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David Melhart

@DavidMelhart

PhD | Senior Software Engineer @modl_ai (https://t.co/xkubbZspmH) | AI Researcher/Post-Doc @InDigitalGames (https://t.co/9OoJSwFSzU) | he/they

Malta Katılım Eylül 2014
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David Melhart
David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Can AI really predict how engaged you are while gaming? We put #GPT and #LLaVA to the test with 80 minutes of FPS gameplay and 2,400+ experiments! Did they match human intuition or miss the mark? Watch our 1-min breakdown to find out! #AI #GameResearch #AffectiveComputing
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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Our latest study on #LLMs evaluates their performance on continuous affect annotation in FPS gameplay. We analyze model architecture, input modalities, and prompting strategies—uncovering key limitations and promising directions. Read the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2502.04379
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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Can AI really predict how engaged you are while gaming? We put #GPT and #LLaVA to the test with 80 minutes of FPS gameplay and 2,400+ experiments! Did they match human intuition or miss the mark? Watch our 1-min breakdown to find out! #AI #GameResearch #AffectiveComputing
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AI and Games
AI and Games@AIandGames·
It's Wednesday, time for some new AI and Games! In the latest episode of the Branching Factor podcast, I talk about the upcoming @GameAISchool, the new Game AI Uncovered book, Suicide Squad, Helldivers II, Microsoft's gaming plans and more. aiandgames.com/p/branching-fa…
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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
I am very happy to see our partnership with Ubisoft continue! In past years we had amazing speakers from @Ubisoft La Forge and @UbiMassive on a wide array of topics from #reinforcementlearning to #userresearch and #userexperience with #machinelearning
AI and Games School 2026@GameAISchool

We are proud to partner with @Ubisoft for the #GameAISchool24! Ubisoft is constantly pushing the boundaries of technology with one of the largest R&D forces in the industry and cutting-edge production solutions. Don't miss, out register today! #gamedev #registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/#registration

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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Last year we had amazing coverage of our Summer School by @AIandGames! Go check out the video! We had a wonderful time in Cambridge and this year we are coming to the Mediterranean to Valletta Malta, 17-21 June 2024! Don't miss out on a great networking opportunity!
AI and Games School 2026@GameAISchool

A first-hand look at the previous summer school by @AIandGames youtube.com/watch?v=jh0y8_… We connect big industry players with indie devs and research students to foster collaboration and connection between the game industry and academia. Register today: #registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/#registration

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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Great opportunity to meet the author of the Wave Function Collapse algorithm and the MarkovJunior probabilistic programming language at the Summer School on AI and Games in Malta in July later this year! We still have Early Bird seats open! #registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/#registration
AI and Games School 2026@GameAISchool

Meet our guest speaker @ExUtumno author of Wave Function Collapse algorithm and the MarkovJunior probabilistic programming language! Don't miss Maxim's talk on procedural content generation and generative AI! Register for the #GameAISchool2024 today! #registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/#registration

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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Very happy to see Arm is returning for the Summer School 2024. I really enjoyed Koki Mitsunami's talk last year on "How to Implement Multi-Agent Machine Learning Scenarios in Mobile Gaming". #summerschool #mobilegaming #gamedevelopment #machinelearning
AI and Games School 2026@GameAISchool

Happy to announce our returning partner @Arm for #GameAISchool24! Arm works with the world’s leading game companies and gaming engines to fully optimize performance and the overall gaming experience on mobile. More partners to come: school.gameaibook.org #gamedevelopment

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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
We are opening Early Bird registration for the Summer School on AI and Games 2024! We are still in the process of putting together the program but check previous year's event to get a good feel of the Summer School: #program" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/2023-school/#p
AI and Games School 2026@GameAISchool

Early Bird Registration is now Open! We are coming to Valletta, Malta 17-21 June 2024! This year's event is organized by @modl_ai with @KeywordsStudios @Arm and @Ubisoft already on board and more partners to come! Don't miss your chance! Register today! #registration" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">school.gameaibook.org/#registration

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Georgios N. Yannakakis
Georgios N. Yannakakis@yannakakis·
A few days ago @togelius and I agreed with @SpringerNature to move ahead with this truly scary idea. While working on this 2nd edition of the AI and Games book please email us all your ideas at gameaibook@gmail.com and help us make this edition the best possible we can deliver.
Julian Togelius@togelius

It is happening! @yannakakis and I have started working on the second edition of our textbook on AI and Games. We will try to incorporate feedback from the community as much as possible, so please send your suggestions for changes/additions to gameaibook@gmail.com.

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AI and Games
AI and Games@AIandGames·
Recently @GeorgeOsborn interviewed me on the Video Game Industry Memo about the risks of #AI in the games industry. Today, I'm unpacking this further, and highlighting how the industry could move to self-regulate AI for both players and developers. aiandgames.com/p/ai-safety-ga…
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David Melhart
David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Glad to see that my annotation software PAGAN still in good use, years after my PhD :) We've used it extensively in both academic and industrial projects over the years. If you need a light weight annotation tool be sure to check out the repository here: github.com/davidmelhart/p…
Kosmas Pinitas@kpinitas

The raw corpus includes 25 gameplay videos (1 hour each) and gamepad logs. The engagement annotations are provided in a First Person Continuous manner (PAGAN).

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Phil Lopes
Phil Lopes@WorshipCookies·
As of next year I will be coordinating the new Master Degree in Artificial Intelligence for Games at Universidade Lusófona. It will be the first of its kind in Portugal and I am excited to see what the future holds in this field. More info: ulusofona.pt/en/lisboa/mast…
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David Melhart@DavidMelhart·
Very proud of this survey of the affective game research space with @yannakakis - published in @ProceedingsIEEE! We take a tour around different applications of affective computing, player modelling, and game dev with academic and industry examples! arxiv.org/pdf/2309.14104…
Georgios N. Yannakakis@yannakakis

Affective Game Computing? What is it? How can it help or inspire your research on AI, games and player experience? Where do you start from? Excited to announce our new survey paper just published with the @ProceedingsIEEE! Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2309.14104…

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François Chollet
François Chollet@fchollet·
If you train a ML system on one task, and then it becomes able to perform another task you did not anticipate, that's emergence. Many people interpret "emergence" as something wondrous and magical -- "it's alive!" But it's actually banal and has been going on for a long time.
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