I am planning to enter, assuming my program is ready by that time. I would say there's an 80% chance.
Sam Gross On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We'd like to get an estimate of numbers. Who's planning to enter the US Go > Congress Computer Go Tournament? > Here is the latest version of the info on the tournament: > > *Computer Go Tournament* > *Tournament Director* > > Peter Drake (*AND CO-DIRECTOR?*) > *Description* > > This 19x19 tournament is for computer programs only. While there have been > notable breakthroughs in recent years, computer Go remains an open problem > in artificial intelligence research. > *Location* > > *NEED LOCATION (at US Go Congress in Portland, Oregon)* > *Schedule* > > Rounds will be played as games are completed, beginning at 1:00 PM, Sunday, > August 3. Time permitting, we hope to run a double round-robin tournament. > *Time Limits* > > 60 minutes per player, no byo-yomi. If there are many entrants, we may > reduce this to 45 minutes per player. > *Rules* > > To give programmers as much time as possible to work out networking bugs, > we will use the same rules as the monthly KGS computer go tournaments. These > rules can be found at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/. Of particular note > are that programs must implement GTP and that Chinese (area) scoring is > used. > > *All hardware must be physically present in the competition room.*Programs > may not rely on any remote resources. Programmers must be able to > roughly explain and demonstrate the program's "thought process", e.g., by > showing logging output as the program responds to an arbitrary position. > Programmers may bring their own hardware; we will also provide some machines > (*NEED DESCRIPTION*). > > Programs must be entered by the authors, although authors who cannot attend > the Congress may sent alternate operators. If a program is based on another > program (e.g., GNU Go or MoGo), it must contain a significant amount of new > code. The tournament director has final say over what constitutes a > "significant amount"; as a guideline, a radically different search algorithm > or life-and-death evaluator would be significant, but tweaking some > parameters or adding new patterns to a database would not. Such derivative > entries must include written permission from the authors of the original > program. *If you have any doubts about the eligibility of your program, > contact the TD before buying an airline ticket!* > *Prizes* > > Prize money has been donated by Hierarchical Systems Research Foundation > and other anonymous donors. At a minimum, the following prizes will be > awarded: > > 1st place $400 > 2nd place $200 > 3rd place $100 > 4th place $50 > > > Peter Drake > http://www.lclark.edu/~drake/ <http://www.lclark.edu/%7Edrake/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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