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< Back Dr Michael Saiger University of York iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Michael is a game design researcher investigating how we engage players (particularly young people) in the design and development of applied games. He has facilitated co-design workshops across health and education research, designing solutions to research problems. Most recently, he was employed as a game design researcher on an ESRC funded project to design and evaluate a game for teacher recruitment. A description of Michael's research: Michael's research involves the facilitation and involvement of children and young people in the design of mental health games. Through their research, they have co-designed mental health prototypes and explored the factors to impact participation and engagement. Their research has highlighted how there are facilitation barriers and shifts in participant preferences towards how young people want to interact during co-design. michael.saiger@york.ac.uk Email https://linktr.ee/MichaelJohnSaiger Mastodon https://micia1592.wixsite.com/mikethingsbetter Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjsaiger/ LinkedIn BlueSky Github Supervisors: Dr Joe Cutting Prof. Sebastian Deterding Dr Lina Gega Featured Publication(s): Use of Technology in Brief Interventions How Do We Engage Children and Young People in the Design and Development Of Mental Health Games Children and Young People's Involvement in Designing Applied Games: Scoping Review What Factors Do Players Perceive as Methods of Retention in Battle Royale Games? Themes Applied Games Design & Development Player Research - Previous Next

PGR for Placement iGGi is a collaboration between Uni of York + Queen Mary Uni of London: the largest training programme worldwide for doing a PhD in digital games. iGGi PG Researchers Available for Placement or Seeking Post-PhD Position The iGGi Programme includes that each PG Researcher (PGR) on the iGGi Programme will spend a minimum of 8 weeks, but typically around 3-6 months, on placement in the games industry. Companies who have worked with IGGI researchers on knowledge exchange placements include big players such as Google Deep Mind, Microsoft, and Sony, but also a number of SMEs like Splash Damage, Revolution Software, Ninja Theory, and Die Gute Fabrik Story Tech. Some PGRs choose to go on more than one placement with either the same or different companies. The listing below shows PGRs who are currently available for placement. Additionally, you can also find Researchers who are close to completing their doctorate and are looking for Post-PhD Positions in either Industry or Academia. Filter by iGGi Theme Accessibility Applied Games Creative Computing Design & Development Esports Game AI Game Audio Game Data Immersive Technology Player Research Filter by Location Filter by Start Year Filter by placement/work status Doruk Balcı iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Toby Best iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Karl Clarke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Dr Maximilian Croissant iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Player Research, Design & Development Read More Dr Kevin Denamganaï iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Dr Charline Foch iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Player Research, Design & Development Read More Cameron Johnston iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Laura Helsby iGGi PG Researcher Player Research, Applied Games Read More George Long iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Sahar Mirhadi iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Player Research Read More Dr Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Design & Development, Game Data, Esports Read More Prasad Sandbhor iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Luiza Gossian iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Connor Watts iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI Read More Kyle Worrall iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game Audio, Creative Computing Read More Dr Martin Balla iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Dr Terence Broad iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More Michelangelo Conserva iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Tania Dales iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Ross Fifield iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research Read More Francesca Foffano iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Player Research Read More Bobby Khaleque iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Creative Computing, Game AI Read More Nicole Levermore iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Sarah Masters iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Prakriti Nayak iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Younès Rabii iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More Amy Smith iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Creative Computing, Player Research Read More Sunny Thaicharoen iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research, Game Data, Esports Read More Tom Wells iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Read More Ruizhe "Jay" Yu Xia iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Game Data Read More Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Steph Carter iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data Read More Dan Cooke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Esports, Game Data, Player Research Read More Rory Davidson iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Alex Flint iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Tamsin Isaac iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Joshua Kritz iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Océane Lissillour iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dimitris Menexopoulos iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game Audio, Creative Computing Read More Dien Nguyen iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Dr Michael Saiger iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Philip Smith iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Marko Tot iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Oliver Withington iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More

< Back Dr Nathan John Queen Mary University of London iGGi Alum After graduating with a MEng in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, Nathan joined the games industry as a programmer, working for Climax Studios, Gaming Corps and Freejam, before moving to a career as a general software engineer, while still developing indie games on the side. His experiences across a range of industries sparked a passion for testing, and left him wondering if there were was to improve the automated testing in game development. Borne from an experiment Nathan had performed training AIs to play his indie game WarpBall, in which he found the agents solved for exploits in the authored AI rather than playing the game well, his research project proposes a novel method for improving the quality of behaviour of human authored agents by pitting them against trained agents and observing what bad behaviours/exploits the trained agents reveal. Authored agents refer to AI agents whose actions are explicitly designed by programmers using traditional techniques such as Utility functions, Behaviour Trees and state machines; trained agents refer to agents whose behaviour is learned by playing many games against the authored agents. n.m.john-mcdougall@qmul.ac.uk Email Mastodon Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/vethan4/ LinkedIn BlueSky Github Supervisors: Dr Jeremy Gow Dr Laurissa Tokarchuk Themes Design & Development Game AI - Previous Next

We are "Welcoming inclusive Games & Games inclusivity (WiGGi). Our members are staff and students working within the iGGi programme, which is an interdisciplinary team of researchers working in video games research. iGGi WiGGi - Welcoming inclusive Games and Games inclusivity - Introducing WiGGi We are Welcoming inclusive Games and Games inclusivity (WiGGi). We strongly believe that working in video games, whether that be in an academic setting or in industry, should be an inclusive and friendly environment where underrepresented groups (ethnic or cultural minorities, minority genders, religious background etc) especially can thrive and be heard. WiGGi holds the advocacy for these underrepresented groups in video games at the forefront of its agenda, making sure that events we plan, organisations we partner with and the topics we address are topical and engaging for people of a range of backgrounds. Our members are staff and students working within the iGGi programme, which is an interdisciplinary team of researchers working in video games research. We hold meetings every Wednesday, as well as roundtable discussions we call ‘Firesides’ every so often to talk with a range of people about a given relevant topic. For example, one of our Firesides discussed ‘Video games for positive change’. Get involved We would love to partner with more organisations that share a similar goal, or invite in more video game researchers or industry to take part in our events. If you would like to know more or get involved in some way, please contact us via our email: . WiGGi Members Tania Dales Tamsin Isaac Susanne Binder Prakriti Nayak Océane Lissillour Nicole Levermore Lauren Winter Dr Raluca Gaina Alex Flint BLOG Fireside Chat on Video Games for Positive Change Our most recent fireside discussed ‘Video games for positive change’. Our fireside chat on video games for social change was an engaging and thought-provoking discussion. We delved deeply into the representation of women in video games and explored how these portrayals impact our gaming experiences. This focus sparked an exchange of diverse perspectives, highlighting how inclusive representation can shape and transform player engagement. Each participant brought unique insights on how characters and narratives influence players’ connection to games and reflect broader social themes. Through this dialogue, we gained a richer understanding of how thoughtfully crafted games can inspire change and foster empathy, creating a more inclusive gaming culture for everyone.

PGRs (All) iGGi is a collaboration between Uni of York + Queen Mary Uni of London: the largest training programme worldwide for doing a PhD in digital games. iGGi PG Researchers iGGi is a community formed of PG Researchers (PGRs), Supervisors, affiliated Partners from industry and academia, and supporting Administrators. The most essential part of this community is of course the group of currently over 70 active iGGi PGRs who, through their research in games and related fields, work on creating positive impact on and through games. Their research topics spread over a wide spectrum of areas, and while you can filter subjects of interest by theme, please see the individual profiles for more detailed information. Filter by iGGi Theme Accessibility Applied Games Creative Computing Design & Development Esports Game AI Game Audio Game Data Immersive Technology Player Research Filter by Location Filter by Start Year Filter by placement/work status Doruk Balcı iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Steph Carter iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data Read More Dan Cooke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Esports, Game Data, Player Research Read More Ross Fifield iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research Read More James Gardner iGGi PG Researcher Game AI Read More Tamsin Isaac iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Evgenii Kashin iGGi PG Researcher Creative Computing Read More Gorm Lai iGGi PG Researcher Creative Computing, Game AI, Design & Development Read More Océane Lissillour iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dimitris Menexopoulos iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game Audio, Creative Computing Read More Dien Nguyen iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Erin Robinson iGGi PG Researcher Design & Development, Immersive Technology Read More Amy Smith iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Creative Computing, Player Research Read More Filip Sroka iGGi PG Researcher Game AI, Applied Games, Immersive Technology Read More Marko Tot iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Lauren Winter iGGi PG Researcher Design & Development, Player Research Read More Ruizhe "Jay" Yu Xia iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Game Data Read More Nirit Binyamini Ben Meir iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Karl Clarke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Tania Dales iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Alex Flint iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Peyman Hosseini iGGi PG Researcher Player Research, Game AI Read More Dominik Jeurissen iGGi PG Researcher Game AI, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Bobby Khaleque iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Creative Computing, Game AI Read More Laura Helsby iGGi PG Researcher Player Research, Applied Games Read More George Long iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Sahar Mirhadi iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Player Research Read More Zoë O’Shea iGGi PG Researcher Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Prasad Sandbhor iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Philip Smith iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Luiza Gossian iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Connor Watts iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI Read More Oliver Withington iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More Toby Best iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Michelangelo Conserva iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Rory Davidson iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Francesca Foffano iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Player Research Read More Yu-Jhen Hsu iGGi PG Researcher Game AI, Game Data Read More Cameron Johnston iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Joshua Kritz iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Nicole Levermore iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Sarah Masters iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Prakriti Nayak iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Younès Rabii iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More Remo Sasso iGGi PG Researcher Game AI Read More Florence Smith Nicholls iGGi PG Researcher Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Sunny Thaicharoen iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research, Game Data, Esports Read More Tom Wells iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Read More Kyle Worrall iGGi PG Researcher Available for post-PhD position Game Audio, Creative Computing Read More

iGGi Year 1 Researchers iGGi PG Researchers - 2023 start Here is the listing of iGGi PhD Researchers who started in September 2023. This is iGGi's last ever cohort. Filter by iGGi Theme Accessibility Applied Games Creative Computing Design & Development Game AI Game Data Immersive Technology Player Research Filter by Location Doruk Balcı iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Ross Fifield iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Player Research Read More Cameron Johnston iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Océane Lissillour iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Philip Smith iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Ruizhe "Jay" Yu Xia iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Game Data Read More Karl Clarke iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Alex Flint iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Player Research Read More Joshua Kritz iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Prakriti Nayak iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Filip Sroka iGGi PG Researcher Game AI, Applied Games, Immersive Technology Read More Tania Dales iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Tamsin Isaac iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Nicole Levermore iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Accessibility, Player Research Read More Dien Nguyen iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Connor Watts iGGi PG Researcher Available for placement Game AI Read More

Staff (All) iGGi is a collaboration between Uni of York + Queen Mary Uni of London: the largest training programme worldwide for doing a PhD in digital games. Staff Staff involved in iGGi include the Supervisors of the iGGi PGRs, the iGGi Co-Investigators (i.e., academic members of staff who have specific roles within iGGi), and the iGGi Admin Team members. All of these people form part of the wider support network for iGGi PGRs. Our 60+ supervisors draw on close links to games industry/related academia, and are conducting interdisciplinary research in areas such as: Understanding player experience, games user research, and game analytics Game audio and music Using games and gamification to support wellbeing, learning, or social change Using esports and other game data to study human behaviour and psychology Interaction, user experience and learning design for games Using machine learning (ML) and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) to create interesting, fun, believable game agents Augmented creativity tools that support game designers and developers, e.g. procedural content generation, AI-assisted game design and testing Using ideas from game AI to improve real-world decision making beyond games Filter by iGGi Theme Accessibility Applied Games Creative Computing Design & Development Esports Game AI Game Audio Game Data Immersive Technology Player Research Filter by Location All Staff / iGGi Staff / Externals Filter by Role Type - iGGi Management - Prof. David Adger Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing Read More Prof. David Beer Supervisor University of York Player Research, Applied Games, Creative Computing, Game Data, Game AI Read More - iGGi Management - Susanne Binder iGGi Admin Queen Mary University of London Read More Prof. Nick Bryan-Kinns Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Creative Computing, Game Audio, Player Research Read More Dr Guifen Chen Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing, Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Simon Colton Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Game Audio, Creative Computing, Accessibility, Player Research Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Peter Cowling Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Sebastian Deterding Supervisor Applied Games, Creative Computing, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Abi Evans Supervisor University of York Design & Development, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Dr Dan Franks Supervisor University of York Game AI, Game Data Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Jeremy Gow Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Creative Computing, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Dr Zoe Handley Supervisor University of York Read More Dr Anne Hsu Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Jo Iacovides Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Yul HR Kang Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Player Research, Creative Computing, Immersive Technology Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. William Latham Supervisor Goldsmiths Creative Computing, Immersive Technology Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Simon Lucas Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Debbie Maxwell Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Player Research, Design & Development Read More Prof. Damian Murphy Supervisor University of York Creative Computing, Game Audio, Immersive Technology Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Diego Pérez-Liébana Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Game Data Read More Dr Paulo Rauber Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI Read More Dr Luca Rossi Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Game Data Read More Dr Ahmed M. 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Sayed Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing, Design & Development, Player Research, Game AI, Game Data Read More Dr William Smith Supervisor University of York Creative Computing, Design & Development, Game AI, Player Research Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Laurissa Tokarchuk Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Immersive Technology, Creative Computing, Player Research, Applied Games, Game AI Read More - iGGi Management - Dr James Walker Supervisor University of York Game AI, Game Data, Creative Computing, Esports Read More Dr Poonam Yadav Supervisor University of York Design & Development, Game Data, Esports Read More Dr David Zendle Supervisor University of York Game Data, Player Research Read More Dr Mathieu Barthet Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Game Audio Read More Dr Jen Beeston iGGi Alum + Supervisor University of York Accessibility Read More Dr Adrian Bors Supervisor University of York Game AI Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Paul Cairns Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Player Research, Accessibility, Game Data Read More Dr Tom Cole iGGi Alum + Supervisor Game AI, Design & Development Read More Dr Anthony Constantinou Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI Read More Dr Joe Cutting iGGi Alum + Supervisor University of York Player Research, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Dr Gaetano Dimita Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Creative Computing, Game AI, Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Ildar Farkhatdinov Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Design & Development, Game AI, Immersive Technology, Player Research Read More Dr Raluca Gaina iGGi Alum + Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI Read More Dr Claudio Guarnera Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Creative Computing Read More Dr Miles Hansard Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Immersive Technology, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Dr Patrik Huber Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Game Data, Immersive Technology, Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Mona Jaber Supervisor Applied Games, Game AI, Accessibility Read More Dr Gavin Kearney Supervisor University of York Accessibility, Applied Games, Game AI, Game Audio Read More Dr Pengcheng Liu Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Immersive Technology, Applied Games Read More Dr Agnieszka Lyons Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Player Research Read More Dr Cade McCall Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Game Data, Player Research Read More Dr Changjae Oh Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Applied Games Read More Prof. Massimo Poesio Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Game AI Read More Dr Josh Reiss Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing, Game AI, Game Audio Read More - iGGi Management - Oliver Roughton iGGi Admin University of York Read More Dr Siamak Shahandashti Supervisor University of York Applied Games Read More Dr Tony Stockman Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Design & Development, Game AI, Game Audio, Player Research, Esports Read More Prof. Marian Ursu Supervisor Goldsmiths Player Research, Creative Computing Read More Dr Sarah West Supervisor University of York Player Research, Accessibility, Design & Development Read More Dr Yongxin Yang Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Applied Games, Game Data Read More - iGGi Management - Prof. Richard Bartle Supervisor University of Essex Design & Development, Game AI, Player Research Read More - iGGi Management - Shopna Begum iGGi Admin Queen Mary University of London Read More Dr Anna Bramwell-Dicks Supervisor University of York Game Audio, Player Research, Design & Development, Applied Games, Accessibility Read More Dr Ignacio Castro Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Applied Games, Player Research, Game Data Read More Dr Tom Collins Supervisor University of York Game AI, Game Audio, Game Data, Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Mike Cook Supervisor Game AI, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Dr Alena Denisova Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Player Research, Design & Development Read More Prof. Anders Drachen Supervisor Player Research, Design & Development, Game Data, Esports Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Catherine Flick Supervisor Accessibility, Applied Games, Player Research Read More Dr Lina Gega Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Player Research Read More Dr Christian Guckelsberger iGGi Alum + Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI Read More Dr Jon Hook Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Player Research, Esports Read More - iGGi Management - David Hull iGGi Admin University of York Read More Dr Lorenzo Jamone Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Creative Computing Read More - iGGi Management - Dr Ben Kirman Supervisor University of York Player Research, Creative Computing, Design & Development, Applied Games, Esports Read More Dr Mariana Lopez Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Game Audio Read More Dr Athen Ma Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Player Research, Game Data Read More Dr Fiona McNab Supervisor University of York Applied Games Read More Prof. Nick Pears Supervisor University of York Game AI, Creative Computing Read More Prof. Matthew Purver Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing, Game AI Read More Dr Søren Riis Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game AI, Game Data, Creative Computing Read More Prof. Mark Sandler Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Game Audio Read More Prof. Greg Slabaugh Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Applied Games, Creative Computing, Immersive Technology Read More - iGGi Management - Helen Tilbrook iGGi Admin University of York Read More Prof. Alex Wade Supervisor University of York Player Research, Applied Games, Creative Computing, Game Data, Esports Read More Dr Andrew James Wood Supervisor University of York Applied Games, Design & Development, Game Data Read More Dr Shanxin Yuan Supervisor Queen Mary University of London Creative Computing, Immersive Technology, Applied Games, Game AI, Player Research Read More

iGGi Team (All) iGGi is a collaboration between Uni of York + Queen Mary Uni of London: the largest training programme worldwide for doing a PhD in digital games. The iGGi Team (Management Team) Meet the iGGi Team! The iGGi Team consists of the Management Team (managers/administrators and co-investigators) as well as independent assessors who are external to the current iGGi universities (QMUL/York). It also includes representatives of university partners of the first iGGi funding round (2014-2018) during which Goldsmiths and the University of Essex recruited 5 cohorts of PGRs - some of these PGRs are still active. The iGGi Team is ensuring the deliverance and smooth running of the iGGi Programme in the way it was envisaged in the iGGi (grant) bid. The Team's daily tasks center around supporting the iGGi PGRs on their journey to completing their PhD, and on building and fostering the iGGi Community. Filter by Location iGGi Staff / Externals Filter by Role Title - All Staff - Prof. Paul Cairns iGGi Chair University of York Chair of iGGi and iGGi lead at UoY; iGGi management + leadership; iGGi finances + decision making; focus on iGGi-internal matters; management of local staff + administration Read More Susanne Binder iGGi Manager Queen Mary University of London Manager of iGGi at QMUL; local iGGi PGR admin; Industry liaison; PGR Pastoral care; iGGi-local finances; PR and website/social media, events & training; Supervisor community Read More Dr Raluca Gaina iGGi Outreach Coordinator Queen Mary University of London Outreach; ensures that iGGi papers + other publications reach the widest audience possible; events organisation Read More Dr Laurissa Tokarchuk iGGi Research Collaboration Coordinator Queen Mary University of London Research Collaboration for iGGi at QMUL; PGR + supervisor collaborations/KE; general chair for QMUL iGGi conferences; iGGi-internal collaboration fund; research-orientated events; promotion of open science + reproducibility; academic liaison Read More Prof. Simon Colton iGGi Co-Investigator Queen Mary University of London iGGi Co-Investigator at QMUL; Impact Lead; maintaining the iGGi "Vision" Read More Prof. Richard Bartle iGGi Co-Investigator University of Essex iGGi Co-Investigator at Essex; local management and contact point; Industry Liaison Read More Prof. Sebastian Deterding iGGi Responsible Innovation Lead Independent Assessor (external) across iGGi; develops + delivers RI training; acts as iGGi researcher ombudsman; develops + manages RI framework research, including EDI best practices ; RI workshops; ‘ethics clinic’ to PGRs + supervisors; stakeholder workshops Read More Prof. Peter Cowling iGGi Director Queen Mary University of London iGGi grant winner (PI) 2014 and 2019; Director of iGGi and iGGi lead at QMUL; iGGi vision, strategy + leadership; focus on external iGGi relations, especially Games Industry; delivery of the "iGGi vision"; management of local staff + administration Read More Dr Jeremy Gow iGGi Training Coordinator Queen Mary University of London iGGi Training Coordinator at QMUL; module content + delivery of training; approval of individual training needs; supervisor/researcher relations + 1st contact point for pastoral care Read More Dr Diego Pérez-Liébana iGGi Industry Liaison Queen Mary University of London Industry Liaison for iGGi at QMUL; industry collaborations, placements and related approvals/reports Read More Dr Debbie Maxwell iGGi Research Collaboration Coordinator University of York Research Collaboration for iGGi at UoY; PGR + supervisor collaborations/KE; general chair for UoY iGGi conferences; iGGi-internal collaboration fund; research-orientated events; promotion of open science + reproducibility; academic liaison Read More Helen Tilbrook iGGi Administrator University of York Administrator for iGGi at UoY; general admin; PGR + staff travel/room bookings; research expenses + purchases; PGR recruitment admin; progression monitoring; alumni; PGR support Read More Prof. William Latham iGGi Co-Investigator Goldsmiths iGGi Co-Investigator at Goldsmiths; local management + contact point; Industry Liaison Read More Oliver Roughton iGGi Administrator University of York Administrator for iGGi at UoY; general admin; PGR + staff travel/room bookings; research expenses + purchases; PGR support Read More David Hull iGGi Manager University of York Manager of iGGi at UoY; local & global iGGi PGR admin; PGR recruitment; PGR Pastoral care; iGGi-global finances; iGGi community; events & training; EPSRC reporting Read More Dr Ben Kirman iGGi Training Coordinator University of York iGGi Training Coordinator at UoY; module content + delivery of training; approval of individual training needs; supervisor/researcher relations + 1st contact point for pastoral care Read More Dr James Walker iGGi Industry Liaison University of York Industry Liaison for iGGi at UoY; industry collaborations, placements and related approvals/reports Read More Prof. Simon Lucas iGGi Co-Investigator Queen Mary University of London iGGi Co-Investigator at QMUL; QMUL Game AI Group Chair; Turing Institute + DERI liaison; QMUL staff and resource issues; maintaining the iGGi “Vision” Read More Shopna Begum iGGi Administrator Queen Mary University of London Administrator for iGGi at QMUL; general admin; PGR travel/room bookings; research expenses + purchases; progression monitoring; newsletter; local PGR support; events support Read More Dr Catherine Flick iGGi Responsible Innovation Lead Independent Assessor (external) across iGGi; develops + delivers RI training; acts as iGGi researcher ombudsman; develops + manages RI framework research, including EDI best practices ; RI workshops; ‘ethics clinic’ to PGRs + supervisors; stakeholder workshops Read More

Alumni (All) iGGi is a collaboration between Uni of York + Queen Mary Uni of London: the largest training programme worldwide for doing a PhD in digital games. iGGi Alumni Our growing community of iGGi Alumni are out there in the games industry, or in research (or, often, both), making the world a better place. We are proud to have as Alumni: Filter by iGGi Theme Accessibility Applied Games Creative Computing Design & Development Esports Game AI Game Audio Game Data Immersive Technology Player Research Filter by former Location Filter by Start Year Michael Aichmüller iGGi Alum Game AI, Applied Games Read More Dr Martin Balla iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Matt Bedder iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Sebastian Berns iGGi Alum Creative Computing Read More Dr Terence Broad iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Creative Computing, Design & Development Read More Dr Maximilian Croissant iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Player Research, Design & Development Read More Callum Deery iGGi Alum Design & Development, Player Research, Accessibility Read More Dr Timea Farkas iGGi Alum Player Research, Creative Computing, Immersive Technology Read More Dr Charline Foch iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Player Research, Design & Development Read More Janet Gibbs iGGi Alum Read More Dr James Goodman iGGi Alum Game AI, Design & Development Read More Dr David Gundry iGGi Alum Applied Games Read More Dr Phoebe Hesketh iGGi Alum Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Nathan Hughes iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Nathan John iGGi Alum Game AI, Design & Development Read More Dr Jozef Kulik iGGi Alum Accessibility, Player Research Read More Emily Marriott iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Mihail Morosan iGGi Alum Game AI, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Alan Pedrassoli Chitayat iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Design & Development, Game Data, Esports Read More Dr Dino Ratcliffe iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Oliver Scholten iGGi Alum Game Data Read More Dr Ryan Spick iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Ozan Vardal iGGi Alum Design & Development, Game Data, Esports Read More Dr Joseph Walton-Rivers iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Peter York iGGi Alum Game AI, Esports Read More Dr Memo Akten iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Nick Ballou iGGi Alum Player Research, Game Data Read More Dr Jen Beeston iGGi Alum + Supervisor Accessibility Read More Dr Valerio Bonometti iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Tom Cole iGGi Alum + Supervisor Game AI, Design & Development Read More Dr Joe Cutting iGGi Alum + Supervisor Player Research, Applied Games, Design & Development Read More Dr Kevin Denamganaï iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Game AI Read More Luke Farrar iGGi Alum Immersive Technology Read More Dr Madeleine Frister iGGi Alum Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Daniel Gomme iGGi Alum Game AI, Player Research, Design & Development Read More Dr Christian Guckelsberger iGGi Alum + Supervisor Game AI Read More Dr Thryn Henderson iGGi Alum Design & Development Read More Rob Homewood iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Andrei Iacob iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Adam Katona iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Shringi Kumari iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Andrew Martin iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Sokol Murturi iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Elena Gordon-Petrovskaya iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Charles Ringer iGGi Alum Game AI, Game Data, Esports Read More Lisa Sha Li iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Stefan Stoican iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Lizzie Vialls iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Matthew Whitby iGGi Alum Player Research, Design & Development Read More Pilar Zhang Qiu iGGi Alum Applied Games Read More Dr Myat Aung iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Adrián Barahona-Ríos iGGi Alum Creative Computing, Game Audio Read More Dr Daniel Berio iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Ivan Bravi iGGi Alum Game AI, Player Research Read More Dr Tara Collingwoode-Williams iGGi Alum Player Research, Applied Games Read More Igor Dall'Avanzi iGGi Alum Player Research, Game Audio Read More Dr Cristina Dobre iGGi Alum Game AI, Immersive Technology Read More Alex Fletcher iGGi Alum Player Research, Applied Games, Game Audio Read More Dr Raluca Gaina iGGi Alum + Supervisor Game AI Read More Dr Carlos Gonzalez Diaz iGGi Alum Immersive Technology, Game AI, Design & Development, Creative Computing Read More Dr Cristina Guerrero-Romero iGGi Alum Design & Development, Game AI Read More Dr Daniel Hernandez iGGi Alum Game AI, Player Research Read More Sam Hughes iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Dr Yizhao Jin iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Athanasios Vasileios Kokkinakis iGGi Alum Game AI, Player Research, Esports Read More Dr Chris Madge iGGi Alum Player Research Read More Guilherme Matos de Faria iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Cristiana Pacheco iGGi Alum Creative Computing Read More Dr Nuria Peña Pérez iGGi Alum Applied Games Read More Dr Michael Saiger iGGi Alum Available for post-PhD position Applied Games, Design & Development, Player Research Read More Dr Henrik Siljebråt iGGi Alum Read More Dr Evelyn Tan iGGi Alum Player Research, Esports Read More Rokas Volkovas iGGi Alum Game AI Read More Dr Piers Williams iGGi Alum Game AI Read More

< Back Dr Tara Collingwoode-Williams Goldsmiths iGGi Alum Tara is an IGGI PhD student from Goldsmiths University taking her Mphil/PhD in Intelligent Games/Game intelligence with a focus on Avatar Embodiment and Interaction within Virtual Reality. Before this she graduated with a Bsc in Creative Computing. Over the years, her interdisciplinary profile has enabled her to work as a Technical Support and Researcher with many organisations in relation to her research, such as UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, George Mason Serious Games Institute in the United States where she also co-lectured a XR Games Module and, more recently as an Associate Lecturer in Goldsmiths University teaching Unity based XR experience development. Currently, she is contracting for USTech as an Assistant UX researcher at Facebook whilst completing her PhD program. With this rise in demand for Head Mounted Displays (HMDs), so is the need to create Embodied Shared Virtual Environments (ESVE) where users may experience authentic social interactions. Tara’s research presents an exploratory examination of Embodiment - meaning the subjective feeling of owning a virtual representation in VR, and specifically Consistency in Embodiment - relating to how we prioritize and syncronise objective attributes of embodiment (i.e avatar representation) in order to create ESVEs which supports more intuitive social interaction. The goal is to understand how different technical setups could have a psychological impact on participants' experiences in ESVE. This research hopes to inform development of successful social interaction in a variety of applications in VR, ranging from training to gaming. Tara presently holds a position as Lekturer in VR at Goldsmiths, Universtiy of London. tc.williams@gold.ac.uk Email Mastodon Other links Website https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-collingwoode-williams-81141776/ LinkedIn BlueSky Github Featured Publication(s): Delivering Bad News: VR Embodiment of Self Evaluation in Medical Communication Training The impact of self-representation and consistency in collaborative virtual environments G487 (P) Is clinician gaze and body language associated with their ability to identify safeguarding cues? Evaluating virtual reality experiences through participant choices A discussion of the use of virtual reality for training healthcare practitioners to recognize child protection issues A study of professional awareness using immersive virtual reality: the responses of general practitioners to child safeguarding concerns The effect of lip and arm synchronization on embodiment: a pilot study Themes Applied Games Player Research - Previous Next

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< Back Prof. Simon Colton Queen Mary University of London iGGi Co-Investigator Supervisor Simon Colton is an AI researcher with particular focus on issues of Computational Creativity, where we engineer software to take on creative responsibilities in art and science projects. He undertakes projects advancing the state of the art in generative technologies such as evolutionary approaches and deep learning, and uses these to help develop software such as The Painting Fool, The WhatIf Machine, the Wevva game designer, the HR3 automated code generator, and the Art Done Quick casual creator for visual art. In turn, these software systems and their output are used in cultural projects such as a poetry readings, art exhibitions, game jams, and even the production of a West-End musical. This enables Simon to undertake much public engagement, with coverage from the BBC, The Guardian, MIT Tech Review, The New Scientist and many others. These practical and cultural projects inform an evolving philosophical discourse around what it means for machines to be creative, and Simon has co-authored numerous essays driving forward our understanding of this important topic. In this way, he has helped to introduce ideas such as automated framing of products and processes, issues of authenticity and the notion of the machine condition, i.e., what the lived experience of a machine is, and how this could be expressed by that machine through creative production. He is particularly interested in supervising students in project where we apply generative technologies to applications in videogame design, visual art, software engineering, music and text generation. One particular current interest is stretching the boundaries of both what can be achieved by, and our understanding of, generation deep learning methods such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and auto encoders. Another current interest is the design of casual creators, which are creativity support tools where the focus is on users having fun, rather than on efficient, professional production of artefacts. He is currently developing a casual creator for visual art called Art Done Quick for public release, which employs evolutionary and deep learning techniques to deliver a fun-first experience while users make decorative art pieces. Any project involving generative technologies is of interest to Simon. Research Areas: Game AI Game Audio and Music Game Design Computational Creativity Player Experience Casual Creators Generative Deep Learning s.colton@qmul.ac.uk Email Mastodon https://ccg.doc.gold.ac.uk/ccg_old/simoncolton/cv/ Other links Website LinkedIn BlueSky Github Themes Accessibility Creative Computing Game AI Game Audio Player Research - Previous Next