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University of Alberta is a growing hub of AI studies. Dr. Jonathan Schaffer has done some interesting work on AI applied to games, his program Chinook has simpl
by diego_moita 9y ago
University of Alberta is a growing hub of AI studies. Dr. Jonathan Schaffer has done some interesting work on AI applied to games, his program Chinook has simply solved the game of checkers.
Bioware has offices in town and is a sponsor of the UofA CS department, so it makes sense the university research is directed towards games.
- gcp 9y agoIt's not just Schaeffer. The research department has a huge and deep history of AI in games (GAMES group). https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/University+of+Alberta https://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/University+of+Albert... The principal author of AlphaGo did postdoc work at UofA in computer go. This link isn't new - it's old friends and collegues.