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'''Omar Syed''',<br/>
an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American Indian American] computer engineer and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain blockchain] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_ledger distributed ledger] systems architect <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsyed1/ Omar Syed | LinkedIn]</ref>.
Omar Syed is inventor of the game of [[Arimaa]] and founder/CEO of Arimaa.com <ref>[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/ Arimaa - Intuitively simple ... intellectually challenging]</ref> .
Syed was inspired by [[Garry Kasparov|Garry Kasparov's]] [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997|defeat]] from [[Deep Blue]] to design a new [[Games|game]] which could be played with a standard chess set,
would be difficult for computers to play well, but would have rules simple enough for his then four-year-old son [[Aamir Syed|Aamir]] to understand.
=Selected Publications=
==1995 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''1995'''). ''[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/about/Thesis/ Applying Genetic Algorithms to Recurrent Neural Networks for Learning Network Parameters and Architecture]''. M.Sc. Thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University Case Western Reserve University]
==2000 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Aamir Syed]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/papers/030801ICGA/ Arimaa - A New Game Designed to be Difficult for Computers]''. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Jeroen Donkers]] ('''2004'''). ''The Arimaa match''. [[ICGA Journal#27_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Jeroen Donkers]] ('''2005'''). ''The 2nd Arimaa Challenge Match''. [[ICGA Journal#28_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2009'''). ''The 6th Annual Arimaa Computer World Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#32_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1]]
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2009'''). ''The 6th Annual Arimaa Challenge Match''. [[ICGA Journal#32_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No 2]]
==2010 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2015'''). ''The Arimaa Challenge: From Inception to Completion''. [[ICGA Journal#38_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsyed1/ Omar Syed | LinkedIn]
* [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/ Arimaa - Intuitively simple ... intellectually challenging]
: [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/about/designers.html About the Designers]
: [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/license/ The Arimaa Public License]
=References=
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[[FILE:OmarChess3.jpg|border|right|thumb| Omar Syed <ref>[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/about/designers.html About the Designers]</ref> ]]
'''Omar Syed''',<br/>
an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_American Indian American] computer engineer and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain blockchain] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_ledger distributed ledger] systems architect <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsyed1/ Omar Syed | LinkedIn]</ref>.
Omar Syed is inventor of the game of [[Arimaa]] and founder/CEO of Arimaa.com <ref>[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/ Arimaa - Intuitively simple ... intellectually challenging]</ref> .
Syed was inspired by [[Garry Kasparov|Garry Kasparov's]] [[Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997|defeat]] from [[Deep Blue]] to design a new [[Games|game]] which could be played with a standard chess set,
would be difficult for computers to play well, but would have rules simple enough for his then four-year-old son [[Aamir Syed|Aamir]] to understand.
=Selected Publications=
==1995 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''1995'''). ''[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/about/Thesis/ Applying Genetic Algorithms to Recurrent Neural Networks for Learning Network Parameters and Architecture]''. M.Sc. Thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University Case Western Reserve University]
==2000 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Aamir Syed]] ('''2003'''). ''[http://arimaa.com/arimaa/papers/030801ICGA/ Arimaa - A New Game Designed to be Difficult for Computers]''. [[ICGA Journal#26_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Jeroen Donkers]] ('''2004'''). ''The Arimaa match''. [[ICGA Journal#27_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]], [[Jeroen Donkers]] ('''2005'''). ''The 2nd Arimaa Challenge Match''. [[ICGA Journal#28_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2]]
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2009'''). ''The 6th Annual Arimaa Computer World Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#32_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1]]
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2009'''). ''The 6th Annual Arimaa Challenge Match''. [[ICGA Journal#32_2|ICGA Journal, Vol. 32, No 2]]
==2010 ...==
* [[Omar Syed]] ('''2015'''). ''The Arimaa Challenge: From Inception to Completion''. [[ICGA Journal#38_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarsyed1/ Omar Syed | LinkedIn]
* [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/ Arimaa - Intuitively simple ... intellectually challenging]
: [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/about/designers.html About the Designers]
: [http://arimaa.com/arimaa/license/ The Arimaa Public License]
=References=
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