Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 08:34:46 10/30/02
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On October 30, 2002 at 09:28:33, Marc Boulé wrote: >Kasparov sought for chess degree > >"Scotland's Aberdeen University is preparing to launch the world's first >doctoral programme in chess this year - and is hoping former world champion >Garry Kasparov will agree to lecture. > >Professor Peter Vas says the aim is to produce chess grandmasters, and to >develop intelligent computers that can learn from their own experience. > >Applicants, who should be skilled in computing and mathematics, may be asked to >play a chess grandmaster as part of the entrance procedure." > >From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1371143.stm > >Marc Boulé > >> >>Most or all of the chess programmers here received some kind of formal education >>in "software." The typical Computer Science degree is intended for people who >>intend to reside in "the world of software" throughout their careers. >> >>But what about Master's Degrees? Or PhDs? >> >>There are many specialties withing the software world. One might assume that a >>graduate software degree might involve majors, minors, or other specializations. >> >>What about a minor in "Chess Software"? >> >>Available now? >> >>Available in near future? >> >>A similar idea is to compare a software PhD to a medical doctor's education. >>Typically, medical doctors have to do an internship. >> >>How about a Chess Software Internship? >> >>Carrying the anology one step further, consider MDs who decide to go back to >>school to get a specialty, such as brain surgery. Could an analogous situation >>be a software PhD going back to learn an advanced "Chess Software" specialty? >> >>Would someone like Bob Hyatt make a good advisor for something like that? >> >>Just curious. >> >>Bob D. Maybe I'm not so senile after all! Bob D.
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