[computer-go] FW: Microsoft Research Lectures: Akihiro Kishimoto, Future University-Hakodate

[Joshua Shriver]

Great work Dave! Look forward to seeing it.

-Josh

On 11/6/07, David Stern <dhs26 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
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> Akihiro has kindly agreed for us to film his talk and make it available.  I
> should be able to put it online somewhere – I will let you know when this is
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> Best,
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> David
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> From: computer-go-bounces at computer-go.org
> [mailto:computer-go-bounces at computer-go.org] On Behalf Of
> Adrian Petrescu
>  Sent: 05 November 2007 18:14
>  To: jack at lang.net; computer-go
>  Subject: Re: [computer-go] FW: Microsoft Research Lectures: Akihiro
> Kishimoto, Future University-Hakodate
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> As a public lectures, do these things get recorded and posted online
> anywhere, Google Techtalk-style? This looks like a really interesting talk,
> but I live nowhere near where this is being held. Is there any way at all?
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>  Thanks for bringing this to our attention at any rate :)
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> On 11/5/07, Jack <Jack at lang.net> wrote:
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> This may be of interest
>  JL
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Sarah Nightingale (Interaction Recruitment PLC)
>  [mailto:i-sanigh at microsoft.com]
>  Sent: 05 November 2007 17:25
>  To: Jack Lang
>  Subject: Microsoft Research Lectures: Akihiro Kishimoto, Future
>  University-Hakodate
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>  MICROSOFT RESEARCH LECTURE
>  This is a PUBLIC lecture
>  ________________________________________
>  TITLE: Developing the Best Life and Death Solver in Go
>  SPEAKER: Akihiro Kishimoto
>  INSTITUTION: Future University-Hakodate
>  HOST: David Stern
>  DATE: 13 November 2007
>  TIME: 15:00 - 16:00
>  MEETING ROOM: Lecture-room small(50 seats)
>  ADDRESS: Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 J J Thomson Avenue (Off Madingley Road),
>  Cambridge
>  Computer Go is one of the ultimate challenges for games research. Despite
> of
>  a lot of efforts for building state of the art programs, Go is still
>  resistant to current AI techniques, even for solving subproblems such as
>  Life and Death, or tsume-Go. This talk presents the techniques behind
>  TsumeGo Explorer, a high-performance tsume-Go solver. TsumeGo Explorer uses
>  df-pn(r), a new search algorithm that improves the depth-first proof-number
>  search algorithm. The program also contains domain-dependent enhancements.
>  In empirical tests, TsumeGo Explorer out performs GoTools, which has been
>  the undisputedly best tsume-Go solver for the last 15 years.
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