CS1006 Backgammon AI

The annual CS1006 challenge took place this morning in the subhonours lab. Students had been designing AIs to play Backgammon, this year. The first year module was delivered by John Thomson. Previous years have focused on Hex, Othello and Connect 4.

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Congratulations to David Mulkerrin, winner of the CS1006 competition, winning a £50 Amazon voucher.

Also congratulations to:
2nd- Neofytos Dimitriou and Nick Tikhonov
3rd- Callum Fare and Conor Barr

It’s always a fun session to end Semester 2, and a great opportunity to showcase the ingenuity and creativity of our first year students.