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Tag Archives: Evolutionary Applications
BEACON Researchers at Work: Improving Search Quality in Genetic Programming
This week’s BEACON Researcher at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Armand Burks. About Me As a young “army brat,” I was always fascinated with learning how things worked. Trying to figure out how my toys worked, I … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution makes software adaptive
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Chad Byers. Perhaps it is because 91% of US-based data center professionals checked “Yes” in a recent survey for whether their company had experienced an unplanned data outage in … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolving Bio-Inspired Robots
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by Michigan State University graduate student Jared Moore(@j_redmmoore). If you had asked me during my undergrad years what a computer scientist did, I’m not sure I would’ve been able to give you … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: What's a Genetic Algorithm?
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Matt Ryerkerk. A genetic algorithm is a method often used for optimization, or finding the best solution to a particular problem. When I first heard of genetic … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Finding hidden flaws and features in evolutionary computing
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Brian Goldman. For me, some of the most enjoyable moments in research are when I’m outsmarted by my own creation. Anyone who’s spent enough time with Evolutionary … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization to Allow Greenhouse Production/Energy Use Tradeoffs
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student José R. Llera. My name is José R. Llera, and I received my B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. I learned about … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Trying to Bottle Natural Evolution's Creativity
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin postdoc Joel Lehman. Something that both fascinates me and drives my research is the creativity of natural evolution. If you asked me to solve a particular … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: In Search of The Perfect Password
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by NC A&T graduate student Joshua Adams. Passwords are a problem. They are easy to forget and if you write them down, they can be stolen. If you’re like me, you probably … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Applying evolution to telecommunications
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Matt Rupp. As a researcher, I have never been completely comfortable dedicating myself to a single field of study. My formal background in both computer science and evolutionary … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Developing interactive evolutionary computation for machine learning games
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Igor Karpov. When thinking about parts of my work that are most relevant to BEACON, several topics come to mind simultaneously. To avoid making … Continue reading