Dr. Martin Mueller

Biography

Martin Mueller is a Professor in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta. He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in Technical Mathematics from Graz University of Technology, Austria, in 1989 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, in 1995. His research areas encompass Artificial Intelligence, particularly focusing on game tree search and domain-independent planning. Over the past thirty years, he has developed theoretical and practical approaches to enhance the performance of heuristic search techniques. His notable achievements include leading a research group that created the open-source game software framework Fuego, which achieved a significant milestone by defeating top-level professional players in 9x9 Go. Under his direction, the Fuego framework has won major international competitions, including the Computer Olympiad and UEC Cup. His work in AI planning has resulted in internationally recognized planning systems that utilize macro learning and Monte Carlo random walks. He has published extensively in high-quality venues and major conferences, contributing significantly to fields such as computer games and general AI.

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