#Sprouts2026 was yesterday and it was great! Sprouts is our annual conference in abstract games (often #CombinatorialGames) where students present #UndergradResearch for the contributed talks.

Here are my summaries of the talks: https://combinatorialgametheory.blogspot.com/2026/04/sprouts-2026-summaries.html

Here are a bunch of my after-the-fact thoughts: https://combinatorialgametheory.blogspot.com/2026/04/sprouts-2026-afterthoughts.html

I need to make sure I figure a bunch of those things out in time for next year!

Thank you to everyone who attended and especially to all of our great speakers. Craig and I agreed that we're very lucky to get such amazing talks!

The #Sprouts2026 program is coming along! We have nine contributed talks all lined up (from undergrads) and our keynote info should be going up later this week. https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/

#CombinatorialGames #UndergradResearch

We got our first talk scheduled for #Sprouts2026! https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/ I'm looking forward to receiving more proposals.

I've also been getting questions about writing #AIPlayers and updated the directions on that page. https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/sprouts2026ComputerTournament.php (Some of the notes were about last year's game, whoops!)

#CombinatorialGames #UndergradResearch

We have a date for #Sprouts2026: Saturday, April 11, 2026. Woo!

Sprouts is a #CombinatorialGames conference where undergrads give the contributed talks. Everyone can attend. Registration is free and we have great talks as well as human and computer tournaments.

This year we're playing #BattleSheep. Come join us at Sprouts! https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/

#UndergradResearch

The #Sprouts2026 page is up: https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/ We still don't know which day in April 2026 we'll hold it (probably a Saturday).

We're going to play #BattleSheep. We'll have a human tournament and computer player tournament. You can mess around with computer players here: https://kyleburke.info/sprouts/sprouts2026/sprouts2026ComputerTournament.php

Sprouts is a conference for undergraduates to present about abstract games, but everyone is welcome to attend.

See you in April! #CombinatorialGames