Thomas Anantharaman

Thomas S. Anantharaman
Alma mater
Known for
  • ChipTest and Deep Thought (precursors to Deep Blue)
  • Bayesian inference for NP-complete problems
  • Biostatistics and Optical Mapping
Scientific career
Fields
  • Computer science
  • Statistics
  • Bioinformatics
Institutions
Thesis A Statistical Study of Selective Min-Max Search in Computer Chess  (1990)

Thomas S. Anantharaman is a computer statistician specializing in Bayesian inference approaches for NP-complete problems. He is best known for his work with Feng-hsiung Hsu from 1985 to 1990 on the Chess playing computers ChipTest and Deep Thought at Carnegie Mellon University which led to his 1990 PhD Dissertation: "A Statistical Study of Selective Min-Max Search in Computer Chess". This work was the foundation for the IBM chess-playing computer Deep Blue which beat world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.

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