Edirlei Soares de Lima

Ph.D. in Computer Science

I am a Lecturer and Researcher in Artificial Intelligence and Games at Breda University of Applied Sciences. My research focuses on developing computational methods for interactive narratives in games and digital entertainment, with particular emphasis on AI-powered narrative generation, procedural content creation, and adaptive storytelling systems.

My work explores how artificial intelligence can generate, adapt, and structure interactive narratives, combining techniques from automated planning, machine learning, evolutionary algorithms, and narrative theory with contemporary generative AI methods.

Throughout my research, I have developed new approaches to generation, interaction, and representation of interactive narratives in contexts ranging from games to interactive cinema, exploring multiple domains of computer science and artificial intelligence to advance the field of computational storytelling.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), 2014
M.Sc. in Computer Science
Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), 2010
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Contestado University (UnC), 2008

Academic Positions

Breda University of Applied Sciences (2023 – Present)
Lecturer and Researcher

IADE - Universidade Europeia (2018 – 2023)
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator, and Department Coordinator

Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ/IPRJ) (2015 – 2018)
Adjunct Professor

Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) (2014 – 2015)
Lecturer

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) (2011 – 2015)
Lecturer

Awards & Recognition

Research Awards

Best Paper Awards at SBGames (Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment): 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016
Best Paper Awards at ICEC (IFIP International Conference on Entertainment Computing): 2024, 2015

Game Development Awards

Winner of Indie Game Development Festival at SBGames 2010 with the game "Krimson"
Honorable Mentions for "Best Art" and "Best Technology" at SBGames 2010
Honorable Mention for "Innovation" from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the 1st ITU IPTV Application Challenge (2011)
Honorable Mention for "Interactivity" from the ITU in the 2nd ITU IPTV Application Challenge (2012)

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