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Physical Society Colloquium

The Lessons of DEEP BLUE

Professor M. Newborn

School of Computer Science
McGill University

IBM's DEEP BLUE chess program defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game match last year, marking the first time in history that a computer defeated the reigning world champion in a regulation match. It did so by using a supercomputer, special-purpose chess hardware and 500,000 lines of software. This talk will try to examine some of the lessons learned from designing such a large system, and its implications for solving other large problems that involve searching through very large state spaces.

Friday, January 29th 1999, 15:30
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, Keys Auditorium (room 112)