[computer-go] Computer tournament at next US Go Congress?

[David Doshay]

I will not be at the Congress, but I can play SlugGo in a tournament  
that allows remote connection.

I can bring a cluster for SlugGo to Portland next year, and look  
forward to doing so.

Cheers,
David



On 12, Apr 2007, at 3:33 PM, Peter Drake wrote:

> The next US Go Congress will be held July 28 - August 4, 2007, in  
> Lancaster, Pennsylvania:
>
> http://congress.usgo.org/
>
> Is anyone else planning to attend?
>
> I would, at the very least, like to gather a casual meeting of Go  
> programmers.
>
> It might also be interesting (and a good media opportunity) to hold  
> a computer tournament. I see three possibilities:
>
> 1) Not require the machines in question to be physically present.  
> This would require a certain amount of faith that there were really  
> programs at the other end, so it would probably not be appropriate  
> to offer any prize for this. This is the easiest to organize, as it  
> amounts to convincing Nick to hold that month's KGS tournament on  
> an appropriate date.
>
> 2) Require people to bring their machines. This is a bit of a pain  
> for the programmers.
>
> 3) Require all programs to run on identical machines provided on- 
> site. Hopefully someone could arrange a local computer vendor to  
> loan some fast machines in return for the free press. This approach  
> would, unfortunately, exclude SlugGo and anyone that's been  
> building special-purpose hardware. I might try to swing this at the  
> 2008 Congress, which will be held here in Portland, Oregon, the  
> home of a very large Intel facility.
>
> Such a tournament could be followed up by an exhibition match  
> against strong humans (including professionals).
>
> What do you think? Is there anyone in the Pennsylvania area that  
> would be willing to organize such a tournament this year?
>
> Peter Drake
> http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/
>
>
>
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