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The Departments of Philosophy and Mathematics & Computer Science invite you to join us for the following presentation.
Man vs. Machine: Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess - Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer (University of Alberta)
Day/Date: Friday, October 28, 2022
Time: 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: L1060
Developing a program capable of playing world-class chess was one of the initial "grand challenge" problems of artificial
intelligence (AI) research. Chess has been called the drosophila of AI research: chess is to AI as the fruit fly (drosophila) is to genetics. It took over 50 years to achieve superhuman computer play - an historic milestone in AI and computer science
history. Along the way chess has been used to create and to demonstrate many innovative, important AI technologies. The first computer chess tournament was held in 1970 to begin benchmarking scientific progress. Computer chess competitions continue to this day, the longest running experiment in computer science history. In this talk we will go over the history of chess being used in AI research, the key technologies used, and the role of the University of Alberta.
Note: no chess-specific knowledge is needed for this talk.
Contact:
Bev Garnett | bev.garnett@uleth.ca | 403-380-1894
