Paolo Burelli

Paolo Burelli is a Lecturer and Head of the brAIn Lab at the IT University of Copenhagen. He also serves as a Senior Data Scientist at Tactile Entertainment A/S since 2016. His research focuses on Game AI, Player Experience, Machine Learning, and Neuroscientific approaches to gaming. Key affiliations include the Creative AI Lab and The Maritime Hub.

Research interests span adaptive game systems, player modeling, and the intersection of neuroscience with game design. Notable projects include the Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence (2021–2034), ALGO (2019–2022), and CREATE (2023–2025). Projects emphasize creative AI applications in education, difficulty modeling in games, and maritime safety through alarm-handling practices.

Publications highlight work on LLM emotion generation, EEG-based neural decoding, and player frustration tolerance. Collaborations include institutions like Springer and the Danish National Research Foundation. His datasets, such as the Uncanny Valley Face Questionnaire, contribute to facial perception studies.

Labs under his leadership include the brAIn Lab, exploring AI ethics, game analytics, and human-centered computing. Projects emphasize practical applications of AI in education and industry.