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'''Edward (Ed) Stafford Northam''', (October 18, 1927 - March 13, 2010)<br/>
was an American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and chess player. He earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and M.Sc. in Physics from the [[University of Michigan]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan Ann Arbor], and received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from [[Michigan State University]] in 1953. He was professor for Mathematics and CS at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maine University of Maine] from 1964 until his retirement in 1991.
=Chess=
Ed Northam was an avid chess player, competing in tournaments in the 1950s and 1960s and conducting research into [[Games#ChessVariants|chess game variants]] including [[Chess960]] where he created new methods that can be used by players to determine the starting positions of their pieces. He also enjoyed the game of [[Go]]. His colleagues in computer chess included [[Hans Berliner]] and [[Danny Kopec]]. All three were involved in producing a taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess [[Playing Strength|strength]], resulting from [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]] conference held in August 1990 <ref>[http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10358/512/ The United States Chess Federation - Edward S. Northam] by Phillip R Smith, April 28, 2010</ref> <ref>[[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1990'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]</ref> .
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/n/Northam:Ed.html dblp: Ed Northam]</ref>
* [[Ed Northam|Edward Stafford Northam]] ('''1953'''). ''Topology in lattices''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Michigan_State_University#Agriculture_School Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science]. Department of Mathematics
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]], [[David Podber]], [[Yehya Fouda]] ('''1989'''). ''The Role of Connectivity in Chess''. [[WCCC 1989#Workshop|Workshop on New Directions in Game-Tree Search]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_24_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1991'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=15281 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Edward Northam]
* [http://www.edwardnortham.com/ In Memory of Edward S. Northam 1927-2010]
* [http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10358/512/ The United States Chess Federation - Edward S. Northam] by Phillip R Smith, April 28, 2010
=References=
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[[FILE:EdwardSNortham.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.edwardnortham.com/| Edward S. Northam <ref>[http://www.edwardnortham.com/ In Memory of Edward S. Northam 1927-2010]</ref> ]]
'''Edward (Ed) Stafford Northam''', (October 18, 1927 - March 13, 2010)<br/>
was an American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist and chess player. He earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and M.Sc. in Physics from the [[University of Michigan]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan Ann Arbor], and received a Ph.D. in Mathematics from [[Michigan State University]] in 1953. He was professor for Mathematics and CS at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maine University of Maine] from 1964 until his retirement in 1991.
=Chess=
Ed Northam was an avid chess player, competing in tournaments in the 1950s and 1960s and conducting research into [[Games#ChessVariants|chess game variants]] including [[Chess960]] where he created new methods that can be used by players to determine the starting positions of their pieces. He also enjoyed the game of [[Go]]. His colleagues in computer chess included [[Hans Berliner]] and [[Danny Kopec]]. All three were involved in producing a taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess [[Playing Strength|strength]], resulting from [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]] conference held in August 1990 <ref>[http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10358/512/ The United States Chess Federation - Edward S. Northam] by Phillip R Smith, April 28, 2010</ref> <ref>[[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1990'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]</ref> .
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/n/Northam:Ed.html dblp: Ed Northam]</ref>
* [[Ed Northam|Edward Stafford Northam]] ('''1953'''). ''Topology in lattices''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Michigan_State_University#Agriculture_School Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science]. Department of Mathematics
* [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]], [[David Podber]], [[Yehya Fouda]] ('''1989'''). ''The Role of Connectivity in Chess''. [[WCCC 1989#Workshop|Workshop on New Directions in Game-Tree Search]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_24_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Hans Berliner]], [[Danny Kopec]], [[Ed Northam]] ('''1991'''). ''A taxonomy of concepts for evaluating chess strength: examples from two difficult categories''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_20_C.pdf pdf]
=External Links=
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=15281 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Edward Northam]
* [http://www.edwardnortham.com/ In Memory of Edward S. Northam 1927-2010]
* [http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10358/512/ The United States Chess Federation - Edward S. Northam] by Phillip R Smith, April 28, 2010
=References=
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