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Artificial Intelligence in Games

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Joon Sung Park
Stanford University
2
Matteo Iovino
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
3
Trieu H. Trinh
Google (United States)
4
John Joon Young Chung
University of Michigan
5
Daniel J. Mankowitz
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
6
Giorgio Franceschelli
University of Bologna
7
Janet Rafner
University of Southern Denmark
8
Fernanda De La Torre
Microsoft (United States)
9
DaEun Choi
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10
Thomas McGrath
Sunfire (Germany)

Rising Stars Papers

1
Solving olympiad geometry without human demonstrations
Nature|2024
254 cit.
2
LLMR: Real-time Prompting of Interactive Worlds using Large Language Models
Unknown Journal|2024
104 cit.
3
CreativeConnect: Supporting Reference Recombination for Graphic Design Ideation with Generative AI
Unknown Journal|2024
99 cit.
4
On the creativity of large language models
AI & Society|2024
82 cit.
5
Reinforcement Learning for Generative AI: State of the Art, Opportunities and Open Research Challenges
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research|2024
45 cit.
6
The Co-Creative Design Framework for Hybrid Intelligence
Unknown Journal|2025
14 cit.
7
Toyteller: Toy-Playing with Character Symbols for AI-Powered Visual Storytelling
Unknown Journal|2024
5 cit.
8
Comparison Between Behavior Trees and Finite State Machines
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering|2025
4 cit.
9
Sonora: Human-AI Co-Creation of 3D Audio Worlds and its Impact on Anxiety and Cognitive Load
Unknown Journal|2025
3 cit.
10
A Computer Vision System for Mushroom Detection and Maturity Estimation using Depth Images
Unknown Journal|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Julian Schrittwieser
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
2
Thomas Hubert
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
3
Oliver Hauser
University of Exeter
4
Daphne Ippolito
Saudi Heart Association
5
Alhussein Fawzi
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
6
Bradley J. Baker
Temple University
7
Lanxiao Huang
Tencent (China)
8
Mahdi Azizi
University of Tabriz
9
Jennifer E. Phillips‐Cremins
Bioengineering Center
10
Thang Luong
Stanford University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content
Science Advances|2024
511 cit.
2
Discovering faster matrix multiplication algorithms with reinforcement learning
Nature|2022
450 cit.
3
Fire Hawk Optimizer: a novel metaheuristic algorithm
Artificial Intelligence Review|2022
372 cit.
4
Wordcraft: Story Writing With Large Language Models
Unknown Journal|2022
358 cit.
5
Mathematical discoveries from program search with large language models
Nature|2023
346 cit.
6
Energy valley optimizer: a novel metaheuristic algorithm for global and engineering optimization
Scientific Reports|2023
276 cit.
7
Solving olympiad geometry without human demonstrations
Nature|2024
254 cit.
8
Cohesin-mediated loop anchors confine the locations of human replication origins
Nature|2022
127 cit.
9
Generative Artificial Intelligence Enhances Creativity
SSRN Electronic Journal|2023
107 cit.
10
Squid Game Optimizer (SGO): a novel metaheuristic algorithm
Scientific Reports|2023
84 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Demis Hassabis
Google DeepMind (United Kingdom)
2
Lennart E. Nacke
University of Waterloo
3
David Silver
Google (United Kingdom)
4
Julian Togelius
New York University
5
Simon Colton
Queen Mary University of London
6
Zoran Popović
University of Belgrade
7
Tüomas Sandholm
Carnegie Mellon University
8
Georgios N. Yannakakis
University of Malta
9
Michael Bowling
University of Alberta
10
Michael Mateas
University of California, Santa Cruz

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
Nature|2021
45.2k cit.
2
Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
Nature|2015
30k cit.
3
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
Nature|2016
15.8k cit.
4
Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge
Nature|2017
9.2k cit.
5
From game design elements to gamefulness
Unknown Journal|2011
7.8k cit.
6
Deep Reinforcement Learning with Double Q-Learning
Unknown Journal|2016
6k cit.
7
A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play
Science|2018
3.5k cit.
8
Improved protein structure prediction using potentials from deep learning
Nature|2020
3.5k cit.
9
Deep Reinforcement Learning with Double Q-Learning
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence|2016
3.5k cit.
10
Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinforcement learning
Nature|2019
3.4k cit.

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