This is what they said: “The SPECIES scholarship was a great opportunity for me to get to know and collaborate with a different research group in the field of evolutionary computation. The 3-month format allows for deep and productive discussions
Executive Board Elections 2021
All SPECIES members are now invited to vote for the new Executive Board The list of candidates for the period 2021-22 is as follows: Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra. Statement Sara Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal Statement Nuno Lourenço, University
SPECIES YouTube channel
Have you checked the SPECIES YouTube channel? You will find highlights from EvoStar 2021: the keynote lectures by Jose A Lozano and Roberto Serra, the closing session with all the awards (in particular, the EvoStar Award to Gabriela Ochoa) and
EvoStar 2021
The 24th EvoStar conference will take place (hopefully!) in Seville, Spain, from 7 to 9 April 2021. Join us to discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones – in person or online! Check
Evolution, the new AI Revolution – Topical Issue of SN Computer Science Journal
25 years after the IEEE Expert Special Issue edited by Peter Angeline, with the title “Evolution Revolution”, it is about time to proudly assert that Evolution is the AI Revolution. We take this opportunity to announce the Topical Issue Evolution,
New Executive Board 2020-21
In the AGM that was held online on May 29th the new Board was elected as follows: Wolfgang Banzhaf (treasurer) Stefano Cagnoni Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar (vice-president and secretary) Francesco Fontanella Mario Giacobini (new in 2020) J. Ignacio (Iñaki) Hidalgo Nuno
SPECIES Scholarships – Application closed
The application process has ended and we are happy to announce that we have received applications from 15 students and 18 potential host institutions. Evaluation has now started. We advise students to have a look at the list of candidate
SPECIES Scholarship 2020 Hosts
List of hosting institutions for the SPECIES Scholarship program in 2020. A short overview of each institution is given. More details of the supervisor, research group, available projects, and others, is provided as a PDF document in the section dedicated
Special issue of the GPEM journal: Integrating numerical optimization methods with genetic programming
Editors: Anna Esparcia-Alcázar & Leonardo Trujillo https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10710-020-09381-6 The two papers contained in this special section give a complementary view on how GP can be hybridized with numerical optimization methods and problems. On the one hand, by enhancing GP with powerful
EvoStar 2020 in Sevilla coming soon
The 23rd EvoStar conference will take place in Seville, Spain, from 15 to 17 April 2020. Join us in Sevilla, discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones, Check the latest news here.