2018 Competition Schedule

Tuesday July 17, Stockholmsmassan, Room K14 
Angry Birds AI Competition
       
8:30-11:20   No activity
       
11:20-13:00 11:20-11:25 Welcome and Introduction
    11:25-11:30 Team Introduction AngryHex
    11:30-12:00 Quarter Final 1
      (AngryHex, PlanA+, IHSEV)
    12:00-12:05 Short break
    12:05-12:25 Angry Birds AI Symposium Talk 1 (15 min talk, 5 min questions)
      Ekaterina Nikonova and Jakub Gemrot
      Deep Q-Network for Angry Birds (DQ-Birds)
    12:25-12:30 Team Introduction BamBirds
    12:30-13:00 Quarter Final 2
      (BamBirds, Eagle's Wing 2017, DQ-Birds)
       
13:00-14:55   Competition Break / Lunch / IJCAI Invited Talks Session
       
14:55-16:10 14:55-15:00 Introduction
    15:00-15:20 Angry Birds AI Symposium Talk 2 (15 min talk, 5 min questions)
      Shahaf S. Shperberg, Solomon Eyal Shimony, and Avinoam Yehezkel
      Algorithm Selection in Optimization and Application to Angry Birds (MetaBirds)
    15:20-15:40 Angry Birds AI Symposium Talk 3 (15 min talk, 5 min questions)
      Yuntian Ma, Yoshina Takano, Enzhi Zhang, Tomohiro Harada. Ruck Thawonmas
      Playing Angry Birds with a Neural Network and Tree Search (MYTBirds)
    15:40-16:10 Quarter Final 3
      (MetaBirds, MYTBirds, Eagle's Wing 2018)
       
16:10-16:40   Coffee Break
       
16:40-18:20 16:40-16:50 Introduction and Team Introductions (Semi Final)
    16:50-17:20 Semi Final
      (Four best teams of QF1, QF2 and QF3)
    17:20-17:30 Short Break
    17:30-17:40 Introduction and Team Introductions (Grand Final)
    17:40-18:10 GRAND FiNAL
      (1st and 2nd team of Semi Final)
    18:10-18:20 Closing Remarks and Winner Announcement
       
       
Wednesday, July 18, Stockholmsmassan, B Hall
Human vs Machine Challenge
       
10:00-16:00   Human challengers play 4 levels for up to 10 minutes each
      Everyone is invited to participate, as space permits
      Note: Session can be extended if there is large interest. 
       
16:00-16:30 16:00-16:10 Introduction to AI agents
    16:10-16:20 Four best AI agents play same levels for 10 minutes
    16:20-16:30 Closing Remarks and Winner Announcement