{"id":350,"date":"2023-07-30T10:42:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T16:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:36:11","slug":"mahdi-farrokhi-maleki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/people\/mahdi-farrokhi-maleki\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahdi Farrokhimaleki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box square ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-18 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-854 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/01\/mahdifarrokhimaleki.png\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/01\/mahdifarrokhimaleki.png 300w, https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/01\/mahdifarrokhimaleki-150x150.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/300;\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\"><\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Graduated with Thesis-based M.Sc. in Computer Science.<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p><p>Mahdi Farrokhimaleki,\u00a0Parsa Rahmati,\u00a0Richard Zhao.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cspages.ucalgary.ca\/~richard.zhao1\/publications\/2025aiide-stabilizing_angry_birds_levels.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Unstable to Playable: Stabilizing Angry Birds Levels via Object Segmentation<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the Twenty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE-25)<\/em>, Edmonton, Canada, November, 2025. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/09\/2025aiide-stabilizing_angry_birds_levels.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>]<\/p><p>Mahdi Farrokhimaleki,\u00a0Richard Zhao. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1609\/aiide.v20i1.31877\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Procedural Content Generation in Games: A Survey with Insights on Emerging LLM Integration<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the Twentieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE-24)<\/em>, Lexington, USA, November, 2024. [<a href=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2024\/09\/2024aiide-PCG-in-games.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>]<\/p><p>Mohammad Javad Sahebnasi, Mahdi Farrokhimaleki, Nanjia Wang, Richard Zhao, Frank Maurer.  <a href=\"https:\/\/ceur-ws.org\/Vol-3704\/paper4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exploring the Potential of Generative AI in Prototyping XR Applications<\/a>. <em>Proceedings of the First Workshop on Prototyping and Developing Real-World Applications for Extended Reality (RealXR)<\/em>, Arenzano, Italy, June, 2024.<\/p><p><strong>Thesis:<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.11575\/PRISM\/51228\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.11575\/PRISM\/51228\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Segmentation-Based Repair of Unstable Procedurally Generated Game Levels in Angry Birds<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Internship<\/strong>:<\/p><p>City of Calgary.<\/p><p><strong>Instructorship<\/strong>:<\/p><p>Instructor of Record. CPSC 319 &#8211; Data Structures, Algorithms, and Their Applications.<\/p><p><strong>Award:<\/strong><\/p><p>Computer Science Teaching Assistant Excellence Laureates, 2025\/2026.<\/p><p><strong>Academic Service:<\/strong><\/p><p>Workshop Co-Organizer.\u00a0<em>The 15th AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies (INT)<\/em>, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. November 2025.<\/p><p>Workshop Co-Organizer.\u00a0<em>The 14th AIIDE Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies (INT)<\/em>, Lexington, Kentucky, USA. 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