Escape to Trieste: Marco the Penguin and Artificial Intelligence – With Luca Bortolussi (AI-LAB, Universita di Trieste)

Escape to Trieste is an educational board game, a reimagining of Scotland Yard, that introduces concepts like reinforcement learning and Markov decision processes. Players control Marco, a penguin on the run through the streets of Trieste using buses, bikes, and ferries, while AI-powered guards attempt to catch him. The game debuted at Researchers' Night and Trieste Next.