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'''Mark G. Brockington''',<br/>
a Canadian computer scientist, computer game programmer and [[Poker]] player <ref>[http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/114736/mark-brockington.htm Mark Brockington - Poker Player Profile]</ref>. He received a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Mathematics B.Math.] degree in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_mathematics pure mathematics] with computer science from the [[University of Waterloo]], in 1992, and graduated at the [[University of Alberta]] with a Ph.D. in computer science with a thesis about [[Parallel Search|parallel search]], the ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search'' [[APHID]] algorithm <ref>[[Mark Brockington]] ('''1998'''). ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Alberta]]</ref><ref>[http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/aphid/index.html APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library]</ref>.
The [[Othello]] program ''Keyano'' was part of his thesis research, and along with [[Paul Hsieh]] he co-authored the Othello program ''QED''.
He was affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare BioWare] developing commercial computer games <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,6538/ Mark Brockington] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref> and led the development of a Poker platform and game engine at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesys Gamesys] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/ Mark Brockington | LinkedIn]</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/b/Brockington:Mark_G= dblp: Mark G. Brockington]</ref>
==1994==
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1994'''). ''An Implementation of the Young Brothers Wait Concept''. Internal report, [[University of Alberta]].
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1994'''). ''Improvements to Parallel Alpha-Beta Algorithms''. Technical report, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]]
==1995 ...==
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1996'''). ''The APHID Parallel αβ Search Algorithm''. Technical Report 96-07, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.23.8215&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeerX CiteSeerX]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1996'''). ''A Taxonomy of Parallel Game-Tree Search Algorithms''. [[ICGA Journal#19_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19: No. 3]]
* [[Yngvi Björnsson]], [[Mark Brockington]], [[Andreas Junghanns]], [[Aske Plaat]] ('''1996'''). ''Report on the Advances in Computer Chess 8 Conference''. [[ICGA Journal#19_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3]] » [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]]
* [[Andreas Junghanns]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]], [[Mark Brockington]], [[Yngvi Björnsson]], [[Tony Marsland]] ('''1997'''). ''Diminishing Returns for Additional Search in Chess.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]], [http://www.ru.is/faculty/yngvi/pdf/JunghannsSBBM97.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1997'''). ''APHID Game-Tree Search''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1997'''). ''KEYANO Unplugged - The Construction of an Othello Program''. Technical Report TR-97-05, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1998'''). ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Alberta]], [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ29023.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1999'''). ''APHID: Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.33.9870&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeerX CiteSeerX]
==2000 ...==
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''2000'''). ''APHID: Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-computing Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing], Vol. 60, No. 2
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''2000'''). ''Computer Chess Meets Planning''. [[ICGA Journal#23_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/ Mark Brockington | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.ualberta.ca/computing-science/explore/teaching-and-learning/career-profiles/mark-brockington Mark Brockington - Faculty of Science - University of Alberta]
* [http://www.lookuppage.com/users/markbrockington/ Mark Brockington - Bio Page]
* [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/aphid/index.html APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=105558 Mark Brockington: Hendon Mob Poker Database]
=References=
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[[FILE:MarkBrockington.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/| Mark Brockington <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/ Mark Brockington | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Mark G. Brockington''',<br/>
a Canadian computer scientist, computer game programmer and [[Poker]] player <ref>[http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/114736/mark-brockington.htm Mark Brockington - Poker Player Profile]</ref>. He received a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Mathematics B.Math.] degree in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_mathematics pure mathematics] with computer science from the [[University of Waterloo]], in 1992, and graduated at the [[University of Alberta]] with a Ph.D. in computer science with a thesis about [[Parallel Search|parallel search]], the ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search'' [[APHID]] algorithm <ref>[[Mark Brockington]] ('''1998'''). ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Alberta]]</ref><ref>[http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/aphid/index.html APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library]</ref>.
The [[Othello]] program ''Keyano'' was part of his thesis research, and along with [[Paul Hsieh]] he co-authored the Othello program ''QED''.
He was affiliated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare BioWare] developing commercial computer games <ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,6538/ Mark Brockington] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobyGames MobyGames]</ref> and led the development of a Poker platform and game engine at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamesys Gamesys] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/ Mark Brockington | LinkedIn]</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/b/Brockington:Mark_G= dblp: Mark G. Brockington]</ref>
==1994==
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1994'''). ''An Implementation of the Young Brothers Wait Concept''. Internal report, [[University of Alberta]].
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1994'''). ''Improvements to Parallel Alpha-Beta Algorithms''. Technical report, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]]
==1995 ...==
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1996'''). ''The APHID Parallel αβ Search Algorithm''. Technical Report 96-07, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.23.8215&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeerX CiteSeerX]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1996'''). ''A Taxonomy of Parallel Game-Tree Search Algorithms''. [[ICGA Journal#19_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19: No. 3]]
* [[Yngvi Björnsson]], [[Mark Brockington]], [[Andreas Junghanns]], [[Aske Plaat]] ('''1996'''). ''Report on the Advances in Computer Chess 8 Conference''. [[ICGA Journal#19_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3]] » [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]]
* [[Andreas Junghanns]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]], [[Mark Brockington]], [[Yngvi Björnsson]], [[Tony Marsland]] ('''1997'''). ''Diminishing Returns for Additional Search in Chess.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]], [http://www.ru.is/faculty/yngvi/pdf/JunghannsSBBM97.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1997'''). ''APHID Game-Tree Search''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 8]]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1997'''). ''KEYANO Unplugged - The Construction of an Othello Program''. Technical Report TR-97-05, Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]]
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''1998'''). ''Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Alberta]], [http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ29023.pdf pdf]
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1999'''). ''APHID: Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. Department of Computing Science, [[University of Alberta]], [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.33.9870&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeerX CiteSeerX]
==2000 ...==
* [[Mark Brockington]], [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''2000'''). ''APHID: Asynchronous Parallel Game-Tree Search''. [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-computing Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing], Vol. 60, No. 2
* [[Mark Brockington]] ('''2000'''). ''Computer Chess Meets Planning''. [[ICGA Journal#23_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-brockington-679299105/ Mark Brockington | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.ualberta.ca/computing-science/explore/teaching-and-learning/career-profiles/mark-brockington Mark Brockington - Faculty of Science - University of Alberta]
* [http://www.lookuppage.com/users/markbrockington/ Mark Brockington - Bio Page]
* [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~games/aphid/index.html APHID Parallel Game-Tree Search Library]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=105558 Mark Brockington: Hendon Mob Poker Database]
=References=
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