Gian-Carlo Pascutto

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Gian-Carlo Pascutto (born 1982) is a Belgian computer programmer. He is the author of the chess engine Sjeng and Go software Leela, [1] and the original author of the free and open-source Go software Leela Zero. [2] [3] Gian-Carlo also authored many core components of the foobar2000 media player. [4]

He graduated from Hogeschool Gent in 2006, and has worked as a mobile platform engineer and manager at Mozilla Corporation since 2011.

Pascutto is a native of Ninove. [5] He is married and has two children. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leela Zero实现阿尔法元算法 但还得训练1700年" (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "更放，更共享，比利时围棋AI"丽拉·元"重塑"阿尔法元"" (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. 8 April 2018. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gian-Carlo Pascutto - The man behind LeelaZero". European Go Federation. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Who developed foobar2000 0.9?". hydrogenaud.io. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Feature: One man's Go program looks to remake AlphaGo Zero - and beyond". Xinhuanet. 9 April 2018. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "围棋AI"丽拉"获赞接近职业棋手水准，它的作者竟是一个不太会下棋的程序员" (in Chinese). Xinhuanet. 5 February 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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