UCT for Games and Beyond is an EPSRC-funded project jointly run by Imperial College London and the Universities of Essex and Bradford. The aim of this three year project (2010-2013) is to fully explore the MCTS algorithm and investigate its use in novel domains.
A list of publications arising from this project is available here.
See our project page for more details.
Imperial Team
EPSRC Grant EP/I001964/1 - £546,000
The Imperial team investigate the use of MCTS for procedural content generation in creative domains, including the analysis, optimisation and design of new games, music and artwork.
PI: Dr Simon Colton
RA: Dr Cameron Browne
PhD: Stephen Tavener
Essex Team
EPSRC Grant EP/H048588/1 - £471,000
The Essex team investigate the application of MCTS in continuous and real-time domains, such as the control of non-player characters in video games and robot movement planning.
PI: Prof. Simon Lucas
RA: Spyridon Samothrakis
PhD: Diego Perez
York Team
EPSRC Grant EP/H049061/1 - £465,000
The York team investigate non-deterministic applications of MCTS with particular emphasis on complex games such as "euro" board games and Magic: The Gathering.
PI: Prof. Peter Cowling
RA: Dr Edward Powley
PhD: Daniel Whitehouse
Industry Partners
Nestor Romeral Andres, Nestorgames Ltd, Spain.
Mark Morris, Introversion Software, UK.
Jeff Rollason, AI Factory, UK.
Project Partners
Yngvi Björnsson and Hilmar Finnsson, CADIA, Reykjavik University, Iceland.
AI & Games Research Network, London/Essex/Bradford.