Andreas Stiegler

Andreas Stiegler serves as a researcher at Stuttgart Media University and The Georgia Institute of Technology, where he combines expertise in game development, artificial intelligence, and digital accessibility. His research portfolio spans multiple areas, including symbolic reasoning for games, gamification in accessible software development, and AI applications in strategy games. As course instructor for GTx's Accessible Gamification program, he teaches students how to apply game design patterns to non-game contexts while maintaining accessibility requirements. His academic contributions include significant work on symbolic reasoning for Hearthstone, developing engagement-aware systems for human-computer interaction, and creating frameworks for accessible gamification. His research has garnered attention in the academic community, with his work on Hearthstone deck construction and gamification accessibility being widely cited. Stiegler's approach uniquely bridges the gap between entertainment gaming and accessibility requirements, focusing on developing representation-agnostic patterns that can be applied across various contexts. Through his work, he continues to advance the field of game development while making digital experiences more accessible to all users.