The Intelligent Interactive Software Laboratory of the University of Talca is part of the School of Engineering in Video Game Development and Virtual Reality, Campus Lircay, Talca.
Current Team - 2025
Researchers
Dr. Nicolas Barriga
Director | Researcher
Projects: Level Building Sidekick | Character Brain Booster | Semi-exhaustive puzzle generation.
Camila Aliaga
Researcher | UX and Usability researcher
Projects: Character Brain Booster | Level Building Sidekick
Dr. Felipe Besoain
HCI Researcher
Project: Level Building Sidekick
Dr. Cristian Vidal
Postdoctoral Researcher
Project: Design Process for Videogame Development Tools.
Engineers
Alice Diaz | Professional | Software Engineering, AI and programming
Projects: Level Building Sidekick
Joaquin Herrera | Professional | Software Engineering, AI and programming
Projects: Level Building Sidekick
Nicolas Romero | Professional | Software Engineering, AI and programming
Projects: Level Building Sidekick | Character Brain Booster
Nicolas Acevedo | Professional | UI and UX Design
Projects: Level Building Sidekick
Students
Jose Del Solar | Professional | Research Engineer
Projects: Semi-exhaustive puzzle generation
Hans Schaa | PhD Student
Project: Semi-exhaustive puzzle generation
Nicolas Romero: | PhD Student
Project: Level Building Sidekick
Gabriel Sepúlveda | PhD Student
Project: Astroinformatics
Past Team 2021 - 2024
Researchers
Dr. Nicolas Barriga
Director | Researcher
Sven Von Brand
Researcher | Industry Liaison
Projects: Level Building Sidekick | Character Brain Booster
Cristian Vidal
Alternate Director | Software Engineering research
Projects: Level Building Sidekick | Character Brain Booster
Engineers
Gabriel Sepulveda | Professional | Software Engineering, AI and programming
Projects: Level Building Sidekick
Fernanda Gonzalez | Professional | UI and UX Design
Projects: Level Building Sidekick | Character Brain Booster
Diego Norambuena | Professional | Software Engineering, AI and programming
Projects: Character Brain Booster
Students
Sasha Bravo | Student | Undergraduate Thesis
Level Building Sidekick
Sergio Ferrada | Student | Undergraduate Thesis
Level Building Sidekick