| 2025 | ICML | Action-Dependent Optimality-Preserving Reward Shaping. | Grant C. Forbes, Jianxun Wang, Leonardo Villalobos-Arias, Arnav Jhala, David L. Roberts |
| 2024 | ICAPS | The Story So Far on Narrative Planning. | Rogelio E. Cardona-Rivera, Arnav Jhala, Julie Porteous, R. Michael Young |
| 2022 | ICIDS | Computational Support for Trope Analysis of Textual Narratives. | Mandar S. Chaudhary, Arnav Jhala |
| 2021 | CogSci | A Computational Model of Comprehension in Manga Style Visual Narratives. | Yi-Chun Chen, Arnav Jhala |
| 2021 | CogSci | An Observer-oriented Theory of Creativity and Aesthetic Measure. | Chris Miller, Arnav Jhala |
| 2021 | ICIDS | Narraport: Narrative-Based Interactions and Report Generation with Large Datasets. | Colin M. Potts, Arnav Jhala |
| 2020 | FDG | M.I.N.U.E.T.: Procedural Musical Accompaniment for Textual Narratives. | Mehak Maniktala, Chris Miller, Aaron Margolese-Malin, Arnav Jhala, Chris Martens |
| 2020 | FlAIRS | Modeling Novel Solutions to Creative Problem Solving Tasks with Subjective Observers. | Chris Miller, Arnav Jhala |
| 2020 | FlAIRS | Interactive Summarization for Data Filtering and Triage. | Justus Robertson, Brent E. Harrison, Arnav Jhala |
| 2020 | ICIDS | Crafting Interactive Narrative Games with Adversarial Planning Agents from Simulations. | Chris Miller, Mayank Dighe, Chris Martens, Arnav Jhala |
| 2020 | IVA | The Impact of Virtual Reality in the Social Presence of a Virtual Agent. | Manuel Guimares, Rui Prada, Pedro Alexandre Santos, Joo Dias, Arnav Jhala, Samuel Mascarenhas |
| 2019 | CogSci | Investigating the Use of Word Embeddings to Estimate Cognitive Interest in Stories. | Morteza Behrooz, Justus Robertson, Arnav Jhala |
| 2019 | FDG | Operationalizing conflict strategies in a board game. | Sarah M. Harmon, Remington Maxwell, Arnav Jhala |
| 2019 | FDG | Stories of the town: balancing character autonomy and coherent narrative in procedurally generated worlds. | Chris Miller, Mayank Dighe, Chris Martens, Arnav Jhala |
| 2019 | FDG | Efficient choice enumeration for narrative world design. | Justus Robertson, Arnav Jhala, R. Michael Young |
| 2018 | CogSci | Cognitive and Experiential Interestingness in Abstract Visual Narrative. | Morteza Behrooz, Afshin Mobramaein, Arnav Jhala, Jim Whitehead |
| 2017 | AAAI | What Does That ?-Block Do? Learning Latent Causal Affordances From Mario Play Traces. | Adam Summerville, Morteza Behrooz, Michael Mateas, Arnav Jhala |
| 2016 | AAAI | Policy Communication for Coordination with Unknown Teammates. | Trevor Sarratt, Arnav Jhala |
| 2015 | FDG | The Learning of Zelda: Data-Driven Level Generation for Action Role Playing Games. | Adam Summerville, Morteza Behrooz, Michael Mateas, Arnav Jhala |
| 2015 | ICIDS | Remember That Time? Telling Interesting Stories from Past Interactions. | Morteza Behrooz, Reid Swanson, Arnav Jhala |
| 2015 | ICIDS | Revisiting Computational Models of Creative Storytelling Based on Imaginative Recall. | Sarah Harmon, Arnav Jhala |
| 2014 | ECIR | Gamification of private digital data archive management. | Carlos Maltzahn, Arnav Jhala, Michael Mateas, Jim Whitehead |
| 2014 | FDG | Towards a theory of choice poetics. | Peter A. Mawhorter, Michael Mateas, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Arnav Jhala |
| 2013 | AAAI | Synthetic Photographs for Learning Aesthetic Preferences. | Soja-Marie Callahan Morgens, Arnav Jhala |
| 2013 | ACII | User Modelling and Adaptive, Natural Interaction for Conflict Resolution. | Kostas Karpouzis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Ana Paiva, Jeppe Herlev Nielsen, Asimina Vasalou, Arnav Jhala |
| 2013 | ICIDS | Metrics for Character Believability in Interactive Narrative. | Paulo Fontanha Gomes, Ana Paiva, Carlos Martinho, Arnav Jhala |
| 2012 | AAAI | Learning from Demonstration for Goal-Driven Autonomy. | Ben George Weber, Michael Mateas, Arnav Jhala |
| 2012 | ICALT | User Modelling and Adaptive, Natural Interaction for Conflict Resolution. | Kostas Karpouzis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Ana Paiva, Jeppe Herlev Nielsen, Asimina Vasalou, Arnav Jhala |
| 2012 | IVA | Rich Computational Model of Conflict for Virtual Characters. | Reid Swanson, Arnav Jhala |
| 2011 | IAAI | Modeling Player Retention in Madden NFL 11. | Ben George Weber, Michael John, Michael Mateas, Arnav Jhala |
| 2011 | ICIDS | Performatology: A Procedural Acting Approach for Interactive Drama in Cinematic Games. | Chris Topher Maraffi, Arnav Jhala |
| 2009 | ACII | Analyzing the impact of camera viewpoint on player psychophysiology. | Hctor Prez Martnez, Arnav Jhala, Georgios N. Yannakakis |
| 2009 | DIGRA | Towards Data-Driven Drama Management: Issues in Data Collection and Annotation. | Anders Drachen, Michael Hitchens, Arnav Jhala, Georgios N. Yannakakis |
| 2009 | FDG | Evaluation of intelligent camera control systems based on cognitive models of comprehension. | Arnav Jhala, Robert Michael Young |
| 2009 | ICIDS | Comparing Effects of Different Cinematic Visualization Strategies on Viewer Comprehension. | Arnav Jhala, Robert Michael Young |
| 2008 | FlAIRS | Longboard: A Sketch Based Intelligent Storyboarding Tool for Creating Machinima. | Arnav Jhala, Curtis Rawls, Samuel Munilla, Robert Michael Young |
| 2008 | ICIDS | Exploiting Structure and Conventions of Movie Scripts for Information Retrieval and Text Mining. | Arnav Jhala |
| 2006 | AAAI | Darshak - An Intelligent Cinematic Camera Planning System. | Arnav Jhala |
| 2005 | AAAI | A Discourse Planning Approach to Cinematic Camera Control for Narratives in Virtual Environments. | Arnav Jhala, Robert Michael Young |
| 2004 | AAAI | Branching Storylines in Virtual Reality Environments for Leadership Development. | Andrew Gordon, Michael van Lent, Martin Van Velsen, Paul Carpenter, Arnav Jhala |