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Jr-Chang Chen, a Taiwanese computer scientist, game researcher and programmer, and associate professor at Chung Yuan Christian University in Zhongli City, Taoyuan County. Jr-Chang Chen received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in CS and information engineering from National Taiwan University, in 1996, 1998, and 2005, respectively. He is co-author of the Chinese Chess programs and multiple gold medal winners at Computer Olympiads, Contemplation, ELP, and more recently, Chimo, the Shogi program EVG, and the Nurikabe puzzle program Enigma.

=Selected Publications=

2001 ...

 * Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2001). ELP wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 3 » 6th Computer Olympiad
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2002). ELP wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 » 7th Computer Olympiad
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2003). ZMBL wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 » 8th Computer Olympiad
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen, Tai-Ning Yang, Shun-Chin Hsu (2004). Computer Chinese Chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1, pdf

2005 ...

 * Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen (2005). Handtalk III wins 19x19 Go tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3 » 10th Computer Olympiad
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2005). XQMaster wins Chinese Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 3 » 10th Computer Olympiad
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Tai-Ning Yang, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2007). Study on loop problem in opening database for chinese chess programs. 20. IEA/AIE 2007: Kyoto, Japan
 * Bo-Nian Chen, Jian-Yu Chen, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu, Pangfeng Liu, Shun-Chin Hsu (2009). An Intelligent Tutoring System of Chinese Chess. IEA/AIE 2009
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Bo-Nian Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2009). TMSK wins the Chinese-Chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2 » 14th Computer Olympiad

2010 ...

 * Shi-Jim Yen, Shi-Yuan Chiu, Cheng-Wei Chou, Jr-Chang Chen (2011). Cpuzzler wins Nonogram Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 1 » 15th Computer Olympiad
 * Ming-Cheng Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-Cheng Su, Shi-Jim Yen (2012). Shiga wins Chinese Chess Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 35, No. 1 » 16th Computer Olympiad
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Cheng-Wei Chou, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu, Kuo-Yuan Kao (2012). The Art of the Chinese Dark Chess Program DIABLE. ICS 2012, Hualien, Taiwan, December 2012
 * Wen-Jie Tseng, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu, Ching-Hua Kuo, Bo-Han Lin (2013). A Supervised Learning Method for Chinese Chess Programs. JSAI2013, pdf
 * Cheng-Wei Chou, Ching-Nung Lin, Shi-Jim Yen, Hideki Kato, Jr-Chang Chen (2013). The 6th GPW Cup 9x9 and 13x13 Computer Go Tournaments. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Tsan-Cheng Su (2013). SHIGA Wins Chinese Chess Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3 » 17th Computer Olympiad
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen, Bo-Nian Chen, Wen-Jie Tseng (2013). DARKNIGHT Wins Chinese Dark Chess Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3 » 17th Computer Olympiad
 * Wen-Jie Tseng, Jr-Chang Chen, Lung-Ping Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, I-Chen Wu (2013). TCGA 2013 Computer Game Tournaments. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 3
 * Bo-Nian Chen, Hung-Jui Chang, Shun-Chin Hsu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2013). Multilevel Inference in Chinese Chess Endgame Knowledge Bases. ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 4
 * Tsan-Cheng Su, Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu (2014). TAAI 2012 Computer Game Tournaments. ICGA Journal, Vol 37, No. 1
 * Bo-Nian Chen, Hung-Jui Chang, Shun-Chin Hsu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2014). Advanced Meta-knowledge for Chinese Chess Endgame Knowledge Bases. ICGA Journal, Vol 37, No. 1
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Tsan-Cheng Su, Jr-Chang Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu (2014). Solving 6x6 Othello on Volunteer Computing System. GPW-2014
 * Shun-Shii Lin, Chih-Hung Chen, Shun-Chin Hsu, I-Chen Wu, Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen (2014). TCGA 2014 Computer Game Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4 » TCGA 2014

2015 ...
2017 2018
 * Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, I-Chen Wu, Wen-Jie Tseng, Shi-Jim Yen, Jr-Chang Chen (2015). Strength Improvement and Analysis for an MCTS-Based Chinese Dark Chess Program. Advances in Computer Games 14
 * Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu, Wen-Jie Tseng, Bo-Han Lin, Chia-Hui Chang (2015). Job-Level Alpha-Beta Search. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 7, No. 1
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Cheng-Wei Chou, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu, Kuo-Yuan Kao (2015). Design and Implementation of Chinese Dark Chess Programs. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 7, No. 1
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Ting-Yu Lin, Bo-Nian Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2015). Equivalence Classes in Chinese Dark Chess Endgames. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 7, No. 2
 * Shi-Jim Yen, Ching-Nung Lin, Guan-Lun Cheng, Jr-Chang Chen (2017). Deep Learning and Block Go. IJCNN 2017
 * Wen-Jie Tseng, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu (2017). DarkKnight Wins Chinese Dark Chess Tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 2 » 19th Computer Olympiad 2016
 * Hung-Jui Chang, Gang-Yu Fan, Jr-Chang Chen, Chih-Wen Hsueh, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2017). Validating and Fine-Tuning of Game Evaluation Functions Using Endgame Databases. CGW@IJCAI 2017
 * Hung-Jui Chang, Jr-Chang Chen, Gang-Yu Fan, Chih-Wen Hsueh, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2018). Using Chinese dark chess endgame databases to validate and fine-tune game evaluation functions. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 » Chinese Dark Chess, Endgame Tablebases
 * Hung-Jui Chang, Jr-Chang Chen, Chih-Wen Hsueh, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2018). Analysis and efficient solutions for 2 × 4 Chinese dark chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 » Chinese Dark Chess
 * Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, I-Chen Wu, Tsan-sheng Hsu, Jr-Chang Chen (2018). An investigation of strength analysis metrics for game-playing programs: A case study in Chinese dark chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 » Chinese Dark Chess
 * Wen-Jie Tseng, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu (2018). Chimo wins Chinese chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 » 20th Computer Olympiad 2017
 * Chu-Hsuan Hsueh, I-Chen Wu, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2018). AlphaZero for a Non-Deterministic Game. TAAI 2018 » AlphaZero, Chinese Dark Chess
 * Ching-Nung Lin, Jr-Chang Chen, Shi-Jim Yen, Chan-San Chen (2018). Design of a Block Go program using deep learning and Monte Carlo tree search. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
 * Cameron Browne, Todd W. Neller, Jr-Chang Chen (2018). Computers and Games 2018. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 3
 * Ting-Yu Lin, Jr-Chang Chen, Tsan-sheng Hsu (2018). The number of effective moves for Chinese chess. CG 2018, ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4 » Chinese Chess
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Chin-Lin Shiue (2018). A New Game: Defend the Island. CG 2018, ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Chin-Lin Shiue (2018). An investigation of the game of Defend the Island. ICGA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4
 * Wen-Jie Tseng, Jr-Chang Chen, I-Chen Wu, Tinghan Wei (2018). Comparison Training for Computer Chinese Chess. arXiv:1801.07411

2020 ...

 * Jr-Chang Chen, Ting-Yu Lin, Gang-Yu Fan (2020). Yahari wins Chinese dark chess tournament. ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1 » 22nd Computer Olympiad
 * Jr-Chang Chen, Hsuan-Yu Wang, Po-Hsun Chen (2020). Nyanpass wins Minishogi and Diceshogi tournaments. ICGA Journal, Vol. 42, No. 1

=External Links=
 * Jr-Chang Chen's ICGA Tournaments
 * Jr-Chang Chen - Google Scholar Citations

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