Video games have long been a domain explored by AI researchers, and researchers from Amii have a rich history producing advancements that can help across all aspects of game design, development and delivery. In this series of short talks, you'll hear from Fellows and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs at Amii as they discuss their areas of research, highlight some interesting projects and make connections between AI research and the field of video games.
Osmar Zaïane
Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair – Amii; Professor – University of Alberta
Osmar Zaïane uses machine learning and data mining for pattern discovery and information extraction – focusing on problems that have direct real-world applications. In this short talk, he highlights his work on social network analysis, which helps to map and understand the relationship between entities interacting in a system. His work has important implications in discovering communities and the changes that occur over time through the interaction of individuals and communities.