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Vlad Stamate, an American computer scientist, software and game developer with Romanian roots. He studied at Politehnica University of Bucharest and graduated in CS with a B.Sc. degree in graphic design from Richmond, The American International University in London in 2001. Actually affiliated with Apple, Vlad Stamate worked in the R&D department of Sony Computer Entertainment America, leading the GPU performance analysis software team for the Playstation 3 console, and as an engineer for Imagination Technologies taking part in developing OpenGL Linux drivers. He has published various articles of the advanced rendering techniques book project ShaderX. and further started chess programming in 2006 on a program called ps3chess, followed by ps3chess2, fastthink and in January 2009, Plisk. As collector of old and antique computers since 2012, Vlad Stamate features the Digilogue Museum , along with the Digilogue Collection YouTube channel.

=Selected Publication=
 * Vlad Stamate (2004). Reduction of lighting calculations using Spherical Harmonics. in ShaderX3 - Advanced Rendering Techniques
 * Vlad Stamate (2005). Real-time damage deformation methods. in ShaderX4 - Advanced Rendering Techniques
 * Vlad Stamate (2008). Real Time Photon Mapping Approximation on the GPU. in ShaderX6 - Advanced Rendering Techniques

=Forum Posts=

2009

 * Incremental Zobrist - slow? by Vlad Stamate, CCC, June 20, 2009 » Incremental Updates, Zobrist Hashing
 * Killer moves (ply or depth?) by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 22, 2009 » Killer Heuristic
 * Single legal move - what to do? by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 12, 2009 » One Reply Extensions
 * Generating "through" attacks with rotated bitboard by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 28, 2009 » Rotated Bitboards, X-ray Attacks (Bitboards)
 * Finding mate fast by Vlad Stamate, CCC, September 04, 2009

2010 ...

 * XBoard and epd tournament by Vlad Stamate, CCC, January 31, 2010 » Chess Engine Communication Protocol, Engine Testing
 * Standpat and check by Vlad Stamate, CCC, February 06, 2010 » Standing Pat, Check
 * TT hit/miss rates by Vlad Stamate, CCC, February 25, 2010 » Transposition Table
 * Zero window TT entry by Vlad Stamate, CCC, March 05, 2010 » Null Window
 * Long game vs short game testing by Vlad Stamate, CCC, April 08, 2010 » Engine Testing
 * Ponder console input move problem by Vlad Stamate, CCC, April 28, 2010 » Pondering
 * Opening book formats and UIs by Vlad Stamate, CCC, June 08, 2010 » Opening Book
 * Abusing a chess program by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 14, 2010
 * WCRCC 2010 - Plisk games by Vlad Stamate, CCC, July 17, 2010 » WCRCC 2010
 * New rating system research by Vlad Stamate, CCC, August 05, 2010
 * 2011 ACCA Pan American CCC - Plisk games by Vlad Stamate, CCC, November 12, 2011 » ACCA 2011

=External Links=
 * Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn
 * PliskChess
 * DigiLogue Museum
 * Digilogue Collection - YouTube
 * Computer History: Vintage Computer Collection Part 1 by Vlad Stamate, June 18, 2018, YouTube Video

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