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RE: [computer-go] Second Call For Participation: Computer Olympiad
I will be there, but I will probably not be participating because of the
entry fees.
David Fotland
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> Erik van der Werf
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> Subject: [computer-go] Second Call For Participation:
> Computer Olympiad
>
>
> You can all register at www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad2004
>
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> 4-8 July 2004, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
>
> The ICGA is delighted to announce that this year's Computer Olympiad
> takes place from July 4 to 8 and will be played at Bar-Ilan
> University,
> Ramat-Gan, Israel. In close cooperation with Prof. Nathan
> Netanyahu and
> Omid Tabibi, the Board of ICGA has agreed to bring the
> Computer Olympiad
> to the city of Ramat-Gan, a lovely place in Israel, near Tel
> Aviv. The 9th 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. The organising committee consists of:
> H.H.L.M. Donkers, J.W. Hellemons (chair), H.J. van den Herik, N.
> Netanyahu, O.D. Tabibi, J.W.H.M. Uiterwijk, E.C.D. van der Werf and
> M.H.M. Winands. We are planning tournaments for at least 24
> different games:
>
> Abalone
> Amazons
> Arimaa
> Backgammon
> Bao
> Bridge
> Chess*
> Chinese Chess
> 8x8 Checkers
> Diplomacy
> Dots and Boxes
> 10x10 DraughtsGipf
> Go
> 9x9 Go
> Hex
> Lines of Action
> 6x7 OCTI
> 9x9 OCTI
> Othello
> Poker
> Renju
> Scrabble
> Shogi
>
> *) the 12th World Computer Chess Championship (4-12 July)
>
> The game of Awari has been eliminated from this list, since
> the game has been solved by Romein and Bal, as reported in
> the ICGA Journal, Vol. 25,
> No. 3. In this capacity it follows the games: Connect-Four, Qubic,
> Go-Moku, and Nine Men’s Morris. The game of Renju, claimed to
> be solved
> too, is still welcome since we have not seen a
> fully-operational program
> on internet that plays perfectly. Moreover, we are willing to
> host more
> games, such as Ataxx, Clobber, Dvonn, Mediocrity, Onyx,
> Tamsk, TwixT and
> Zèrtz but we do not know of the existence of adequately playing
> programs. We are awaiting suggestions and proposals of programmers
> before we include them in the official list given above.
>
> For each game a 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 1 June 2004. Notification of entry
> acceptation will be
> given before 23 June, 2004. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be
> awarded to the leading programs in each tournament. Except
> for the OCTI
> tournaments, there will be no cash prizes.
>
> The chess competition of the Computer Olympiad will be a
> special event, since it is adopted by the ICGA as the 12th
> World Computer-Chess Championship (WCCC 2004).
>
> During the Olympiad, the World Championship Computer-RoShamBo
> will be organised. For information on this event see here.
> The 9th Computer Olympiad will be held in conjunction with
> the Computers
> and Games 2004 conference (CG'04).
> The Tournament Director of the Computer Olympiad will be
> Professor Jaap
> van den Herik from the Computer Science Department of the
> Universiteit Maastricht. The rules of the 9th Computer
> Olympiad will be published on
> this website.
>
> The entry fee for the chess tournament is as follows:
> Amateur: € 25
> Semi-professional: € 250
> Professional: € 500
>
> The entry fees for the other tournaments are as follows:
> Amateur: € 25
> Semi-professional: € 100
> Professional: € 250
>
> A participant is expected to be ICGA member ( € 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. Any entry received after 1
> June 2004 will be subject to a penalty fee, doubling the
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