I am a Professor and Director of the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta (UM) and the co-founder of modl.ai. I do research at the crossroads of artificial intelligence, computational creativity, affective computing, advanced game technology, and human-computer interaction. I have published over 260 journal and conference papers in the aforementioned fields. My research has been supported by numerous national and European grants and has appeared in Science Magazine and New Scientist among other venues. I am the co-author of the Artificial Intelligence and Games textbook and the co-organiser of the Artificial Intelligence and Games summer school series.