The Advances in Computer Games conference (ACG 2027) will be held on-site at Taipei, Taiwan, on May 14–15, 2027. ACG is an internationally renowned conference that publishes computer-based studies of games. Its history goes back to the inaugural event held in Edinburgh in 1975, making this the longest ongoing game AI conference. This conference is held in odd-numbered years (The Computers and Games conference is in the even-numbered years).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• The current state of game-playing programs for classic and modern board games, card games, puzzles, virtual/casual/video games, etc.
• General game playing
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning for games
• The history of computers in game-based research
• New theoretical developments in game-related research
• New and enhanced algorithms for search and knowledge acquisition
• Automated game design and evaluation
• Mathematical insights into games
• Social aspects of computer games
• Scientific contributions produced by the study of games
• Cognitive research of how (and why) humans play games and puzzles
• Capture and analysis of game data

Paper Submission

Submission Requirements

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers must be written in English and can be up to 12 pages in length (including references). Please conform to the LNCS style (https://link.springer.com/series/558/information-for-authors-and-editors). LaTeX is preferred (Overleaf template available at https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj#.WuA4JS5uZpi).

Submit a PDF version of your paper via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acg2027).

Review Process

We will use a single-blind review process (i.e., author information should already be included in the initial submissions). All authors will be expected to abide by the Springer Nature Code of Conduct for Book Authors (https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/book-authors-code-of-conduct).

Publication

The proceedings is planned to be published by Springer as a volume in their LNCS series. For previous editions of ACG proceedings, see https://link.springer.com/conference/acg.

Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: January 15, 2027
• Notification of acceptance: February 26, 2027
• Camera-ready version due: April 30, 2027
• Conference: May 14–15, 2027

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE, UTC-12).

Program Committee

TBD

Program Co-chairs

• Shi-Jim Yen, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
• Ti-Rong Wu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
• Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to acg2027(@)easychair.org.
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