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… night before (the German translation of ’Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach’) was a core textbook used at DKE. We ended the day getting lost in Maastricht’s beautiful back alleys, and when I left I was set to return for the next open day. I visited several open days, and started studying BSc Knowledge Engineering and Computer Science in 2005, graduated MSc in Artificial Intelligence in 2008 and received my PhD in 2012. Without this competition I might have missed this opportunity that lay … It is Thursday morning, and you have seen a mouse on your attic. There are two mouse holes in one of the walls: one on the left and one on the right. You would like to catch the mouse, and preferably before Sunday, because then your grandmother will visit you and mice scare her to death. The problem, however, is that you only have a single mouse trap. To catch the mouse you place the trap in front of one of the two holes, and then you leave it there for a whole day. The next day, if you have not … after John Nash, an American mathematician (1928-2015), who is most famous for his ground-breaking work in game theory and decision-making. He shared the Nobel prize in economic sciences in 1994, and he shared the Abel prize in 2015 for his work on nonlinear partial differential equations. The 1998 biography and the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind present an intriguing portrait of his life, scientific achievements, his mental illness and the resulting personal struggles. We say that the players are …