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		Michael Bradley (Mike) Johanson, a Canadian computer scientist and Ph.D. student at University of Alberta with research interests in Artificial Intelligence for board, card and video games, specially the game of Hex and the Poker variation Texas hold 'em. Michael Johanson co-authored the Hex-programs Mongoose and Wolve, and developed the poker bots Polaris ^[1] including HyperBorean ^[2] , which played the 2007 AAAI Computer Poker Bot Competition ^[3] . Polaris and HyperBorean were both subject of his Master's thesis in 2007 ^[4] .
Mike Johanson and Nolan Bard ^[5]

Selected Publications

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Ryan Hayward, Yngvi Björnsson, Michael Johanson, Morgan Kan, Nathan Po, Jack van Rijswijck (2003). Solving 7x7 Hex: Virtual Connections and Game-state Reduction. Advances in Computer Games 10, pdf
Ryan Hayward, Yngvi Björnsson, Michael Johanson, Morgan Kan, Nathan Po, Jack van Rijswijck (2005). Solving 7x7 Hex with domination, fill-in, and virtual connections. Theoretical Computer Science, 349(2):123–139, 2005. pdf
Yngvi Björnsson, Ryan Hayward, Michael Johanson, Jack van Rijswijck (2006). Dead Cell Analysis in Hex and the Shannon Game. In Graph Theory in Paris: Proceedings of a Conference in Memory of Claude Berge (CT'04 Paris), pp. 45–60, 2006. zipped ps
Michael Johanson (2007). Robust strategies and counter-strategies: Building a Champion Level Computer Poker Player. Master’s thesis, University of Alberta, pdf

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