Ayumu Nagai

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Ayumu Nagai,

a Japanese computer scientist and professor at the department of computer science at Gunmma University. His research interests include artificial intelligence and software verification. He holds a M.Sc. and Ph.D. from University of Tokyo on depth-first and-or tree search algorithms, in particular depth-first Proof-number search, and was member of Hiroshi Imai’s research laboratory [1]. In the 90s, along with Yasushi Tanase, Akihiro Kishimoto and Norifumi Gotou, Ayumu Nagai was co-author of the Shogi program ISshogi [2] [3], multiple winner and top finisher of CSA tournaments [4] and Computer Olympiads.

Selected Publications

Ayumu Nagai (1998). A new AND/OR Tree Search Algorithm Using Proof Number and Disproof Number. Complex Games Lab Workshop, Tsukuba
Ayumu Nagai (1999). A New Depth-First-Search Algorithm for AND/OR Trees. M.Sc. thesis, University of Tokyo
Ayumu Nagai, Hiroshi Imai (1999). Proof for the Equivalence Between Some Best-First Algorithms and Depth-First Algorithms for AND/OR Trees. Proceedings of the Korea-Japan Joint Workshop on Algorithms and Computation
Ayumu Nagai, Hiroshi Imai (1999). Application of df-pn+ to Othello endgames. 5th Game Programming Workshop » Othello