Our academy offers bootcamps in-person and online around the SHATRANJ.AI project, which is an artificial intelligence curriculum based on historic board games, particularly shatranj. The project is funded by the European Union Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Youth program.
Expert summer boot camps and tutoring in AI and Chess for young minds, fostering growth and personalized learning experiences. Our bootcamps use the EU-funded www.shatranj.ai artificial intelligence curriculum on historical board games.
The curriculum covers the topics of introductory Python programming, historical board game programming, adversarial search algorithms, board game puzzles such as Horse Tour, 8-queens, Dilaram’s mate, and Suli’s diamond, reinforcement learning on the chessboard, historical development of modern chess software such as Stockish and AlphaZero.
Explore the fascinating world of historical board games like Shatranj, Qirkat, and Ur. Understand their significance and relevant to modern chess, checkers, and backgammon. Learn how they can teach valuable lessons in artificial intelligence, history, and culture.
Experience a curriculum that combines the best of history and technology for a truly innovative learning journey.
Benefit from the expertise of seasoned instructors who are passionate about both chess and historical board games.
Engage with historically relevant modules designed to make learning fun, challenging, and rewarding.
Our team of instructors includes AI experts, chess grandmasters, and historians who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the bootcamp.
Tamer Karatekin
Former first board player on MIT’s chess team,
MIT EECS, MIT Sloan Healthcare, MIT DEDP alum
Coordinator of the shatranj.ai project
Our team of instructors includes AI experts, chess grandmasters, and historians who bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the bootcamp.
Dean – Science History Department at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University
Mina Marefat is principal of Design Research in Washington, focusing on design and innovation. Architect, architectural historian and urban designer, her cities projects included working with the Chief Architect of Historic Monuments in France, the Historic Preservation Office of Washington DC and the City Administrator of Newark, NJ. She served as Education Director at the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Geneva, as Senior Architectural Historian at the Smithsonian Institution, and as Research Associate at the National Gallery of Art.
Hear from our past bootcamp participants about their experiences and the impact our curriculum has had on their learning journey.
