Research projects and selected publications

Since the foundation of the institute in 2013, we have been involved in a number of funded research projects. Together, we have published over 160 academic publications including conference papers, journals articles, books, and book chapters.

Follow the links below to learn about our current and completed projects. You can also see some of our most notable publications at the bottom of the page.

Online Procedural Content Generation via Multi-objective Optimisation and Learning (OPtiMaL)
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis, Ahmed Khalifa, Konstantinos Makantasis
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Developing a STEAM Roadmap for Science Education in Horizon Europe (RoadSTEAMer)
Collaborators: Collaborators: (at IDG) Georgios Yannakakis, Iro Voulgari
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RECLAIM: AI-powered Robotic Material Recovery in a Box
Collaborators: (at UoM) Antonios Liapis, Georgios Yannakakis
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HUMAINE: Human-Centered Machine Learning
Collaborators: Antonios Liapis, Georgios N. Yannakakis
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LAW-GAME
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Iro Voulgari, Antonios Liapis
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SG4NS Developing Emotional Competences for Nursing Students
Collaborators: (at UM) Prof. Georgios Yannakakis
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UPSKILLS: UPgrading the SKIlls of Linguistics and Language Students
Collaborators: (at IDG) Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
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FRAME: ReFRAMing MachinE Learning via Ordinal Tensors and Deep Quality Diversity
Collaborators: Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
TAMED: Tensor-based machine learning towards general models of affect
Collaborators: (at UoM) Konstantinos Makantasis, Georgios Yannakakis
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PrismArch
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
AI4Media
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Konstantinos Makantasis, Antonios Liapis
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Learn to Machine Learn
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Iro Voulgari, Antonios Liapis, Vanessa Camilleri
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Ubisoft Research Project
Collaborators: Georgios Yannakakis (University of Malta), Alessandro Canossa (Massive Entertainment - A Ubisoft Studio)
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COM n PLAY SCIENCE
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Iro Voulgari, Antonios Liapis
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CURIO: A Teaching Toolkit for Fostering Scientific Curiosity’
Collaborators: Stefano Gualeni, Marcello A. Gómez Maureira, Sandra Dingli, Andre' Xuereb, Danielle M. Farrugia
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ENVISAGE: ENhance VIrtual learning Space using Applied Gaming in Education
Collaborators: Georgios N. Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
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eCrisis: Europe in Crisis
Collaborators: Georgios N. Yannakakis, Vanessa Camilleri, Owen Sacco, Antonios Liapis
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Deep Design
Collaborators: Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
CrossCult: Empowering reuse of digital cultural heritage in context-aware crosscuts of European history
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis
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FORETELL: Flood and Fire Safety Awareness in Virtual Worlds
Collaborators: (at UoM) Stefano Gualeni, Marcello Gómez Maureira, Philip Bonanno
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GADTRAP: Game Design as a Self-Transformative Practice
Collaborators: Stefano Gualeni, Marcello A. Gómez Maureira
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Go Go Gozo
Collaborators: University of Manchester, Warwick University, Utrecht University, University of Malta, Palacky University Olomouc
Autonomous Computational Game Designers
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Antonios Liapis, Phil Lopes, Daniele Gravina, and Daniel Karavolos
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REFLECT: Reflective Game Design
Collaborators: Rilla Khaled, Pippin Barr
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C2Learn: Fostering Creativity in Learning through Digital Games
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Mirjam P. Eladhari, Antonios Liapis and Phil Lopes
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ILearnRW: Integrated Intelligent Learning Environment for Reading and Writing
Collaborators: (at UoM) Georgios Yannakakis, Rilla Khaled, Héctor Martínez, Vincent Farrugia, and Thom Cuschieri
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