computer-go: 7th CompOlymp. Maastricht July 5-11

[stefanmertin@xxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Mertin)]

Hi all,

closing date for entries is May 10, 2002!!!
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Any participants for Go (19x19 and 9x9!) ?

I was a little bit shocked to see the entry-fees (why US$ - isnīt Maastricht a 
town in EURope?) for professionals (see below) - are they meant to keep 
professional programs out of the tournament... ???

But how will it be possible >>to find the strongest programs at each of the 
games<< if professional programs do not participate? 

Go "Professional" (Go4++)  by M. Reiss seems to be one of the 
if not the strongest of all Go programs (see my previous mail...)

here are again all the informations I could find ...

Stefan


info at:
http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2002/main.html
registration at:
http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2002/registration.html

   *   *   *   July 5-11 2002, Maastricht, The Netherlands   *   *   *
                      The CMG 7th Computer Olympiad       

is a multi-games event in which all of the participants are computer programs. 
The purpose is to find the strongest programs at each of the games, partly as an 
academic exercise and partly because the competitions are fun. This year's 
Computer Olympiad takes place from July 5 to 11 and will be played at the 
Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands. The organizing committee 
consists of: H.H.L.M.Donkers, J.W. Hellemons (chair), H.J. van den Herik, H.M.J. 
den Hoed, P.A.M. van der Krogt, and J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk. We are planning 
tournaments for at least 19 different games:

Amazons / Awari / Backgammon / Bao / Bridge / Chess* / Chinese Chess / 
8x8 Draughts / 10x10 Draughts / Gipf / Go / 9x9 Go / Hex / Lines of Action
Othello / Poker / Renju / Scrabble / Shogi  

*) the 10th World Computer Chess Championship      (...)

For each game a 2002 tournament will take place provided that at least two 
programs enter the tournament for that particular game. The detailed tournament 
schedule will not be announced until the closing date for entries which is 
May 10, 2002. 
Notification of entry acceptation will be given before June 1, 2002. 
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to the leading programs in each 
tournament. There will be no cash prizes. 

The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad will be a special event, since it 
is adopted by the ICCA as the 10th World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC 
2002). Also the draughts competition will be special. We are in the preparation 
of co-organising the Open Draughts World Championship on July 6 and 7 at the 
Computer Olympiad. (...)


The Tournament Director of the Computer Olympiad will be Professor Jaap van den 
Herik from the Computer Science Department of the Universiteit Maastricht.  

The entry fees for the Olympiad are as follows:
Amateur: US $ 25 / Semi-professional: US $ 250 / Professional: US $ 500 
A participant is expected to be ICCA member (US $40).
  "Amateur": programmers who have no commercial interest in their program, and 
are not professional game programmers. Applications for amateur classification 
must supply information to justify their claim.
  "Semi-professional": Any program submitted by an employee or associate from a 
games-programming company. The program's name must not be derived from or 
similar to a commercial product.
  "Professional": A program whose name is the same as or derived from a 
commercial product.

To enter the 2002 Computer Olympiad, complete the on-line registration form:
http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2002/entry.html
or print the form and mail/fax it to:
The 7th Computer Olympiad
Universiteit Maastricht
Department of Computer Science
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD  Maastricht
Tel: 00 31 43 3883477
Fax: 00 31 43 3884906

Please fill/send in your form before May 10, 2002.
Any entry received after May 10, 2002 will be subject to a penalty fee, 
doubling the above fees.

Payment of the entry fee can be booked to ABN-AMRO Bank no. 45.07.90.878, P.O. 
Box 560, 6200 AN Maastricht, The Netherlands. Specify Computer Olympiad as the 
recipient, and please do not forget to mention your name and address. 
The entry fee can also be payed in cash at the start of the Olympiad. 
We cannot accept credit card payments.


Computer-Games Workshop - Call for Papers   (Jos Uiterwijk) 

During the 7th Computer Olympiad a workshop on computer games will be held, 
on three evenings during July 6 to 10, starting at 8 p.m. Exact dates will be 
announced as soon as possible. The organisation is in the hands of Jos 
Uiterwijk, who also will act as the workshop chairman. 

The workshop is a separate event. There is no entrance fee. Of course, all 
participants of the Computer Olympiad are welcome but others not involved in the 
Olympiad can also attend or submit contributions. All papers will be refereed to 
see whether a contribution is on the right topic and of interest to the intended 
audience. Contributions can be submitted in the form of an (extended) abstract 
(two pages) or as a camera-ready paper not exceeding 10 pages. We also accept in 
a special section of the proceedings papers published elsewhere, since our main 
aim is to distribute ideas and knowledge on games and game playing. 

Contributions will be published in an internal IKAT report (Institute for 
Knowledge and Agent Technology) which will be made available at reproduction 
costs to all participants. Copyright of the articles will stay with the authors. 
Of course, it is encouraged that scientific papers are submitted to the ICGA 
Journal after the workshop.

Please, send contributions in electronic form to uiterwijk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, before 
June 1, 2002. Notification of acceptance will be returned before June 15, 2002.