Ancient board game offers insight into military, cyber threats
Friday, February 8, 2013 - 06:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Phys.org)—As the United States faces increasing cyber and physical threats, both foreign and domestic, intelligence analysts must be able to predict their adversaries' moves and defeat them at their own games. At Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), Stan Aungst is employing the ancient Chinese game of Go to help students gain new insight and new methods for countering attacks and to hone new cognitive skills for the 21st century.