Scholar
Matthew Stephenson
Google Scholar ID: 3Ebic40AAAAJ
Flinders University
Citations & Impact
Citations
847
H-index
16
i10-index
34
Publications
20
Co-authors
58
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- Lecturer (2023–Present), Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
- Postdoctoral Researcher (2019–2022), Maastricht University, Netherlands. Primary data scientist for the Digital Ludeme Project; managed large-scale historical and computational datasets and contributed to general AI development.
- Lecturer (2019–2022), Maastricht University. Taught programming and intelligent search & games; supervised undergraduate and master’s theses.
- External Consultant (2020–2023), Australian National University. Co-authored grants and consulted on the 'Science of AI and Learning for Open-world Novelty' project.
- Research Scientist (2015–2016), Human Interface Technology Laboratory NZ, part-time developer for QuiverVision.
- Tutor (2014–2015), University of Canterbury, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering.
Background
- Lecturer at Flinders University's College of Science and Engineering, Australia.
- Research focuses on applying AI, machine learning, and data science to games—designing AI to play, create, and analyze games, and using games as testbeds for real-world AI solutions.
- Serves as the Data for Decisions Lead in Flinders University's Factory of the Future Transdisciplinary Hub, exploring AI-powered scenario generation and real-time analytics for smart digital twins.
- Member of IRL CROSSING, an international lab studying human-autonomous agent teaming, particularly the impact of deceptive and adversarial behaviors in multi-agent systems.
- Previously worked on the Digital Ludeme Project in Europe, using AI to computationally study traditional games across human history and their cultural evolution.
