Tag Archives: Digital Evolution

Evolutionary Computation Experts Video Collection

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Joel Slade

This blog post is by Risto Miikkulainen [1,2], Paul Jarratt [2], and Andrew Turner [2] from (1) The University of Texas at Austin and (2) Sentient Technologies Given recent advances in evolutionary computation technology, available computational power, and opportunities for AI in … Continue reading →

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Learning an Evolvable Genotype-Phenotype Map

Posted on June 25, 2018 by hageyt

This post is by MSU graduate student Matthew Andres Moreno Hi! My name is Matthew Andres Moreno. I’m a graduate student finishing up my first year studying digital evolution with my advisor Dr. Charles Ofria. Today, I’m going to talk … Continue reading →

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In search of evolutionary hotspots

Posted on October 31, 2017 by hageyt

This post is by MSU grad student Emily Dolson Imagine that an alien species arrives on earth. It happens to be able to live and reproduce in any part of the world, and, over successive generations, it begins to adapt … Continue reading →

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Interdisciplinarity in evolutionary science… and video game design.

Posted on May 27, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by UI faculty Barrie Robison One year ago, my colleague Terry Soule and I embarked on a somewhat crazy idea – we wanted to make a video game built upon the principles of evolutionary biology. The two of … Continue reading →

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The evolution of code is like the evolution of DNA nanotechnology

Posted on May 8, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by UI faculty Peter Allen I’m Peter Allen, a professor of Chemistry at the University of Idaho. I use DNA nanotechnology to build tiny things like autonomous nanomachines. DNA is more than genes and heredity. When I tell … Continue reading →

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Avida-ED Summer Workshop

Posted on March 27, 2017 by hageyt

This summer we will be holding two workshops on the use of Avida-ED; one at the University of Washington from June 21-23, and one at Michigan State University from July 27-29.  Avida-ED is a free, web-based program designed to teach … Continue reading →

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Charles Ofria named one of the 2017 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty

Posted on February 5, 2017 by hageyt

We are proud to congratulate BEACON’s Deputy Director Charles Ofria for being named a 2017 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award winner. Charles Ofria is recognized internationally for his research at the interface of computer science and evolutionary biology. He … Continue reading →

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Studying the Evolutionary Dynamics of Emergent Phenotypes

Posted on February 2, 2017 by hageyt

This post is written by MSU faculty Mark Reimers and Arend Hintze Let us marvel about the complexity of life for a moment. We have DNA transcribed into mRNA, just to get that translated into proteins, which metabolize, catabolize, or process … Continue reading →

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Getting Mixed Signals: Exploring the Evolution of Disjunctive Signaling Games

Posted on October 23, 2016 by hageyt

This post is written by Peter Fetros, an undergraduate computer science research assistant at UI working with James Foster and Bert Baumgaertner Signals are all around us. Most organisms use signals in order to communicate with one another. They might use them to tell … Continue reading →

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You Say “Cow” and I Hear “Milk” – The Joy of Interdisciplinary Work

Posted on August 31, 2016 by hageyt

This post is by MSU faculty Arend Hintze While I was listening to the many interesting talks of this year’s BEACON congress (2016), I was pondering about the journey that we took together to get here. Fortunately, I was around … Continue reading →

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