MEDAL BloggingMEDAL BloggingBlog of the Missouri Estimation of Distribution Algorithms Laboratory, MEDAL, on estimation of distribution algorithms, evolutionary computation, and machine learning. Articles
Rotifers and gene theft
2008-06-04 09:27:00 Adam Ierymenko of the GreyThumb.Blog made an interesting post on Rotifers. Rotifers are small organisms living in fresh water lakes. Rotifers are asexual, but they have a strange ability that may be seen as a substitute for recombination—they can steal genetic material from other living organisms, such fungi, bacteria, and plants. The original post on ... More About: Theft , Gene
Lifestyle evolution of wild marine bacteria
2008-05-28 09:48:00 I found an interesting article on Innovations Report about the project of Martin Polz and Eric Alm (both from MIT) on evolution of lifestyles of marine bacteria. An article on this topic was also published in May 23 issue of Science. From the article: Marine bacteria in the wild organize into professions or lifestyle groups that ... More About: Lifestyle , Evolution , Bacteria , Wild
EDA tutorial and EDA group on scribd
2008-05-25 16:52:00 I added the new version of the EDA tutorial (tutorial on estimation of distribution algorithms) to scribd.com. I also added many of MEDAL reports on the page (see them in my documents section at scribd). Finally, I created the estimation of distribution algorithms group to provide a forum for posting papers with the main focus ... More About: Tutorial , Group
Publish online with scribd
2008-05-25 12:24:00 Xavier Llora pointed out an interesting service called scribd.com, which allows one to publish papers online. It has a similar flavor as slideshare.net, which I use heavily, but it’s scope is much broader (it is intended for papers, slide presentations, CVs, etc.). Besides our MEDAL Publications page, I also often post papers on arxiv.org, which ... More About: Online , Publish
MEDAL Blogging is up
2008-05-25 11:20:00 Earlier this week our server was undergoing some technical maintenance, but we are back up now. Please let us know if you notice any issues with the blog server or MEDAL web pages themselves. More About: Medal , Blogging
Google analytics and interactive genetic algorithms
2008-05-20 19:20:00 Xavier Llora made an interesting post about the Google Analytics ’ site optimization tool and its close relationship with interactive genetic algorithms. Another related post (also by Xavier) can be found at in IlliGAL Blogging. Check out also the following, related video on YouTube (pointed out by Xavier): More About: Interactive , Google Analytics , Algorithms
On environments supporting inventions
2008-05-17 19:24:00 Michael Trick pointed out an interesting article In the Air published in the New Yorker. One of the themes in this article was related to the creation of environments leading to inventions. Check out the post on Michael Trick’s OR Blog here, and the original article here. More About: Inventions
To sleep or not to sleep
2008-05-15 19:25:00 7th Space published an article on the use of a genetic algorithm for analyzing sleep patterns of animals. The study concludes the following: Collectively, the output suggests that ecological factors can have striking effects on sleep patterns. Moreover, our results demonstrate that a simple model can produce clear and sensible patterns, thus allowing it to be ... More About: Sleep
The link between innovation and evolutionary computation
2008-05-09 19:26:00 Joaquín M López Muño discusses the link between human innovation and evolutionary computation based on selection, crossover and mutation. He also argues that there are lessons to be learned from evolutionary algorithms to improve the innovation process. David E. Goldberg discusses this in numerous works, for example in his Design of Innovation book. The second edition ... More About: Link
Smarter isn?t always better
2008-05-06 19:29:00 GreyThumb pointed out an article Lots of Animals Learn, but Smarter Isn’t Better published in New York Times. The article argues that flies can evolve the ability to learn relatively fast, but being able to learn fast may reduce their survival abilities. This observation is used to support the argument that being smarter (in ...
Ben Goertzel?s thoughts on open source, robots and AI
2008-05-05 19:30:00 Ben Goertzel published an interesting post Open -Source Robots + Robot Simulators + Virtual Worlds + AI = ??? on his blog The Multiverse According to Ben. More About: Open Source , Thoughts
Mark Hauschild on using previous models to bias structural learning in hBOA
2008-05-01 19:30:00 Mark Hauschild just gave a great talk Using Previous Models to Bias Structural Learning in the Hierarchical BOA as part of our departmental colloquium series. Mark argued that EDAs provide us with a lot of knowledge about the problem in the form of probabilistic models learned from the populations of promising solutions and that throwing ... More About: Mark
Genetic Arm 2.0: GA trains a neural network to control a mechanical arm
2007-06-19 10:28:00 Digg posted a link to the Gene tic Arm 2.0 project, which uses the genetic algorithm to train a neural network that controls a mechanical arm. A nice video of the arm throwing a ball as far as possible is included. You can download the software to perform your own simulations. Check out this post to ... More About: Network , Trains , Control , Mechanical
SIGEVOlution (Volume 2, Issue 1) now online
2007-06-05 20:39:00 The first issue of the second volume of SIGEVOlution, the newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO), is now available at http://www.sigevolution.org/. The PDF can be downloaded here. More About: Online , Line , Volume , Issue
Blog of the Singularity Institute for AI
2007-06-05 20:28:00 The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence has recently started a blog, check it out here. Thanks to IlliGAL Blog ging for their post about this.
Multiobjective GAs for quantum chemistry
2007-06-05 13:15:00 Yesterday, Kumara Sastry posted a paper on using multiobjective GAs in quantum chemistry online: Sastry, K., Johnson, D. D., Thompson, A. L., Goldberg, D. E., Martinez, T. J., Leiding, J., Owens, J. (2007). Optimization of semiempirical quantum chemisty methods via multiobjective genetic algorithms: Accurate photochemistry for larger molecules and longer time scales. Materials and Manufacturing ... More About: Chemistry , Quantum , Chemist , Chem
Evolving Lego structures with GAs
2007-05-31 05:15:00 ThinkArtificial just published an interesting post on the use of a genetic algorithm for evolving Lego brick structures. The system is given a goal (for example to bridge two tables in the lab) and the GA with a cool physics simulator is ready to go. Check out the post here. More information about the project ... More About: Structure , Ving , Structures
Interview with Rodney Brooks
2007-05-30 06:00:00 A few weeks ago ZDNet published an interesting interview with Rodney Brooks , the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and CTO of iRobot. Check it out here. More About: Interview , Rook
?and thanks for all the fish
2007-05-29 07:27:00 Dave Goldberg just posted a picture from my trip to Japan (thanks) where I am visiting Shige Tsutsui. The first day of the trip we went fishing, it was my first time and I was surprisingly successful (well, I had a good teacher, Mikio Nakanishi). I really enjoy trips to Japan, Shige is a great ... More About: Fish , Thanks , Hank
Billion-bit optimization presentation slides now online
2007-05-23 02:10:00 Kumara Sastry and David E. Goldberg gave a presentation on solving a problem with over billion bits with a genetic algorithm (in fact, an estimation of distribution algorithm), the work they have done together with Xavier Llora at IlliGAL. The slides can be found here. See also related posts here and here. More About: Optimization , Online , Line , Presentation , Bill
Kumara Sastry?s work gets recognized
2007-05-22 04:07:00 See the UIUC news article here. Another related post can be found here. More About: Work , Kumar , Recognize , Mara
Special issue of JAEA on particle swarm optimization
2007-05-22 00:15:00 The call for papers of a special issue on particle swarm optimization of the Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications has recently been publicised. The deadline is July 20, 2007. Click here for more information. More About: Optimization , Special , Particle , Opti , Swarm
Robotic imagination, GP, and iRobis
2007-05-20 01:26:00 Several days ago mensnewsdaily published an article Robo Business: Robots that Dream of Being Better on the work of Peter Nordin and his colleagues at iRobis who use genetic programming in robotics. See also this post by Dave Goldberg at IlliGAL Blogging. A brief quote from the article: On the last day of the RoboBusiness Conference in ... More About: Robotic , Imagination
Humies 2007 deadline getting closer
2007-05-18 05:55:00 The deadline for the submission of human-competitive results with genetic and evolutionary algorithms (organized at GECCO-2007) is May 28, 2007. More information about this competition can be found here. More About: Deadline , Loser , Line , Closer
Slides for the introduction to Goldberg?s GA course online
2007-05-15 21:42:00 The slides for the first lecture of Dave Goldberg ’s famous course on genetic algorithms (GAs in search, optimization, and machine learning) are now available through slideshare (see here). The web site of the course can be found here. I took the course almost 8 years ago and the funny thing is that my most cited ... More About: Introduction , Online , Line , Intro
New book on parameter setting in evolutionary algorithms
2007-04-25 22:47:00 Just a while ago I checked my mail and found a copy of a new book Parameter Setting in Evolutionary Algorithms edited by Fernando Lobo, Claudio F. Lima, and Zbigniew Michalewicz. The book looks great and I think that everyone who works in evolutionary computation should read it. Here’s short info on the book from ... More About: Book , Meter |
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