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A Dispatch from the UK University Staff Strikes - Inequality.org

Chess Research - Fri, 03/23/2018 - 16:27

Inequality.org

A Dispatch from the UK University Staff Strikes
Inequality.org
A few of these projects have added to resources for teaching and research, but many others — a jumbotron, a giant chess set, a catastrophe-prone IT system which has so far been impossible to implement, and a spectacularly tacky concrete amphitheater ...

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Groundbreaking research results in artificial intelligence - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Fri, 03/23/2018 - 11:20

Groundbreaking research results in artificial intelligence
Phys.Org
The Google machine was launched before Christmas 2017 and is one of the latest additions in this development – a machine which is learning, by itself, to play chess. The Tsetlin Machine is simpler "We know that the established method works, but there ...

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At CPS, Playing Chess About Strategy Both On and Off the Board - Chicago Tonight | WTTW

Chess Research - Thu, 03/22/2018 - 15:38

Chicago Tonight | WTTW

At CPS, Playing Chess About Strategy Both On and Off the Board
Chicago Tonight | WTTW
Ford works as a chess coach for the nonprofit Renaissance Knights Chess Foundation, which organizes chess programs in elementary and high schools through a partnership with CPS. Sylvia Nelson Jordan, CPS' manager of academic competitions, says chess is ...

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At CPS, Playing Chess About Strategy Both On and Off the Board - Chicago Tonight | WTTW

Chess Research - Thu, 03/22/2018 - 02:00
At CPS, Playing Chess About Strategy Both On and Off the Board  Chicago Tonight | WTTW

The Chicago Public Schools K-8 chess championship is this weekend. We visit two schools whose students hope to capture the prize.

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4 petaflop Cray computer will be used for nuclear fusion research in Japan - Next Big Future

Chess Research - Wed, 03/21/2018 - 18:30

Next Big Future

4 petaflop Cray computer will be used for nuclear fusion research in Japan
Next Big Future
“To Google's credit, they made a pretty massive improvement that appeared almost overnight. You know, I don't use it as much. I will say this. Language is hard,” said Michael Housman, chief data science officer at RapportBoost.AI and faculty member of ...

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Chess Market 2018 – sales, supply, demand, analysis and forecast to 2025 - Business Services

Chess Research - Wed, 03/21/2018 - 06:06

Chess Market 2018 – sales, supply, demand, analysis and forecast to 2025
Business Services
This Report on Chess is an in-depth study and analysis of the market by our industry experts with unparalleled domain knowledge.This Market analyses the industry based on different factors like growth trends, consumer volume,market size and demand and ...

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Has the number of draws in chess increased? - Chessbase News

Chess Research - Wed, 03/21/2018 - 02:00
Has the number of draws in chess increased?  Chessbase News

People are generally worried about draws, which are often considered “boring”, where games may last up to six hours. To the common viewer (non-chess ...

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5 best software to analyze chess games in 2018 - Windows Report (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 03/20/2018 - 16:44

Windows Report (blog)

5 best software to analyze chess games in 2018
Windows Report (blog)
Computer chess enables players to play the game autonomously without human guidance, making it easier for the players to practice and be better at the game when there are no stronger opponents available. To this end, the best software to analyze chess ...

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Meeting over HS2 impact on River Chess - Mix 96

Chess Research - Tue, 03/20/2018 - 03:06

Mix 96

Meeting over HS2 impact on River Chess
Mix 96
The River Chess Association has been in consultation with HS2 and the Environment Agency for some years about the potential damage that could be done to the chalk aquifer that supplies the water for the Rivers Misbourne and Chess. HS2 plan to drill two ...

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Chess Market Research Report 2018 to 2025 - Market News Access

Chess Research - Mon, 03/19/2018 - 15:12

Chess Market Research Report 2018 to 2025
Market News Access
Global Chess Market Report 2018 presents an in-depth assessment of the Chess Market including enabling technologies, key trends, market drivers, challenges, standardization, regulatory landscape, deployment models, operator case studies, opportunities ...

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Common Sense for AI Is a Great Idea - Slate Magazine

Chess Research - Mon, 03/19/2018 - 12:18

Common Sense for AI Is a Great Idea
Slate Magazine
Researchers have thus far been able to design A.I. that are very good at a limited set of well-defined objectives—playing chess, identifying spam emails, vacuuming the floor. None of them, however, can manage many tasks. Only we humans have a general ...

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Agenda - Emporia Gazette

Chess Research - Mon, 03/19/2018 - 11:21

Agenda
Emporia Gazette
The Convention of States Project meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Lyon County Courthouse Annex. Information: 341-3680. The Flint Hills China Painters meet at 9 a.m. at the Best Western. Visitors are welcome. Information: 481-0156. The ...

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An energized, digitized UMBC community has one word for America: 'Sup.' - Chicago Tribune

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 17:42

An energized, digitized UMBC community has one word for America: 'Sup.'
Chicago Tribune
Others might have been surprised to learn U.S. News and World Report ranked UMBC 13th in the nation in undergraduate teaching - its dedication to instructing undergraduate students, as opposed to conducting graduate-level research - three spots behind ...

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Cinderella Story? It's True for UMBC in Academics, Too - New York Times

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 15:47

New York Times

Cinderella Story? It's True for UMBC in Academics, Too
New York Times
BALTIMORE — The stunning victory by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, over the University of Virginia on Friday night — the biggest upset ever in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament — catapulted a school whose competitive claim to ...
NCAA upset kings UMBC share close relationship with FortniteCNET
An energized, digitized UMBC community has one word for America: 'Sup.'Chicago Tribune
'UVA lost to the kids from the wire': Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis, Emmitt Smith and others react to No. 16 UMBC's win ...Dallas News (blog)
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'UVA lost to the kids from the wire': Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis, Emmitt Smith and others react to No. 16 UMBC's win ... - Dallas News (blog)

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 14:04

Dallas News (blog)

'UVA lost to the kids from the wire': Cowboys' Jourdan Lewis, Emmitt Smith and others react to No. 16 UMBC's win ...
Dallas News (blog)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Jairus Lyles couldn't suppress a smile, knowing that a school known more for chess than hoops had finally made it happen -- a 16 ousting a 1 in March Madness. The University of Maryland-Baltimore County stunned the sports world ...

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NCAA upset kings UMBC share close relationship with Fortnite - CNET

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 12:36

CNET

NCAA upset kings UMBC share close relationship with Fortnite
CNET
... Fortnite victory," he said in another post-game interview. First Drake, now the biggest upset in NCAA history. Fortnite can do no wrong pic.twitter.com/Eeoz61DCWb. — Mark Armstrong (@ArmstrongABC11) March 17, 2018. Until last night, UMBC was most ...

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UMBC Won the Biggest Upset in NCAA History. Then They Praised the Chess Team - Inc.

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 02:00
UMBC Won the Biggest Upset in NCAA History. Then They Praised the Chess Team  Inc.

The University of Maryland Baltimore County pulled off the most historic win in college basketball history this weekend, when they stunned the University of ...

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Chess team no longer the most famous program at UMBC after NCAA tournament stunner - USA TODAY

Chess Research - Sat, 03/17/2018 - 00:51

USA TODAY

Chess team no longer the most famous program at UMBC after NCAA tournament stunner
USA TODAY
His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. • UMBC is part of the University of Maryland system and, in fact, lost to the Maryland Terps, 66-45, in December ...

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Campus Magnet High Schools focus on students' activities - Queens Chronicle

Chess Research - Fri, 03/16/2018 - 15:11

Queens Chronicle

Campus Magnet High Schools focus on students' activities
Queens Chronicle
The Math, Science Research and Technology HS partners with Queensborough Community College in the Project Prize Program, which is a College aand Careers Readiness activity. The students are provided snacks, tutoring, homework help, workshops on time ...

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Knowing this fact about your brain can increase your productivity, significantly - Big Think (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 03/15/2018 - 14:57

Big Think (blog)

Knowing this fact about your brain can increase your productivity, significantly
Big Think (blog)
Want to be more productive? Most jobs nowadays require us to focus for long periods of time. The trouble is, we think our ability to concentrate is unlimited. Truth be told, the human mind wasn't meant to be hyper-focused for terribly long periods of ...

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