ABSTRACT

GeorgiosYannakakisisthechairofthenewly-formed IEEE(InstituteforElectricalandElectronicsEngineers) taskforceonplayersatisfactionmodeling.Hiscurrent researchinterestliesintheinvestigationofintelligentmechanismsandcognitivemodelsforoptimizing playersatisfactionwithinhuman-machineinteractive systems(forexample,computerandaugmented-realitygames).Morespecifically,heinvestigatesthecorrelationbetweentheuser'sperceivedsatisfaction fromplay,playermodelsofdifferentlevelsofhuman

response(cognitive,physiological,emotional)andadaptiveonlinelearning. TheIEEEtaskforceonplayersatisfactionmodeling(PSM)isacommunityofacademicsandgamedevelopersinterestedinheterogeneousapproachesforcapturing andoptimizingplayersatisfactioninhuman-computerinteractivesystems.Games, aprimeexampleofsuchsystems,constitutethemainapplicationtest-bedforthe approachesinvestigatedbythemembersofthetaskforce.