Matthew Stephenson

85 papers A* 3A 1B 2C 17Misc 1Journal 45Unranked 16

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	—	`conf`	Active Maritime Copilot for Ambiguity and Risk-Driven Decisions. HRI Companion Zhichen Lu, Matthew Stephenson, Benoit Clement, Adriana Tapus
2026	C	`conf`	Developing Historical Personas using LLMs - An International AI Competition for Engaging Prospective University Students. ACE Matthew Stephenson, Marissa Bond
2025	J	`jnl`	Best Agent Identification for General Game Playing. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Alex Newcombe, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers
2025	C	`conf`	General Game Playing Hyper-Agents for Ludii. CoG Nicholas Thompson, Matthew Stephenson
2025	A*	`conf`	NovPhy: A Physical Reasoning Benchmark for Open-World AI Systems Author Links Open Overlay Panel (Abstract Reprint). IJCAI Vimukthini Pinto, Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Cheng Xue, Peng Zhang, Ekaterina Nikonova, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2025	J	`jnl`	Physics-Based Novel Task Generation Through Disrupting and Constructing Causal Interactions. IEEE Trans. Games Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2025	J	`jnl`	Towards Bio-inspired Heuristically Accelerated Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Underwater Multi-Agents Behaviour. CoRR Antoine Vivien, Thomas Chaffre, Matthew Stephenson, Eva Artusi, Paulo E. Santos, Benoît Clement, Karl Sammut
2024	J	`jnl`	Codenames as a Benchmark for Large Language Models. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Matthew Sidji, Benoît Ronval
2024	J	`jnl`	GAVEL: Generating Games Via Evolution and Language Models. CoRR Graham Todd, Alexander Padula, Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Julian Togelius
2024	A*	`conf`	GAVEL: Generating Games via Evolution and Language Models. NeurIPS Graham Todd, Alexander Padula, Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Julian Togelius
2024	J	`jnl`	NovPhy: A physical reasoning benchmark for open-world AI systems. Artif. Intell. Vimukthini Pinto, Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Cheng Xue, Peng Zhang, Ekaterina Nikonova, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2024	C	`conf`	Prompt Engineering ChatGPT for Codenames. CoG Matthew Sidji, Matthew Stephenson
2024	C	`conf`	The Ludii Game Description Language is Universal. CoG Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2024	J	`jnl`	The Ludii Games Database: A Resource for Computational and Cultural Research on Traditional Board Games. Digit. Humanit. Q. Walter Crist, Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne
2023	J	`jnl`	Extracting tactics learned from self-play in general games. Inf. Sci. Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Spyridon Samothrakis, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson
2023	J	`jnl`	Measuring Board Game Distance. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne
2023	J	`jnl`	NovPhy: A Testbed for Physical Reasoning in Open-world Environments. CoRR Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Vimukthini Pinto, Cheng Xue, Peng Zhang, Ekaterina Nikonova, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2023	—	`conf`	Physics-Based Task Generation through Causal Sequence of Physical Interactions. AIIDE Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Vimukthini Pinto, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2023	J	`jnl`	Physics-Based Task Generation through Causal Sequence of Physical Interactions. CoRR Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Vimukthini Pinto, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2023	J	`jnl`	Spatial state-action features for general games. Artif. Intell. Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2023	J	`jnl`	The 2022 Ludii AI competition. ICGA J. Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2023	—	`conf`	The Difficulty of Novelty Detection and Adaptation in Physical Environments. AI (2) Vimukthini Pinto, Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2023	J	`jnl`	Towards a General Transfer Approach for Policy-Value Networks. Trans. Mach. Learn. Res. Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Vegard Mella, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne, Olivier Teytaud
2023	—	`conf`	Utilizing Generative Adversarial Networks for Stable Structure Generation in Angry Birds. AIIDE Frederic Abraham, Matthew Stephenson
2023	J	`jnl`	Utilizing Generative Adversarial Networks for Stable Structure Generation in Angry Birds. CoRR Frederic Abraham, Matthew Stephenson
2022	—	`conf`	Measuring Board Game Distance. CG Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne
2022	J	`jnl`	Report on the 2 ICGA J. Cameron Browne, Éric Piette, Walter Crist, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers
2022	J	`jnl`	Spatial State-Action Features for General Games. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2022	J	`jnl`	The Ludii Game Description Language is Universal. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2021	—	`conf`	Automatic Generation of Board Game Manuals. ACG Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	Automatic Generation of Board Game Manuals. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2021	C	`conf`	Deceptive Level Generation for Angry Birds. CoG Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Vimukthini Pinto, Jochen Renz, Matthew Stephenson
2021	J	`jnl`	Deceptive Level Generation for Angry Birds. CoRR Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Matthew Stephenson, Vimukthini Pinto, Jochen Renz
2021	C	`conf`	General Board Game Concepts. CoG Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	General Board Game Concepts. CoRR Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2021	—	`conf`	General Board Geometry. ACG Cameron Browne, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers
2021	J	`jnl`	General Board Geometry. CoRR Cameron Browne, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers
2021	C	`conf`	General Game Heuristic Prediction Based on Ludeme Descriptions. CoG Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	General Game Heuristic Prediction Based on Ludeme Descriptions. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	Generating Stable Building Block Structures From Sketches. IEEE Trans. Games Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge, Peng Zhang
2021	C	`conf`	Novelty Generation Framework for AI Agents in Angry Birds Style Physics Games. CoG Chathura Nagoda Gamage, Vimukthini Pinto, Cheng Xue, Matthew Stephenson, Peng Zhang, Jochen Renz
2021	—	`conf`	Optimised Playout Implementations for the Ludii General Game System. ACG Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	Optimised Playout Implementations for the Ludii General Game System. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2021	J	`jnl`	Transfer of Fully Convolutional Policy-Value Networks Between Games and Game Variants. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Vegard Mella, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne, Olivier Teytaud
2020	B	`conf`	A Continuous Information Gain Measure to Find the Most Discriminatory Problems for AI Benchmarking. CEC Matthew Stephenson, Damien Anderson, Ahmed Khalifa, John Levine, Jochen Renz, Julian Togelius, Christoph Salge
2020	A	`conf`	Ludii - The Ludemic General Game System. ECAI Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Matthew Stephenson, Chiara F. Sironi, Mark H. M. Winands, Cameron Browne
2020	C	`conf`	Manipulating the Distributions of Experience used for Self-Play Learning in Expert Iteration. CoG Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2020	J	`jnl`	Manipulating the Distributions of Experience used for Self-Play Learning in Expert Iteration. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2020	A*	`conf`	The Computational Complexity of Angry Birds (Extended Abstract). IJCAI Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge
2020	J	`jnl`	The computational complexity of Angry Birds. Artif. Intell. Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge
2019	C	`conf`	"Did You Hear That?" Learning to Play Video Games from Audio Cues. CoG Raluca D. Gaina, Matthew Stephenson
2019	J	`jnl`	"Did You Hear That?" Learning to Play Video Games from Audio Cues. CoRR Raluca D. Gaina, Matthew Stephenson
2019	—	`conf`	"Superstition" in the Network: Deep Reinforcement Learning Plays Deceptive Games. AIIDE Philip Bontrager, Ahmed Khalifa, Damien Anderson, Matthew Stephenson, Christoph Salge, Julian Togelius
2019	—	`conf`	A Practical Introduction to the Ludii General Game System. ACG Cameron Browne, Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers
2019	J	`jnl`	AI meets Angry Birds. Nat. Mach. Intell. Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge, Matthew Stephenson, Peng Zhang
2019	J	`jnl`	Agent-Based Adaptive Level Generation for Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment in Angry Birds. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2019	C	`conf`	An Empirical Evaluation of Two General Game Systems: Ludii and RBG. CoG Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	An Empirical Evaluation of Two General Game Systems: Ludii and RBG. CoRR Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	C	`conf`	An Overview of the Ludii General Game System. CoG Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	An Overview of the Ludii General Game System. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Foundations of Digital Archæoludology. CoRR Cameron Browne, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Michael Conrad, Walter Crist, Thierry Depaulis, Eddie Duggan, Fred Horn, Steven Kelk, Simon M. Lucas, João Pedro Neto, David Parlett, Abdallah Saffidine, Ulrich Schädler, Jorge Nuno Silva, Alex de Voogt, Mark H. M. Winands
2019	C	`conf`	Learning Policies from Self-Play with Policy Gradients and MCTS Value Estimates. CoG Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Learning Policies from Self-Play with Policy Gradients and MCTS Value Estimates. CoRR Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Ludii - The Ludemic General Game System. CoRR Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Matthew Stephenson, Chiara F. Sironi, Mark H. M. Winands, Cameron Browne
2019	C	`conf`	Ludii and XCSP: Playing and Solving Logic Puzzles. CoG Cédric Piette, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Ludii and XCSP: Playing and Solving Logic Puzzles. CoRR Cédric Piette, Éric Piette, Matthew Stephenson, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	C	`conf`	Ludii as a Competition Platform. CoG Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Ludii as a Competition Platform. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Éric Piette, Dennis J. N. J. Soemers, Cameron Browne
2019	J	`jnl`	Superstition in the Network: Deep Reinforcement Learning Plays Deceptive Games. CoRR Philip Bontrager, Ahmed Khalifa, Damien Anderson, Matthew Stephenson, Christoph Salge, Julian Togelius
2019	J	`jnl`	The 2017 AIBIRDS Level Generation Competition. IEEE Trans. Games Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge, Lucas Ferreira, Julian Togelius, Peng Zhang
2019	C	`conf`	Using Restart Heuristics to Improve Agent Performance in Angry Birds. CoG Tommy Liu, Jochen Renz, Peng Zhang, Matthew Stephenson
2019	J	`jnl`	Using Restart Heuristics to Improve Agent Performance in Angry Birds. CoRR Tommy Liu, Jochen Renz, Peng Zhang, Matthew Stephenson
2018	J	`jnl`	A Continuous Information Gain Measure to Find the Most Discriminatory Problems for AI Benchmarking. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Damien Anderson, Ahmed Khalifa, John Levine, Jochen Renz, Julian Togelius, Christoph Salge
2018	B	`conf`	Deceptive Games. EvoApplications Damien Anderson, Matthew Stephenson, Julian Togelius, Christoph Salge, John Levine, Jochen Renz
2018	J	`jnl`	Deceptive Games. CoRR Damien Anderson, Matthew Stephenson, Julian Togelius, Christoph Salge, John Levine, Jochen Renz
2018	C	`conf`	Deceptive angry birds: towards smarter game-playing agents. FDG Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2018	J	`jnl`	The 2017 AIBIRDS Competition. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge, Peng Zhang
2018	J	`jnl`	The Computational Complexity of Angry Birds. CoRR Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge
2017	—	`conf`	Creating a Hyper-Agent for Solving Angry Birds Levels. AIIDE Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2017	—	`conf`	Generating varied, stable and solvable levels for angry birds style physics games. CIG Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2017	—	`conf`	Introducing real world physics and macro-actions to general video game ai. CIG Diego Perez Liebana, Matthew Stephenson, Raluca D. Gaina, Jochen Renz, Simon M. Lucas
2017	—	`conf`	The Computational Complexity of Angry Birds and Similar Physics-Simulation Games. AIIDE Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz, Xiaoyu Ge
2016	—	`conf`	Procedural Generation of Levels for Angry Birds Style Physics Games. AIIDE Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2016	—	`conf`	Procedural generation of complex stable structures for angry birds levels. CIG Matthew Stephenson, Jochen Renz
2015	Misc	`conf`	Novel methods for reflective symmetry detection in scanned 3D models. IVCNZ Matthew Stephenson, Adrian J. Clark, Richard D. Green