Dr P Wake
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Taking its title from Alan Turing’s ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’, this project approaches Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the perspective of the analogue (non-digital), taking instances of AI in analogue games as a point of entry into understanding the issues relating to the everyday dialogues between the human and the mechanical.
Responding to an analogue turn within the games industry, this PhD studentship is designed to initiate new research into AI as it takes an analogue form within contemporary table top games (e.g., board, card and roleplaying games). In order to examine the differing behavioural, experiential, and design aspects as they relate to the materiality of AI across a wide range of often intersecting platforms, the research on analogue AI will take place alongside an investigation of AI in digital games. In this regard, the student will have the opportunity to work with industry experts in both digital and analogue gaming from Sony Interactive Entertainment and Steamforged Games Ltd.
To apply or to find out more about the aims and objectives of this project, visit our website: https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/research/research-study/scholarships/detail/artshum-msarc-npif-2018-1-the-imitation-game-artificial-intelligence-in-analogue-and-digital-games.php.
Funding Notes
Candidates must have a relevant connection with the UK in order to qualify for a full award. Candidates from EU countries other than the UK are eligible for full awards maintenance and tuition fees if they have been resident in the UK for at least three years prior to the start of their programme. Candidates from EU countries who have not resided in the UK for three years prior to the start of their programme will be eligible for a fees-only award.
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