Invited Talks

Chris Jurney (Lead Programmer, Double Fine Productions) Sumit Basu (Microsoft Research) Chris Jurney is a rock and roll experimental game For those who can play an instrument or have a respectable programmer at Double Fine Productions, with 11 singing voice, music can be a wonderful years experience in games and simulation. He has means of creative expression, social engagement, shipped 4 titles in the games industry: Company of and fun. For many others, though, it can be frustrating Heroes, Frontline: Fuel of War, Dawn of War 2, and and inaccessible: even if an inspired youth Brutal Legend. Jurney frequently speaks on the topic has great musical ideas, she may not have the of game AI, having presented at the Game Developers knowledge or ability to get her latest song out from Conference (GDC), GDC China, Columbia her head and into her MP3 player. In this talk, Basu will show three vignettes of how he and his colleagues University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the have used interactive machine learning to New Jersey and Philadelphia chapters of the International extend the creative reach of aspiring musicians: a Game Developers Association (IGDA).