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2007 05 15

GA course intro lecture in viewer

over at TEE (here).  See the full syllabus of GE 531, Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning here.
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2007 05 11

Design of Innovation module in slideshare viewer

over at TEE (here).
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2007 05 11

Robot design using GAs

Mahmoud Tarokh's work on evolutionary robotics (robot design and navigation using genetic algorithms) is reported in a short article in the San Diego State University Daily Aztec here.
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2007 05 10

Opening module of TEE available

The opening lecture, "Engineering for the 21st century," from the course The Entrepreneurial Engineer is available in a slideshare viewer over at TEE here. 
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2007 05 10

Joris blogs the 2-armed bandit

Over at jlog by quoting Tom Cover and mentioning genetic algorithms (see here).
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2007 05 09

Sharethis abbegirl punk video over at TEE

here.
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2007 05 09

Creatures from primordial silicon

here are old news to readers of this blog.
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2007 05 09

Creative modeling class intro at TEE

here.
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2007 05 08

DISCUS: There is a there there

An interesting post here asks whether there is any substance to chance discovery discussed on these pages in the context of the DISCUS project.  The blogger concludes with a fairly strong maybe, and recommends learning more about chance discovery and IlliGAL collaborative systems work.
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2007 05 08

GAs and the bionic man

This sounded interesting:

The Greek-Cypriot Australian performer Stelarc attempts to expand the limits of the human body since the end of 1960. In his performances he has connected the human body with the internet and through artificial intelligence with genetic algorithms he has invented a robotic arm and a walking machine which he moves with his […]