Upstate Crossword Championship
The Times Union is hosting the first Upstate Crossword Championship at the Hearst Media Center* Saturday, September 22. Online slang for an excerpt, eight letters:
[C]ontestants will compete in a multiple-round match to solve exclusive, themed puzzles provided by King Features. Participants will earn time and accuracy scores. Top finishers will compete in a final round, featuring a Capital Region-themed puzzle, for the day's biggest prize.
All participants will get light breakfast snacks during registration, a buffet lunch and afternoon snacks during the final judging. There will also be giveaways.
There's also a lunchtime keynote speaker: Selmer Bringsjord, a professor of logic, computer and cognitive science at RPI and director of the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence & Reasoning (RAIR) Lab. (He appeared in the documentary Wordplay.) Talk topic: "Could an AI Ever Be The World's Best Crossword Puzzle Solver?"
Tickets are $30 and available online.
* It's the conference/event space in the Times Union building on Albany Shaker Road in Colonie.
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