They say it's Google-sponsored:
http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/

The objective – program the smartest Tron bot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwDKMiAfxFE

[Via http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/az7wn/google_ai_challenge_video_of_top_two_tron_bots_on/]