AI Challenge
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The Challenge is an international programming contest started by the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
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Initially the contest was for University of Waterloo students only. In 2010, the contest gained sponsorship from Google and allowed it to extend to international students and the general public.
for matchmaking and to generate the rankings.
After a match, spectators can watch the match using a browser.
Considerable effort is needed to win. Nonetheless, it is easy to write a simple program that plays the game, so the entry level is low enough that even a beginning programmer can compete.
The contest being open source, contestants are welcomed to improve the contest back-end.
University of Waterloo Computer Science Club
The University of Waterloo Computer Science Club is an academic club at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The CSC exists "to promote knowledge of and interest in computer science as well as allowing those interested in computer science."-Talks:The CSC has become noted for...
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Initially the contest was for University of Waterloo students only. In 2010, the contest gained sponsorship from Google and allowed it to extend to international students and the general public.
Description
Each participant writes a self-contained computer program to play a game versus an opponent, and then uploads the source code to a server. The contest engine uses the TrueskillTrueSkill
TrueSkill is a Bayesian ranking algorithm developed by Microsoft Research and used in the Xbox matchmaking system built to address some perceived flaws in the Elo rating system...
for matchmaking and to generate the rankings.
After a match, spectators can watch the match using a browser.
Considerable effort is needed to win. Nonetheless, it is easy to write a simple program that plays the game, so the entry level is low enough that even a beginning programmer can compete.
The contest being open source, contestants are welcomed to improve the contest back-end.
Past Winners
| Contest | Theme | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2009/Fall | Rock-Paper-Scissors Rock-paper-scissors Rock-paper-scissors is a hand game played by two people. The game is also known as roshambo, or another ordering of the three items .... |
amstan |
| 2010/Winter | Tron Lightcycles | a1k0n |
| 2010/Fall | Planet Wars Galcon Galcon is a series of real time strategy video games for Android, iPhone, Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Flash, which were developed by Phil Hassey... |
Bocsimackó / Gábor Melis |
| 2011/Fall | Ants | - |