-24, 2008, 22-29. Interactive Story Authoring: A Viable Form of Creative Expression for the Classroom Mike Carbonaro, Maria Cutumisu, Harvey Duff, Stephanie Gillis, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, Jonathan Schaeffer, Allan Schumacher, Duane Szafron, Kevin Waugh. Computers and Education, 51(2), September 2008, 687-707. Supplementary materials. ScriptEase: A Generative/Adaptive Programming Paradigm for Game Scripting Maria Cutumisu, Curtis Onuczko, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, Jonathan Schaeffer, Allan Schumacher, Jeff Siegel, Duane Szafron, Kevin Waugh, Mike Carbonaro, Harvey Duff, Stephanie Gillis. Science of Computer Programming, 67 (1), June 2007, 32-55. Generating Ambient Behaviors in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, Curtis Onuczko, and Mike Carbonaro. IEEE Journal of Intelligent Systems (IEEE IS) 21(5), September/October 2006, 19-27. (Invited paper - a preliminary version of this paper appeared as LNAI 3814, Springer-Verlag, INTETAIN '05 Conference, 2005, 34-43). Adapting a Commercial Role-Playing Game for Educational Computer Game Production Mike Carbonaro, Maria Cutumisu, Harvey Duff, Stephanie Gillis, Curtis Onuczko, Jonathan Schaeffer, Allan Schumacher, Jeff Siegel, Duane Szafron, and Kevin Waugh. GameOn North America, September 2006, 54-61. Evaluating Pattern Catalogs - The Computer Games Experience Maria Cutumisu, Curtis Onuczko, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, Jeff Siegel, and Mike Carbonaro. 28th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE '06), Shanghai, China, May 2006, 132-141. A Pattern Catalog For Computer Role Playing Games Curtis Onuczko, Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, Kevin Waugh, Mike Carbonaro, and Jeff Siegel. GameOn '05 North America, Montreal, Canada, August 2005, 33-38. Interactive Story Writing in the Classroom: Using Computer Games Mike Carbonaro, Maria Cutumisu, Matthew McNaughton, Curtis Onuczko, Thomas Roy, Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron, Stephanie Gillis, and Sabrina Kratchmer. 2nd International Digital Games Research Conference (DiGRA '05), Vancouver, Canada, June 16-20, 2005. Writing Interactive Stories in the Classroom Duane Szafron, Mike Carbonaro, Maria Cutumisu, Stephanie Gillis, Matthew McNaughton, Curtis Onuczko, Thomas Roy, and Jonathan Schaeffer. Interactive Multimedia Electronic Journal of Computer-Enhanced Learning (IMEJ) Volume 7, Number 1, May 2005, 13 pages. ScriptEase: Generative Design Patterns for Computer Role-Playing Games Matthew McNaughton, Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, James Redford, and Dominique Parker. 19th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE '04), Linz, Austria, September 2004, 88-99. Code Generation for AI Scripting in Computer Role-Playing Games Matthew McNaughton, Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron, Dominique Parker, and James Redford. Challenges in Game AI Workshop at AAAI '04, San Jose, CA, USA, July 2004, 129-133. Pattern-based AI Scripting using ScriptEase Matthew McNaughton, James Redford, Jonathan Schaeffer, and Duane Szafron. 16th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI '03), Halifax, Canada, June 2003, 35-49.

Posters

Motivational Ambient and Latent Behaviors in Computer RPGs Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, and Kevin Waugh. 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-07), Stanford, CA, USA, June 6-8, 2007, 74-76.

Demonstrations

A Demonstration of ScriptEase II Matthew Church, Eric Graves, Jason Duncan, Adel Lari, Robin Miller, Neesha Desai, Richard Zhao, Mike Carbonaro, Jonathan Schaeffer, Nathan Sturtevant, Duane Szafron. 7th Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-11), Stanford, USA, October 10-14, 2011, 215-216. A Demonstration of Agent Learning with Action-Dependent Learning Rates in Computer RPGs Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron. 4th Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-08), Stanford, USA, October 22-24, 2008, 218-219. A Demonstration of Learning Behaviours for Non-Player Characters in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron. 18th Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS 2008), Windsor, Canada, May 27-31, 2008. A Demonstration of ScriptEase Interruptible and Resumable Behaviors for CRPGs Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 22nd Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-07), Vancouver, Canada, July 22-26, 2007, 1968-1969. A Demonstration of ScriptEase Motivational Ambient and Latent Behaviors for Computer RPGs Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-07), Stanford, CA, USA, June 6-8, 2007, 106-107. A Demonstration of SQUEGE: A CRPG Sub-Quest Generator Curtis Onuczko, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Maria Cutumisu, Jeff Siegel, Kevin Waugh, and Allan Schumacher. 3rd Annual Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE-07), Stanford, CA, USA, June 6-8, 2007, 110-111. A Demonstration of Motivational Ambient and Latent Behaviours for Non-Player Characters in CRPGs Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 17th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS '07), Montreal, Canada, May 27-30, 2007, pp. 10. ScriptEase - Motivational Behaviors for Interactive Characters in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI '06), Intelligent Systems Demonstrations Session, Boston, MA, USA, July 16-20, 2006. A Demonstration of ScriptEase Ambient and PC-interactive Behavior Generation for Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 2nd Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE '06), Marina del Rey, CA, USA, June 20-23, 2006. Automatic Story Generation for Computer Role-Playing Games Curtis Onuczko, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Maria Cutumisu, Jeff Siegel, Kevin Waugh, and Allan Schumacher. 2nd Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE '06), Marina del Rey, CA, USA, June 20-23, 2006. A Demonstration of Generating Motivational Behaviours for Interactive Agents in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Kevin Waugh, Curtis Onuczko, Jeff Siegel, and Allan Schumacher. 16th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS '06), Victoria, Canada, May 31-June 2, 2006. A Demonstration of the ScriptEase Approach to Ambient and Perceptive NPC Behaviors in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, Curtis Onuczko, and Mike Carbonaro. Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment (INTETAIN '05), LNAI 3814, Springer-Verlag, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, November 30 - December 2, 2005, 311-314. Using ScriptEase to Generate Independent and Cooperative Ambient Behaviors for Non-Player Characters in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, Matthew McNaughton, Thomas Roy, and Curtis Onuczko. 15th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS '05), Quebec City, Canada, June 5-7, 2005. ScriptEase - A Demonstration of Ambient Behavior Generation for Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Matthew McNaughton, Duane Szafron, Thomas Roy, Curtis Onuczko, Jonathan Schaeffer, and Mike Carbonaro. 1st Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment Conference (AIIDE '05), Marina Del Rey, CA, USA, June 1-3, 2005. A Demonstration of Generating Scripting Code for Computer Role-Playing Games - ScriptEase Matthew McNaughton, Maria Cutumisu, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, James Redford, and Dominique Parker. 19th IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE '04), Linz, Austria, September 2004, 386-387. AI Scripting in Computer Role-Playing Games Maria Cutumisu, Matthew McNaughton, Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron. 14th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS '04), Ottawa, Canada, June 6-8, 2004.