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Christian Guckelsberger is an Assistant Professor in Creative Technologies at Aalto University, leading the Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group. He also serves as a visiting scholar at the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, and is a principal investigator (PI) at the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) and a member of the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems (ELLIS).
His research focuses on engineering creative artificial systems that interact meaningfully with humans, leveraging intrinsic motivation as a core driver of creativity. He bridges disciplines such as artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction (HCI), psychology, philosophy, and creative practice, with applications in videogames, fine art, and design.
Recent research trends include modeling intrinsic motivation for AI creativity, developing formal theories of competence, applying reinforcement learning to game design, and exploring human perception of AI-generated content. His work emphasizes sustainable adoption of creative AI in society and the workplace.
Scientific awards include:
- Honorable Mention (CHI PLAY 2023)
- Finalist in “AI Game Dev” Competition (2021)
- Best Paper Award (International Conference on Computational Creativity, 2020)
- Best Paper Award (IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, 2018)
- Finalist in EPSRC’s “Creative Computing” Competition (2018)
- Best Paper Honourable Mention (CHI Play, 2017)
Christian is actively involved in mentoring, offering opportunities for research visits, postdocs, PhD, and Master’s thesis projects. His work intersects AI, game design, and interdisciplinary creativity research.
