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Watch the live stream with all nominees on December 2, 2021
Stuttgart/Tübingen, November 9, 2021 – The seven finalists of AI GameDev as Europe’s first research-driven competition to enhance game technology for artificial intelligence (AI) scientists and start-ups have been selected. At the award ceremony of AI GameDev on December 2, 2021, the nominees have the opportunity to take home one of three prestigious prizes.
Their submissions to the gaming competition either point in the direction of supporting creation or enhancing interactivity and the finalists all have either a scientific or entrepreneurial background and come from cities all over Europe. The AI GameDev award ceremony will be streamed live on the Cyber Valley YouTube channel on December 2, 2021, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.
The finalists are:
Automated Playtesting Algorithm
Dr. Christian Guckelsberger, Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Finland; Game AI Research Group, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Evija
Michael Stettler, Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Germany
GRAF
Katja Schwarz, Autonomous Vision Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Tübingen, Germany
Kinetix SAS
Start-up from Paris, France
Mlxar
Start-up from Vienna, Austria
NeurCG
Victoria Fernandez Abrevaya, Perceiving Systems research group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany
Savitr
Nitin Saini, Perceiving Systems research group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany
For AI GameDev, Cyber Valley joined forces with game developer Square Enix and venture capitalist IT-Farm and called for submissions throughout August and September. In October, Cyber Valley researchers as well as representatives of Square Enix, and IT-Farm then decided on the finalists of the competition, making use of criteria such as benefit, competition, and progress.
The seven finalists were recently notified about their successful submission and are now busy preparing for the award ceremony. Their innovative ideas are going to be captured in short videos which are then going to be aired publicly for the first time throughout the live stream. Following up, the finalists are going to answer questions from the jury. These are the jury members: Remi Driancourt (GM & Director of Research, Square Enix), Hasegawa Isamu (Senior Manager, Square Enix), Shinya Kasuga (Partner, IT-Farm), Oliver Passek (Advisor for film and media, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, Baden-Württemberg), Johanna Pirker (Assistant Professor, Graz University of Technology), Michael Sedlmair (Professor, University of Stuttgart) and Miyake Youichiro (Lead AI Researcher, Square Enix).
The awards which can be won are threefold: main award, scientific award, and audience award. The main award is powered by Square Enix for the most innovative AI solution and consists of a visit to Tokyo, Japan, where the respective winners will examine a potential cooperation with Square Enix on practical use of their technology in production. The scientific award is powered by Cyber Valley for the most promising scientific performance and the prize is an exclusive Cyber Valley tour and meeting with top AI researchers, including a visit to the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart and Tübingen, Germany. The third prize at stake is the audience award powered by IT-Farm. The winners of this prize will be chosen by the audience and receive an exclusive business or fundraising mentorship by IT-Farm covering topics such as fundraising advice, sales pitch review, or business plan development.
The award ceremony of the AI GameDev also falls within the five-year anniversary month of Cyber Valley and as such marks a special occasion. Cyber Valley as an internationally renowned hotspot for AI has successfully grown in the areas of research and innovation over the past years: professorships within the ecosystem have been appointed, Cyber Valley research groups have been founded and a start-up network as well as an investor network have been set up.
About Cyber Valley:
Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence with partners from science and industry. The state of Baden-Württemberg, the Max Planck Society with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Universities of Stuttgart and Tübingen, as well as Amazon, BMW AG, Daimler AG, IAV GmbH, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, and ZF Friedrichshafen AG are Cyber Valley’s founding partners. In 2019, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft also joined Cyber Valley as a partner. Moreover, Cyber Valley also receives support from the Christian Bürkert Foundation, the Gips-Schüle Foundation, the Vector Foundation, and the Carl Zeiss Foundation.
About Square Enix Co., Ltd.:
Square Enix Co., Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content around the world. The Square Enix group of companies includes a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 161 million units worldwide; and DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 82 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 82 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
About IT-Farm:
IT-Farm, a founding member of Cyber Valley Investor Network, is a Venture Capital based in Tokyo and San Jose, supporting 100+ international startups over 20+ years through mentorship, business development, and investment. Its core investment targets are among early-stage disruptive tech startups in AI, entertainment, mobility, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, construction, fintech, proptech, and any deep-techs across the world without geographic limitation.
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