Bernd Brügmann, a German mathematician, physicist, experienced C programmer, and professor and chair for gravitational theory at University of Jena [1]. He holds a M.Sc. in mathematics and Ph.D. in physics from Syracuse University in 1987 and 1993 respectively [2], where his physics advisors include Abhay Ashtekar [3]. In his Ph.D. thesis Brügmann elaborated on quantum general relativity in the loop representation and Ashtekar variables. Prompted by his work in physics, he has written a Go playing program in 1993, Gobble, playing 9x9 Go with minimal Go knowledge using a Monte Carlo method called simulated annealing [4].
Bernd Brügmann [5]

Photos

Lars Bremer, Rico Walter and Bernd Brügmann explaining how he executed the very first Monte-Carlo tree search experiment in computer Go [6]

Selected Publications

• Bernd Brügmann (1993). On the Constraints of Quantum General Relativity in the Loop Representation. Ph.D. Thesis, Syracuse University
• Bernd Brügmann (1993). Monte Carlo Go. pdf
• Bernd Brügmann (1996). On the constraint algegra of quantum gravity in the Loop representation. Nuclear Physics B 474, pdf
• Bernd Brügmann (2001). Programmieren lernen für Teens. Addison-Wesley (German) » C
• Bernd Brügmann (2013). A pseudospectral matrix method for time-dependent tensor fields on a spherical shell. Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 235, arXiv:1104.3408v1 (2011)

External Links

• Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut | FSU Jena | Brügmann
• Gobble by Bernd Brügmann

References

1. ^ Prof. Dr. Bernd Brügmann zum Dekan gewählt
2. ^ Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut | FSU Jena | Brügmann
3. ^ Ehrenpromotion von Prof. Dr. Abhay Ashtekar, Physikalisch-Astronomische Fakultät, University of Jena, September 27, 2005 (German)
4. ^ Gobble by Bernd Brügmann
5. ^ Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut | FSU Jena | Brügmann
6. ^ Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften - Long Night of Sciences Jena - 2007 by Ingo Althöfer
7. ^ dblp: Bernd Brügmann

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