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'''Vlad Stamate''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, software and game developer with Romanian roots.
He studied at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politehnica_University_of_Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest]
and graduated in CS with a B.Sc. degree in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design graphic design] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_The_American_International_University_in_London Richmond, The American International University in London] in 2001.
Actually affiliated with [[Apple]], Vlad Stamate worked in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development R&D] department of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment America], leading the [[GPU]] performance analysis software team for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 Playstation 3] console,
and as an engineer for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Technologies Imagination Technologies] taking part in developing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL OpenGL] [[Linux]] drivers <ref>[http://www.shaderx6.com/authors.htm ShaderX6 Programming - About the Authors]</ref>.
He has published various articles of the advanced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_(computer_graphics) rendering] techniques book project ''ShaderX'' <ref>[http://www.shaderx3.com/authors.htm ShaderX3 Programming - About the Authors]</ref>.
and further started chess programming in 2006 on a program called '''ps3chess''', followed by '''ps3chess2''', '''fastthink''' and in January 2009, [[Plisk]] <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/ PliskChess - History]</ref>.
As collector of old and antique computers since 2012, Vlad Stamate features the '''Digilogue Museum''' <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/digiloguemuseum/ DigiLogue Museum]</ref>,
along with the '''Digilogue Collection''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] channel <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HbC_nq8t1S9l7qGYL0mTA Digilogue Collection - YouTube]</ref>.
=Selected Publication=
<ref>[https://www.lighthouse3d.com/2011/06/shaderx-book-series/ ShaderX Book Series - Lighthouse3d.com]</ref>
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2004'''). ''Reduction of lighting calculations using Spherical Harmonics''. in [http://www.shaderx3.com/Tables%20of%20Content.htm ShaderX3 - Advanced Rendering Techniques]
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2005'''). ''Real-time damage deformation methods''. in [http://www.shaderx4.com/TOC.html ShaderX4 - Advanced Rendering Techniques]
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2008'''). ''Real Time Photon Mapping Approximation on the GPU''. in [http://shaderx6.com/TOC.html ShaderX6 - Advanced Rendering Techniques] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_mapping Photon mapping from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==2009==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28523 Incremental Zobrist - slow?] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], June 20, 2009 » [[Incremental Updates]], [[Zobrist Hashing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29077 Killer moves (ply or depth?)] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 22, 2009 » [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29366 Single legal move - what to do?] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2009 » [[One Reply Extensions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29577 Generating "through" attacks with rotated bitboard] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2009 » [[Rotated Bitboards]], [[X-ray Attacks (Bitboards)]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29658 Finding mate fast] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], September 04, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32254 XBoard and epd tournament] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2010 » [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]], [[Engine Testing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32424 Standpat and check] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2010 » [[Quiescence Search#StandPat|Standing Pat]], [[Check]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32897 TT hit/miss rates] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], February 25, 2010 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33084 Zero window TT entry] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2010 » [[Null Window]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33685 Long game vs short game testing] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2010 » [[Engine Testing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34051 Ponder console input move problem] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], April 28, 2010 » [[Pondering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34795 Opening book formats and UIs] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2010 » [[Opening Book]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35428 Abusing a chess program] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 14, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35471 WCRCC 2010 - Plisk games] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 17, 2010 » [[WCRCC 2010]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35699 New rating system research] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41058 2011 ACCA Pan American CCC - Plisk games] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], November 12, 2011 » [[ACCA 2011]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlad-stamate-427955/ Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/ PliskChess]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/digiloguemuseum/ DigiLogue Museum]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HbC_nq8t1S9l7qGYL0mTA Digilogue Collection - YouTube]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1bFJqw_s Computer History: Vintage Computer Collection Part 1] by [[Vlad Stamate]], June 18, 2018, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1bFJqw_s|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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[[FILE:VladStamate.jpg|border|right|thumb| Vlad Stamate <ref>Vlad Stamate as Private Pilot, [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlad-stamate-427955/ Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn]</ref> ]]
'''Vlad Stamate''',<br/>
an American computer scientist, software and game developer with Romanian roots.
He studied at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politehnica_University_of_Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest]
and graduated in CS with a B.Sc. degree in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_design graphic design] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_The_American_International_University_in_London Richmond, The American International University in London] in 2001.
Actually affiliated with [[Apple]], Vlad Stamate worked in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development R&D] department of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Computer_Entertainment Sony Computer Entertainment America], leading the [[GPU]] performance analysis software team for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3 Playstation 3] console,
and as an engineer for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Technologies Imagination Technologies] taking part in developing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL OpenGL] [[Linux]] drivers <ref>[http://www.shaderx6.com/authors.htm ShaderX6 Programming - About the Authors]</ref>.
He has published various articles of the advanced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendering_(computer_graphics) rendering] techniques book project ''ShaderX'' <ref>[http://www.shaderx3.com/authors.htm ShaderX3 Programming - About the Authors]</ref>.
and further started chess programming in 2006 on a program called '''ps3chess''', followed by '''ps3chess2''', '''fastthink''' and in January 2009, [[Plisk]] <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/ PliskChess - History]</ref>.
As collector of old and antique computers since 2012, Vlad Stamate features the '''Digilogue Museum''' <ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/digiloguemuseum/ DigiLogue Museum]</ref>,
along with the '''Digilogue Collection''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] channel <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HbC_nq8t1S9l7qGYL0mTA Digilogue Collection - YouTube]</ref>.
=Selected Publication=
<ref>[https://www.lighthouse3d.com/2011/06/shaderx-book-series/ ShaderX Book Series - Lighthouse3d.com]</ref>
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2004'''). ''Reduction of lighting calculations using Spherical Harmonics''. in [http://www.shaderx3.com/Tables%20of%20Content.htm ShaderX3 - Advanced Rendering Techniques]
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2005'''). ''Real-time damage deformation methods''. in [http://www.shaderx4.com/TOC.html ShaderX4 - Advanced Rendering Techniques]
* [[Vlad Stamate]] ('''2008'''). ''Real Time Photon Mapping Approximation on the GPU''. in [http://shaderx6.com/TOC.html ShaderX6 - Advanced Rendering Techniques] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_mapping Photon mapping from Wikipedia]</ref>
=Forum Posts=
==2009==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28523 Incremental Zobrist - slow?] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], June 20, 2009 » [[Incremental Updates]], [[Zobrist Hashing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29077 Killer moves (ply or depth?)] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 22, 2009 » [[Killer Heuristic]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29366 Single legal move - what to do?] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 12, 2009 » [[One Reply Extensions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29577 Generating "through" attacks with rotated bitboard] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 28, 2009 » [[Rotated Bitboards]], [[X-ray Attacks (Bitboards)]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29658 Finding mate fast] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], September 04, 2009
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32254 XBoard and epd tournament] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], January 31, 2010 » [[Chess Engine Communication Protocol]], [[Engine Testing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32424 Standpat and check] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], February 06, 2010 » [[Quiescence Search#StandPat|Standing Pat]], [[Check]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32897 TT hit/miss rates] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], February 25, 2010 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33084 Zero window TT entry] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], March 05, 2010 » [[Null Window]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33685 Long game vs short game testing] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], April 08, 2010 » [[Engine Testing]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34051 Ponder console input move problem] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], April 28, 2010 » [[Pondering]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34795 Opening book formats and UIs] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2010 » [[Opening Book]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35428 Abusing a chess program] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 14, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35471 WCRCC 2010 - Plisk games] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], July 17, 2010 » [[WCRCC 2010]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35699 New rating system research] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2010
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41058 2011 ACCA Pan American CCC - Plisk games] by [[Vlad Stamate]], [[CCC]], November 12, 2011 » [[ACCA 2011]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlad-stamate-427955/ Vlad Stamate | LinkedIn]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/pliskchess/ PliskChess]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/digiloguemuseum/ DigiLogue Museum]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7HbC_nq8t1S9l7qGYL0mTA Digilogue Collection - YouTube]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1bFJqw_s Computer History: Vintage Computer Collection Part 1] by [[Vlad Stamate]], June 18, 2018, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwj1bFJqw_s|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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