CRGP graduate researcher Bijan KHosraviani won the Silver Medal at the 2004 Human-Competitive Awards in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, in Seattle, on June 27, 2004. Bijan presented a genetic algorithm for optimizing the design of a project organization.

Bijan was competing with 10 other entries, all of which employed genetic algorithms (GA), genetic programming (GP), or genetic learning classifier systems (LCS). The competition involved short presentations by the researchers, and adjudication of the entries was based on eight pre-defined criteria relating to whether or not the results were considered to be "human-competitive."

The 2004 judging committee consisted of:

• Wolfgang Banzhaf
• David Goldberg
• Erik Goodman
• Riccardo Poli

After the 11 presentations, the 2004 judging committee met and considered all the entries. The committee judged 6 of the 11 results to be "human-competitive." The judging committee recognized 5 levels of achievement: Gold, Silver, and Bronze (for the entries judged to be "human-competitive" and Merit and Honorable Mention for the remaining entries. The judging committee awarded prizes totaling $5,500. The prizes were awarded at the plenary sessions on Wednesday June 30, 2004 at the GECCO-2004 conference in Seattle.

The Gold Medal winner was not an individual, but a team of NASA scientists who had evolved an anntena for deployment on NASA's Space Technology 5 program.

Additional information about the award is available at the event website: Human-Competitive Awards in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. Bijan's power point slides are available at: http://www.genetic-programming.org/gecco2004hc/khosraviani-slides2.ppt

Posted by mramsey at June 27, 2004 9:42 AM