On Eurovision night, the eternally optimist tribe of Icelanders anticipate the long-awaited victory but to no avail.
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The Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) at the University of Iceland was formally approved as a member of the United Nations University (UNU) network earlier this month.
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Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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Dr. Yngvi Björnsson (right) and student Hilmar Finnsson (left) from Reykjavík University (RU) won the international General Game-Playing (GGP) Competition at the AAAI Conference in Vancouver, Canada, this week.
The conference is one of the largest and most prestigious artificial intelligence (AI) conferences in the world and the GGP Competition, held for the third time this year, is one of several side events at the conference.
Björnsson’s and Finnsson’s entry, the CADIA Player, fought for the first place against an entry from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The university placed second last year and won the competition in 2005. RU has never competed before.
The CADIA Player was developed by Björnsson and Finnsson at the Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents (CADIA) at RU, the only laboratory in Iceland dedicated to the research and development of artificial intelligence.
The AAAI GGP Competition was founded by Stanford University with the purpose of encouraging research in the field of artificial intelligence. Software entered in the competition is designed to play nearly all games, unlike conventional gaming software.
Click here to read more about the competition.
This year, Iceland Review celebrates its 50th anniversary. In ‘Cover Story’, the magazine’s first editor, Haraldur J. Hamar, recalls its history and discusses the work of its first designer, Gísli B. Björnsson. The issue is packed with colorful articles, ranging from notable artists and athletes to memorable coffee and pancakes at the Reykjavík wharf. Click here to subscribe to Iceland Review and here to look at a selection of pages from the current issue.
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