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          Department of Knowledge Engineering
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          6200 MD Maastricht / The Netherlands
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Curriculum Vitae

Current Activities

Books Published

List of Scientific Publications

Board member of SIKS	My chessclub MSV-VSM!
Board member of the BNVKI	Editor-in-Chief of the BNVKI Newsletter
The International Computer Games Association

• Pim Nijssen
  Subject: Multi-player and Hide-and-Seek Games (tUL project)
• Maarten Schadd
  Graduated: May 25, 2011
  Ph.D. thesis: Selective Search in Games of Different Complexity
  
  
  
  
• Jahn-Takeshi Saito
  Graduated: December 15, 2010
  Ph.D. thesis: Solving Difficult Game Positions
  
  
  
  
• Guillaume Chaslot
  Graduated: September 30, 2010
  Ph.D. thesis: Monte-Carlo Tree Search
  
  
  
  
• Fritz Reul (external Ph.D. student)
  Graduated: June 17, 2009
  Ph.D. thesis: New Architectures in Computer Chess
  
  
  
  
• Erik van der Werf
  Graduated: January 27, 2005
  Ph.D. thesis: AI Techniques for the Game of Go
  
  
  
  
• Mark Winands
  Graduated: December 1, 2004
  Ph.D. thesis: Informed Search in Complex Games
  
  
  
  
• Levente Kocsis
  Graduated: December 11, 2003
  Ph.D. thesis: Learning Search Decisions
  
  
  
  
• Jeroen Donkers
  Graduated: December 5, 2003
  Ph.D. thesis: NOSCE HOSTEM: Searching with Opponent Models
  
  
  
  
• Dennis Breuker
  Graduated: October 16, 1998
  Ph.D. thesis: Memory versus Search in Games
  
  
  
  

• Antonie Valkenberg
  Subject: AI Agents for the Cliffhanger Game
• Juliane Meyer
  Subject: AI Agents for the Modern Board Game Settlers of Catan
• Frederik Schadd
  Graduated: January 5, 2010
  M.Sc. thesis: Monte-Carlo Search Techniques in the Modern Board Game Thurn and Taxis
• Robert Briesemeister
  Graduated: November 24, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: Analysis and Implementation of the Game of OnTop
• Pascal Chorus
  Graduated: July 1, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: Implementing a Computer Player for Abalone using Alpha-Beta and Monte-Carlo Search
• Cathleen Heyden
  Graduated: July 1, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: Implementing a Computer Player for Carcassonne
• Yannick Soldati
  Graduated: June 5, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: Testing a New Object-Relational Mapping Language for Database-Website Communication
• Kevin Moesker
  Graduated: March 25, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: TwixT: Theory, Analysis and Implementation
• Pim Nijssen
  Graduated: January 15, 2009
  M.Sc. thesis: Using Intelligent Search Techniques to Play the Game Khet
• Viktor Vorsteveld
  Graduated: April 11, 2007
  M.Sc. thesis: Knowledge vs. Power in the Game of Rikken
• Maarten Schadd
  Graduated: Augustus 30, 2006
  M.Sc. thesis: Solving FanoRona
• Christ-Jan Cox
  Graduated: April 3, 2006
  M.Sc. thesis: Analysis and Implementation of the Game Arimaa (part 1) + Appendix B (part 2)
• Cedric Roijakkers
  Graduated: September 27, 2005
  M.Sc. thesis: Analysis and Implementation of the Game of Octi
• Tim Cranen
  Graduated: June 21, 2005
  M.Sc. thesis: Comparisons of Questionnaires at the CBS
• Susanne Heuser (University of Jena)
  Graduated: August 13, 2003
  M.Sc. thesis: Randomised Evaluations in Single Agent Search
• Reindert-Jan Ekker (Groningen University)
  Graduated: June 6, 2003
  M.Sc. thesis: Reinforcement Learning and Games
• Xander Steinmann (University of Eindhoven)
  Graduated: April 9, 2003
  M.Sc. thesis: Multi-player Game Search in Cartagena
• Ruud Janssen and Jeroen van Onzen (HIO Arnhem)
  Graduated: June 14, 2002
  M.Sc. thesis: Plan Recognition in Chess
• Sjoerd Druiven (Groningen University)
  Graduated: May 17, 2002
  M.Sc. thesis: Knowledge Development in Games of Imperfect Information
• Diederik Wentink
  Graduated: January 29, 2002
  M.Sc. thesis: The Analysis and Implementation of the Game Gipf
• Patrick Hensgens
  Graduated: September 20, 2001
  M.Sc. thesis: A Knowledge-based Approach of the Game of Amazons
• Peter-Paul Kruijsen
  Graduated: June 28, 2001
  M.Sc. thesis: Kennis en Renju (in Dutch)
• Mark Winands
  Graduated: September 15, 2000
  M.Sc. thesis: Analysis and Implementation of Lines of Action

• Maurice Bergsma (*)
  Defended: June 23, 2005
  B.Sc. thesis: Opponent Modeling in Machiavelli
• Guus Groeneweg (*)
  Defended: June 23, 2005
  B.Sc. thesis: Monte Carlo Machiavelli
• Philip Kerbusch (*)
  Defended: June 23, 2005
  B.Sc. thesis: Learning Unit Values in Wargus using Temporal Differences
• Nyree Lemmens (*)
  Defended: June 23, 2005
  B.Sc. thesis: Constructing an Abalone Game-Playing Agent
• Quintin Siebers
  Defended: June 22, 2006
  B.Sc. thesis: Implementing Inference Rules in the Topic Maps Model
• Peter Mertens (*)
  Defended: June 22, 2006
  B.Sc. thesis: A Quoridor-playing Agent
• Laurens van der Blom (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Map-Adaptive Artificial Intelligence for Video Games
• Evert Cuppen (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Using Monte Carlo Techniques in the Game Ataxx
• Tim Jansen (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Player Adaptive Cooperative Artificial Intelligence for RTS Games
• Pim Nijssen (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Playing Othello using Monte Carlo
• Frederik Schadd (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Hierarchical Opponent Models for Real-Time Strategy Games
• Antonie Valkenberg (**)
  Defended: June 21, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Opponent Modelling in World of Warcraft
• Matthijs Rohs (**)
  Defended: July 5, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Preference-based Player Modelling for Civilization IV
• Tijmen Stam
  Defended: December 4, 2007
  B.Sc. thesis: Solving Mahjong Solitaire Positions