CMS Team Project Interactive Visual Computing [CMS-TEA]

• Julián Méndez M.Sc.

Description

In this course, the students will work on a complex research-related project, which requires competences from several
areas of visual computing (CMS-VC-TEA) or life sciences (CMS-CLS-TEA).
The project requires literature research and the use of scientific information sources. The students solve in a group
(2-4 persons, depending on the topic and amount of registrations) a complex, typically interdisciplinary task where both
1) professional competence is deepened and 2) extensive methodological and social skills in project management and
teamwork are trained.

Topic:

This semester, the project entails the creation of a video-game which must then be played by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent.
The game can be inspired by existing ones, but should meet a level of complexity and own ideas.
The agent must “learn” how to play the game (using e.g., evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, etc.).


The expected deliverables are:

• A report on the analysis for game’s input space, goals, and chosen AI, which adequately justifies the match between game and agent.
• An implementation of the game and AI agent that plays the game (and is ideally good at it).
• A demonstration of the agent (e.g., by comparing it to human players).

Proposed Schedule