Instructor(s)
Maxwell Mann
MIT Course Number
6.370
As Taught In
January IAP 2013
Level
Undergraduate / Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is conducted as an artificial intelligence programming contest in Java. Students work in teams to program virtual robots to play Battlecode, a real-time strategy game. Optional lectures are provided on topics and programming practices relevant to the game, and students learn and improve their programming skills experientially. The competition culminates in a live Battlecode tournament.
This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.
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