π’ Call for Papers: #ALIFE2026
Waterloo π¨π¦ & online | 17β21 Aug 2026
π Full Papers & Summaries: 30 March 2026
π Special Sessions, Workshops & Tutorials proposals: 20 Feb 2026
Theme: Living and Lifelike Complex Adaptive Systems
2026.alife.org
Do you want to organize at tutorial, workshop or special session at this year's Alife conference? Deadline for proposal is soon. Come and join us in (guess where the conference is based on the logo ;-) )
If you want to join us in organizing Alife by running a tutorial, workshop, or special session: the call is out now!
Save the date!
The annual #Conference on #ArtificialLife - #ALIFE2026 will take place in Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 17-21 August 2026. More details coming soon!
If you are interested in running or a competition, and are unsure, feel free to reach out to me. I am the competition chair this year, and I am happy to discuss your submission before you submit it. Deadline is the 19th of January, 2026.
Do you want to run a competition at the IEEE conference on Games? Apply now: cog2026.fdi.ucm.es/cfc.html
IEEE COG is a conference with a long tradition of running #Game / #AI / and related competitions. See the call for a range of possible topics
Please share with interested parties.
Are you interested in doing a funded Phd with me on AI in Games at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Check out the details below and feel free to share. Deadline for applications is 14th of November.
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
It is both the final chapter of Victoire's PhD, and our attempt to provide a more detailed definition to perceptual uniqueness in PCG (and games in general), by introducing the hierarchical concepts of Landmarks, Monuments and Beacons - and some rough ideas of how to quantify / measure them.
We (@vherve.bsky.social, @warpefelt.com , me) got a new preprint out on Arxiv:
arxiv.org/abs/2509.19030
Landmarks, Monuments, and Beacons: Understanding Generative Calls to Action
Feel free to share.
Ex Novo 2nd edition (digital edition) is out, and you can already get it on the game's itchio & DriveThruRPG pages. If you have already bought Ex Novo, you already have access to the 2nd edition.
ποΈ itchio: sharkbombs.itch.io/ex-novo
ποΈ DriveThruRPG: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/3...
#Imol2025 had it's first round of contributed talks yesterday, and continues today.
Second Keynote at #IMOL2025 is Tim RocktΓ€schel talking about foundation world models and Genie 3. A new frontier for world models - Google DeepMind share.google/WjyjiTlBhG5r...
Kicking off #IMOL2025 at UH.
imol2025.github.io
The Generative Design in #Minecraft (GDMC) has announced the winners of the 2025 competition. Here's the announcement video from the weekend!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=owJC...
Official facilitator's account @gendesignmc.bsky.social
Video by @christophsalge.bsky.social
#procgen
The AI Settlement Generation Challenge in Minecraft has concluded for 2025 - and after a round of human judging - we are now ready to announce the winners. You can watch the results live at 15:00 UK time, on the 30th of Aug, 2025.
youtu.be/owJC8QqHDTA?...
We got a great lineup of invited speakers so far, including @jfoerst.bsky.social @creativeendvs.bsky.social @rockt.ai @ozgursimsek.bsky.social @frabraendle.bsky.social
imol2025.github.io/pages/speake...
Submission is either extended abstract to present a poster, or letter of letter of motivation to just attend. This is not a peer review publication, can be past work, work in progress, planned. Review by organizers for topical fit. Mostly a place to get together with others to discuss the topic.
Extended Deadline (20th of July), to participate or present work at IMOL (Workshop on Intrinsically motivated Open-ended Learning). 8th to 10th of September, at @herts.ac.uk. Free registration.
imol2025.github.io
Please share. Below our invited speaker lineup.
If you are interested in the research topic, you can also check out the IMOL community itself:
www.imol-community.org
b.) submit an extended abstract, up to two pages long. This can be about past, ongoing, completed or planned work, and will receive review by the organizers (not a peer reviewed publication). If accepted, this will results in a chance to present a poster at IMOL, or in some cases, a selected talk.
a.) submit a letter of motivation until the deadline - can be quite short - so we can plan attendance numbers.
If you are interested in this *free* workshop and want to attend, then you should know that we are just about to extend the deadline to the 20th of July, 2025. If you want to attend, there are basically two options:
Here are some of our invited speakers for the workshop on Intrinsically Motivated Open-Ended Learning at the University of Hertfordshire, 8-10 September, 2025. @herts.ac.uk #IMOL #AI #Herts
imol2025.github.io
Two weeks left to register (for free) for the stand-alone workshop on intrinsically motivated open-ended learning (IMOL) @herts.ac.uk, 8. to 10. of Sept. 2025, UK.
Details on website:
imol2025.github.io
Please share with interested parties.
#AI #IntrinsicMotivation
Excited to join the project. This is a great opportunity if you want to work with Christian.
1/4 Join us and the Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group @aalto.fi / Finland to work on Computational Social Intrinsic Motivation (SIM) as PhD (4y) or postdoc (2y). Job ad w project description and application instructions: bit.ly/4jyNLGv. We're looking forward to learning about you!
1/3 Out now: new paper on people's perception of AI (robot) creativity! Core finding: we attribute more creativity to a creative act if people not only see the final artwork, but also its creation process & the robot making it. Video: vimeo.com/1073134853 Open-access paper: doi.org/10.1145/3711...
