Home > The HUB > News Esports to feature at games research conference in York Esports to feature at games research conference in York Dominic Sacco 2 min read | 11 Sep 2017 Various games industry bodies have teamed up to host a games research conference in York this week. The IGGI (Intelligent Games and Game Intelligence) Games Research Centre is launching a two-day industry conference at the University of York’s new Spring Lane Building on September 14th and 15th. The research centre runs across the Universities of York, Essex and Goldsmiths. It has £12 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and industrial partners to fund 55 PhD students over eight years. IGGI also works with the Digital Creativity Labs (DC Labs), an £18 million interdisciplinary laboratory and think tank focusing on research and innovation in games, interactive media and the space where they converge. IGGI and DC Labs are researching in three areas: AI Decision Making and Machine Learning AI-Augmented Design Esports The conference will present research by IGGI academic members, workshops and talks by external speakers. Keynote speakers include: Jo Twist, Ukie Katja Hofmann, Microsoft Research Samim Winiger, Creative.ai Mary Flanagan, Tiltfactor What esports research is there? There’s a raft of different research on the Digital Creativity Labs website, including: Win prediction in esports Understanding players through esports data Providing analytical support to players and teams Practicing esports with AI Viewing esports Visualizing Dota 2 News News Share: Link copied Dominic Sacco View all articles