Michael Mateas

Associate Professor
Computer Science Department

University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High Street
M/S SOE3
Santa Cruz CA 95064
michaelm cs.ucsc.edu

Expressive AI

I run the Expressive Intelligence Studio at UC Santa Cruz, where we explore the intersection of artificial intelligence, art and design. Our goal is to create compelling new forms of interactive art and entertainment that provide more deeply autonomous, generative and dynamic responses to interaction. A major thrust of this work is advanced AI for videogames, including autonomous characters and interactive storytelling. By viewing AI as an expressive medium, our work raises and answers novel AI research questions while pushing the boundaries of the conceivable and possible in interactive experiences. Current projects in the group include automated support for game generation, automatic generation of autonomous character conversations, story management, and authoring tools for interactive storytelling.


Publications

Project site for Façade, the world's first fully realized interactive drama

Curriculum Vitae in html format