Research on AI

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Research on AI Computer Games at Lehigh

• By Héctor Muñoz-Avila

http//www.cse.lehigh.edu/munoz/projects/AIGames/

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The Origins

• Long term interest on Games
• 2002 Aaron Battalion Todd Fisher wanted to do
  an Ind. Study on Game stuff
• 2003 First Installation of Unreal Tournament
  Bots at Lehigh

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First Steps 2003

• Kit Ming Chang report on Age of Empires
  Rule-Based System CLIPS
• Frank Cremen, Ben Mautner and Chris Olsisnki
  build Poker game
• http//www.cse.lehigh.edu/7Emunoz/projects/AIGame
  s/poker-web/LUPoker.html
• Small grant from NRL on game (military
  simulation-related) research

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Building Up - 2004

• Exploratory paper on hierarchical explanation in
  games
• Exploratory paper on using hierarchical planning
  for controlling a team of Unreal Tournament bots
• First class Game Programming at Lehigh
• Graduate-level course
• Exploratory grant from DARPA on game (military
  simulation-related) research

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Expansion 2005-2006

• Paper on using hierarchical planning for
  controlling a team of Unreal Tournament bots in
  the First International Conference on Artificial
  Intelligence and Interactive Digital
  Entertainment (Hoang)
• Work on translation of gaming language to AI
  languages (Lee-Urban)
• Chapter appearing at AI Game Programming Wisdom 3
  on hierarchical planning for controlling a team
  of Unreal Tournament bots (Hoang)
• Paper on Reinforcement Learning in Real Time
  Strategy Games (at Innovative Applications of AI
  conference) (Vasta)
• Grant from DARPA on game (military
  simulation-related) research
• Donation from Poker Academy
• http//press.arrivenet.com/tec/article.php/59371
  4.html
• AI Game Programming course taught for the second
  time
• Undergraduate (senior) level and graduate level

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Today Established Research

• Grant from NSF where Games are used as testing
  environment
• http//www3.lehigh.edu/News/V2news_story.asp?iNew
  sID1989strBack2Fdefault.asp
• Paper on using reinforcement learning to control
  a team of Unreal Tournament bots in the
  Innovations of AI Conference (Vasta Lee-Urban)
• Chapter at AI Game Programming Wisdom 4 on the
  same topic (Vasta Lee-Urban)
• AI Game Programming course taught for the third
  time
• Undergraduate level
• Using Call To Power 2 as a testbed (Gundevia,
  Hogg, Dilts)
• Using Case-based reasoning to control team of
  Unreal Tournament bots (Auslander, Lee-Urban,
  Hogg)
• General game Playing Competition (Dilts,
  Lee-Urban, Hogg)