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'''Ian Frank''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and associate professor at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_University_Hakodate Future University-Hakodate] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido Hakodate, Hokkaido], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. His research focuses on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCup robot soccer] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_game multiplayer games] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_information incomplete information], in particular the game of [[Bridge]]. He received a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1991 <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/msc.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning Techniques to Declarer Play in the Game of Bridge]''. M.Sc. thesis, [[University of Edinburg]]</ref> and 1998 <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]]</ref> respectively, both on [[Search|search]] and [[Planning|planning]] applied to Bridge, advisor was [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]]. Along with [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], Ian Frank is author of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge Bridge program] ''Finesse'' <ref>[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Finesse/index.html FINESSE: Computer Bridge Research]</ref>. His further interests includes the ''World Music and Dance Festival'' (WNDF) in Hakodate <ref>[http://wmdf.org/en/author/ianf Ian Frank | WMDF: World Music and Dance Festival in Hakodate, Japan]</ref>, where he is chairman of the annual event <ref>[http://wmdf.org/en/2009/07 July | 2009 | WMDF: World Music and Dance Festival in Hakodate, Japan]</ref> <ref>2010 World Music and Dance Festival (WMDF) 003 in Hakodate, Japan, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKhq8E4FuJs|alignment=left|valignment=top}}</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/f/Frank:Ian dblp: Ian Frank]</ref>
==1990 ...==
* [[Ian Frank]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/msc.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning Techniques to Declarer Play in the Game of Bridge]''. M.Sc. thesis, [[University of Edinburg]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]] ('''1992'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/ecai92.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning to Declarer Play in Bridge]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ecai/ecai92.html#FrankBB92 ECAI 1992]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Hitoshi Matsubara]] ('''1997'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/prm.html Payoff-reduction Minimaxing]''. [[Conferences#GPW|Fourth Game Programming Workshop]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Hitoshi Matsubara]] ('''1998'''). ''Monte-Carlo Sampling in Games with Imperfect Information: Empirical Investigation and Analysis''. Research report of the [https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~mmueller/cgo/cg98-workshop/cg98-workshop.html Complex Games Lab], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture Ibaraki], Japan, [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8537/99eb8c56ebdd3bb2843764628aebe8a2eedf.pdf pdf]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48957-6_4 Optimal Play against Best Defence: Complexity and Heuristics]''. [[CG 1998]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Reijer Grimbergen]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/cg98.html Report on the First International Conference on Computers and Games]''. [[ICGA Journal#21_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4]] » [[CG 1998]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/aij.html Search in Games with Incomplete Information: A Case Study using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 100
* [[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], advisor [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Tony Marsland]], [[Ian Frank]] (eds.) ('''2000'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/3-540-45579-5 Computers and Games]''. [[CG 2000]]
: [[Itsuki Noda]], [[Ian Frank]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45579-5_29 Review: RoboCup through 2000]''. [[CG 2000]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/bridgeworld.html Make No Mistake: Computers vs. Suit Combinations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_World The Bridge World], Vol. 72, No. 2
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/tcs.html A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Search in Imperfect Information Games]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 252
* [[Ian Frank]], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/s/Sanbou:Nobuhisa Nobuhisa Sanbou], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/t/Terashima:Katsuaki Katsuaki Terashima] ('''2006'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1178909 Some positive effects of online gaming]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ACMace/ace2006.html#FrankST06 ACE 2006]
==2010 ...==
* [[Ian Frank]], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Harada:Yasushi Yasushi Harada], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/g/Grant:Alex Alex Grant] ('''2013'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6680385 Linking University Curriculum and Community - Learn Programming with Scratch, Get Projection]''. [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6679621 Culture and Computing 2013] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_%28programming_language%29 Scratch (programming language) from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/index.html Ian Frank: Home Page]
: [http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Finesse/index.html FINESSE: Computer Bridge Research]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=102676 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Ian Frank]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ian-frank/0/152/14 Ian Frank | LinkedIn]
=References=
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'''Ian Frank''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and associate professor at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_University_Hakodate Future University-Hakodate] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate,_Hokkaido Hakodate, Hokkaido], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan]. His research focuses on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCup robot soccer] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplayer_game multiplayer games] with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_information incomplete information], in particular the game of [[Bridge]]. He received a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1991 <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/msc.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning Techniques to Declarer Play in the Game of Bridge]''. M.Sc. thesis, [[University of Edinburg]]</ref> and 1998 <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]]</ref> respectively, both on [[Search|search]] and [[Planning|planning]] applied to Bridge, advisor was [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]]. Along with [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], Ian Frank is author of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge Bridge program] ''Finesse'' <ref>[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Finesse/index.html FINESSE: Computer Bridge Research]</ref>. His further interests includes the ''World Music and Dance Festival'' (WNDF) in Hakodate <ref>[http://wmdf.org/en/author/ianf Ian Frank | WMDF: World Music and Dance Festival in Hakodate, Japan]</ref>, where he is chairman of the annual event <ref>[http://wmdf.org/en/2009/07 July | 2009 | WMDF: World Music and Dance Festival in Hakodate, Japan]</ref> <ref>2010 World Music and Dance Festival (WMDF) 003 in Hakodate, Japan, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
{{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKhq8E4FuJs|alignment=left|valignment=top}}</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/f/Frank:Ian dblp: Ian Frank]</ref>
==1990 ...==
* [[Ian Frank]] ('''1991'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/msc.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning Techniques to Declarer Play in the Game of Bridge]''. M.Sc. thesis, [[University of Edinburg]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]] ('''1992'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/ecai92.html An Adaptation of Proof-Planning to Declarer Play in Bridge]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ecai/ecai92.html#FrankBB92 ECAI 1992]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Hitoshi Matsubara]] ('''1997'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/prm.html Payoff-reduction Minimaxing]''. [[Conferences#GPW|Fourth Game Programming Workshop]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]], [[Hitoshi Matsubara]] ('''1998'''). ''Monte-Carlo Sampling in Games with Imperfect Information: Empirical Investigation and Analysis''. Research report of the [https://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~mmueller/cgo/cg98-workshop/cg98-workshop.html Complex Games Lab], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibaraki_Prefecture Ibaraki], Japan, [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8537/99eb8c56ebdd3bb2843764628aebe8a2eedf.pdf pdf]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48957-6_4 Optimal Play against Best Defence: Complexity and Heuristics]''. [[CG 1998]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Reijer Grimbergen]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/cg98.html Report on the First International Conference on Computers and Games]''. [[ICGA Journal#21_4|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 4]] » [[CG 1998]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/aij.html Search in Games with Incomplete Information: A Case Study using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 100
* [[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], advisor [[Mathematician#ABundy|Alan Bundy]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Tony Marsland]], [[Ian Frank]] (eds.) ('''2000'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/3-540-45579-5 Computers and Games]''. [[CG 2000]]
: [[Itsuki Noda]], [[Ian Frank]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-45579-5_29 Review: RoboCup through 2000]''. [[CG 2000]]
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''2000'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/bridgeworld.html Make No Mistake: Computers vs. Suit Combinations]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_World The Bridge World], Vol. 72, No. 2
* [[Ian Frank]], [[Mathematician#DBasin|David Basin]] ('''2001'''). ''[http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Publications/tcs.html A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Search in Imperfect Information Games]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Computer_Science_%28journal%29 Theoretical Computer Science], Vol. 252
* [[Ian Frank]], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/s/Sanbou:Nobuhisa Nobuhisa Sanbou], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/t/Terashima:Katsuaki Katsuaki Terashima] ('''2006'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1178909 Some positive effects of online gaming]''. [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/ACMace/ace2006.html#FrankST06 ACE 2006]
==2010 ...==
* [[Ian Frank]], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/h/Harada:Yasushi Yasushi Harada], [http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/g/Grant:Alex Alex Grant] ('''2013'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6680385 Linking University Curriculum and Community - Learn Programming with Scratch, Get Projection]''. [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6679621 Culture and Computing 2013] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_%28programming_language%29 Scratch (programming language) from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/index.html Ian Frank: Home Page]
: [http://www.fun.ac.jp/~ianf/Finesse/index.html FINESSE: Computer Bridge Research]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=102676 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Ian Frank]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ian-frank/0/152/14 Ian Frank | LinkedIn]
=References=
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