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		James Kerwin, an American professional Go player and teacher at the KGS Go Server. He was the first Western professional at the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. During the Vietnam War, James Kerwin served his Conscientious objector civilian alternative service as Go advisor to Walter R. Reitman [1].
James Kerwin [2]

Planning in Go

James Kerwin worked along with Walter R. Reitman, Robert Nado, Judith S. Reitman, and Bruce Wilcox on goals and plans in a Go playing program. Abstract of their paper ^[3]:

A program that plays Go provides a basis for analyzing possibilities for extending present AI conceptions of planning and goal structures to problems that are ill-structured, dynamic, multiperson, resource-bound, and highly interactive. The focus is on mechanisms for communicating information and control over time and among a number of interacting processes, in a flexible but coherent manner. Using the capabilities of current computer languages, it is possible to specify planning and goal structures, and appropriate conventions for them, that will accommodate the demands of these increasingly complex and sophisticated problem environments.

Selected Publications

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• Walter R. Reitman, James Kerwin, Robert Nado, Judith S. Reitman, Bruce Wilcox (1974). Goals and Plans in a Program for Playing Go. Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference, reprinted in David Levy (ed.) (1988). Computer Games II. google books

External Links

• James Kerwin at Sensei's Library
• GoBase.org - James Kerwin - Biography
• Ｊ.カーウィン｜公益財団法人日本棋院 - James Kerwin | Nihon Ki-in
• Twin Cities Go Club
• Go Quiz « American Go E-Journal

References

1. ^ James Kerwin at Sensei's Library
2. ^ Go Quiz « American Go E-Journal, Kerwin photo courtesy Nihon Ki-in
3. ^ Walter R. Reitman, James Kerwin, Robert Nado, Judith S. Reitman, Bruce Wilcox (1974). Goals and Plans in a Program for Playing Go. Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference, Abstract
4. ^ Computer Go Bibliography by Michael Reiss

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