Category Archives: Member Announcements

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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Extended until February 14th — Call for Nominations New Graduate Student BEACON Top-Up Recruiting Fellowships

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Brian Baer

Sponsored by The BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action An NSF Science and Technology Center One goal of BEACON is to initiate and support research and training activities that involve the study of actively evolving systems and … Continue reading →

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Announcing BEACON’s new Education Director, Louise Mead

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

We are very pleased that Louise Mead is joining the BEACON team, in the role of Education Director.  Louise is an accomplished evolutionary biologist with a broad range of teaching and administrative experience; she has spent the past four years … Continue reading →

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Today’s BEACON group meeting

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

Our BEACON group meeting this week focuses on Thrust Group 2 – Behavior & Intelligence. Speaker: Nicolas Chaumont Title: Body-brain co-evolution in a 3D environment Abstract: I will present a platform that allows the co-evolution of morphology and behavior of creatures that … Continue reading →

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Application instructions for Year 2 Budget Request

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

BEACON is now accepting budget requests for Year 2 (2011-2012). The deadline for these requests is January 10, 2011. For instructions and an overview of the process, please see the PDFs below. Information on how to electronically submit budget requests … Continue reading →

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First weekly BEACON meeting, Friday, October 29, 3:30-5:30 pm

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

Why? To hear about ongoing research, get updates on BEACON events and policies, eat some yummy food, and hang out with your BEACON friends. Who? All BEACON members, including those outside of MSU! (more info to follow for those teleconferencing … Continue reading →

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