Research Interests
My primary research is focused on making a better computer bridge player. I did my MS Thesis on a fast algorithm to find a claim, and my PhD work was primarily on improving move-selection in Monte Carlo Tree Search in Bridge.
Along the same lines, I have a general interest in game playing by computers, and how we can improve them to play better in all categories of games.
My research advisor for both MS and PhD was Professor Ernest Davis.
Publications
- Advances in computer bridge: techniques for a partial-information, communication-based game. PhD Dissertation, NYU, 2021. pdf
- DTAC: A method for planning to claim in Bridge. MS Thesis, NYU, 2010. pdf
- The State of Automated Bridge Play. Tech Report, NYU, Fall 2009. Updated Jan 2010. pdf
Teaching
- Summer '14 - CSCI-GA.1170 - Recitation Instructor for Graduate Algorithms.
- Spring '09 - V22.0202 - TA for Undergraduate OS. Course page
Software
- v2.0 of DTAC is available for download: DTAC v2.0
Personal
My personal webpage is here, and some miscellaneous bridge software can be found here.