Mark G. Brockington, a Canadian computer scientist, computer game programmer and professional Poker player [1]. He received a B.Math. degree in pure mathematics with computer science from the University of Waterloo, in 1992, and graduated at the University of Alberta with a Ph.D. in computer science with a thesis about parallel search, the Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search APHID algorithm [2][3]. The Othello program Keyano [4] was part of his thesis research, and along with Paul Hsieh he co-authored the Othello program QED [5]. After finishing the University he was hired at BioWare and has been working there since then, developing commercial computer games [6][7].
Mark Brockington [8]

Selected Publications

• Mark Brockington (1994). An Implementation of the Young Brothers Wait Concept. Internal report, University of Alberta.
• Mark Brockington (1994). Improvements to Parallel Alpha-Beta Algorithms. Technical report, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
• Mark Brockington, Jonathan Schaeffer (1996). The APHID Parallel αβ Search Algorithm. Technical Report 96-07, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, pdf from CiteSeerX
• Mark Brockington (1996). A Taxonomy of Parallel Game-Tree Search Algorithms. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19: No. 3
• Yngvi Björnsson, Mark Brockington, Andreas Junghanns, Aske Plaat (1996). Report on the Advances in Computer Chess 8 Conference. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3 » Advances in Computer Chess 8
• Andreas Junghanns, Jonathan Schaeffer, Mark Brockington, Yngvi Björnsson, Tony Marsland (1997). Diminishing Returns for Additional Search in Chess. Advances in Computer Chess 8, pdf
• Mark Brockington, Jonathan Schaeffer (1997). APHID Game-Tree Search. Advances in Computer Chess 8
• Mark Brockington (1997). KEYANO Unplugged - The Construction of an Othello Program. Technical Report TR-97-05, Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta
• Mark Brockington (1998). Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search. Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta, pdf
• Mark Brockington, Jonathan Schaeffer (1999). APHID: Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search. Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, pdf from CiteSeerX
• Mark Brockington (2000). Computer Chess Meets Planning. ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2

External Links

• Mark Brockington - Bio Page
• APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library
• Mark Brockington - The Othello Wiki Book Project
• Mark Brockington: Hendon Mob Poker Database

References

1. ^ Mark Brockington - Poker Player Profile
2. ^ Mark Brockington (1998). Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search. Ph.D. thesis, University of Alberta
3. ^ APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library
4. ^ Keyano
5. ^ Mark Brockington - The Othello Wiki Book Project
6. ^ Gamasutra - Author Bio
7. ^ Mark Brockington from MobyGames
8. ^ Mark Brockington - Bio Page
9. ^ Jonathan Schaeffer: Mark Brockington
10. ^ ICGA Reference Database (pdf)

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