Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory

There is an article today in the New York times that talks about using GAs and neural nets to pick stocks (here).  This is fairly old hat to readers of this blog, but it is interesting that Ray Kurzweil is beating this drum:

“Artificial intelligence is becoming so deeply integrated into our economic ecostructure that some […]

The call for papers for GPTP 2007 — Fifth annual genetic programming theory and practice workshop can be found here .
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Rick Riolo sent the following announcement regarding an internship oppurtunity for GA and GP students:

Job type:
Investment Research Intern

Company name:
State Street Global Advisors

Job category:
Quantitative Research Analyst

Location:
Boston, MA

Experience:
2+ Years Experience in Genetic Programming

Desired education:
MS or PhD

Start date
May or January 2007, or sooner if possible.

The Job Description
This is a paid internship position in equity research field. The
idealcandidate needs […]

The November issue of PE Magazine picked up my short article on the Joy of Engineering (pdf here).
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Knowing the difference between the things you control and the things you don't is a key to living.  See my post over at TEE.
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A new version of the dependency-tree estimation of distribution algorithm is now available. See Martin Pelikan's post at MEDAL Blogging here.
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There is a nice writeup about Kumara (with a picture) and his EDA book with Martin Pelikan and Erick Cantu-Paz (here). 
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See my comments at The Entrepreneurial Engineer here.
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The power of interactive genetic algorithms—tools to support innovation and creativity—is seducing artist of great renown. There is an article here about how Brian Eno is using them to create new art pieces. Here is an excerpt:
When users see a combination of images they like, they’ll be able to hit a button and […]

Frequent contributor to IlliGAL Blogging, Martin Pelikan has started a new blog: MEDAL Blogging. The blog will mainly focus on estimation of distribution algorithms, evolutionary computation and machine learning. You can access the blog here, and the more information about Missouri estimation of distribution algorithms laboratory (MEDAL) can be found here.
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