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THE BATTALION
Colkc* Station, Texas
August 9, 1972
CADET SLOUCH
by Jim Bark
A&M enters computer chess match
welcome home
deam
A AM and seven other institu
tions across the U. S. will square
off over the chess board next
weekend, with computers pro
grammed to play chess calling
the moves.
The third U. S. Computer Chees
Championships will be held Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday in Bos
ton, in conjunction with the na
tional conference of the* Associa
tion for Computing Machinery.
A AM participation is co-spon
sored by the Data Processing
Center and Industrial Engineer
ing Department-
Heading the TAMU team will
be Rolf C. Smith and Prank Ce
ra ti, graduate students who cre
sted the AAM program in 1969
as part of the graduate project.
They are Air Force officers as
signed here for graduate studies
tin computer science.
Dr. Udo W. Pooch said AAM
“ha* a reasonable chance for a
good showing, though the com
petition is better this year.”
A member of the industrial en
gineering faculty, he is advisor
to the Memorial Student Center
chess committee and the two
graduate students.
Other teams in the U. S. Chess
Federation - sanctioned tourna
ment represent Northwestern,
Csrnegie-Mellon, Minnesota, Co
lumbia, Harvard and two institu
tions of the University of Cali
fornia system.
Play will originate in the Sher
aton-Boston Hotel, with Ceruti
phoning instructions for TAMU’s
IBM 3«0 '66 computer to Smith
at the Data Prseessing Center.
A large chess display board
showing progress of the games
Economists’ articles published
Four economists with the Tex
as Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion have had articles published in
a book entitled “Symposium j Ver
tical Coordination in the Pork In
dustry.”
Dr. Donald E. Farris and Dr.
William R. Maach contributed
“Vertical Coordination in the
Pork Industry in the Southwest.”
A&M scientists make report
on effects of* shell dredging
Dr. Vance W. Edmondson contrib
uted “The -Danish System of
Swine and Pork Production and
Marketing” and Dr. John A. Hop-
kin contributed “Financing a
Technologically Modern Coordi
nated Production-Marketing Sys
tem.”
All four are members of the
Department of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Rural Sociology at
AAM.
An interim report was made
Tuesday by AAM scientists on
studies they have under way t*
determine environmental effects
of shell dredging on San Antonio
Bay.
The bay southeast of Victoria
forms part of the shoreline- of
the Aransas National Wildlife
Refuge, which Wntains endanger
ed species such as the whooping
crane.
The San Antonio and Guada
lupe Rivers empty into the bay.
Sitting in on the interim re
port were representatives of en
vironmentally - concerned groups
and state and federal agencies
including the Environmental Pro
in San Antonio Bay. Provision is
made for immediate stoppage of
dredging operations if detrimen
tal effects are found.
Studies by AAM personnel for
one annual cycle of seasons is
performed under contract with
Corps of Engineers and the dredg
ing firms. The latter provides
for collection of data and field
operations.
Cost of preparing, assembling
earlier studies and writing the
impact statement is borne under
the Corps contsact.
“No influence nor control is ex
ercised over the data or results,’’
Colonel Rhodes said. “Our intent
is to keep the tests totally objec-
will be set up and maintained at
the DPC by the MSC chess com
mittee, according to Recreation
Chairman James Goode.
Dr. Pooch said computer chess
programs tie into a computer sci
ence sub-branch known as artifi
cial intelligence, in which pro
grammer's “try to make the ma
chine exhibit behavior that, if
demonstrated in humans, would be
called intelligence.”
“The best computer program
around plays chess at the low
master's level,” he remarked.
“The computer doesn’t play that
well because, from the computer
science aspect, we don’t know how
to tell the computer to play well."
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Engineer of the Galveston Dis
trict, V- S. Army Corps of Engi
neers.
The Corps is responsible for an
environmental impact statement
on the effects of shell dredging
In the bay. To be written from
data and findings of the TAMU
scientists, the statement forms
the basis of extending or denying
state and federal permits to shell
dredgers to continue operations
Tfr Arnold H. Hotfma, ocean
ography professor who works
with nine other TAMU faculty
members in biology, wildlife and
fisheries sciences, geology, me
teorology and oceanography, said
the interim report serves as a
guidance device for the San An
tonio Bay study.
“Reactions to data presented
may turn up other areas or ques
tions that need consideration,” he
explained. “Our goal is the most
accurate possible determination
of the effects of shell dredging
on the San Antonio Bay environ
ment.”
Plant and marine life in the
shallow-water bay are important
in the food chain that supports
animal life in the Aransas Refuge.
AAM was selected for the study
on the basis of Corps of Engineers
interviews with sports and envi
ronment protection groups. Sev
eral institutions were considered
in narrowing the selection to the
TAMU group.
Working on the San Antonio
Bay project are Dr. Sewell Hop
kins and Dr. Jack Anderson, biol
ogy; Dr. Resnest M. Darnell,
oceanography and biology; Dr.
Wayne M. Ahr, geologyDr.
George L. Huebner and Dr. Den
nis Driscoll, meteorology, and
Dr. C. Wylie Poag, Dr. Clarence
Dineen and Bouma, oceano
graphy.
Coordination is provided by Dr.
Don Harper, biology lab etwrdi-
nation; Dr. H. D. Irby, wildlife
and fisheries sciences; C. A. Bed-
inger, biology field coordinator,
and Barry W. Holliday, geology,
circulation and chemical coordi
nation.
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VA continues research funds
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for car controls, artificial limbs
Continued research into artifi-
fleial limbs and a new study to
design automobile controls for se
verely disabled persons have been
funded by the Veterans Admini
stration to AAM’s bioengineering
program.
Dr. Paul H. Newell, associate
dean of engineering and bioengi
neering head, said the artifical
limbs research is funded for the
third year. The auto mobility
aids program included in the
1972-78 grant brings total VA
funding for the past three years
to 1268,000.
Currently bioengineers at
TAMU are conducting clinical
trials in Houston on a new arti
ficial leg which attaches to the
hip.
Dr. Newell said under the new
grant the researchers will con
centrate on producing an arm to
attach to the shoulder. *
“This technology has produced
a new hip prostheeis that weighs
eight pounds and has better func
tions than a prescription device
weighing 16 pounds and with less
function,” Dr. Newell said.
He noted a Houston veteran is
being used in the hip research
with a prototype being prepared
for personal use outside the VA
Hoepital.
Dr. Newell said the automobile
driving controls study will look
at what type of controls can be
prescribed for various levels of
disabUity.
For example, a person paralys
ed from the waist down has a
problem getting in and out of a
car. Once inside he must be sta
ble and able to work the brake,
accelerator and light dimmer.
Dr. Newell reported the re
search will include a variety o.
disabilities as they relate to safe
driving and driver safety.
The TAMU research will be
conducted in cooperation with the
Baylor College of Medicine. Dr.
Lewis A. Leavitt, chairman of
Baylor’s physical medicine pro
gram, will be the medical consult
ant for the work.
Refrigerator program
seeking business manager
Applications are being accept
ed now by the Student Govern
ment for the Job of manager of
the refrigerator program.
Vice President Randy Ross ex
plained that this is a part-time
poeition with pay.
It will be necessary for the
manager to start working Aug.
21. Roes pointed out that the
main part of the Job is promot
ing and selling the program to
the students.
Forms may be picked up in the
Student Government Office, and
they must be turned in b y 6 p.m.
Monday.
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