Amy Hoover
Amy Hoover
Assistant Professor, Informatics
3801 Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC)
Education
M.S.; University of Central Florida; Computer Science; 2014
Ph.D.; University of Central Florida; Computer Science; 2014
B.S.; University of Central Florida; Computer Science; 2009
B.S.; University of Central Florida; Mathematics; 2009
Ph.D.; University of Central Florida; Computer Science; 2014
B.S.; University of Central Florida; Computer Science; 2009
B.S.; University of Central Florida; Mathematics; 2009
Website
2024 Spring Courses
CS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
IS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
IS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INFO
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
IS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 489 - INFO UNDERGRAD THESIS RESEARCH
IS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 776 - IS RESEARCH STUDY
IS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
IS 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
IS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
IS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
IS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN INFO
CS 488 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CS
IS 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
CS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 489 - INFO UNDERGRAD THESIS RESEARCH
IS 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
IS 776 - IS RESEARCH STUDY
IS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
CS 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CS 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES
Past Courses
CS 485: SELECTED TOPICS IN CS
CS 485: ST: INTRODUCTION TO GENERATIVE AI
IS 485: SPECIAL TOPICS IN IS - I
IS 665: DATA ANALYTICS FOR INFO SYSTEM
IS 698: SPECIAL TOPICS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
IT 114: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IT 485: ST: APPLICATIONS OF AI FOR GAMES
IT 485: ST: CREATIVE AI
IT 485: ST: DEEP LEARNING FOR GAMES
CS 485: ST: INTRODUCTION TO GENERATIVE AI
IS 485: SPECIAL TOPICS IN IS - I
IS 665: DATA ANALYTICS FOR INFO SYSTEM
IS 698: SPECIAL TOPICS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
IT 114: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IT 485: ST: APPLICATIONS OF AI FOR GAMES
IT 485: ST: CREATIVE AI
IT 485: ST: DEEP LEARNING FOR GAMES
Conference Paper
Resource-constrained knowledge diffusion processes inspired by human peer learning
26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 2023
26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, September 2023
Conference Proceeding
Deep Surrogate Assisted MAP-Elites for Automated Hearthstone Deckbuilding
ACM, 2022
Covariance Matrix Adaptation for the Rapid Illumination of Behavior Space
2020
Notes on Using Google Colaboratory in AI Education
2020
Video Game Level Repair via Mixed Integer Linear Programming
2020
Mapping Hearthstone Deck Spaces through MAP-Elites with Sliding Boundaries
Association for Computing Machinery, 2019
ACM, 2022
Covariance Matrix Adaptation for the Rapid Illumination of Behavior Space
2020
Notes on Using Google Colaboratory in AI Education
2020
Video Game Level Repair via Mixed Integer Linear Programming
2020
Mapping Hearthstone Deck Spaces through MAP-Elites with Sliding Boundaries
Association for Computing Machinery, 2019
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Other
DSA-ME: Deep Surrogate Assisted MAP-Elites
OpenReview.net, 2022
Watts: Infrastructure for Open-Ended Learning
OpenReview.net, 2022
OpenReview.net, 2022
Watts: Infrastructure for Open-Ended Learning
OpenReview.net, 2022
Journal Article
Dharna, Aaron, & Hoover, Amy K., & Togelius, Julian, & Soros, Lisa (2022). Transfer Dynamics in Emergent Evolutionary Curricula. The IEEE Transactions on Games,
Fontaine, Matthew C., & Liu, Ruilin, & Khalifa, Ahmed, & Modi, Jignesh, & Togelius, Julian, & Hoover, Amy K., & Nikolaidis, Stefanos (2021). Illuminating Mario Scenes in the Latent Space of a Generative Adversarial Network. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(7), 5922-5930.
Hoover, Amy K., & Togelius, Julian, & Lee, Scott, & de Mesentier Silva, Fernando (2020). The Many AI Challenges of Hearthstone. KI-K\"unstliche Intelligenz, 34(1), 33--43.
Summerville, Adam, & Snodgrass, Sam, & Guzdial, Matthew, & Christoffer Holmg\aard, , & Hoover, Amy K., & Isaksen, Aaron, & Nealen, Andy, & Togelius, Julian (2018). Procedural Content Generation via Machine Learning (PCGML). IEEE Transactions on Games, 10(3), 257-270.
Hoover, Amy K., & Szerlip, Paul A., & Stanley, Kenneth O. (2014). Functional Scaffolding for Composing Additional Musical Voices. Computer Music Journal, 38(4), 80--99.
Hoover, Amy K., & Stanley, Kenneth O. (2009). Exploiting Functional Relationships in Musical Composition. Connection Science Special Issue on Music, Brain, \& Cognition, 21(2), 227--251.
Fontaine, Matthew C., & Liu, Ruilin, & Khalifa, Ahmed, & Modi, Jignesh, & Togelius, Julian, & Hoover, Amy K., & Nikolaidis, Stefanos (2021). Illuminating Mario Scenes in the Latent Space of a Generative Adversarial Network. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(7), 5922-5930.
Hoover, Amy K., & Togelius, Julian, & Lee, Scott, & de Mesentier Silva, Fernando (2020). The Many AI Challenges of Hearthstone. KI-K\"unstliche Intelligenz, 34(1), 33--43.
Summerville, Adam, & Snodgrass, Sam, & Guzdial, Matthew, & Christoffer Holmg\aard, , & Hoover, Amy K., & Isaksen, Aaron, & Nealen, Andy, & Togelius, Julian (2018). Procedural Content Generation via Machine Learning (PCGML). IEEE Transactions on Games, 10(3), 257-270.
Hoover, Amy K., & Szerlip, Paul A., & Stanley, Kenneth O. (2014). Functional Scaffolding for Composing Additional Musical Voices. Computer Music Journal, 38(4), 80--99.
Hoover, Amy K., & Stanley, Kenneth O. (2009). Exploiting Functional Relationships in Musical Composition. Connection Science Special Issue on Music, Brain, \& Cognition, 21(2), 227--251.