Michael Cook - RankMe

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Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	A*	`conf`	Video Game Archaeology as Hauntological Practice: A Collaborative Autoethnography in Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. CHI Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2025	A*	`conf`	Archaeological Gameworld Affordances: A Grounded Theory of How Players Interpret Environmental Storytelling. CHI Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2025	A	`conf`	Designing Interactions with Generative AI for Art and Creativity: A Systematic Review and Taxonomy. Conference on Designing Interactive Systems Xi Hu, Yiwen Xing, Xudong Cai, Yihang Zhao, Michael Cook, Rita Borgo, Timothy Neate
2024	C	`conf`	"Hunt Takes Hare": Theming Games Through Game-Word Vector Translation. FDG Younès Rabii, Michael Cook
2024	J	`jnl`	"Hunt Takes Hare": Theming Games Through Game-Word Vector Translation. CoRR Younès Rabii, Michael Cook
2024	C	`conf`	Experiments in Motivating Exploratory Agents. FDG Bobby Khaleque, Michael Cook, Jeremy Gow
2024	C	`conf`	How To Save A World: The Go-Along Interview as Game Preservation Methodology in Wurm Online. FDG Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2024	J	`jnl`	How To Save A World: The Go-Along Interview as Game Preservation Methodology in Wurm Online. CoRR Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2024	C	`conf`	On the Evaluation of Procedural Level Generation Systems. FDG Oliver Withington, Michael Cook, Laurissa Tokarchuk
2024	J	`jnl`	On the Evaluation of Procedural Level Generation Systems. CoRR Oliver Withington, Michael Cook, Laurissa Tokarchuk
2024	—	`conf`	The Art of Programming: Challenges in Generating Code for Creative Applications. AIware Michael Cook
2023	C	`conf`	"That Darned Sandstorm": A Study of Procedural Generation through Archaeological Storytelling. FDG Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2023	J	`jnl`	'That Darned Sandstorm': A Study of Procedural Generation through Archaeological Storytelling. CoRR Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2023	—	`conf`	AI-Generated Imagery: A New Era for the 'Readymade'. SIGGRAPH Asia Art Papers Amy Smith, Michael Cook
2023	J	`jnl`	AI-Generated Imagery: A New Era for the 'Readymade'. CoRR Amy Smith, Michael Cook
2023	J	`jnl`	Trash to Treasure: Using text-to-image models to inform the design of physical artefacts. CoRR Amy Smith, Hope Schroeder, Ziv Epstein, Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Andrew Lippman
2023	C	`conf`	Why Oatmeal is Cheap: Kolmogorov Complexity and Procedural Generation. FDG Younès Rabii, Michael Cook
2023	J	`jnl`	Why Oatmeal is Cheap: Kolmogorov Complexity and Procedural Generation. CoRR Younès Rabii, Michael Cook
2022	J	`jnl`	Danesh: Interactive Tools for Understanding Procedural Content Generators. IEEE Trans. Games Michael Cook, Jeremy Gow, Gillian Smith, Simon Colton
2022	J	`jnl`	Hyperstate Space Graphs. IEEE Trans. Games Michael Cook, Azalea Raad
2022	C	`conf`	Impressions of the GDMC AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft. FDG Christoph Salge, Claus Aranha, Adrian Brightmoore, Sean Butler, Rodrigo De Moura Canaan, Michael Cook, Michael Cerny Green, Hagen Fischer, Christian Guckelsberger, Jupiter Hadley, Jean-Baptiste Hervé, Mark Richard Johnson, Quinn Kybartas, David Mason, Mike Preuss, Tristan Smith, Ruck Thawonmas, Julian Togelius
2022	C	`conf`	Optimists at Heart: Why Do We Research Game AI? CoG Michael Cook
2022	J	`jnl`	Optimists at Heart: Why Do We Research Game AI? (Extended Version). CoRR Michael Cook
2022	—	`conf`	Puck: A Slow and Personal Automated Game Designer. AIIDE Michael Cook
2022	C	`conf`	The Dark Souls of Archaeology: Recording Elden Ring. FDG Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2022	J	`jnl`	The Dark Souls of Archaeology: Recording Elden Ring. CoRR Florence Smith Nicholls, Michael Cook
2021	—	`conf`	Challenges in Generating Juice Effects for Automatically Designed Games. AIIDE Mads Johansen, Michael Cook
2021	J	`jnl`	Impressions of the GDMC AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft. CoRR Christoph Salge, Claus Aranha, Adrian Brightmoore, Sean Butler, Rodrigo Canaan, Michael Cook, Michael Cerny Green, Hagen Fischer, Christian Guckelsberger, Jupiter Hadley, Jean-Baptiste Hervé, Mark Richard Johnson, Quinn Kybartas, David Mason, Mike Preuss, Tristan Smith, Ruck Thawonmas, Julian Togelius
2021	C	`conf`	Monte Carlo Tree Search With Reversibility Compression. CoG Michael Cook
2021	—	`conf`	Revealing Game Dynamics via Word Embeddings of Gameplay Data. AIIDE Younès Rabii, Michael Cook
2021	J	`jnl`	The Road Less Travelled: Trying And Failing To Generate Walking Simulators. CoRR Michael Cook
2021	C	`conf`	The Social Responsibility of Game AI. CoG Michael Cook
2021	J	`jnl`	The Social Responsibility of Game AI. CoRR Michael Cook
2020	C	`conf`	Adapting and Enhancing Evolutionary Art for Casual Creation. EvoMUSART Simon Colton, Jon McCormack, Sebastian Berns, Elena Petrovskaya, Michael Cook
2020	C	`conf`	Creativity Theatre for Demonstrable Computational Creativity. ICCC Simon Colton, Jon McCormack, Michael Cook, Sebastian Berns
2020	J	`jnl`	Generative Forensics: Procedural Generation and Information Games. CoRR Michael Cook
2020	C	`conf`	Procedural Generation and Information Games. CoG Michael Cook
2020	C	`conf`	Software Engineering For Automated Game Design. CoG Michael Cook
2020	J	`jnl`	Software Engineering For Automated Game Design. CoRR Michael Cook
2020	C	`conf`	Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Procedural Content Generators. FDG Matthew Guzdial, Devi Acharya, Max Kreminski, Michael Cook, Mirjam Eladhari, Antonios Liapis, Anne Sullivan
2020	J	`jnl`	Tabletop Roleplaying Games as Procedural Content Generators. CoRR Matthew Guzdial, Devi Acharya, Max Kreminski, Michael Cook, Mirjam Eladhari, Antonios Liapis, Anne Sullivan
2019	C	`conf`	Framing In Computational Creativity - A Survey And Taxonomy. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Alison Pease, Maria Teresa Llano
2019	C	`conf`	General Analytical Techniques For Parameter-Based Procedural Content Generators. CoG Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Jeremy Gow, Gillian Smith
2019	J	`jnl`	Guest Editorial Special Issue on AI-Based and AI-Assisted Game Design. IEEE Trans. Games Antonios Liapis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2019	C	`conf`	Hyperstate Space Graphs for Automated Game Analysis. CoG Michael Cook, Azalea Raad
2019	C	`ed.`	Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2019, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, June 17-21, 2019. ICCC Kazjon Grace, Michael Cook, Dan Ventura, Mary Lou Maher
2019	C	`conf`	The HR3 System for Automatic Code Generation in Creative Settings. ICCC Simon Colton, Alison Pease, Michael Cook, Chunyang Chen
2018	C	`conf`	A Parameter-Space Design Methodology for Casual Creators. ICCC Peter Ivey, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Rob Saunders, Swen E. Gaudl, Edward J. Powley, Mark J. Nelson, Simon Colton, Michael Cook
2018	J	`jnl`	Exploring Novel Game Spaces with Fluidic Games. CoRR Swen E. Gaudl, Mark J. Nelson, Simon Colton, Rob Saunders, Edward Jack Powley, Peter Ivey, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Michael Cook
2018	—	`conf`	Inferring Design Constraints From Game Ruleset Analysis. CIG Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Azalea Raad
2018	C	`conf`	Investigating and Automating the Creative Act of Software Engineering: A Position Paper. ICCC Edward J. Powley, Simon Colton, Michael Cook
2018	C	`conf`	Neighbouring Communities: Interaction, Lessons and Opportunities. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2018	J	`jnl`	Rapid game jams with fluidic games: A user study & design methodology. Entertain. Comput. Swen E. Gaudl, Mark J. Nelson, Simon Colton, Rob Saunders, Edward Jack Powley, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Peter Ivey, Michael Cook
2018	C	`conf`	Redesigning Computationally Creative Systems For Continuous Creation. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2018	C	`conf`	Tarot-based narrative generation. FDG Anne Sullivan, Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari, Michael Cook
2017	J	`jnl`	A Vision For Continuous Automated Game Design. CoRR Michael Cook
2017	—	`conf`	A Vision for Continuous Automated Game Design. AIIDE Workshops Michael Cook
2017	J	`jnl`	Artificial and Computational Intelligence in Games: AI-Driven Game Design (Dagstuhl Seminar 17471). Dagstuhl Reports Pieter Spronck, Elisabeth André, Michael Cook, Mike Preuß
2017	C	`conf`	Fluidic Games in Cultural Contexts. ICCC Mark J. Nelson, Swen E. Gaudl, Simon Colton, Edward Jack Powley, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Rob Saunders, Peter Ivey, Michael Cook
2017	—	`conf`	Mixed-Initiative Approaches to On-Device Mobile Game Design. MICI@CHI Mark J. Nelson, Simon Colton, Edward Jack Powley, Swen E. Gaudl, Peter Ivey, Rob Saunders, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Michael Cook
2017	J	`jnl`	Off The Beaten Lane: AI Challenges In MOBAs Beyond Player Control. CoRR Michael Cook, Adam Summerville, Simon Colton
2017	J	`jnl`	The ANGELINA Videogame Design System - Part I. IEEE Trans. Comput. Intell. AI Games Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Jeremy Gow
2017	J	`jnl`	The ANGELINA Videogame Design System - Part II. IEEE Trans. Comput. Intell. AI Games Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Jeremy Gow
2017	—	`conf`	Wevva: Democratising Game Design. AIIDE Edward Jack Powley, Mark J. Nelson, Swen E. Gaudl, Simon Colton, Blanca Pérez Ferrer, Rob Saunders, Peter Ivey, Michael Cook
2016	J	`jnl`	Feminism and procedural content generation: toward a collaborative politics of computational creativity. Digit. Creativity Amanda Phillips, Gillian Smith, Michael Cook, Tanya Short
2016	J	`jnl`	PCG-Based Game Design Patterns. CoRR Michael Cook, Mirjam Eladhari, Andy Nealen, Mike Treanor, Eddy Boxerman, Alex Jaffe, Paul Sottosanti, Steve Swink
2016	—	`conf`	Playable Experiences at AIIDE 2016. AIIDE Alexander E. Zook, Michael Cook, Eric Butler, Kristin Siu, Matthew Guzdial, Mark O. Riedl, James Owen Ryan, Ben Samuel, Adam Summerville, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin
2016	J	`jnl`	The AIIDE 2015 Workshop Program. AI Mag. Camille Barot, Michael Buro, Michael Cook, Mirjam Palosaari Eladhari, Boyang Li, Antonios Liapis, Magnus Johansson, Josh McCoy, Santiago Ontañón, Jonathan P. Rowe, Emmett Tomai, Harko Verhagen, Alexander Zook
2016	—	`conf`	Towards the automatic optimisation of procedural content generators. CIG Michael Cook, Jeremy Gow, Simon Colton
2015	C	`conf`	AI-based Game Design Patterns. FDG Mike Treanor, Alexander Zook, Mirjam P. Eladhari, Julian Togelius, Gillian Smith, Michael Cook, Tommy Thompson, Brian Magerko, John Levine, Adam M. Smith
2015	C	`conf`	AI-based Games: Contrabot and What Did You Do? FDG Michael Cook, Mirjam Eladhari, Adam M. Smith, Gillian Smith, Tommy Thompson, Julian Togelius, Alexander Zook
2015	—	`—`	Co-operative coevolution for computational creativity: a case study in videogame design. Michael Cook
2015	C	`conf`	Formalizing Non-Formalism: Breaking the Rules of Automated Game Design. FDG Michael Cook, Gillian Smith
2015	C	`conf`	Generating Code For Expressing Simple Preferences: Moving On From Hardcoding And Randomness. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2015	C	`conf`	Make Something That Makes Something: A Report On The First Procedural Generation Jam. ICCC Michael Cook
2015	—	`conf`	Playable Experiences at AIIDE 2015. AIIDE Michael Cook, Squirrel Eiserloh, Justus Robertson, Robert Michael Young, Tommy Thompson, David Churchill, Martin Cerný, Sergio Poo Hernandez, Vadim Bulitko
2015	C	`ed.`	Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2015, Park City, Utah, USA, June 29 - July 2, 2015. ICCC Hannu Toivonen, Simon Colton, Michael Cook, Dan Ventura
2015	J	`jnl`	Reports of the Workshops Held at the Tenth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. AI Mag. Tiffany Barnes, Oliver Bown, Michael Buro, Michael Cook, Arne Eigenfeldt, Héctor Muñoz-Avila, Santiago Ontañón, Philippe Pasquier, Noriko Tomuro, Robert Michael Young, Alexander Zook
2015	C	`conf`	The Painting Fool Sees! New Projects with the Automated Painter. ICCC Simon Colton, Jakob Halskov, Dan Ventura, Ian Gouldstone, Michael Cook, Blanca Pérez Ferrer
2014	C	`conf`	Assessing Progress in Building Autonomously Creative Systems. ICCC Simon Colton, Alison Pease, Joseph Corneli, Michael Cook
2014	C	`conf`	Ludus Ex Machina: Building A 3D Game Designer That Competes Alongside Humans. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2014	—	`conf`	Playable Experiences at AIIDE 2014. AIIDE Nathan R. Sturtevant, Jeff Orkin, Robert Zubek, Michael Cook, Stephen G. Ware, Christian Stith, Robert Michael Young, Phillip Wright, Squirrel (Brian) Eiserloh, Alejandro Ramirez-Sanabria, Vadim Bulitko, Kieran Lord
2014	C	`ed.`	Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Computational Creativity, ICCC 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 10-13, 2014. ICCC Simon Colton, Dan Ventura, Nada Lavrac, Michael Cook
2014	J	`jnl`	Workshops Held at the Ninth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE): A Report. AI Mag. Antonios Liapis, Michael Cook, Adam M. Smith, Gillian Smith, Alexander Zook, Mei Si, Marc Cavazza, Philippe Pasquier
2013	J	`jnl`	Creativity in code: generating rules for video games. XRDS Michael Cook
2013	B	`conf`	Mechanic Miner: Reflection-Driven Game Mechanic Discovery and Level Design. EvoApplications Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Azalea Raad, Jeremy Gow
2013	C	`conf`	Nobody's A Critic: On The Evaluation Of Creative Code Generators - A Case Study In Video Game Design. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Jeremy Gow
2012	—	`conf`	Aesthetic Considerations for Automated Platformer Design. AIIDE Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Alison Pease
2012	B	`conf`	Initial Results from Co-operative Co-evolution for Automated Platformer Design. EvoApplications Michael Cook, Simon Colton, Jeremy Gow
2011	C	`conf`	Automated Collage Generation - With More Intent. ICCC Michael Cook, Simon Colton
2011	—	`conf`	Ludic Considerations of Tablet-Based Evo-Art. EvoApplications (2) Simon Colton, Michael Cook, Azalea Raad
2011	—	`conf`	Multi-faceted evolution of simple arcade games. CIG Michael Cook, Simon Colton