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- Thu Feb 23, 2017 10:48 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3351
Re: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2
Little over a week to go, and the field is finalized: Boulder High Weld A Weld B Weld C Grand Junction A Grand Junction B Grand Junction C Jefferson Academy A Jefferson Academy B Jefferson Academy C Rock Canyon A Rock Canyon B Arapahoe A Arapahoe B Lake City A Lake City B Lake City C Fairview A Wait...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
- Replies: 131
- Views: 57736
Re: SCT, autobids, and ICT size discussion
I don't check the boards as often as I used to, so I missed the kerfuffle. (And it seems the youngin's prefer their Instagrams and Facebooks over old school web forums.) First, on Mohit. Mohit was in town anyway and when we had seven teams, he asked if he could play as an exhibition team. There was ...
- Thu Feb 09, 2017 9:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3351
Re: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2
Updated Field:
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Jefferson Academy A
Jefferson Academy B
Jefferson Academy C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Arapahoe A
Arapahoe B
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Jefferson Academy A
Jefferson Academy B
Jefferson Academy C
Rock Canyon A
Rock Canyon B
Arapahoe A
Arapahoe B
- Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5108
Re: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017
Congrats to Columbia University of New York City for winning the Rocky Mountain Sectional! Final standing: 1. Columbia (UG, D1 champ) 2. Colorado A (D2 champ) 3. Kansas State A 3. Maryland 5. UCCS 6. Colorado B 7. Kansas State B 8. Colorado C Statistics (unbracketed), so UCCS is the top of the botto...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3351
Re: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2
Field update:
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
Boulder High
Weld A
Weld B
Weld C
Grand Junction A
Grand Junction B
Grand Junction C
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5108
Rocky Mountain Sectionals (Boulder, CO; February 4, 2017)
University of Colorado Trivia Buffs is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the Rocky Mountain site of the NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on February 4, 2017. Location: This tournament will take place in the Engineering Center. Base fees: $125 for the first team from a school; $100 fo...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3351
2017 CO NAQT State Championship: Boulder, CO [March 4, 2017]
On March 4, 2017, the University of Colorado will host the Colorado 2017 state championship. This is the third year NAQT has offered a Colorado State Championship. We had seventeen teams last year, and we're hoping for even more this year! More information available here (including differences betwe...
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:59 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: ReadIT - an audio quizbowl reader
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10010
Re: ReadIT - an audio quizbowl reader
That might work, but for consistency, it would probably be better if each packet is only recorded by one person. There's probably a way to do it so that you incrementally build up a reading of a packet over time (or give a bonus if someone reads a whole packet). I think it's best to start out with ...
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:12 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: California NASAT vs. OUSIA
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2495
California NASAT vs. OUSIA
In case the QB community missed it, we had a computer-only quiz bowl tournament and had the winner face off against the California NASAT team (who got second) at the national meeting of the North American association for computational linguistics. This system beat our QANTA (it's far more conservati...
- Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: ReadIT - an audio quizbowl reader
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10010
Re: ReadIT - an audio quizbowl reader
I think this would make a great Android / iOS app, particularly if you could hook up forced Viterbi alignment to verify answers so that someone could play quiz bowl while jogging or walking. Then you could build up the set of recorded questions by asking them to record a question for every N questio...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Hunter!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23999
- Fri May 13, 2016 12:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
We had originally said May 30, but we have some flexibility here. A MetaMind submission would be great!jekbradbury wrote:By "before the end of May" do you mean we can submit a computer player up until May 31? If so I think I can put together a MetaMind submission.
- Fri May 06, 2016 3:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
I never got the venue I wanted (and had trouble mirroring a set), so the human part of the competition won't be happening. Instead, the top computer team will play the California NASAT team. Please do consider submitting a computer team, though! Hopefully we'll have a joint human-computer tournament...
- Tue May 03, 2016 3:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
I had some e-mails about this so wanted to clarify. Yes, you can submit computer programs to play in this tournament! And you should! However, you must submit your computer systems well in advance (before the end of May). Full instructions: https://sites.google.com/a/colorado.edu/2016-naacl-ws-human...
- Wed Apr 13, 2016 7:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
The bigger problem with Chicago Open is that we're optimized for hard questions on easy things (e.g., HSNCT-level), but we're hoping to expand its cannon in the near future. I just want to remind everyone that you really do not need heavy artillery for Chicago Open. -Seth How else will it fulfill i...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Re: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
What, if any, are the logistical obstacles and limitations preventing your computer from, say, playing Chicago Open? (Other than the field being full). It requires some coordination with the question writers so that the questions can be sent in electronically. It also doesn't do bonuses yet. :) The...
- Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8507
Open Human-Computer Tournament in Socal, Early June
On June 16, we're planning to have a competition between the best computer quiz bowl systems and the best human quiz bowl players we can get in San Diego: https://sites.google.com/a/colorado.edu/2016-naacl-ws-human-computer-qa/shared-task I was thinking that we'd have a singles tournament to select ...
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2888
Re: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
Congrats to Grand Junction who won the NAQT Colorado championship. Omaha North placed second with Ridgeview B winning the small school division (and tied for 3rd overall). Morning stats: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jbg/qb/2016_CO_STATE/prelim/HS_individuals.html Final ranking: http://www.cs.princet...
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2888
Re: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
We had a last-minute cancellation from Cherokee Trail High School's two teams. Ft. Morgan took one of those slots, but we now have room for an additional team. If you're not already at the maximum number of teams (3) and would like to bring another team (or know of a school who'd like to get in), pl...
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2888
Re: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
We have reached our capacity of 18 teams registered and one team (Ft. Morgan, who registered a heart-breaking one minute and five seconds after Elizabeth) on the waitlist. If any team is unable to come, let us know ASAP so we can give Ft. Morgan a spot. You can see the schedule here (hopefully final...
- Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2888
Colorado NAQT Championship: March 5, Boulder
If you're in Colorado, please register for the NAQT State Championship to be held on March 5 on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. We currently have registrations from the following schools (14/18 teams): North Park High School Rock Canyon Grand Junction High School Jefferson Academy Seconda...
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Rocky Mountain SCT @ Boulder, CO
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1823
Rocky Mountain SCT @ Boulder, CO
Congrats to NMSU who won the first collegiate quiz bowl event in Colorado this millennium. Perfect record in D2! (The only division we had.) Thanks to the three other teams for coming out and participating in their first collegiate trivia event and thanks to Yogesh Raut for ably moderating all day. ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2888
NAQT Colorado State: Boulder, CO [March 5, 2016]
On March 5, 2016, the University of Colorado will host the Colorado 2016 state championship. This is the second year NAQT has offered a Colorado State Championship. We had ten teams last year, and we're hoping for even more this year! More information available here (including differences between kn...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:59 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Centaur Quiz Bowl: Would you Play?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4718
Re: Centaur Quiz Bowl: Would you Play?
The challenge with this as opposed to chess is that especially with concrete quizbowl clues, I'm not sure what the attraction would be. If both sides can google, the only variable would be computer speed and typing ability. For the sake of argument, let's say that it's a quiz bowl variant where the...
- Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:49 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Centaur Quiz Bowl: Would you Play?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4718
Centaur Quiz Bowl: Would you Play?
Our research group just had a discussion about centaur quiz bowl to combine computers and machines in playing quiz bowl. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Chess This could take a number of forms: 1. You get to Google during the question, the machine learns how to recreate your Google searches /...
- Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ken Jennings vs. QANTA
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3269
Ken Jennings vs. QANTA
Video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTXJCEvCDYk Thanks so much to Ken for being a photogenic good sport and going up against QANTA. I think we'll be doing another exhibition match at HSNCT (If R goes along, that is). While we've focused on going after notable opponents, we shoul...
- Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:34 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed!]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3266
Re: Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed
Perhaps, but no one outside of quizbowl knows who he is, whereas everyone (or at least a much larger percentage of the population) knows about Ken Jennings. Yeah, that was our thinking as well. And we're trying to work our way up to QB powerhouses. To those in Seattle: half the spaces are gone. RSV...
- Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question classification
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8358
Re: Question classification
Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but we have some code to do question classification here:
https://github.com/miyyer/qb
you can download the code and then run the target
make data/classifier/category.pkl
https://github.com/miyyer/qb
you can download the code and then run the target
make data/classifier/category.pkl
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed!]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3266
Re: Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed
We've found someone, thanks for those who expressed interest!
- Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed!]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3266
Ken Jennings vs. the Quiz Bowl Machine [Questions Needed!]
We're running an event Oct. 2 at the University of Washington (spectators welcome): https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/nlp/qanta However, our source of questions fell through, so for this event to happen, we need the community's help in finding questions. We have a budget of $150 and we need 50 ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
A group presenting at the cs224d.stanford.edu poster session yesterday (the class is taught by Mohit's former boss Richard Socher, who mentioned QANTA in class) said they got 5% better performance than QANTA on both history and lit using Tree-LSTMs. Richard was also on the original QANTA paper. We ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
I get it. It would be interesting to see how it does against a top qb team when it's more developed. Agreed. We do intend to do more exhibition matches. We're planning one on the West Coast in early Fall (Bay Area or Seattle), Montreal in December, DC in early spring, and then a national tournament...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
Not that this really matters, but I'm just curious: why were Jeopardy players chosen rather than top quiz bowl players? NAQT did the choosing for us, and I think they optimized for something that would look good in a press release. I think they did a great job; it was a really fun match and neither...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
We chose a built in TTS system from OS X. This is "Tom".Edmund wrote:Question: How much time did you invest in getting QANTA to sound more like Sinistar before committing to a live game?
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 9:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
What we did: During our demo, we were showing what the computer was thinking; i.e., the the output from the guesser and the associated scores. Is there video of this? We tried to use Quicktime to get a screen capture, but it flaked out while we were still giving our introduction. This is what it lo...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
Video available here:bird bird bird bird bird wrote:full detailsnaqt.com wrote:NAQT is pleased that its 2015 High School National Championship Tournament will showcase the first quiz bowl match in which a computer goes thumb-to-thumb against a team of humans.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqsUaprYMOw
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rules for Human / Computer Quiz Bowl Matches
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4196
Re: Rules for Human / Computer Quiz Bowl Matches
Could the computer use voice recognition to get the words? That seems more realistic, especially to the reality that moderator mispronunciations etc. happen and screw players up (so the computer should get screwed too). I don't think commercial voice recognition technology is at a point where it'll...
- Sun May 31, 2015 3:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
I created a new post about the potential rule sets for human / computer quiz bowl matches here:
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... 91#p303372
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... 91#p303372
- Sun May 31, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rules for Human / Computer Quiz Bowl Matches
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4196
Rules for Human / Computer Quiz Bowl Matches
Last night, we had our first exhibition match between a computer that can play quiz bowl and a team of former Jeopardy champions. It was a lot of fun, but ultimately inconclusive. The game ended in a tie. At the risk of hubris, I hope that this will become a more common phenomenon in the future. Tha...
- Sun May 31, 2015 12:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14781
Re: Human-computer quiz bowl match at the 2015 HSNCT
And the end result after 40 tossups is 200 vs. 200. In a sign of poor planning, there was no contingency for a tie. I was expecting the humans to trounce QANTA.
We hope to make more appearances and to compete in a full tournament next year.
We'll be posting the full video on YouTube soon.
We hope to make more appearances and to compete in a full tournament next year.
We'll be posting the full video on YouTube soon.
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6265
Re: 2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
Colorado held its first NAQT tournament on April 11 (hopefully the first of many). Congratulations to Fairview B, who won the tournament with an undefeated record: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jbg/qb/CO_STATE_NAQT/NAQT%202015_standings.html Fairview A and Rye A rounded out the top three teams. Thank...
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6265
Re: 2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
Field update (16. March):
North Park Schools: 1
Lake City Community School: 3
Trinidad High School: 1
Las Animas High School: 1
Rye High School: 2
Fairview: 2
North Park Schools: 1
Lake City Community School: 3
Trinidad High School: 1
Las Animas High School: 1
Rye High School: 2
Fairview: 2
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6265
2015 NAQT Colorado State: April 11, Fairview HS, Boulder
On April 11, Fairview High School in Boulder, in conjunction with the University of Colorado, will hold Colorado’s first National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) trivia tournament. If you’re going to the Colorado Knowledge Bowl State Championship, this will be a good warmup and a chance to scope ou...
- Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:14 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: CU-Boulder?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11517
Re: CU-Boulder?
In case anyone reads this long-dormant thread, I'm now at CU Boulder and would love it if a team coalesced here.
- Wed May 21, 2014 2:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Science
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1091
Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Science
We just gave out $120 in prizes for folks who annotated questions here: http://qb.umiacs.umd.edu/tutorial.php Some of you might remember that a few years ago some students and I put out a web app that folks could use to practice questions. It proved very popular and helped spawn fuller-featured plat...
- Thu May 15, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open/second summer open this year
- Replies: 44
- Views: 22767
Re: VCU Open/second summer open this year
This will be held in the first or second weekend of August, as is traditional. What would people like to see/be willing to travel to Richmond or one or two mirror sites for? We've been looking for a venue to demo our quiz bowl-playing robot. We missed the boat on the national competitions, but this...
- Wed May 14, 2014 10:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Science
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4156
Re: Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Sci
What happens if, say, something like Three Sisters is mentioned in a Chekhov tossup? ... Does the rule in the FAQ about "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" apply to these situations as well? Yes, the rule in the FAQ also applies there (including the caveat about how it's tricky). In general, w...
- Sun May 11, 2014 10:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Science
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4156
Annotate QB Questions for Fun, Practice, Profit, and Science
Some of you might remember that a few years ago some students and I put out a web app that folks could use to practice questions. It proved very popular and helped spawn fuller-featured platforms like Protobowl. We used that information for a research paper that you can read here: http://www.umiacs....
- Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: LaTeX for quizbowl, again
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7982
Re: LaTeX for quizbowl, again
An internet tool that would allow users to submit plaintext questions (with markup for simple, necessary formatting like required answers and italicizing) would be good for this. Using something similar to HSAPQ's QEMS program, individual players from packet-submitting teams could submit questions ...
- Sun May 30, 2010 10:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: QBDB thread
- Replies: 75
- Views: 51392
Re: QBDB thread
Hey Jerry, is it possible to get a database dump at some point? I'd like to use this to import some questions en masse to the scobowl bot. Yeah, I'll get in touch with you in a few days. Any chance on making this publicly available? I have a couple of ideas using qb data that I'll in all likelihood...