On Mar 17, 2008, at 7:49 AM, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have been discussing the Computer Go event with the organisers of
the European Go Congress, and have some news.
For those who plan to enter the Computer Go event(s) only, there
will be no fee. Entry for them will be free. To enter any other
event, you will have to pay the usual registration fee.
The organisers are willing to fund one or more qualified people
willing to give lectures on Computer Go. The funding will be the
cost of two nights' accommodation in Leksand. Any such lecture
should be in English, should be 40 minutes long, and should be on
"Computer Go" - I assume it should be on recent advances in Computer
Go, addressed to Go players with a little computer knowledge.
I am hoping that someone wanting to compete in the Computer Go, but
unwilling to travel to Sweden, will be able to delegate operation of
his program to someone who will be there anyway - probably to a
competitor in one of the other events.
I can't make it to the event, but can support someone that's willing
to run my bot... They can keep any monetary prizes too.
There is a list of registrants at
http://egc2008.eu/en/registration/registered.php which you can sort
by nationality etc. But this has not yet received official approval.
Nick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
This year the annual European Computer Go Congress is in Leksand,
Sweden, for two weeks, July 26 - August 9. On the Wednesday in of
the
second week, August 6th, it will include a Computer Go tournament,
with
prizes.
Anyone may enter, there is no need to be European. The cost of
entering
is included with the cost of entering the main Congress, for at least
the second week; if done before June 15th this is 60 Euros. This
payment also qualifies you to enter various other events, as shown in
the schedule.
The main event will be a 19x19 Swiss, or Round Robin if time allows.
There may be a small-board event, depending on how much interest
there
is. Both will be held on KGS, so entrants should support GTP, as
they
do for the monthly KGS bot tournaments. We also hope to hold a
computer-human challenge, between the winning program and a strong
player.
I hope that readers of this list will consider competing. Some
reasons
to compete:
You will get an opportunity to meet your rival programmers
face-to-face, and discuss programming techniques with them. (I
greatly
enjoyed listening to a conversation between Mick Reiss and David
Fotland
in the 1992 European Go Congress, though I could understand little of
it.)
Leksand is a pleasant town on a lake, a tourist destination, and
travelling to the congress is a good excuse for a holiday.
There aren't many "real-life" Computer Go tournaments, with prizes
and official recognition. This year there will be one in Beijing,
China; maybe one in Ogaki City, Japan; and this one. If you are a
European programmer, this is a good chance to get your program's
performance into the official records.
Unfortunately, no-one has yet registered. If you are considering
entering, please do so soon (either by telling me or via the Congress
web site), otherwise there is a danger that the computer event will
be
cancelled.
Main European Go Congress page:
http://egc2008.eu/en/congress/index.php
Schedule:
http://egc2008.eu/en/congress/schedule.php
Computer Go event:
http://egc2008.eu/en/events/computer_go.php
The town of Leksand
http://egc2008.eu/en/leksand/index.php
Nick
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