Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

WeekDateTopicPaper/GamePresenter
1Aug 17Introduction & Overview
2Aug 21Experience Management #1 / Player Modelling #1A Computational Model of Perceived Agency in Video GamesDavid (Demo Talk)
Aug 24Story Generation #1 / Narrative Planning #1 Delayed Roles with Authorable Continuity in Plan-based Interactive StorytellingDavid (Demo Talk)
3Aug 28Story Metrics #1Towards a Computational Measure of Plot TellabilityDennis
Aug 31Characters #1An Empirical Evaluation of a Generative Method for the Expression of Personality Traits through Action ChoiceCarl
4Sep 4Narrative Planning #2Fast and Diverse Narrative Planning through Novelty PruningBjarki
Sep 7Dialogue Generation #1Characters Who Speak Their Minds: Dialogue Generation in Talk of the TownDario
5Sep 11Player Modelling #2Keeping the Player on an Emotional Trajectory in Interactive StorytellingBenedikt
Sep 14Brainstorming JamNote: Special Room this day only: M304!
6Sep 18Proposal Writing Workshop
Sep 21Experience Management #2Directing Intentional Superposition ManipulationValerie
TBDProject Proposals Due by 17:00
7Sep 25Project Proposal Discussions
Sep 28Player Modelling #3Optimizing Players’ Expected Enjoyment in Interactive StoriesDennis
8Oct 2Characters #2Increasing the Engagement of Conversational Agents through Co-Constructed StorytellingCarl
Oct 5Story Generation #3Generate Believable Causal Plots with User Preferences Using Constrained Monte Carlo Tree SearchBjarki
9Oct 9Story Generation #3 / Characters #2Character Beliefs in Story GenerationDario
Oct 12Player Modelling #4Influencing User Choices in Interactive Narratives using Indexter's Pairwise Event Salience HypothesisBenedikt
10Oct 16David away - Work on Project
Oct 19Narrative Planning #3Planning Graphs for Efficient Generation of Desirable Narrative TrajectoriesValerie?
11Oct 23Project Progress Discussions
Oct 26Story Understanding #2Reading Between the Lines: Using Plot Graphs to Draw Inferences From Stories?
12Oct 30Authoring Tools #1 (INT Practice)Mimisbrunnur: AI-assisted Authoring for Interactive StorytellingIngibergur
Nov 2Project Progress Discussions
13Nov 6AIIDE/INT Practice Talk(s)Toward a Unified Understanding of Experience ManagementDavid