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Chief Editors
ISSN 1477-2043 Copyright University of Wolverhampton and EUROSIS 2004 |
We kick off this new volume of IJIGS with excellent
papers dealing with artificial intelligence, simulation and related topics in
the field of computer games. This issue continues the policy of publishing in
differing categories (full papers, reviews, students papers etc) and features
successful work by young PhD researchers: Congratulations to our authors, Pieter Spronck (The Netherlands) and
Jasper Juul (Denmark ) who scooped the new Best Researcher Awards at the prestigious Imagina
2004 International Digital Entertainment & Interactive Content Festival
in Monte Carlo on 4th February 2004 (see the News Page for a
photo). Pieter Spronck is a regular contributor to our Game-On
International Conference on Intelligent Games & Simulation and the
paper included here won the Best Paper Award last November. We also include the paper by researcher Liliana Vega
(France) that was highly
commended at the Game-On 2003
Conference. EUROSIS – the European
Simulation Society, continues to grow in strength and currently organises
several international conferences.
Now is the time for volunteers to come forward to help organise
special sessions. Unfortunately
the Network of Excellence in
Digital Games just missed securing
EU funding this year but, on a more positive note, the Network
continues to thrive with various events planned for this year, including a
Summer School in France. Please continue
to send us your papers and comments.
We value your support. We know that by having each paper submitted
rigorously reviewed by three eminent referees, we are building a reputation
for quality, as evidenced by the papers in this issue. We hope you will spread the word about IJIGS and help
to establish it as one of the top journals in the field. Norman Gough and Qas Mehdi, Wolverhampton
UK Chief Editors iii
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