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'''Erik van der Werf''',<br/>
a Dutch computer scientist, principal scientist in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearing_aid hearing aid] industry, and master level [[Go]] player <ref>[http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/ Homepage of Erik van der Werf]</ref>.
He received a M.Sc. degree in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_physics applied physics] from [[Delft University of Technology]] in 1999, and defended his Ph.D. thesis on [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] for the gameof game of [[Go]] at [[Maastricht University]] in 2005 under supervision of [[Jaap van den Herik]] and [[Jos Uiterwijk]].
Erik van der Werf is author of the [[Go]] playing programs [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=137 Magog] (started with [[Levente Kocsis]] and [[Mark Winands]]) <ref>[http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/magog.html Magog]</ref>, [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/program.php?id=519 Steenvreter] <ref>[http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/steenvreter.html About Steenvreter]</ref> and GridMaster <ref>[http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/gridmaster.html About GridMaster]</ref>.
His Mini Go Solver ''Migos'' solved 5x5 Go in 2002 <ref>[http://erikvanderwerf.tengen.nl/5x5/5x5solved.html 5x5 Go is solved] October 20,2002</ref>,
