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  • PhD Defense- Yilei Zeng

    Tue, May 07, 2024 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

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    PhD Defense- Yilei Zeng

    Title: Learning Social Sequential Decision-Making in Online Games
    Committee: Emilio Ferrara (chair), Dmitri Williams, Michael Zyda
     

    Abstract:


    A paradigm shift towards human-centered intelligent gaming systems is gradually setting in. This dissertation explores the complexities of social sequential decision-making within online gaming environments and presents comprehensive AI solutions to enhance personalized single and multi-agent experiences. The three core contributions of the dissertation are intricately interrelated, creating a cohesive framework for understanding and improving AI in gaming. I begin by delving into the dynamics of gaming sessions and sequential in-game individual and social decision-making, which establishes a baseline of how decisions evolve, providing the necessary context for the subsequent integration of diverse information sources; two, the integration of heterogeneous information and multi-modal trajectories, which enhances decision-making generation models; and three, the creation of a reinforcement learning with human feedback framework to train gaming AIs that effectively align with human preferences and strategies, which enables the system not only learning but also interacting with humans. Collectively, this dissertation combines innovative data-driven, generative AI, representation learning, and human-AI collaboration solutions to help advance both the fields of computational social science and artificial intelligence applications of gaming.

    Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 213

    Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

    Contact: Yilei Zeng

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