1. Jonathan Herbert Schaeffer was born on 1957 and is a Canadian researcher and professor at the University of Alberta and the former Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence.
10 Facts About Jonathan Schaeffer
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Jonathan Schaeffer led the team that wrote Chinook, the world's strongest American checkers player, after some relatively good results in writing computer chess programs.
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Jonathan Schaeffer is involved in the University of Alberta GAMES group developing computer poker systems.
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Jonathan Schaeffer is a Founder of Onlea, which produces online learning experiences.
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Jonathan Schaeffer received a Master of Mathematics degree in 1980 and a Ph.
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Jonathan Schaeffer reached national master strength in chess while in his early 20s, but has played little competitive chess since that time.
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Jonathan Schaeffer is a member and, until 2004, leader of the computer poker research group at the University of Alberta, which has developed several strong computer programs for playing Texas hold 'em poker.
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In July 2007, Jonathan Schaeffer announced a competition between the group's newest program, Polaris, and two human professionals, Phil Laak and Ali Eslami.
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Jonathan Schaeffer was previously the vice-provost for information technology at the University of Alberta.
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Jonathan Schaeffer is a founder of Onlea, a nonprofit organization, which produces interactive online learning experiences such as Massive Open Online Courses.