由日本信息处理学会主办，中国计算机学会协办的第四届IPSJ国际AI编程大赛于2015年10月-2016年3月举行。本次大赛由网上初赛和现场决赛组成，决赛在日本举行，有兴趣者可自主参加。

NOI竞赛办公室
2015年10月28日

4th IPSJ International AI Programming Contest
SamurAI Coding 2015-16
http://samuraicoding.info/
Information Processing Society of Japan

Overview
Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) will hold an international match-up game-programming contest “SamurAI Coding” in 2015-2016. The contest solicits contestants from all over the world; there will be an online preliminary round for qualifying to an onsite world final round in Japan.
Objective
As the Internet industry rapidly grows, there is an intensifying need for high quality engineers. Information Processing Society of Japan launched the event SamurAI Coding in 2012, aiming to cultivate the younger generation so they can become leading researchers, developers and successful on global level. Through this contest, contestants will sharpen and demonstrate their programming skills.
Schedule (TBD)
Rule and platform announcement: October - November 2015
Due of 1st call for challenge of online preliminary round: January 8, 2016
Result announcement of 1st call for challenge of online preliminary round: January 18, 2016.
Due of 2nd call for challenge of online preliminary round: February 8, 2016
Result announcement of 2nd call for challenge of online preliminary round: February 18, 2016.
World final round in Tokyo (collocated with 78th IPSJ Annual Convention): March 11, 2016
Game and AI
SamurAI 3x3 (three on three) is a game played with two corps each consisting of three samurai with different weapons, competing for broader territory. Each contestant provides an AI program that decides actions of one of the samurai, playing games cooperating with two other AI programs controlling other samurai. The total score through many games, controlling samurai with different weapons with combinations of different AI programs, decides the tournament results.
Eligibility
No age limit
Individual or group (no maximum number of group members)
Committee
Director: Hironori Washizaki
Co-Director: Tasuku Hiraishi
Executive Advisor: Takashi Chikayama
Member: Ikuo Takeuchi, Shingo Takada, Matsuki Yoshino, Kazunori Sakamoto, Tetsuro Tanaka,
Jun Nitta, Michiko Oba, Noriko Fukasawa