Richard Zhao
@richardzhao.bsky.social
Researcher, Educator, Citizen.
Associate Professor @UCalgary.bsky.social - Serious Games, AI, Immersive Technologies. Posts are my own and do not represent organization.
http://richardzhao.com
Associate Professor @UCalgary.bsky.social - Serious Games, AI, Immersive Technologies. Posts are my own and do not represent organization.
http://richardzhao.com
Open question at the @exag.bsky.social speculative game jam at #AIIDE25 : can you implement generative AI in a game as a game mechanic and not make it into a chatbot? Can you generate data ethically and consensually?
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Open question at the @exag.bsky.social speculative game jam at #AIIDE25 : can you implement generative AI in a game as a game mechanic and not make it into a chatbot? Can you generate data ethically and consensually?
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Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues in Edmonton this week for AIIDE! I'll be trying my hand at live tweeting the paper sessions at both the main conference and EXAG/INT, which I'll try to keep in this big reply thread (starting off tomorrow). @aiide.bsky.social @exag.bsky.social
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Plus this initiative by Richard Zhao @richardzhao.bsky.social to track where all our roughly 120 attendees originate from!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Plus this initiative by Richard Zhao @richardzhao.bsky.social to track where all our roughly 120 attendees originate from!
Arrived in Edmonton in time for the big conference of the year #AIIDE25 ! sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
AIIDE 2025
The 21st AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2025) is the next in an annual series of conferences showcasing interdisciplinary research on modeling,...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Arrived in Edmonton in time for the big conference of the year #AIIDE25 ! sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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AIIDE '25 proceedings are up! And the conference starts in two days. 🧳✈️
Vol. 21 No. 1 (2025): Twenty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment
| Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Intera...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
AIIDE '25 proceedings are up! And the conference starts in two days. 🧳✈️
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If you’re interested in attending only the #AIIDE25 Welcome Event or Poster/Demo session, you can use the separate registration links below:
Welcome Event separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Poster/Demo Session separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Welcome Event separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Poster/Demo Session separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
November 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you’re interested in attending only the #AIIDE25 Welcome Event or Poster/Demo session, you can use the separate registration links below:
Welcome Event separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Poster/Demo Session separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Welcome Event separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
Poster/Demo Session separate registration: aaaiforms.wufoo.com/forms/aiide2...
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AIIDE´25 features a keynote by Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer, 50 year veteran in the field who will share valuable lessons from his career.
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
AIIDE´25 features a keynote by Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer, 50 year veteran in the field who will share valuable lessons from his career.
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We are happy to welcome Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social as a keynote speaker for AIIDE 2025. Her longtime personal mission is to bring small playful forms of AI to poets, artists, kids and weirdos.
October 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We are happy to welcome Kate Compton @galaxykate.bsky.social as a keynote speaker for AIIDE 2025. Her longtime personal mission is to bring small playful forms of AI to poets, artists, kids and weirdos.
My students Mahdi Farrokhimaleki and Parsa Rahmati have a paper published at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 :
From Unstable to Playable: Stabilizing Angry Birds Levels via Object Segmentation.
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
From Unstable to Playable: Stabilizing Angry Birds Levels via Object Segmentation.
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
October 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My students Mahdi Farrokhimaleki and Parsa Rahmati have a paper published at the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 :
From Unstable to Playable: Stabilizing Angry Birds Levels via Object Segmentation.
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
From Unstable to Playable: Stabilizing Angry Birds Levels via Object Segmentation.
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
My student Matthew McConnell published his current work at the AAAI Conference on AI and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 :
From Frustration to Fun: An Adaptive Problem-Solving Puzzle Game Powered by Genetic Algorithm
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
From Frustration to Fun: An Adaptive Problem-Solving Puzzle Game Powered by Genetic Algorithm
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My student Matthew McConnell published his current work at the AAAI Conference on AI and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 :
From Frustration to Fun: An Adaptive Problem-Solving Puzzle Game Powered by Genetic Algorithm
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
From Frustration to Fun: An Adaptive Problem-Solving Puzzle Game Powered by Genetic Algorithm
Preprint available: doi.org/10.48550/arX...
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AIIDE 2025 is fast approaching and it’s time to start announcing this year’s keynote speakers! First up are Dr. Luke Dicken and Nadine Perez from Take-Two Interactive. In this session the Take-Two AI team will discuss how to put theory into practice.
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
AIIDE 2025 is fast approaching and it’s time to start announcing this year’s keynote speakers! First up are Dr. Luke Dicken and Nadine Perez from Take-Two Interactive. In this session the Take-Two AI team will discuss how to put theory into practice.
Congratulations to my Ph.D. student Matthew McConnell at #UCalgary, turning internship into a space exploration opportunity www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgar... and utilizing his game development skills!
UCalgary PhD student turns internship into a space exploration opportunity
Matthew McConnell leverages the Transformative Talent Internship program to join Canada’s first lunar rover mission
www.ucalgary.ca
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congratulations to my Ph.D. student Matthew McConnell at #UCalgary, turning internship into a space exploration opportunity www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgar... and utilizing his game development skills!
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Early bird registration for AIIDE-25 is available until October 10th!
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AIIDE 2025 - Registration
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September 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Early bird registration for AIIDE-25 is available until October 10th!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
September 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length
Companies have an obligation to address users' issues with humans and not AI-automated responses - See my comments in the article.
Albertans among users frustrated over suspended Instagram accounts
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Albertans among users frustrated over suspended Instagram accounts
Many Instagram users are sharing their frustrations and confusions after the social media platform’s parent company, Meta, deleted or disabled their accounts seemingly without cause.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Companies have an obligation to address users' issues with humans and not AI-automated responses - See my comments in the article.
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#AIIDE25 main track decisions are out 🙌Huge thanks to our authors and reviewers, this year’s proceedings look incredible! Congratulations to those with accepted works, and a reminder that early registration is open until October 10th.
🔗 sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
🔗 sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
AIIDE 2025 - Registration
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August 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#AIIDE25 main track decisions are out 🙌Huge thanks to our authors and reviewers, this year’s proceedings look incredible! Congratulations to those with accepted works, and a reminder that early registration is open until October 10th.
🔗 sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
🔗 sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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as well as a huge index of ~2500 researchers and their affiliations (alas, mostly manually maintained... when I started this I thought the community was smaller and that this would be more manageable)
Researchers Active in Technical Games Research
www.kmjn.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
as well as a huge index of ~2500 researchers and their affiliations (alas, mostly manually maintained... when I started this I thought the community was smaller and that this would be more manageable)
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🚨#AIIDE25 full paper deadline extended!
Due to requests from authors, we have extended the deadline for full paper submission to June 27, 2025!
🔗 More information: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
Due to requests from authors, we have extended the deadline for full paper submission to June 27, 2025!
🔗 More information: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
AIIDE 2025 - Call for Papers
AIIDE 2025 welcomes submissions across the vast field of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. We are particularly interested in novel contributions and applications, as well ...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🚨#AIIDE25 full paper deadline extended!
Due to requests from authors, we have extended the deadline for full paper submission to June 27, 2025!
🔗 More information: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
Due to requests from authors, we have extended the deadline for full paper submission to June 27, 2025!
🔗 More information: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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Planning to submit to #AIIDE25? Make sure to get your abstract in soon!
⏰The abstract deadline is this Saturday, June 14!
📅 Full paper submission deadline: June 21
🔍 Details here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰The abstract deadline is this Saturday, June 14!
📅 Full paper submission deadline: June 21
🔍 Details here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
AIIDE 2025 - Call for Papers
AIIDE 2025 welcomes submissions across the vast field of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. We are particularly interested in novel contributions and applications, as well ...
sites.google.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Planning to submit to #AIIDE25? Make sure to get your abstract in soon!
⏰The abstract deadline is this Saturday, June 14!
📅 Full paper submission deadline: June 21
🔍 Details here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰The abstract deadline is this Saturday, June 14!
📅 Full paper submission deadline: June 21
🔍 Details here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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✨ AIIDE 2025 ✨ added to the event calendar! 🎉
Type ⚙️: Onsite B2B #AI Conference
Date 🗓️: NOV 10-14, 2025
Location 🏙️: Edmonton, Canada
View hundreds of other #GameIndustry events: www.eventsforgamers.com/event/the-21... #AIIDE #ArtificialIntelligence #GameDev #GamingConference
Type ⚙️: Onsite B2B #AI Conference
Date 🗓️: NOV 10-14, 2025
Location 🏙️: Edmonton, Canada
View hundreds of other #GameIndustry events: www.eventsforgamers.com/event/the-21... #AIIDE #ArtificialIntelligence #GameDev #GamingConference
June 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
✨ AIIDE 2025 ✨ added to the event calendar! 🎉
Type ⚙️: Onsite B2B #AI Conference
Date 🗓️: NOV 10-14, 2025
Location 🏙️: Edmonton, Canada
View hundreds of other #GameIndustry events: www.eventsforgamers.com/event/the-21... #AIIDE #ArtificialIntelligence #GameDev #GamingConference
Type ⚙️: Onsite B2B #AI Conference
Date 🗓️: NOV 10-14, 2025
Location 🏙️: Edmonton, Canada
View hundreds of other #GameIndustry events: www.eventsforgamers.com/event/the-21... #AIIDE #ArtificialIntelligence #GameDev #GamingConference
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After literal years of being down due to security issues, my blog is now back up, including my one post on "How to Write an AIIDE Paper" www.guzdial.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Write an AIIDE Paper – Matthew Guzdial Blog
www.guzdial.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
After literal years of being down due to security issues, my blog is now back up, including my one post on "How to Write an AIIDE Paper" www.guzdial.com/blog/how-to-...
The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 is accepting submissions!
We welcome any work related to AI and entertainment, games, interactive fictions, intelligent tutoring systems, etc. Join us in Edmonton!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/... #GameDev
We welcome any work related to AI and entertainment, games, interactive fictions, intelligent tutoring systems, etc. Join us in Edmonton!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/... #GameDev
AIIDE 2025 - Call for Papers
AIIDE 2025 welcomes submissions across the vast field of Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. We are particularly interested in novel contributions and applications, as well ...
sites.google.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment #AIIDE25 is accepting submissions!
We welcome any work related to AI and entertainment, games, interactive fictions, intelligent tutoring systems, etc. Join us in Edmonton!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/... #GameDev
We welcome any work related to AI and entertainment, games, interactive fictions, intelligent tutoring systems, etc. Join us in Edmonton!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/... #GameDev