Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory

GECCO-2009 will be the first GECCO conference in Canada. The conference will take place in Montreal, Canada on July 8-12, 2009 (Wednesday-Sunday). The deadline for submitting papers to GECCO-2009 is January 14, 2009. The general chair of GECCO-2009 is Franz Rothlauf.
For more details, check out GECCO-2009 web site. Download the PDF of the GECCO-2009 Call […]

The new issue of SIGEVOlution is now available for you to download from:
http://www.sigevolution.org
The issue features:

Evolution of Artificial Game Players by Steffen Priesterjahn
Driving of Scale Model of a Car by Ivan Tanev and Katsunori Shimohara
Petroleum Applications of EC
New Rubik’s Cube Contest! @ GECCO-2008
Best Paper Nominees @ GECCO-2008
Competitions @ WCCI-2008 (Simulated Car Racing, Ms Pac-Man, Othello)
New Issues […]

The new issue of SIGEVOlution is almost ready. As an appetizear, a sneak preview of the new issue cover!

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Earlier in the spring semester, Georges Harik gave a nice talk on “Managing Startups” in the Engineering, Technology, and Culture lecture series.  The video is now available here.
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NOW!!  Over at The Entrepreneurial Engineer here.
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The new issue of SIGEVOlution is now available for you to download from:
http://www.sigevolution.org
The issue features:

GA @ The World Solar Challenge by Vincent de Geus & the Nuon Solar Team
Buildable Evolution by Pablo José Funes
What Is a Classifier System? Stewart W. Wilson
Dissertation Corner
New Issues of Journals
Calls and Calendar

The newsletter is intended to be viewed electronically.
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There will be a special session on linkage learning in evolutionary computation during CEC2009, more information is available here.
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Researchers at Syracuse University have used genetic algorithms and game theory to show that simpler movie contracts are superior to more complex arrangements.  See the article at Newsblaze here. 
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The Genetic Argonaut has a piece on an Antarctic researcher who claims precedence on solving billion variable problems over IlliGAL. Professor Pangloss Van Thunder-ten-Tronckh claims precedent on many other innovations in genetic algorithms and evolutionary computation as well.  Read the full story here.
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The pdf of the book “A FIELD GUIDE TO GENETIC PROGRAMMING” by Riccardo Poli, William B. Langdon, Nicholas F. McPhee (with contributions from John R. Koza) is freely available at www.gp-field-guide.org.uk
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