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CoG2022: IEEE Conference on Games 2022

Beijing, China, August 21-24, 2022

Conference website	https://ieee-cog.org/2022
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cog2022
Submission deadline	March 1, 2022

Topics: game design artificial/computational intelligence in games game technologies game benchmarks and competitions

IEEE Conference on Games (CoG) 2022 will be held from August 21st to 24th, 2022 at Beijing, China. This is the first time for the IEEE CIS flagship conference CoG to come to China, welcomed by the boosting game industry and academia in China and all the world. The topic will focus on novel AI (Artificial Intelligence) and CI (Computational Intelligence) in games. More information can be accessed at the website https://ieee-cog.org/2022.

IEEE Conference on Games (CoG) originates from IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG) and has been renamed to CoG since 2019. Games not only establish one of the most profitable industries worldwide, but also offer a general and challenging environment for the advance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computational Intelligence (CI). The annual IEEE Conference on Games (IEEE CoG) brings together leading researchers and practitioners from academia and industry in the field of games to discuss recent advances and explore future directions. It covers all topics in the field of games, from game design to game intelligence, among scientific, technical, and engineering aspects.

List of Topics

Since it is the first time IEEE CoG is to be held in China, we hope the arrival of this event will immensely attract the interest of Chinese researchers and practitioners to this field, and gather in Beijing, China, to exchange latest achievements and innovative ideas with international participants from all over the world. In addition to existing topics, this year we would like to draw participants’ attention to the progress of AI and CI in games, and discuss the potential directions of applying newest AI/CI theories, algorithms, methods, and concepts to the field of games. IEEE CoG 2022 will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers, invited talks by high-profile industry and academic leaders, panels, posters and demos. We welcome papers related to all aspects of games, including, but not limited to, the following broad subject areas:

Artificial/Computational Intelligence in Games
- Deep learning in games
- Reinforcement learning in games
- Evolutionary computation in games
- Fuzzy systems in games
- Multi-agent systems in games
- Tree-search methods in games
- Knowledge-based methods in games
- Artificial General intelligence in games
- Game theory
Game Design
- Procedural content generation
- Game balance
- Automatic game parameter tuning
Game Technologies
- Multimedia technologies in games
- Game interfaces and user interaction
- Virtual and augmented reality
- Game adaptation and content generation
- Player modeling
- Affective modeling and emotion recognition
- Character development
- Virtual cinematography
Game Benchmarks and Competitions
- Integrated game environment
- State-of-the-art game AI
- General game playing
Game to Real World
- Game education
- Simulation training

Important Dates

Submission type	Deadline	Notification
Competitions, Tutorials, and Special Session Proposals	15th January	12th February
Regular Papers (Full Technical Papers)	1st March	30th April
Auxiliary Papers (Short, Competition, Vision, and Demo)	14th May	14th June
Travel grants	14th May	4th June
Games Industry Talks	11th June	25th June
Early bird (and author) registration	30th June
Conference	21st–24th August

Submissions

All paper submissions should follow the recommended IEEE conference author guidelines. MS Word and LaTeX templates can be found at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

All submitted papers will be fully peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and on IEEE Xplore. Short papers will be allocated poster presentations and short oral presentations if time and space permits; vision papers will be allocated regular oral presentation slots; competition papers will be allocated short or regular oral presentations. Reviewing standards for competition papers are as high as for regular CoG papers, and standards for vision papers are higher. For the paper submission, authors need to follow this EasyChair link: (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cog2022)

Committees

Advisory Chairs

Bo Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS)
Risto Miikkulainen (University of Texas at Austin)

General Chairs

Dongbin Zhao (CAS)
Simon M. Lucas(Queen Mary University of London, QMUL)

Program Chairs

Diego Pérez Liébana (QMUL)
Yuanheng Zhu (CAS)
Jialin Liu (SUSTech)

Local Chair

Qichao Zhang (CAS)

Keynote Chairs

Julian Togelius (New York Univ.)
Zongqing Lu (Peking Univ.)

Tutorial Chairs

R. Thawonmas (Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Mark Winands (Maastricht Univ.)

Competition Chairs

Xiaochuan Zhang(Chongqing Univ. Tech.)
Raluca D. Gaina (QMUL)

Industry Chairs

Quan Yuan (Inspir.ai)
Hongliang Li (ByteDance.com)

Special Session Chairs

Jianye Hao (Huawei Noah’s Ark)
Mike Preuss (Univ. Leiden)

Finance Chair

Yaran Chen (CAS)

Proceedings Chair

Ding Wang (Beijing University of Technology)

Demonstrations Chairs

Xiali Li (Minzu University of China)
Haoran Li (CAS)

Publicity Chairs

Sanaz Mostaghim (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg)
Xiaohan Zhang (CAS)

Media Chairs

Ning Lu (CAS)
Cristiana Pacheco (QMUL)

Diversity & Inclusion Chair

Luntong Li (CAS)

Webmaster

Shasha Liu(CAS)

Contact

Last but not least, more information can be accessed at the website https://ieee-cog.org/2022. Should you have more suggestions or questions, please get in touch with the general chairs: Dongbin Zhao (dongbin.zhao@ia.ac.cn) and Simon M. Lucas (simon.lucas@qmul.ac.uk).