Technical - Partner Event
AI Seminar – Bill Gordon & Alex Lucas
When
March 25, 2022 - March 25, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM MST
Where
Online
Online
Presenters: Bill Gordon, Electronic Arts Orlando & Alex Lucas, Bioware Studios Edmonton
Title: Machine Learning at Electronic Arts
Abstract: This seminar will highlight many of the interesting applications of Machine Learning in use and being explored at Electronic Arts, a leading gaming publisher. Just as machine learning is transforming many industries, the gaming industry is finding exciting ways to address many of the unique challenges that game software development presents, and EA is making great investments into the space. This seminar will also provide insight into EA’s commitment to attracting talent and should answer many questions about how one might join the organization as an AI/ML developer or scientist.
Bios:
William Gordon (Bill) is a senior software engineer with Electronic Arts (EA), working in AI and rendering. He currently works on a DTS research and applications team conducting practical machine learning applications for advancing gameplay AI and game validation for all EA games. Bill’s currently is working on ML projects that include: Object-Detection, Object tracking, Image Classification, Image segmentation, Imitation Learning (IL), Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Natural Language Processing (NLP). Before joining EA, Bill worked at Disney and other mobile start-ups in a variety of low-level embedded software and mobile app development roles. Bill has a B.S.E.E. from Purdue University. He is a Disney Inventor and has patents pending with EA. In his free time, Bill loves spending time at the beach with his wife and kids in sunny Florida.
Alex Lucas is the Director of Quality Verification for BioWare Studios. Although a Calgary native, he’s been with BioWare in Edmonton for the past 18 years, first as a software engineer and later as both a technical and department director. Alex has for many years been an advocate for leveraging relationships with academia and research (most notably with the University of Alberta and the NRCC) and has led many partnership engagements in the ML space. He has a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary and several patents with EA. He is a new, first-time dad, and very tired.
The University of Alberta Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seminar is a weekly meeting where researchers (including students, developers, and professors) interested in AI can share their current research. Presenters include local speakers from the University of Alberta and industry as well as other institutions. The seminars discuss a wide range of topics related in any way to Artificial Intelligence, from foundational theoretical work to innovative applications of AI techniques to new fields and problems are of interest. Learn more at the AI Seminar website and by subscribing to the mailing list!
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