Hi everyone,
I've been following the list for about a week and a half, and thought I
ought to introduce myself. I don't know if this much activity is normal on
the list, but I'm glad to see there is so much to read :)
My name is Aldric - just in case you hadn't guessed. I am 27 years old,
and I live on the east coast of the US. I can be found online
(godiscussions.com, KGS, Twitter, and many other non-go-related places) as
Trevoke. I've been playing go since 2006, and have reached the rank of 6k
on KGS so far. I graduated college in 2004 with a major in Computer Science
and Mathematics. I've been studying isshinryu karate since 2004 and am
preparing for my 2d test.
I've always had an interest in "Artificial Intelligence" (I found recently
some files on my machine dealing with machine learning and dating back to
2002), but never pushed it. I figured, oh, it's too complex, I'll study
that someday. For various reasons, I've decided to do some graduate studies
(a Doctorate) "in
AI". You should now be able to take a good guess at why I
joined this list.
I currently have zero knowledge of artificial intelligence, besides the
few papers about MTCS, and the paper around Crazy Stone and such, by Remy
Coulom, that I read in the past few days, following Olivier's message to
this list. I'm waiting for a first order of books from Amazon.com to get my
feet wet.. I know one thing, which I am also aware is still vague: "I want
to help solve go". I realize this may involve some pattern recognition,
knowledge representation, and a few more topics.. But I know this is where
I want to go with it.
Are there any resources which you could recommend to someone who would
like to learn? Any pitfalls you can recommend I avoid (or stumble into) ?
As a warning, I am an avid reader and a rather obstinate individual when I
have decided to study/learn something.
Oh, and finally, besides Olivier's suggestion to apply for a Doctorate
with his team, do you know of anybody in the
world who may consider taking
someone like me (fluent in French, English, Italian, no ties, can travel,
etc etc) in their team, to do that kind of work ? And.. If so, the
repetition of the earlier question: what do you think I need to know before
I can study with them?
Thanks in advance :-)
--Aldric
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