Jonathan Schaeffer: Michael Smith

Michael Smith (M.Sc. 2006)

Last Reported Sighting: travelling around the world 2007

Michael's program PickPocket won the 1st (Taiwan, September 2005) and 2nd (Italy, May 2006) World Computer Billiards Championship.

Michael Smith. PickPocket: An Artificial Intelligence for Computer Billiards, M.Sc. thesis, 2006.
Michael Smith. Running the Table: An AI for Computer Billiards, M.Sc. thesis, 2006. American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) National Conference, pp. 994-999, 2006.