The first ever human vs. computer no-limit Texas hold ’em competition took place from April 24– May 8, 2015 at River’s Casino in Pittsburgh, PA. In this article I present my thoughts on the competition design, agent architecture, and lessons learned.

A hybrid differential-discrete mathematical model has been used to simulate biofilm structures (surface shape, roughness, porosity) as a result of microbial growth in different environmental conditions. In this study, quantitative two- and three-dimensional models were evaluated by introducing statistical measures to characterize the complete biofilm structure, both the surface structure and vo...

We propose a deenition of \regular synthesis," more general than those suggested by other authors such as Boltyanskii and Brunovsk y, and an even more general notion of \regular presynthesis." We give a complete proof of the corresponding suuciency theorem, a slightly weaker version of which had been stated in an earlier article, with only a rough outline of the proof. We illustrate the strengt...

A current mode sample and hold circuit has been designed to examine if high-precision current processing is possible simultaneously with a circu it to which current mode and switched-current circuits are applied and which operates at high-speed and with low supply voltage. The results are 1 O-bit accuracy, a 20MHz clock, and a 2 V supply voltage. Clock feedthroug h which degrades the precision ...