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'''Ankan Banerjee''',<br/>
an Indian computer scientist with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Engineering BE] degree from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Institute_of_Technology,_Pune AIT], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune Pune], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra Maharashtra] in 2006, and engineer at [[Nvidia]] India <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankan-banerjee-929b553 Ankan Banerjee | LinkedIn]</ref> <ref>[http://www.nvidia.in/object/india_pune.html NVIDIA India (Pune) | NVIDIA]</ref>. His professional as well as private interests include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_graphics computer graphics], high performance computing, [[Games|computer games]], and computer chess. He is author of a fast [[GPU]] [[Perft]] [[Move Generation|move generator]] based on [[Kogge-Stone Algorithm|Kogge-Stone algorithm]] <ref>[https://github.com/ankan-ban/perft_gpu ankan-ban/perft_gpu · GitHub]</ref>, and the experimental chess engine [[Paladin]] <ref>[https://github.com/ankan-ban/chess_cpu GitHub - ankan-ban/chess_cpu: Ankan's new chess engine]</ref> <ref> [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60328&start=10 Re: New engine?] by [[Ankan Banerjee]], [[CCC]], July 11, 2016</ref>. In August 2017, Ankan Banerjee computed [[Perft#15|Perft(15)]] - and dedicated his computation in honor to [[Steven Edwards]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64983&start=4 Re: perft(15)] by [[Ankan Banerjee]], [[CCC]], August 25, 2017</ref>.
More recently, he contributes contributed to the [[Leela Chess Zero]] project <ref>[https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0/graphs/contributors Contributors to LeelaChessZero/lc0 · GitHub]</ref>, in particular he wrote the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CuDNN CuDNN] backend code, also shared by [[Deus X]] and [[Allie]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71822&start=48 Re: My failed attempt to change TCEC NN clone rules] by [[Adam Treat]], [[CCC]], September 19, 2019</ref>.
=Forum Posts=
: [https://github.com/ankan-ban/perft_gpu ankan-ban/perft_gpu · GitHub]
: [https://github.com/ankan-ban/chess_cpu GitHub - ankan-ban/chess_cpu: Ankan's new chess engine]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/standing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants Standing on the shoulders of giants] by [[Albert Silver]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 18, 2019
=References=
'''[[People|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Chess Programmer|Banerjee]]
[[Category:Leela Chess Contributor|Banerjee]]
