Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) conducted the International AI programming Contest “SamurAI Coding” in 2012, 2013 and 2014, aiming to cultivate the younger generation so they can become leading researchers, developers and successful on global level. 4th SamurAI Coding will be held between October 2015 and March 2016. Contestants will compete their engineering skills for AI game programming. Winners of the preliminary round will move on to the final round, which will be held on March 11 2016 collocated with 78th IPSJ National Convention at Keio University, Yagami Campus. Participating engineers and programmers will be able to demonstrate their skills on a global level through this contest.

The preliminary website containing preliminary game rule has been launched. Moreover Call for Sponsors in Japanese is out! Please consider to support this exciting and valuable event!