Vlad Stamate
Vlad Stamate [1] Vlad Stamate,
an American computer scientist, software and game developer with Romanian roots. He studied at Politehnica University of Bucharest and graduated in CS with a B.Sc. degree in graphic design from Richmond, The American International University in London in 2001. Actually affiliated with Apple, Vlad Stamate worked in the R&D department of Sony Computer Entertainment America, leading the GPU performance analysis software team for the Playstation 3 console, and as an engineer for Imagination Technologies taking part in developing OpenGL Linux drivers [2]. He has published various articles of the advanced rendering techniques book project ShaderX [3]. and further started chess programming in 2006 on a program called ps3chess, followed by ps3chess2, fastthink and in January 2009, Plisk [4]. As collector of old and antique computers since 2012, Vlad Stamate features the Digilogue Museum [5], along with the Digilogue Collection YouTube channel [6].
Forum Posts
2009
- Incremental Zobrist - slow? by Vlad Stamate, CCC, June 20, 2009 » Incremental Updates, Zobrist Hashing
- Killer moves (ply or depth?) by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 22, 2009 » Killer Heuristic
- Single legal move - what to do? by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 12, 2009 » One Reply Extensions
- Generating “through” attacks with rotated bitboard by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 28, 2009 » Rotated Bitboards, X-ray Attacks (Bitboards)
- Finding mate fast by Vlad Stamate, CCC, September 04, 2009
2010 …
- XBoard and epd tournament by Vlad Stamate, CCC, January 31, 2010 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, Engine Testing
- Standpat and check by Vlad Stamate, CCC, February 06, 2010 » Standing Pat, Check
- TT hit/miss rates by Vlad Stamate, CCC, February 25, 2010 » Transposition Table
- Zero window TT entry by Vlad Stamate, CCC, March 05, 2010 » Null Window
- Long game vs short game testing by Vlad Stamate, CCC, April 08, 2010 » Engine Testing
- Ponder console input move problem by Vlad Stamate, CCC, April 28, 2010 » Pondering
- Opening book formats and UIs by Vlad Stamate, CCC, June 08, 2010 » Opening Book
- Abusing a chess program by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 14, 2010
- WCRCC 2010 - Plisk games by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 17, 2010 » WCRCC 2010
- New rating system research by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 05, 2010
- 2011 ACCA Pan American CCC - Plisk games by Vlad Stamate, CCC, November 12, 2011 » ACCA 2011
External Links
- Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn
- PliskChess
- DigiLogue Museum
- Digilogue Collection - YouTube
- Computer History: Vintage Computer Collection Part 1 by Vlad Stamate, June 18, 2018, YouTube Video
References
- ↑ Vlad Stamate as Private Pilot, Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn
- ↑ ShaderX6 Programming - About the Authors
- ↑ ShaderX3 Programming - About the Authors
- ↑ PliskChess - History
- ↑ DigiLogue Museum
- ↑ Digilogue Collection - YouTube
- ↑ ShaderX Book Series - Lighthouse3d.com
- ↑ Photon mapping from Wikipedia