You are here

Chess Research

He Rose to the Challenge - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 15:27

Wall Street Journal

He Rose to the Challenge
Wall Street Journal
On the day Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency, the United States faced challenges as daunting as any in its history. The country's globally dominant economy was like an all-but-beaten prizefighter, a giant on wobbly legs, eyes glassed over, swaying ...

Categories: Chess Research

How to Rapidly Accelerate Your Learning in 4 Easy Steps - New York Observer

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 14:33

New York Observer

How to Rapidly Accelerate Your Learning in 4 Easy Steps
New York Observer
Research shows that IQ isn't all that valuable without a little discipline behind it. So what's going to really ... In the various episodes Tim tackles all kinds of skills from poker to rally car racing to chess — and then puts his new talents to the ...

Categories: Chess Research

First-Ever Computer Versus Human Poker Competition Ends in Statistical Tie - 90.5 WESA

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 13:50

90.5 WESA

First-Ever Computer Versus Human Poker Competition Ends in Statistical Tie
90.5 WESA
Still, Claudico's performance is seen largely as win for artificial intelligence, which thus far has learned to play chess, drive cars and win at general knowledge competitions such as Jeopardy. “This actually was a milestone event for the field of ...
Poker Pros Rake In More Chips Than Carnegie Mellon's Artificial Intelligence ...PR Newswire (press release)

all 12 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

New Combination Treatment Strategy to “Checkmate” Glioblastoma - UCSD Medical Center

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 13:12

UCSD Medical Center

New Combination Treatment Strategy to “Checkmate” Glioblastoma
UCSD Medical Center
Therapies that specifically target mutations in a person's cancer have been much-heralded in recent years, yet cancer cells often find a way around them. To address this, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores ...
Public Release: 8-May-2015 New combination treatment strategy to 'checkmate ...EurekAlert (press release)

all 2 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

Poker Pros Rake In More Chips Than Carnegie Mellon's Artificial Intelligence ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 10:20

Poker Pros Rake In More Chips Than Carnegie Mellon's Artificial Intelligence ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a distinctive, world-class research university that blends cutting-edge programs across many disciplines including business, computer science, the arts and sciences, engineering and public policy ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Konkona portrays Kadambari's loneliness through body language - Times of India

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 04:33

Times of India

Konkona portrays Kadambari's loneliness through body language
Times of India
Before we started shooting, we thoroughly discussed the details of Kadambari's character with Konkona. I gave her inputs from my research finds — like Kadambari was a very good chess player and she suffered from frequent bouts of illness, among others.

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Carolyn Livengood: San Mateo County Jobs for Youth's event to pay tribute to ... - San mateo county times

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 02:21

Carolyn Livengood: San Mateo County Jobs for Youth's event to pay tribute to ...
San mateo county times
Entitled "Finding Success in the New Working World," the event will be held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Foster City Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221 Chess Drive, in Foster City. Katie Ferrick, LinkedIn senior manager for community relations, will be the keynote ...

Google News
Categories: Chess Research

Get Out calendar for Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Fri, 05/08/2015 - 02:07

The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Get Out calendar for Tuesday, May 12, 2015
The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Yoga for All, Bozeman Public Library Community Room, 626 E. Main St., 11-11:45 a.m. and 12-12:45 a.m., free. Open to all ages and abilities. The morning class is taught by accomplished yoga instructor Karen Averitt and the noon class by local mom and ...

and more »
Google News
Categories: Chess Research

2016: Can America Defeat Big Money? - Huffington Post

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 22:06

2016: Can America Defeat Big Money?
Huffington Post
Now there's a chess game investigative reporters should be looking into even from their "cubicle news" ant farms. Americans have ... YouGov was founded in the UK in 2000, and is considered the pioneer of online polling and market research. During the ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Why Investors Shouldn't Freak Out Over Facebook's Rising R&D Expense - Motley Fool

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 19:04

Why Investors Shouldn't Freak Out Over Facebook's Rising R&D Expense
Motley Fool
In the company's annual report, under its R&D expense details, management noted, "In 2015, we plan to continue hiring software engineers and other technical employees to support our research and development initiatives." So the continued increase in ...

Categories: Chess Research

Written by Patriot Staff - Barnstable Patriot

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 18:47

Written by Patriot Staff
Barnstable Patriot
Whelden Library: May 9: Book Sale - new and used books, CDs, DVDs, audios books and games, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Route 149 & Lombard Ave., West Barnstable. 508-362-2262. Books by the Sea: May 12: Books for Lunch group meets at 12:30 p.m. at Wimpy's ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

'Florida Springs' exhibit, reception Friday - The News Herald

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 15:25

The News Herald

'Florida Springs' exhibit, reception Friday
The News Herald
Her commissions include projects for series of paintings with residencies in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Oman, enabling her to continue her research for her series, “Doors,” while studying language and dance from the regions of the ancient trade routes ...

Categories: Chess Research

Justice Holmes, Meet Dr. Turing: Law Is Computation - Huffington Post

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 15:13

Justice Holmes, Meet Dr. Turing: Law Is Computation
Huffington Post
These processes are surprisingly common in both the natural and human-constructed worlds, including such diverse examples as many biological functions, the manufacturing assembly line, and games ranging in complexity from Chutes and Ladders to poker or ...

Categories: Chess Research

NEOLIBERALISM: Austerity vs. The Affluent Society - The Real News Network (blog)

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 13:24

The Real News Network (blog)

NEOLIBERALISM: Austerity vs. The Affluent Society
The Real News Network (blog)
Cultivates the arts and research to discover beauty and the unknown. An affluent society that .... Teens could have tutoring, learn to play chess, take music lessons, cooking classes, creative writing, languages, and have supervised sports. The ...

Categories: Chess Research

Desperate, white-hot M&A talk trumps idle chatter over skinny bundles, OTT at ... - FierceCable

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 11:27

Desperate, white-hot M&A talk trumps idle chatter over skinny bundles, OTT at ...
FierceCable
That assessment, of course, comes from a man competing in cable's big M&A chess match with Cablevision. But media analyst Craig Moffett, also speaking ... "TWC management has been very skeptical about why a deal for the fully penetrated + bleeding ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Equinix Targets Telecity, Data Center Industry M&A Heats Up - Investor's Business Daily

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 10:39

Equinix Targets Telecity, Data Center Industry M&A Heats Up
Investor's Business Daily
"On its face, today's news is a clear positive for Telecity, a likely positive for Equinix, and a near-term negative for Interxion. That being said, we see sector consolidation accelerating," Jonathan Schildkraut, an analyst at Evercore ISI, said in a ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Travis Thomas: Patriots Games, Again - CBS Local

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 09:30

CBS Local

Travis Thomas: Patriots Games, Again
CBS Local
The war of words chess game has begun already between the NFL and the Patriots. The much maligned NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell immediately ... How about some equally interesting lines from Patriots Owner Robert Kraft in his statement: “I was ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

The dawn of artificial intelligence - The Economist

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 06:55

The dawn of artificial intelligence
The Economist
Think of chess, which computers now play better than any person. The best players in the world are not machines however, but what Garry Kasparov, a grandmaster, calls “centaurs”: amalgamated teams of humans and algorithms. Such collectives will ...

Categories: Chess Research

'This Idea Must Die' Puts Speculative Self-correction Back in the Driver's Seat - PopMatters

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 03:10

PopMatters

'This Idea Must Die' Puts Speculative Self-correction Back in the Driver's Seat
PopMatters
For example, physicist Frank Wilczek is more sympathetic to AI than Schank, suggesting (in “Mind Versus Matter”) that one of the three developments responsible for collapsing the mind versus matter demarcation stemmed from the realization that, “many ...

Categories: Chess Research

El Paso area signups - El Paso Times

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 01:08

El Paso area signups
El Paso Times
772-7381. 7th Annual Juliana's Angels of Faith: Tournament to benefit Rett Syndrome research is at 8 a.m. June 27 at Under Golf Complex on Fort Bliss. .... Space is limited. suncitychess.com, 261-8350 or rarzaga@att.net subject line "chess lessons ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

Pages