2004 World Computer Chinese Chess Championship Computer Chinese chess has been studied for more than twenty years. Recently, due to the advancement of AI researches and enhancement of computer hardware in both efficiency and capacity, some Chinese chess programs with grand-master level (about 6-dan in Taiwan) have been successfully develop Professor Shun-Chin Hsu of Chang-Jung University (CJU), who involved in the development of computer Chinese chess programs for a long time of period, points out that "the strength of Chinese chess programs increase 1-dan every three years." He also predicts that a computer program will beat the "world champion of Chinese chess" before 2012.
Taiwanese Association for Artificial Intelligence funded in 1994, will step into its tenth year in 2004. In this milestone year the association, in cooperation with the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering of National Cheng-Kung University (NCKU) and the Department of Information Management of CJU, will host an "International Computer Chinese Chess Tournament" in the cultural city of Tainan, Taiwan. The Center for Research of E-life Digital Technology of NCKU will organize and take charge of this event. This will help realizing the dream of "digital life and enjoyment of learning in playing Chinese chess". We sincerely welcome you to join this great activity. For further information: http://www.taai.org.tw/announce/cchess04.pdf Regards, Chao-Lin Liu .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ...... Department of Computer Science http://www3.nccu.edu.tw/~chaolin National Chengchi University
