Justus Robertson
@justusrobertson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor IGM at RIT. AI for games and storytelling.
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Reupping two TT job openings we have. We start reviewing applications at the end of next week (Nov 1!):
Joint Comp Sci + Physics position, open rank: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Joint Comp Sci + Math/Stat position, Assistant level: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AU/job...
Joint Comp Sci + Physics position, open rank: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Joint Comp Sci + Math/Stat position, Assistant level: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AU/job...
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reupping two TT job openings we have. We start reviewing applications at the end of next week (Nov 1!):
Joint Comp Sci + Physics position, open rank: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Joint Comp Sci + Math/Stat position, Assistant level: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AU/job...
Joint Comp Sci + Physics position, open rank: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
Joint Comp Sci + Math/Stat position, Assistant level: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AU/job...
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2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group!
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!!
Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students.
We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept…...
!!!* INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY *!!!
Hey everyone… great news! please share with your network of budding young students.
We have now opened applications for our internships in Story, Ideation, Concept ...
www.linkedin.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
2026 internships available in my team at The LEGO Group!
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
Internships in
Story,
Ideation,
Concept Model Design (ie, building with bricks),
Prototyping (3D printing etc),
Hardware (soldering and weird sensors!)
Physical (springs and spinny things)
Digital (code for doing stuff with bricks)
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📢 #AIIDE25 schedule has been announced!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰ Early registration ends Oct 10, Don’t miss out!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰ Early registration ends Oct 10, Don’t miss out!
AIIDE 2025 - Schedule
Full digital program in-progress
sites.google.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
📢 #AIIDE25 schedule has been announced!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰ Early registration ends Oct 10, Don’t miss out!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
⏰ Early registration ends Oct 10, Don’t miss out!
This includes a No. 3 in the USA ranking for our Interactive Games and Media department (IGM) in computing-oriented undergraduate game design programs.
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This includes a No. 3 in the USA ranking for our Interactive Games and Media department (IGM) in computing-oriented undergraduate game design programs.
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Faculty job — please help spread the word!
At UC Santa Cruz we have two games degrees, one in Engineering and one in Arts. This is a job with the Arts folks, who include super cool creators like @mattiebrice.bsky.social & @swensen.bsky.social
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
At UC Santa Cruz we have two games degrees, one in Engineering and one in Arts. This is a job with the Arts folks, who include super cool creators like @mattiebrice.bsky.social & @swensen.bsky.social
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games (Initial Review Date 11/14/25)
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Faculty job — please help spread the word!
At UC Santa Cruz we have two games degrees, one in Engineering and one in Arts. This is a job with the Arts folks, who include super cool creators like @mattiebrice.bsky.social & @swensen.bsky.social
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
At UC Santa Cruz we have two games degrees, one in Engineering and one in Arts. This is a job with the Arts folks, who include super cool creators like @mattiebrice.bsky.social & @swensen.bsky.social
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
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We (me, @smearle.bsky.social, @togelius.bsky.social) 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 posts.
Help us by playing #online #puzzlescript games. No personal data is collected. Links are in the subsequent posts.
We introduce PuzzleJAX, a benchmark for reasoning and learning. 🧩💡🦎
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
PuzzleJAX compiles hundreds of existing grid-based PuzzleScript games to hardware-accelerated JAX environments, and allows researchers to define new tasks via PuzzleScript's concise rewrite rule-based DSL.
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We (me, @smearle.bsky.social, @togelius.bsky.social) 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 posts.
Help us by playing #online #puzzlescript games. No personal data is collected. Links are in the subsequent posts.
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Job ad now up! We have an opening for a tenure-track or tenured professor, joint between Computer Science and Physics.
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Physics or Computer Science
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Job ad now up! We have an opening for a tenure-track or tenured professor, joint between Computer Science and Physics.
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I did not know that there's been recent progress on shortest paths, of all things!
My latest in @quantamagazine.bsky.social: a new algorithm solves the classic single-source shortest paths problem faster than ever before — by finding paths out of order:
New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes | Quanta Magazine
A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.
www.quantamagazine.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I did not know that there's been recent progress on shortest paths, of all things!
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To celebrate over 20 years of AAIDE we want to highlight our Best Paper winners so far!
Every week we will add one to this thread until we've caught up 👾
Every week we will add one to this thread until we've caught up 👾
July 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
To celebrate over 20 years of AAIDE we want to highlight our Best Paper winners so far!
Every week we will add one to this thread until we've caught up 👾
Every week we will add one to this thread until we've caught up 👾
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2025 update to my Institutions Active in Technical Games Research ranking, which looks at who publishes in CS+games conferences and journals (AIIDE, FDG, CHI Play, IEEE ToG, etc.)
Institutions Active in Technical Games Research
www.kmjn.org
July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
2025 update to my Institutions Active in Technical Games Research ranking, which looks at who publishes in CS+games conferences and journals (AIIDE, FDG, CHI Play, IEEE ToG, etc.)
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The CFP for the Wordplay Workshop at #EMNLP2025 is out! We welcome any work that sits at the intersection of #NLP and games/narrative.
We are looking for regular papers (4-8 pgs) and extended abstracts about open challenges in the space (2 pgs)
Papers due: August 29
wordplay-workshop.github.io/cfp/
We are looking for regular papers (4-8 pgs) and extended abstracts about open challenges in the space (2 pgs)
Papers due: August 29
wordplay-workshop.github.io/cfp/
/call_for_papers
Official website for the Wordplay Workshop at EMNLP 2025. Exploring interactive narratives, text-adventure games, and AI agents in language-based environments. Join us in Suzhou, China, November 5th-9...
wordplay-workshop.github.io
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The CFP for the Wordplay Workshop at #EMNLP2025 is out! We welcome any work that sits at the intersection of #NLP and games/narrative.
We are looking for regular papers (4-8 pgs) and extended abstracts about open challenges in the space (2 pgs)
Papers due: August 29
wordplay-workshop.github.io/cfp/
We are looking for regular papers (4-8 pgs) and extended abstracts about open challenges in the space (2 pgs)
Papers due: August 29
wordplay-workshop.github.io/cfp/
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This is a really bad metaphor. Houses serve a purpose, but math homework doesn't NEED to be solved. I like Ted Chaing's metaphor: using AI for homework is like using a forklift to move weights in a gym. No one needs weights in a gym to be moved. The desired change is /within/ you.
I think his friend could come up with a more apt metaphor if he didn’t use chatgpt all the time.
May 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is a really bad metaphor. Houses serve a purpose, but math homework doesn't NEED to be solved. I like Ted Chaing's metaphor: using AI for homework is like using a forklift to move weights in a gym. No one needs weights in a gym to be moved. The desired change is /within/ you.
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This blog post makes so many great points.
I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists.
It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…
I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists.
It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…
The trope that universities are "dependent" on the federal government fundamentally misunderstands how vital this partnership has been for the US. The private sector can't replace it. If we kill it, we're all worse off. From @donmoyn.bsky.social and me: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/are-univer...
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This blog post makes so many great points.
I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists.
It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…
I want to highlight the point about industry benefiting from not having to pay for the cost of trainings their scientists.
It’s why AI Industry labs are so productive. They’re staffed with fully trained phds with 5-10 years of experience. It’s amazing…
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New Post: Please Do, In Fact, @ Me.
I wrote a little bit about games academia/industry discourse, and what I think seem to be some common misconceptions about academic publishing (and academia in general, but mostly focusing on how to talk to academics).
www.possibilityspace.org/blog-academi...
I wrote a little bit about games academia/industry discourse, and what I think seem to be some common misconceptions about academic publishing (and academia in general, but mostly focusing on how to talk to academics).
www.possibilityspace.org/blog-academi...
April 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New Post: Please Do, In Fact, @ Me.
I wrote a little bit about games academia/industry discourse, and what I think seem to be some common misconceptions about academic publishing (and academia in general, but mostly focusing on how to talk to academics).
www.possibilityspace.org/blog-academi...
I wrote a little bit about games academia/industry discourse, and what I think seem to be some common misconceptions about academic publishing (and academia in general, but mostly focusing on how to talk to academics).
www.possibilityspace.org/blog-academi...
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New Game: Mike Cook Presents SQORP! A Digital Puzzle Game
It's a quick little game about laying tiles in a grid, inspired by a mathematical puzzle.
Play free on itch, in the browser: illomens.itch.io/sqorp #pico8
It's a quick little game about laying tiles in a grid, inspired by a mathematical puzzle.
Play free on itch, in the browser: illomens.itch.io/sqorp #pico8
April 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New Game: Mike Cook Presents SQORP! A Digital Puzzle Game
It's a quick little game about laying tiles in a grid, inspired by a mathematical puzzle.
Play free on itch, in the browser: illomens.itch.io/sqorp #pico8
It's a quick little game about laying tiles in a grid, inspired by a mathematical puzzle.
Play free on itch, in the browser: illomens.itch.io/sqorp #pico8
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We (I, Matthew Barthet, Roberto Gallotta, Antonios Liapis, @togelius.bsky.social, Georgios Yannakakis) would like to announce the Procedural Content Generation Benchmark (PCG Benchmark).
The PCG Benchmark allows users working in PCG research to test their algorithms against a variety of games.
The PCG Benchmark allows users working in PCG research to test their algorithms against a variety of games.
April 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We (I, Matthew Barthet, Roberto Gallotta, Antonios Liapis, @togelius.bsky.social, Georgios Yannakakis) would like to announce the Procedural Content Generation Benchmark (PCG Benchmark).
The PCG Benchmark allows users working in PCG research to test their algorithms against a variety of games.
The PCG Benchmark allows users working in PCG research to test their algorithms against a variety of games.
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We are very pleased to announce that AIIDE'25 will be back at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from November 10-14! Paper deadline June 21 AOE. Join us with your work at the intersection of AI and Digital Entertainment!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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,...
sites.google.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are very pleased to announce that AIIDE'25 will be back at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from November 10-14! Paper deadline June 21 AOE. Join us with your work at the intersection of AI and Digital Entertainment!
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
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Hello! I have a little survey about procedural generation and games. No expert knowledge required - it's for anyone to take and fill in. It'll take about 5 minutes to complete. RTs appreciated!
forms.gle/AN4zFDxodQyx...
forms.gle/AN4zFDxodQyx...
forms.gle
March 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Hello! I have a little survey about procedural generation and games. No expert knowledge required - it's for anyone to take and fill in. It'll take about 5 minutes to complete. RTs appreciated!
forms.gle/AN4zFDxodQyx...
forms.gle/AN4zFDxodQyx...
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We have a bunch of great talks from previous years' summer schools, and we're starting to put them online on YouTube. For more great talks, come to this year's summer school!
How to build #PCG for games and games for PGC?
Oskar Stålberg (@oskarstalberg.bsky.social) the dev behind
BadNorth and Townscaper shares insights on building systems with Procedural Content Generation.
Watch his 2023 talk: youtu.be/NpfoRAzfGDg
More about us: school.gameaibook.org
Oskar Stålberg (@oskarstalberg.bsky.social) the dev behind
BadNorth and Townscaper shares insights on building systems with Procedural Content Generation.
Watch his 2023 talk: youtu.be/NpfoRAzfGDg
More about us: school.gameaibook.org
Oskar Stålberg: Landscapes of Hex and Square - Summer School on AI and Games 2023
YouTube video by Summer School on AI and Games TV
youtu.be
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We have a bunch of great talks from previous years' summer schools, and we're starting to put them online on YouTube. For more great talks, come to this year's summer school!
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Want to do a 🎓 PhD in 🎮 games and 📊 data?
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
Other PhD Scholarships Available in Design Engineering
Please see below for current funding opportunities in the department:
bit.ly
January 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Want to do a 🎓 PhD in 🎮 games and 📊 data?
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
I have a 💸 studentship for you:
Unpacking Casual Game Engagement Across Time Scales.
@ Imperial College London w/ Nottingham University & King (of Candy Crush), deadline March 1. Sadly, UK home students only.
To learn more: bit.ly/casual-phd
Pls share!
Overleaf went down in Nov. 2019 and stalled my full day of work. It got me in the habit of writing important LaTeX projects in Git, using Overleaf as a web interface. Here is a tutorial for setting up a LaTeX project mirrored between Overleaf, GitHub, GitLab, etc: www.scivision.dev/overleaf-wit...
Overleaf with GitHub / GitLab
How to use GitHub / GitLab with Overleaf.
www.scivision.dev
December 3, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Overleaf went down in Nov. 2019 and stalled my full day of work. It got me in the habit of writing important LaTeX projects in Git, using Overleaf as a web interface. Here is a tutorial for setting up a LaTeX project mirrored between Overleaf, GitHub, GitLab, etc: www.scivision.dev/overleaf-wit...
Hello world! I have had a Bluesky account for a while now, but never got it up and running because I am weird and use the web interface. I really like the vibe of this website. The load times are snappy and the design is simple. Reminds me of Twitter! Looking forward to being more active.
November 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hello world! I have had a Bluesky account for a while now, but never got it up and running because I am weird and use the web interface. I really like the vibe of this website. The load times are snappy and the design is simple. Reminds me of Twitter! Looking forward to being more active.