BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260827T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260827T133000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:VIATEC AI Meetup: Technology Track DESCRIPTION:Chips Challenging Champions: The Role of Games in AI R&DDoors open at 11:30 and presentations start promptly at Noon.Are you curious about how AI can transform your business and career? Join us at the VIATEC AI Meetup.Everyone is welcome.Join us as Jonathan Schaeffer of Synsira Software Solutions presents on the role of games in the AI research & development process.\n\nBuilding game-playing programs capable of challenging the best human players was one of AI's initial grand challenge problems. It is now 70 years since the field of AI began\, and many of AI's successes to date have involved games.Games continue to play an important role as an experimental test bed for creating and testing new research ideas. You might be surprised to discover that many popular technologies in use today have a direct or indirect tie to game-related research. In this talk\, the pivotal role of games in AI research will be discussed.Coffee and Tea will be served.Feel free to grab a lunch at the Fort Cafe\, located on site.\nAbout the Presenter:Jonathan Schaeffer is the co-founder and CEO of Synsira Software Solutions (synsira.com) which produces private AI for your desktop. He is co-founder of Onlea (onlea.org)\, which specializes in creating engaging online learning experiences. He was an academic for 40 years in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta.His research is in artificial intelligence\, and he is well known for demonstrating his research using games. His checkers-playing program Chinook was the first computer to win a human world championship (1994) in any game\, a feat recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records.About the Organizers:This event is organized by Steve Harris\, founder of AI4Enterprise and Rob Cooper\, Founder of PlusROI Online Marketing\, along with the generous support of VIATEC.This is your chance to connect\, learn\, and lead in the world of AI innovation.Spots are limited RSVP today and be part of Victoria's AI-powered future!\nRSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/viatec-ai-meetup-technology-track-august-tickets-1994684248282 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Chips Challenging Champions: The Role of Games in AI R&\;D

Doors open at 11:30 and presentations start promptly at Noon.

Are you curious about how AI can transform your business and career? Join us at the \;VIATEC AI Meetup.

Everyone is welcome.

Join us as Jonathan Schaeffer of Synsira Software Solutions presents on the role of games in the AI research &\; development process.

Building game-playing programs capable of challenging the best human players was one of AI'\;s initial grand challenge problems. It is now 70 years since the field of AI began\, and many of AI'\;s successes to date have involved games.

Games continue to play an important role as an experimental test bed for creating and testing new research ideas. You might be surprised to discover that many popular technologies in use today have a direct or indirect tie to game-related research. In this talk\, the pivotal role of games in AI research will be discussed.

Coffee and Tea will be served.

Feel free to grab a lunch at the Fort Cafe\, located on site.


About the Presenter:

Jonathan Schaeffer is the co-founder and CEO of Synsira Software Solutions (synsira.com) which produces private AI for your desktop. He is co-founder of Onlea (onlea.org)\, which specializes in creating engaging online learning experiences. He was an academic for 40 years in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta.

His research is in artificial intelligence\, and he is well known for demonstrating his research using games. His checkers-playing program Chinook was the first computer to win a human world championship (1994) in any game\, a feat recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records.

About the Organizers:

This event is organized by \;Steve Harris\, founder of \;AI4Enterprise and \;Rob Cooper\, Founder of \;PlusROI Online Marketing\, along with the generous support of \;VIATEC.

This is your chance to connect\, learn\, and lead in the world of AI innovation.

Spots are limited&mdash\;RSVP today and be part of Victoria&rsquo\;s AI-powered future!
RSVP at \;https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/viatec-ai-meetup-technology-track-august-tickets-1994684248282

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