Dr. Davide Aversa

Dr. Davide Aversa, holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence (2017), an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (2013) and a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (2009) from the University of Rome "La Sapienza" in Italy. Dr. Aversa has a strong interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the development of Interactive Virtual Agents (e.g., Non-Player Characters in Videogames, Virtual assistants in Digital Environments, etc) and Procedural Content Generation (PCG). His research during his Ph.D. focused on the problem of Smart Pathfinding that takes into account the context of the environment and Interaction of Proactive Virtual Agents in Videogames. He serves at the PC of videogame-related conferences such as the IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). He regularly contributes to several open-source projects in AI-related libraries. Dr. Aversa has large experience in Interaction Design and User Experience (UX) for the design and implementation of Gaming and Gamified Applications, regularly participating in game-jam contests. In the last two years he uses his experience for the design and implementation of intelligent chatbots for commercial use cases in common messenger platforms such as Facebook Messenger and Skype for Business.