{"id":474,"date":"2024-01-24T14:53:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T20:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:16:20","slug":"matthew-mcconnell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/people\/matthew-mcconnell\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew McConnell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\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=\"365\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-1180 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/01\/matthewmcconnell.png\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/01\/matthewmcconnell.png 300w, https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/serious-games\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/01\/matthewmcconnell-247x300.png 247w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/365;\" \/><\/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\">Ph.D. student. Computer Science. 2025-present.<br \/>Thesis-based M.Sc. student. Computer Science. 2024-2025.<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p><p>Matthew McConnell,\u00a0Richard Zhao.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1609\/aiide.v21i1.36831\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1609\/aiide.v21i1.36831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Frustration to Fun: An Adaptive Problem-Solving Puzzle Game Powered by Genetic Algorithm<\/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-adaptive_problem-solving_game.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link<\/a>]<\/p><p>Lucie F. Jones, Matthew McConnell, Hua Shen, Jeremy Brown, Jeffrey Boyd. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/GEM61861.2024.10585541\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamification of Breath Training for Wind Players<\/a>. <em>Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media (GEM) Conference<\/em>, Turin, Italy, 2024, pp. 1-6.<\/p><p>Extended Abstract<br \/>Matthew McConnell,\u00a0Richard Zhao.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1609\/aiide.v21i1.36844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Demonstration of Pathfinding-Based Puzzle Generation with Adaptive Difficulty<\/a>. <em>Proceedings of the Twenty-First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE-25)<\/em>, Edmonton, Canada, November, 2025, p396-398. 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