Call for Case Studies

Case Studies are compelling stories about applied AI practice, based on real-world experiences, that will be instructive and of interest to other community members. 

In this track, AI practitioners and researchers (artists, game developers, roboticists, teachers, scholars, etc.) are invited to share and discuss their experience applying AI principles and methods in digital entertainment, based on concrete design and implementation cases.

Case Studies describe AI problems and how they were addressed: they should describe the challenges experienced, how they were tackled, and what was learned from them; explain why the case study is important to the AIIDE community; and finally reflect on the experience, and suggest areas of future development.

What to Submit (Proposal Submission Process)

Case Studies are following a proposal format and evaluation process (similar to the Game Developers Conference). Authors are asked to submit a talk proposal for a 25-minute talk, including a detailed talk outline, and any additional links to supporting materials (as discussed below).

Once accepted, authors will be asked to submit a full slide deck (e.g., in PowerPoint) soon thereafter. The conference committee will then work with authors to focus the talk on aspects that might be particularly beneficial to AIIDE attendees.

Case Studies authors are also welcome to submit a short paper to accompany their talk. This paper is optional, and if submitted and approved, it will be included in conference proceedings. Accompanying papers should be at least 2 pages long, and succinctly describe the contents of the talk. 

How to Submit

A Case Study must be submitted via a form on EasyChair. The submission may be augmented with supplementary materials or media (e.g. interactive prototypes, videos, pictures, paper drafts).

Form Details

The form will ask potential presenters to identify the following:

• Contact Information for Presenters

• Case Study Title: provide a title in fewer than 10 words. Please try to include relevant  keywords, topics, and/or game titles covered by your talk

• Case Study Presentation Outline Details (this will not be published, and is for review only): You have approximately 500 words to outline and thoroughly describe what the Case Study is about, and why it will be interesting to AIIDE attendees. 

Note: this is not the abstract for your talk and will not be published. It is for you to describe concretely and succinctly what is compelling about your case study. Please provide supporting data (as appropriate) and outline your presentation in detail. Submissions with thin outline details (fewer than 400 words) may be declined due to lack of information required to evaluate the Case Study and its impact. Please be as concrete as possible in the allotted space. If more than 500 words are required, you may upload Supplementary Materials (as described below).

• Supplementary Materials: you can upload any supplementary materials that will support your submission. Examples include:

  • Prepared slides for the talk (if available)

  • Pictures

  • Screenshots

  • Videos

  • Accompanying paper draft (if available)

• Interest in Submitting an Accompanying Paper: indicate whether you will be interested in submitting a paper to accompany this talk, and to be included in the proceedings. 

The paper does not need to be included with this proposal (although it can be), but it will need to be uploaded by the Paper Deadline specified above. Papers should be formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style. The AAAI Press Author Kit provides instructions for writing papers using both LaTeX and Microsoft Word.

Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be peer reviewed. Submitted materials will be judged on technical merit, accessibility to developers and researchers, originality, presentation, impact, and significance. Submissions do not need to score well in all of these categories.