Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory

Genetic programmer, Lee Spector of Hampshire College, has an op-ed piece in the Boston Globe in which he talks about evolving quantum algorithms and intelligent design.
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Earlier this year, Dave Goldberg blogged about autonomous choppers. I came across a recent post at ai+alife+aculture describing bio-inspired vision-based flying robots (some stages of the work are GA-based). The work is a Ph.D project of Jean-Christophe Zufferey headed by Prof. Dario Floreano in Switzerland.
The researchers say
In this project, we explore an approach […]

MarkN has an interesting comment on business ethics versus engineering ethics, suggesting from personal experience that the former is more problematic than the latter. He also suggests possible causes for the observed difference:
I often wonder what it is about business education versus engineering education that turns out such diametrically opposed (on average) world […]

The Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology has chosen the article “Genetic programming for multitimescale modeling” (Sastry et al., 2005, Physical Review B 72, 085438) for the 8/29/05 edition under the subheading of surface and interface properties. The article is the product of NSF and AFOSR research in using genetic programming and genetic […]

here. The first post has a short layperson’s description of genetic algorithms.
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A white paper out of USC outlines the creation of an adaptive gaming environment using L-systems and genetic algorithms. Its not clear how much of this working yet, and its not clear how much of this is new. Although commercial coders don’t usually reveal their underlying technique, certainly projects like Spore use techniques […]

The long-awaited [:-)] rewrite of my 1995 book, Life Skills and Leadership for Engineers, is nearing completion and a short course covering the same material will soon be available (see here). The book, now entitled The Entrepreneurial Engineer, has undergone major revision, including major additions to the chapters on writing, engagement, teamwork, and leadership. […]

Classes began yesterday at the University of Illinois, and I’m teaching my genetic algorithms course again after a one year layoff due to my sabbatical. The course is now numbered GE 531 and the web site is here. The course may be taken online for UIUC credit and Laura Miller (arriola@uiuc.edu or phone: 1-800-252-1360 […]

I’m in St. Louis at a review meeting for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) program in Optimization and Discrete Mathematics. The program may be clicked off this page. In the morning we went to Scott AFB and visited the Air Mobility Command HQ and specifically the Tanker Airlift Command Center. Pretty cool […]

IlliGAL Blogging’s Paul Winward posted about Optimatics, an Australian firm that uses GAs to optimize water distribution networks. Old time IlliGALers will recall that one of Optimatics principals, Dr. Angus Simpson, was an IlliGAL visitor back in 1993. At the time, Angus studied the use of advanced GAs in water distribution system design, […]