CMS Team Project Interactive Visual Computing [CMS-TEA]

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 predefined level of complexity and own ideas. A careful choice of AI must be made (e.g., evolutionary algorithms, supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, reinforcement, incremental, etc.)., based on an analysis of the potential game inputs and goals.

• The AI agent must learn to play the game, and ideally become good at it:
• The end goal is to demo the AI (e.g., by comparing it to human players).

Proposed Schedule