The Fifth International Conference on Computers and Games was held in the Aula Magna, the Conference Hall of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy, May 29-31, 2006, in conjunction with the 11th Computer Olympiad , the 14th World Computer Chess Championship, and the human FIDE 37th Chess Olympiad.
University of Turin [1]

Proceedings

		Jaap van den Herik, Paolo Ciancarini, Jeroen Donkers (eds.) Computers and Games [2] 5th International Conference, CG 2006 Turin, Italy, May 29-31, 2006 Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4630, 2007 Springer Berlin / Heidelberg ISBN 978-3-540-75537-1

Lectures

• Matej Guid, Ivan Bratko (2006). Computer Analysis of Chess Champions. CG 2006
• Aleksander Sadikov, Martin Možina, Matej Guid, Jana Krivec, Ivan Bratko (2006). Automated Chess Tutor. CG 2006
• Ken Chen, Peigang Zhang (2006). A New Heuristic Search Algorithm for Capturing Problems in Go. CG 2006
• Xiaozhen Niu, Martin Müller (2006). An Open Boundary Safety-of-Territory Solver for the Game of Go. CG 2006
• Jahn-Takeshi Saito, Guillaume Chaslot, Jos Uiterwijk, Jaap van den Herik (2006). Monte-Carlo Proof-Number Search for Computer Go. CG 2006
• Tristan Cazenave (2006). Virtual Global Search: Application to 9×9 Go. CG 2006
• Rémi Coulom (2006). Efficient Selectivity and Backup Operators in Monte-Carlo Tree Search. CG 2006
• John Tromp, Gunnar Farnebäck (2006). Combinatorics of Go. CG 2006
• Bo-Nian Chen, Pangfeng Liu, Shun-Chin Hsu, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2006). Abstracting Knowledge from Annotated Chinese-Chess Game Records. CG 2006
• Ryan Hayward, Broderick Arneson, Philip Henderson (2006). Automatic Strategy Verification for Hex. CG 2006, pdf
• Nathan Sturtevant, Adam White (2006). Feature Construction for Reinforcement Learning in Hearts. CG 2006, pdf, slides as pdf ^[4]
• Sebastian Kupferschmid, Malte Helmert (2006). A Skat Player Based on Monte-Carlo Simulation. CG 2006 ^[5]
• James Glenn, Haw-ren Fang, Clyde Kruskal (2006). A Retrograde Approximation Algorithm for One-Player Can’t Stop. CG 2006, pdf ^[6]
• Jakub Pawlewicz, Łukasz Lew (2006). Improving Depth-First PN-Search: 1 +  ε Trick. CG 2006, pdf
• Aleksander Sadikov, Ivan Bratko (2006). Search Versus Knowledge Revisited Again. CG 2006
• Alessandro Cincotti (2006). Counting the Number of Three-Player Partizan Cold Games. CG 2006
• Greg Aloupis, Jean Cardinal, Sébastien Collette, Stefan Langerman (2006). LUMINES Strategies. CG 2006 ^[7]
• Peter Bro Miltersen, Troels Bjerre Sørensen (2006). Computing Proper Equilibria of Zero-Sum Games. CG 2006
• Cherif R. S. Andraos, Manal M. Zaky, Salma A. Ghoneim (2006). Comparative Study of Approximate Strategies for Playing Sum Games Based on Subgame Types. CG 2006
• Sébastien Collette, Jean-François Raskin, Frédéric Servais (2006). On the Symbolic Computation of the Hardest Configurations of the RUSH HOUR Game. CG 2006
• Shunsaku Kato, Shuichi Miyazaki, Yusuke Nishimura, Yasuo Okabe (2006). Cheat-Proof Serverless Network Games. CG 2006
• Will Leckie, Michael Greenspan (2006). Monte-Carlo Methods in Pool Strategy Game Trees. CG 2006
• Jean-Pierre Dussault, Jean-François Landry (2006). Optimization of a Billiard Player – Tactical Play. CG 2006
• Lizette de Wet, Theo McDonald (2006). Gender and Cultural Differences (If Any!): South African School Children and Computer Games. CG 2006

Photos

Smalltalk during a break between lectures [8]
Ryan Hayward, Philip Henderson, Broderick Arneson, and Morgan Kan verifying Hex Strategies [9]

Reports

• Matej Guid (2006). The 5th Computer and Games Conference. ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2

External Links

• 6. CG 2006: Turin, Italy

References

1. ^ Rectorate Palace of the University of Turin, image by Unitomaster, March 08, 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons, University of Turin from Wikipedia
2. ^ Computers and Games, Books at sale at ICGA
3. ^ Computers and Games - Springer
4. ^ Hearts from Wikipedia
5. ^ Skat (card game) from Wikipedia
6. ^ Can't Stop (board game) from Wikipedia
7. ^ Lumines from Wikipedia
8. ^ Computer Olympiad in Torino, Italy, Photo gallery by Hiroshi Yamashita
9. ^ Ryan Hayward (2006). Six Wins Hex Tournament, ICGA Journal, Vol. 29, No 3, pdf

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