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How poker and other games help artificial intelligence evolve - University of Alberta - University Relations

Chess Research - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 09:26

University of Alberta - University Relations

How poker and other games help artificial intelligence evolve
University of Alberta - University Relations
... others—beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov; in 2011, IBM's Watson took home a $1-million Jeopardy! championship; and last year, AlphaGo became the first computer program to beat a human in the complex board game, Go. Schaeffer, now dean of ...

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DARPA Aims to Accelerate Zero-Day Threat Detection Via Computer-Human Collaboration Tech Program - ExecutiveGov

Chess Research - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 06:41

ExecutiveGov

DARPA Aims to Accelerate Zero-Day Threat Detection Via Computer-Human Collaboration Tech Program
ExecutiveGov
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a 42-month program that aims to develop new platforms designed to speed up detection of zero-day vulnerabilities through computer-human collaboration. The Computers and Humans Exploring ...

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Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess  STLtoday.com

Caruana is, in many regards, regular. He likes to jog in Forest Park and peruse City Museum. He enjoys rock and hip-hop music.

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Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess  STLtoday.com

Caruana is, in many regards, regular. He likes to jog in Forest Park and peruse City Museum. He enjoys rock and hip-hop music.

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U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins - Chessbase News

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins  Chessbase News

Kicking off the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, defending US Champion Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian started ...

U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins - Chessbase News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins  Chessbase News

Kicking off the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, defending US Champion Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian started ...

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Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess  STLtoday.com

Caruana is, in many regards, regular. He likes to jog in Forest Park and peruse City Museum. He enjoys rock and hip-hop music.

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U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins - Chessbase News

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins  Chessbase News

Kicking off the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, defending US Champion Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian started ...

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U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins - Chessbase News

CCSCSL News Feed - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins  Chessbase News

Kicking off the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, defending US Champion Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian started ...

U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins - Chessbase News

In the News - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 02:00
U.S. Championship: So and Akobian start with wins  Chessbase News

Kicking off the US Championships at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, defending US Champion Wesley So and Varuzhan Akobian started ...

Town briefs - Andover Townsman

Chess Research - Thu, 04/19/2018 - 00:08

Town briefs
Andover Townsman
Get involved with the Andover Trails Committee. The Andover Trails Committee is making it easier than ever for people to join in the fun. Five sub-groups have been created, each with its own purpose, for people to participate in. Members of the Bay ...

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Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 19:55

STLtoday.com

Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess
STLtoday.com
“The significance is almost impossible to describe,” said retired investor Rex Sinquefield, who has built St. Louis' chess presence and was instrumental in Caruana's move here. “If people could remember what Fischer-Spassky was like in '72. Now, we don ...

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Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess - STLtoday.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 19:55

STLtoday.com

Fabiano Caruana: St. Louisan is America's reigning king of chess
STLtoday.com
... a poofy and curly situation that is rounded like a chess piece. Perhaps you've passed him on the street. But in his world, he is a king. Fabiano Caruana reigns. A St. Louisan since 2015, the chess grandmaster isn't just one of the better players ...

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Teaching computers to play Doom is a blind alley for AI – here's an alternative - The Independent

Chess Research - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 18:05

The Independent

Teaching computers to play Doom is a blind alley for AI – here's an alternative
The Independent
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo and poker bot Libratus from Carnegie Mellon University have both beaten human experts at games that have traditionally been hard for AI – some 20 years after IBM's DeepBlue achieved the same feat in chess. Games like these ...

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Community Calendar 4-18-18 - Los Alamos Monitor

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 15:01

Community Calendar 4-18-18
Los Alamos Monitor
Los Alamos Spring Scholastic Chess Tournament. Check in at 9:30 a.m. at Pajarito Lodge No. 66, 1400 N. Sage Loop. Cost is $15. USCF rated tournament; 4 game SS, G30/5 (K-6 U500 G20/5). Sections include: K-12 Open, K-12 U900, K-6 Open, K-6 U500. Adult ...

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Camas students head to state chess championship - Camas Washougal Post Record

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 14:51

Camas Washougal Post Record

Camas students head to state chess championship
Camas Washougal Post Record
Nine elementary students from Camas schools have qualified for the 2018 Washington State Elementary Chess Championship to be held on Saturday, April 21, in Pasco, Washington. In order to qualify for the state championship, students were required to ...

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How poker and other games help artificial intelligence evolve - Tech Xplore

Chess Research - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 08:28

Tech Xplore

How poker and other games help artificial intelligence evolve
Tech Xplore
Some of the ideas used in their products came from the checkers research. "It was one of those pleasant surprises, completely unexpected, coming out of left field." Building the 'intuitive' machine. The recent work from the U of A to master no-limit ...

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NASA launches CHESS mission to study matter between stars - Jagran Josh

Chess Research - Wed, 04/18/2018 - 07:48

Jagran Josh

NASA launches CHESS mission to study matter between stars
Jagran Josh
The CHESS 4 instrument was developed by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. • The mission will study the interaction of the stellar wind with the surrounding interstellar medium to study the ...

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