[Computer-go] CG2013, in Yokohama

[Darren Cook]

For once, a conference I want to know about, and it doesn't get
announced here :-) The programme is now up here:

https://www.conftool.net/cg2013/index.php?page=browseSessions&presentations=show

(In case that URL insists on registration, and you just want to see the
list, I've pasted it in below.)

It is over 3 days: 13/14/15 Aug.
Early sign-up fee is 200 euros.

I cannot find when the sign-up deadline is, or how much it costs if not
early.

Are there any other events going on before/after, in the area? (I mean
research presentations, that kind of thing; I know about the ICGA
events: chess tournaments and the computer olympiad:
http://icga.uvt.nl/wp-uploads/2013/02/RULES-FOR-THE-20th-WCCC-and-other-tournaments-1.pdf
)

BTW, I'm nothing to do with conference organization, but as a Tokyo
local, if anyone has general questions, I'm happy to try and help.
(Perhaps off-list, unless you think others will have the same question.)

Darren

--
Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer

http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work)
http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles)

Investigating the Limits of Monte Carlo Tree Search Methods in Computer Go
Huang, Aja; Mueller, Martin

MoHex 2.0: a pattern-based MCTS Hex player
Huang, Shih-Chieh; Arneson, Broderick; Hayward, Ryan; Mueller, Martin;
Pawlewicz, Jakub

On Semeai Detection in Monte-Carlo Go
Graf, Tobias; Schaefers, Lars; Marco, Platzner

Comparison Training of Shogi Evaluation Functions with Self-Generated
Training Positions and Moves
Ura, Akira; Miwa, Makoto; Tsuruoka, Yoshimasa; Chikayama, Takashi

Resources, Entities, Actions. A generalized design pattern for RTS games
and its language extension in Casanova
Abbadi, Mohamed; Di Giacomo, Francesco; Maggiore, Giuseppe; Plaat, Aske;
Orsini, Renzo; Spronck, Pieter

Quantitative study of 2 by 4 Chinese Dark Chess
Chang, Hung-Jui; Hsu, Tsan-sheng

Programming Breakthrough
Lorentz, Richard; Horey, Therese

Havannah and TwixT are PSPACE-complete
Bonnet, Édouard; Jamain, Florian; Saffidine, Abdallah

Anomalies of Pure Monte Carlo Search in Monte Carlo Perfect Games
Althöfer, Ingo; Turner, Wesley Michael

Solution Techniques for Quantified Linear Programs and the links to Gaming
Lorenz, Ulf; Opfer, Thomas; Wolf, Jan

Cylinder-Infinite-Connect-Four except for Widths 2, 6, and 11 is Solved:
Drawn
Yamaguchi, Yoshiaki; Tanaka, Tetsuro; Yamaguchi, Kazunori

Automatic Generation of Chinese Dark Chess Opening Books
Chen, Bo-Nian; Hsu, Tsan-sheng

Improving Best-Reply Search
Esser, Markus; Gras, Michael; Winands, Mark H.M.; Schadd, Maarten P.D.;
Lanctot, Marc

Scalable Parallel DFPN Search
Pawlewicz, Jakub; Hayward, Ryan

Efficiency of Static Knowledge Bias in Monte-Carlo Tree Search
Viennot, Simon; Ikeda, Kokolo

Developments on Product Propagation
Saffidine, Abdallah; Cazenave, Tristan

Analyzing Simulations in Monte Carlo Tree Search for the Game of Go
Fernando, Sumudu; Mueller, Martin

Material Symmetry to Partition Endgame Tables
Saffidine, Abdallah; Jouandeau, Nicolas; Buron, Cédric; Cazenave, Tristan

First Results of Simple Majority Voting for Chess
Spoerer, Kristian Toby; Okaneya, Toshihisa; Ikeda, Kokolo; Iida, Hiroyuki

Optimal, Approximately Optimal, and Fair Play of the Fowl Play Card Game
Neller, Todd W.; Malec, Marcin; Presser, Clifton G. M.; Jacobs, Forrest

Dependency-Based Search for Connect6
Wu, I-Chen; Kang, Hao-Hua; Lin, Hung-Hsuan; Lin, Ping-Hung; Wei,
Ting-Han; Chang, Chieh-Min; Liao, Ting-Fu

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[Darren Cook]

I just stumbled upon a related event. It is the day after the CG2013
conference, same location:
http://entcog.c.ooco.jp/CGIW/CGIW2013.html

Darren

> For once, a conference I want to know about, and it doesn't get
> announced here :-) The programme is now up here:
>
> https://www.conftool.net/cg2013/index.php?page=browseSessions&presentations=show
>
> (In case that URL insists on registration, and you just want to see the
> list, I've pasted it in below.)
>
> It is over 3 days: 13/14/15 Aug.
> Early sign-up fee is 200 euros.
>
> I cannot find when the sign-up deadline is, or how much it costs if not
> early.
>
> Are there any other events going on before/after, in the area? (I mean
> research presentations, that kind of thing; I know about the ICGA
> events: chess tournaments and the computer olympiad:
> http://icga.uvt.nl/wp-uploads/2013/02/RULES-FOR-THE-20th-WCCC-and-other-tournaments-1.pdf
> )
>
> BTW, I'm nothing to do with conference organization, but as a Tokyo
> local, if anyone has general questions, I'm happy to try and help.
> (Perhaps off-list, unless you think others will have the same question.)
>
> Darren
>


--
Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer

http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work)
http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles)

["Ingo Althöfer"]

Hi Darren,

I intend to participate in both events.
Perhaps, the CGIW workshop will start already on the
evening of August 15.

Ingo.


> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Juni 2013 um 09:52 Uhr
> Von: "Darren Cook" <dar...@dcook.org>
> An: compu...@dvandva.org
> Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] CG2013, in Yokohama

["Ingo Althöfer"]

Hello,

> Von: "Darren Cook" <dar...@dcook.org>
> Betreff: Re: [Computer-go] CG2013, in Yokohama
>

> I just stumbled upon a related event. It is the day after the CG2013
> conference, same location:
> http://entcog.c.ooco.jp/CGIW/CGIW2013.html

A washing machine filled with many old single Lego(TM) bricks
generates random complexes. See a photo report on my first
such experiment here:

http://www.althofer.de/old-lego-in-washing-machine.html

In the Yokohama workshop "Computer Games and Intelligence
Workshop" I will give a talk related to this, entitled

Random Lego(TM) Structures and
Analog Monte Carlo Procedures.


It is all still preliminary and tentative.
Depending on partners in conversation, I can stress
different aspects of the approach.

* For Biology or Chemistry:
It is a Lego model of the Miller-Urey experiment on
amino acid formation in primordial soup. See also
http://www.althofer.de/miller-experiment-with-lego.html

* For Physics:
It is an experiment visualising aspects of entropy and
self-organisation.

* For "our" community:
The washing machine is a primitive analog Monte Carlo agent.
It may be used in interactive "generative design" procedures.

* For mathematicians:
It helps to visualize and teach combinatorics.

* For people from art and culture:
It establishes a new branch of machine-assisted modern art.

*************************
If I should ever meet a rich person from the world of fine arts,
(s)he might tell me a good 4-digit number, and I would sell
her/him the original "Art Emiele Miniature I", including a
certificate on its authenticity.

Ingo.

Disclaimer: Lego(TM) is a trade mark of Lego Juris A/S
(Billund, Denmark). My work is neither sponsored nor
authorized nor supported by LEGO Juris.

[Brian Sheppard]

A semi-practical application: generate a sequence of random numbers. Take
digital photographs as the machine spins, and hash the images using a
cryptographically strong hash function.

:-)

["Ingo Althöfer"]

Hi Brian,

"Brian Sheppard" <shepp...@aol.com>

> A semi-practical application: generate a sequence of random numbers. Take
> digital photographs as the machine spins, and hash the images using a
> cryptographically strong hash function.
>
> :-)

nice application of the Lego washing machine. I will cite you with this
in the workshop report.

Ingo.