Carlos Gonzalez Diaz

Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (IGGI) PhD

I am a PhD Candidate at the leading Center for Doctoral Training in Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (IGGI) in the UK.

My current research interests are (1) Interactive use of ML and AI, (2) Encouraging movement during user interaction, and (3) Understanding motivation and user/player experience.

The institutions where I am being trained to succeed in my doctorate are the University of York, Goldsmiths - University of London and Queen Mary - University of London.

I am supervised by Prof. Sebastian Deterding and Dr. Marco Gillies.

Skills Experience Publications Projects Presentations Awards Contacts

Skills

Computer Science

6+ years programming. C#, C++, Java, Python, C, JS, HTML5… and the curiosity to learn more!

HCI Research

Qualitative and Quantitative methods, HCI, User Experience, Interaction Analysis

Immersive Tech

3+ years experience on XR SDKs and APIs. Oculus, Steam, PSVR, Vuforia.

Machine Learning

Theoretical and Practical. Interactive Machine Learning (C++/C#), TensorFlow (C#/Python)

Games R&D

Passion for games and games tech. PhD in IML for VR Games. Unity, UE, Custom Engines.

Team Player

Enjoys working closely with others and can also work independently.

SW Engineering

Data Structures, Algorithms, Version Control… I even made my own visual scripting language!

Public Speaking

Speaker at different industry and academic conferences. Some of the venues include IEEE CoG, ACM MOCO, NordiCHI, Develop or Games Week Berlin.

Previous Experience

2021 PhD in Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (IGGI)

University of York. 5 years. Interactive Machine Learning for Designing Movement Interactions in VR Games.
2019 ML for Game Engines Project

Google Artists + Machine Intelligence (AMI) project at Goldsmiths, University of London. 4 Months. Unity 3D, C#, C++, Interactive Machine Learning. London (UK).
2019 AI Consulting

Unity Technologies. 4 weeks. C#, Python. London (UK).
2018 Research Engineer Internship

Sony Interactive Entertainment R&D West. 6 Months. Unity 3D, C#, PS4, PSVR SDK. Londo (UK)
2017 - 2018 University Teaching Assistant

University of York. 6 Months. Unity 3D and Processing. York (UK).
2016 MSc Digital Narration : Game and Cultural Heritage

University of Skövde, School of Informatics, Skövde (Sweden)
2015 MSc Serious Games

University of Skövde, School of Informatics, Skövde (Sweden)
2015 Internship Serious Games Developer

IUS Innovation. 6 Months. Unity 3D and iOS, C#. Skövde (Sweden).
2015 BSc Software Engineering

Rey Juan Carlos University, Specialization: Game Technologies. Madrid (Spain)

Publications

Workshop Paper

Gibson, R, Plant, N, Gonzalez Diaz, C, Martelli, B, Zbyszyński, M, Fiebrink, R, Gillies, M, Hilton, C & Perry, P 2020, Using Machine Learning to Design Movement Interaction in Virtual Reality. in Electronic Visualisation & the Arts EVA London. BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT, Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, 6/07/20. [Science Open Link]

Workshop Paper

Nicola Plant, Ruth Gibson, Carlos Gonzalez Diaz, Bruno Martelli, Michael Zbyszyński, Rebecca Fiebrink, Marco Gillies, Clarice Hilton, and Phoenix Perry. 2020. Movement interaction design for immersive media using interactive machine learning. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 33, 1–2. [ACM Digital Library]

Demo Paper

Gonzalez Diaz, C., Perry, P. and Fiebrink, R., 2019. Interactive Machine Learning for More Expressive Game Interactions. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Games. London, UK. [PDF] [Conference Website]

Conference Paper

Gaina, R., Volkovas, R., Gonzalez Diaz, C. and Davidson, R., 2017. Automatic Game Tuning for Strategic Diversity. In: 2017 9th Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CEEC). Colchester, UK: IEEE. [Publisher Page (IEEE Xplore)]

Doctoral Consortium Paper

Gonzalez Diaz, C., 2017. The Effect of Control-Display Ratio in Handheld Motion Controllers on Player Immersion: A Pilot Study. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Movement Computing (MOCO ’17). New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. [PDF] [Conference Website]

Book Chapter

Kristensen, L., Mazierska, E., Kirkpatrick, G., Holloway-Attaway, L., Brusk, J., Oldrell, T., Essvik, O., Fallon, B., Homewood, R.J., Tapper, M., Ryding, K., Borén, O., Bjarnehed, M., Idun, J., Fridén, K., Sörensen, J., Stennabb, B., Farhanieh, I., Gonzalez Diaz, C. and Helmisaari, M., 2016. Art and Game Obstruction. 1st ed. [online] Gothenburg: Rojal Förlag. [PDF (pg. 151 for my chapter)] [Publisher Page (University of Skövde)]

MSc Thesis

Gonzalez Diaz, C., 2015. ATTITUDE GAME: A study in the increase of bullying awareness in 9-12 years old children. [online] University of Skövde. [PDF] [Publisher Page (University of Skövde)]