20th Brazilian Symposium on Computer Games and Digital Entertainment (SBGames)
BOOK ACCESS
from 20/03 to 20/04
GranDGamesBR 2020–2030
The Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) published the “Grand Challenges in Computer Science Research in Brazil” based on a series of seminars. The effects of such strategic action have inspired different Computer Science communities towards the identification of specific research challenges. In this context, the establishment of a common view on the theoretical and practical challenges in the field of Games and Entertainment Computing is currently required as a strategy for driving efforts regarding the existing problems faced by the Brazilian researchers and practitioners.
After 20 years of SBGames, with the aim of identifying research opportunities for the next ten years in the field of Games and Entertainment Computing in Brazil, this year’s edition presents the second forum for discussions towards the Grand Research Challenges in Games and Entertainment Computing in Brazil – GranDGamesBR – organized by Prof. Rodrigo Santos (UNIRIO) and Prof. Marcelo Hounsell (UDESC). GranDGamesBR Forum aims to prospect research questions that will be important to the science and the country for the next 10 years (2020-2030), including challenges to both academia and industry as well as multidisciplinary actions regarding (but not limited to) the following topics of interest:
- Computing;
- Education;
- Culture;
- Arts and Design;
- Industry;
- Healthcare;
- Others.
GranDGamesBR Forum comprises the following phases:
- Phase #1: Submission of proposals: researchers and practitioners should prepare their proposals based on a position paper presenting Games and Entertainment Computing challenges (DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW);
- Phase #2: Forum at SBGames 2021: accepted proposals must be presented at the forum at SBGames 2021 in order to promote discussions and articulate sessions with groups of relevant challenges;
- Phase #3: Invitation of Chapters: after discussions with SBGames community during the forum editions (2020 and 2021), challenges considered as relevant will be selected and authors will be invited to submit chapters that contextualize, motivate, justify and open opportunities based on the discussions in the forum to be part of a digital book (only authors who attend GranDGamesBR Forum at SBGames will be eligible to this phase).
GranDGamesBR Forum starts with Phase #1. Proposals must explain at least the following items: (1) the proposed challenge; (2) its relevance to the national and/or international context; (3) its related SBGAMES track and/or real initiatives (if applicable); and (4) its mechanisms for evaluation over time.
Proposals must be submitted via JEMS and must follow SBGAMES template (IEEE). A position paper proposal must have 3 to 4 pages (ATTENTION TO PAGE LIMITS). All submitted proposals must remove the identity of the authors: both author names and affiliations must be omitted as well as other information that allows their identification such as institutions, universities, projects etc. (DOUBLE-BLIND REVIEW PROCESS). Each paper will be analyzed by a specific committee and the selected proposals should be presented at GranDGamesBR Forum by at least one author registered for SBGames 2021. Proposals can be submitted in English or in Portuguese.
Templates IEEE
According to SBC, the characteristics of a Grand Research Challenge are:
- It must be directed to significant advances in the field (and to the science);
- It must be more comprehensive than works/results developed/reached by a conventional research project;
- Its progress must be able to be accomplished and evaluated in an incremental way;
- Its success must be evaluated in a clear, objective way;
- It should be multidisciplinary in nature, as well as in the solution possibilities;
- It must emerge from a scientific community consensus to serve as a reference for a long period of time.
Important Dates:
| Paper Submission Deadline | |
| Acceptance Notification | September 6th, 2021 ✓ |
| Camera-ready Submission Deadline | September 13th, 2021 ✓ |
| Authors Registration Deadline | September 13th, 2021 ✓ |
GranDGamesBR Forum Chairs:
Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos (UNIRIO)
Marcelo da Silva Hounsell (UDESC)
GranDGamesBR Committee:
| Alan Henrique Pardo de Carvalho | Fatec São Caetano do Sul & Faculdade Impacta |
| Alberto Raposo | PUC-Rio |
| Alessandro Vivas | UFVJM |
| Aline Nagata | USP |
| Ana Beatriz Bahia | Casthalia Studio & Edumidia/UFSC |
| Ana Paula Bacelo | PUCRS |
| André da Cruz | CEFET-MG |
| Andréia Formico | UNIFOR |
| André Freire | UFLA |
| André Tavares da Silva | UDESC |
| Andrey Pimentel | UFPR |
| Antonio Apolinário Jr. | UFBA |
| Augusto Baffa | PUC-Rio |
| Bernardo Aguiar | UNISINOS |
| Celso Alberto Saibel Santos | UFES |
| Claudia Werner | COPPE/UFRJ |
| Creto Vidal | UFC |
| Cristiana M. Assumpção | Spanish River Christian School |
| Cristiano Tonéis | FIAP |
| Daniel Paiva | UFF |
| Davi Viana | UFMA |
| Edilson Ferneda | UCB |
| Edirlei Soares de Lima | Universidade Europeia |
| Eduardo Albuquerque | UFG |
| Eduardo Aranha | UFRN |
| Eduardo Barrére | UFJF |
| Eliane Pozzebon | UFSC |
| Emanuel Coutinho | UFC |
| Esteban Clua | UFF |
| Fabiana Cecin | Cartesi |
| Fabiana Peres | Unioeste |
| Fernando Teubl | UFABC |
| Fernando Trinta | UFC |
| Gilson Cruz Junior | UFOPA |
| Heder Bernardino | UFJF |
| Helton Biscaro | USP |
| Isabel Nunes | UFRN |
| Isabela Gasparini | UDESC |
| Joaquim Cavalcante-Neto | UFC |
| João Luiz Bernardes Júnior | USP |
| Jorge Barbosa | UNISINOS |
| Jorge Martins Rosa | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| José Gilvan Rodrigues Maia | UFC |
| José Remo Brega | UNESP |
| Lúcia Lemos | PUC-SP |
| Liliane Machado | UFPB |
| Lucila Nascimento | USP |
| Luis Paulo Mercado | UFAL |
| Luiz Adolfo Andrade | UNEB |
| Marcelo Guimarães | UNIFESP |
| Marcelo da Silva Hounsell | UDESC |
| Marcos Borges | Unicamp |
| Maria Augusta Silveira Netto Nunes | UNIRIO |
| Maria Augusta Vieira Nelson | PUC Minas |
| Maria José Rodrigues | IPB |
| Maurício Piccini | JETTA Educa |
| Patrícia Gouveia | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Rafael Araújo | UFU |
| Rafael Wild | UTFPR |
| Raul Busarello | Universidade Anhembi Morumbi |
| Rômulo Silva | Unioeste |
| Rodrigo Bonacin | Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer |
| Rodrigo Santos | UNIRIO |
| Rosa Maria E. Moreira Costa | UERJ |
| Rosilane Mota | UFMG & PUC Minas |
| Rudimar Dazzi | UNIVALI |
| Sílvio Cazella | UFCSPA |
| Simone Vasconcelos | IFF |
| Tadeu Classe | UNIRIO |
| Tiago Barros Pontes e Silva | UnB |
| Vanessa Andrade Pereira | UNIFESP |
| Versuti Andrea | UnB |
| Victor Sarinho | UEFS |
| Victor Stroele | UFJF |
| Wallace Lages | Virginia Tech |
Accepted Works
| Balancing Pedagogy, Emotions and Game Design in Serious Game Development | Gabriel C. Natucci and Marcos A. F. Borges (UNICAMP) |
| Promoção da Autonomia dos Atores no Processo de Criação de Jogos Digitais Educacionais | Rafael D. Araujo (UFU) and Isabela Gasparini (UDESC) |
| GranDGamesBR: Perceptual Analysis of Computer Graphics Characters in Digital Entertainment | Soraia Raupp Musse, Bruna Dalmoro, Greice Pinho and Victor Flavio de Andrade Araujo (PUCRS) |
| Challenges for XR in Games | Esteban W. G. Clua, Daniela Trevisan and Thiago Porcino Malheiro (UFF), Bruno Marques (UFABC), Eder Oliveira, Lucas D. Barbosa, Thallys Lisboa, Victor Ferrari and Victor Peres (UFF) |
| Jogos Digitais como Mediadores da Estimulação das Funções Executivas no Contexto Escolar | Bernardo Benites de Cerqueira, Débora Nice Ferrari Barbosa and João Batista Mossmann (Universidade Feevale) |
| Opportunities and Challenges in Immersive Entertainment | Wallace S. Lages (Virginia Tech) |
| Ética e Jogos, jogo ético e ética em jogo | Luiz Paulo Carvalho (UFRJ), Flávia Maria Santoro (UERJ), Jonice Oliveira (UFRJ) and Rosa Maria M. Costa (UERJ) |
| De volta ao parquinho: A busca da diversão no jogo digital | Diego Fellipe Tondorf and Marcelo da Silva Hounsell (UDESC) |
Details can be found at https://www.sbgames.org/sbgames2021/.
In case of questions, please send an email to grandgamesbr@sbgames.org.
