http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Genetic Algorithms Fri, 09 May 2008 16:34:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en and how they don't learn it is a talk I gave at a session at the Society for Philosophy and Technology session (www.spt.org) at the American Philosophical Association meeting in Chicago a few weeks ago.  The powerpoint point slides may be viewed hereShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/05/01/what-engineers-dont-learn-and-how-they-dont-learn-it/ NOW!!  Over at The Entrepreneurial Engineer here.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/30/bury-the-cold-war-curriculum/ Martin Pelikan has posted a very interesting TED talk by Theo Jansen on his efforts to create autonomous wind-powered machines. You can find more (including the TED videos) in his Medal blog post.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/20/evolving-living-creatures-for-the-beach/ 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 ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/09/sigevolution-volume-2-issue-3-is-out/ There will be a special session on linkage learning in evolutionary computation during CEC2009, more information is available here.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/08/linkage-in-evolutionary-computation-cec2009/ 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. ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/06/movie-contracts-simplified-using-gas/ 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.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/04/01/antarctic-researcher-claims-billion-variable-precedence/ 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.ukShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/03/31/free-book-a-field-guide-to-genetic-programming/ The Workshop on Philosophy & Engineering has updated its website for 2008 here.ShareThis http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/03/02/wpe-2008-website-update/ All you genetic algorithmists who need a little touch up on your biological background, have I got the course for you, and it's on sale right now. Stephen Nowicki's, ... http://www.illigal.uiuc.edu/web/blog/2008/03/02/a-course-for-ga-fans/