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There is to be a Computer Games Olympiad in London in 1989. The details
are as follows:
"The world's first Olympiad for computer programs will take place at the
Park Lane Hotel, London, from August 9th to 15th 1989. This unique event
will feature tournaments for chess, bridge, backgammon, draughts, poker,
Go, and many other classic "thinking" games. In every tournament all of
the competitors will be computer programs. The role of the human operators
will merely be to tell their own programs what moves have been made by
their opponents.
The Computer Olympiad is organised by International Chess Master David Levy,
who is President of the International Computer Chess Association.
Anyone wanting more information on the event should send a large stamped
addressed envelope to: Computer Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP,
England.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 1st London Conference on Computer Games will take place as part of the
Computer Olympiad during the period August 9th to 15th 1989. Papers are
invited on any aspect of programming computers to play "thinking" games
such as chess, bridge, Go, backgammon, etc.
The conference Chair will be Professor Tony Marsland, from the Computing
Science Department at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The
editor of the conference proceedings will be Don Beal, from the Computer
Science Department at Queen Mary College, London University.
Papers should preferrably be 3000 to 4000 words in length, and if possible,
should be submitted with an IBM-PC format disk containing the text as a
file for a widely-used word-processor (e.g. Wordstar). The closing date
for submissions is May 9th 1989. Papers should be sent to: Computer
Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP, England.
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William Roberts ARPA: liam@cs.qmc.ac.uk (gw: cs.ucl.edu)
Queen Mary College UUCP: liam@qmc-cs.UUCP
LONDON, UK Tel: 01-975 5250pd@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Paul Davison) (11/16/88)
[ I have been asked to post this but have nothing to do with the event, so
please address any enquiries to the address given in the posting. ]
There is to be a Computer Games Olympiad in London in 1989. The details
are as follows:
"The world's first Olympiad for computer programs will take place at the
Park Lane Hotel, London, from August 9th to 15th 1989. This unique event
will feature tournaments for chess, bridge, backgammon, draughts, poker,
Go, and many other classic "thinking" games. In every tournament all of
the competitors will be computer programs. The role of the human operators
will merely be to tell their own programs what moves have been made by
their opponents.
The Computer Olympiad is organised by International Chess Master David Levy,
who is President of the International Computer Chess Association.
Anyone wanting more information on the event should send a large stamped
addressed envelope to: Computer Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP,
England.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 1st London Conference on Computer Games will take place as part of the
Computer Olympiad during the period August 9th to 15th 1989. Papers are
invited on any aspect of programming computers to play "thinking" games
such as chess, bridge, Go, backgammon, etc.
The conference Chair will be Professor Tony Marsland, from the Computing
Science Department at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The
editor of the conference proceedings will be Don Beal, from the Computer
Science Department at Queen Mary College, London University.
Papers should preferrably be 3000 to 4000 words in length, and if possible,
should be submitted with an IBM-PC format disk containing the text as a
file for a widely-used word-processor (e.g. Wordstar). The closing date
for submissions is May 9th 1989. Papers should be sent to: Computer
Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP, England.
--
Paul Davison
UUCP: pd@qmc-cs.uucp | Computer Science Dept
ARPA: pd%cs.qmc.ac.uk@nss.ucl.ac.uk | Queen Mary College
JANET: pd@uk.ac.qmc.cs | Mile End Road
Voice: +44 1 980 4811 x5250 | London E1 4NSdon@cs.qmc.ac.uk (Don Beal) (06/15/89)
Here are some up-to-date details of the Computer Games Olympiad to be held in London this August. The world's first Olympiad for computer programs will take place at the Park Lane Hotel, London, from August 9th to 15th 1989. This unique event will feature tournaments for chess, bridge, backgammon, draughts, poker, Go, and many other classic "thinking" games. In every tournament all of the competitors will be computer programs. The role of the human operators will merely be to tell their own programs what moves have been made by their opponents. Over 115 enquries from prospective entrants were received, and between 80 and 100 programs are expected to take part. The 1st London Conference on Computer Games will take place as part of the Computer Olympiad. There will be about 15 papers on various aspects of programming computers to play "thinking" games such as chess, bridge, Go, backgammon, etc. The conference Chair will be Professor Tony Marsland, from the Computing Science Department at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The editor of the conference proceedings will be Don Beal, from the Computer Science Department at Queen Mary College, London University. The Computer Olympiad is organised by International Chess Master David Levy, who is President of the International Computer Chess Association. Competitors and conference participants will be coming from over 15 countries. Hotel bookings are available ranging from 5-star hotel to youth hostel. Anyone wanting more information on attending the event should contact: Computer Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP, England. Tel: +44 1 624 5551 Fax: +44 1 372 3266
don@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Don Beal) (07/27/90)
This is another reminder of the Computer Games Olympiad to be held in London this August. The second world Olympiad for computer programs will take place at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University, from August 15 to August 21, 1990. The Computer Olympiad, held last year for the first time, was enormously successful, featuring tournaments for Chess, Bridge, Backgammon, Draughts(Checkers), Poker, Go, Othello, Scrabble, and other classic "thinking" games. In every tournament all of the competitors were computer programs. The role of the human operators is merely to tell their own programs what moves have been made by their opponents. 85 programs from 16 countries participated last year, and a similar entry is expected this year. The 2nd London Conference on Computer Games will take place as part of the Computer Olympiad. There will be papers on various aspects of programming computers to play such "thinking" games as Go, Othello, Draughts(Checkers), etc. The conference chairman will be Tony Marsland from the Computer Science department at University of Alberta, and the editor of the conference proceedings will be Don Beal, from the Computer Science Department at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University. The Computer Olympiad is organised by International Chess Master David Levy, who is President of the International Computer Chess Association. One day after the Olympiad, there is a separate conference on Computer Chess in particular, probably accompanied by a Man-Machine challenge match. Accomodation is available ranging from 5-star hotel to youth hostel. Anyone wanting more information about attending either event should contact: Computer Olympiad, 11 Loudoun Road, London NW8 OLP, England Tel: +44 1 624 5551 Fax: +44 1 372 3266 (or send email to Don Beal at: don@cs.qmw.ac.uk).