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'''Halite''' is an open-source [[computer programming]] contest developed by the hedge fund/tech firm [[Two Sigma]] in partnership with a team at [[Cornell Tech]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://tech.cornell.edu/news/two-sigma-announces-public-launch-of-halite-ai-coding-game|title=Cornell Tech - Two Sigma Announces Public Launch of Halite, A.I. Coding Game|date=2016-11-02|work=Cornell Tech|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}</ref> Programmers can see the game environment and learn everything they need to know about the game.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Segal|first=Michael|title=Why a Hedge Fund Started a Video Game Competition|url=http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/why-a-hedge-fund-started-a-video-game-competition|journal=Nautilus|date=2017-11-30}}</ref> Participants are asked to build [[Robot|bots]] in whichever language they choose to compete on a two-dimensional virtual battle field.<ref name=":0" />

Benjamin Spector and Michael Truell<ref>{{cite arxiv|last=Spector|first=Benjamin|last2=Truell|first2=Michael|date=2017-10-20|title=The Design and Implementation of Modern Online Programming Competitions|arxiveprint=1710.07738|class=cs.CY}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://janzert.com/halite/rating-report/|title=A Quick Rating System Comparison.|last=Haskin|first=Brian (Janzert)|website=janzert.com|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> created the first Halite competition, which launched in November 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gitbook.com/book/shummie/halite-postmortem/details|title=Halite Postmortem · GitBook (Legacy)|website=GitBook|language=en|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> and ended in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dexgroves.github.io/halite/2017/02/15/halite.html|title=Halite Bot Breakdown|website=dexgroves.github.io|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://stakernotes.com/halite-ml-solution/|title=Halite ML Solution|date=2017-02-18|work=StakerNotes|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}</ref> Halite I, which asked participants to conquer territory on a grid, attracted about 1,500 players.<ref name="Financial Times:Funds turn to quant ‘World Cup’ to lure the best analysts">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/42a911e6-c003-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a|title=Funds turn to quant ‘World'World Cup’Cup' to lure the best analysts|last1=Wigglesworth|first1=Robin|last2=Palma|first2=Stefania|date=29 September 2018|publisher=Financial Times|accessdate=4 October 2018}}</ref>

Halite II was similar to Halite I, but with a [[Space warfare|space-war]] theme.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://technical.ly/brooklyn/2018/01/09/thomas-zhou-halite-ii/|title=A Brooklyn high-schooler takes on the world - Technical.ly Brooklyn|date=2018-01-09|work=Technical.ly Brooklyn|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}</ref> It ran from October 2017 until January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/test-ai-coding-skills-programming-challenge/|title=Test Your AI Coding Skills With This Programming Challenge|work=MakeUseOf|access-date=2018-10-04|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/two-sigma-launches-halite-ii-the-open-source-competition-for-experimenting-with-future-applications-of-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-300540919.html|title=Two Sigma Launches Halite II: The Open Source Competition for Experimenting With Future Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning|last=Sigma|first=Two|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> The second installment of the competition attracted about 6,000 individual players from more than 100 countries.<ref name="Financial Times:Funds turn to quant ‘World Cup’ to lure the best analysts" /> Among the participants were professors, physicists and [[NASA]] engineers, as well as high school and university students.<ref name=":1" />