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Introducing BEACON Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow Joshua Nahum

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

We are pleased to announce that Joshua Nahum is the first recipient of the BEACON Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. He will be co-sponsored by Rich Lenski and Charles Ofria. First, a little about Josh’s unusual background. Since early grade school, Josh … Continue reading →

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Final 2011 Congress Schedule

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Brian Baer

See the final version of the agenda for the 2011 BEACON congress: PDF File

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Second Annual All-BEACON Congress

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Brian Baer

The second All-BEACON Congress is being held August 10-12 at Michigan State University. Look to this space for more information. For current BEACON members who want to suggest meeting/tutorials ideas or present research results, please go to our internal wiki. … Continue reading →

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Evolution Park

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

BEACON scientists Philip McKinley, Xiaobo Tan, and Janette Boughman have been awarded an NSF grant to construct Evolution Park, an evolutionary robotics testbed! The Evolution Park provides an experimental testbed for applying evolutionary computation to the development and control of … Continue reading →

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Announcing BEACON’s new Diversity Director, Judi Brown Clarke

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

We are pleased to introduce our newest BEACON team member, Diversity Director Judi Brown Clarke. She has an extensive background in diversity, including her most recent position as Director of Multicultural Affairs and Inclusion in the College of Communication Arts … Continue reading →

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