Genetic Algorithms Digest Thursday, August 15, 1996 Volume 10 : Issue 34 - Do NOT send email or reply to gadistr@aic.nrl.navy.mil (GA List Moderator) - Send submissions (articles) to GA-List@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL - Send administrative (subscribe, unsubscribe, change of address, etc.,) requests to GA-List-Request@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL ****************************************************************************** - You can access back issues, GA code, conference announcements, etc., either through the WWW at URL http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ or through anonymous ftp at ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil [192.26.18.68] in /pub/galist. ****************************************************************************** Today's Topics: - Vacation! - Research Assistant Position At Los Alamos National Laboratory - ICMAS Workshop on IMMUNITY-BASED SYSTEMS - ICANNGA'97 - toc Advances in GP 2 www - Evolutionary Electronics Papers - Latent Energy Environments 2.0 software announcement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) 2NWGA 2nd Nordic Wrkshp on Genetic Algorithms, Finland (v9n56) Aug 19-25, 96 WSC1 Online Wrkshp on Soft Comp, special sessions (v10n24/29/30)Aug 19-30, 96 EUFIT96 Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing, Germany (v9n60)Sep 2-5, 96 SAB96 From Animals to Animats, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (v9n31) Sep 9-13, 96 WCNN96 Session on Evolutionary Algorithms, San Diego (v9n62) Sep 15-20, 96 PPSN96 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Berlin (v9n17) Sep 22-27, 96 ICGI96 Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, Montpellier (v9n45) Sep 25-27, 96 ICES96 Conf on Evol Sys from Biology to Hardware, Tsukuba (v10n7) Oct 7-8, 96 SEAL96 Asia-Pacific Conf on Sim Evol And Learning, Korea (v10n13)Nov 9-12, 96 SAC97 Symp on Applied Comp (GAs track), San Jose,CA (v10n28) Feb 28-Mar 2, 97 ICCIN97 Comp Intelligence and Neuroscience, North Carolina (v10n16)Mar 2-5,97 FEA97 1st Intl Wrkshp on Frontiers in EAs, North Carolina (v10n21) Mar 2-5,97 ICANNGA97 Intl Conf on Artificial NNs and GAs, England (v10n16) Apr 1-4, 97 EP97 Conf on Evolutionary Programming, Indianapolis (v10n19) Apr 13-16, 97 ICEC97 Intl Conf Evolutionary Computation, Indianapolis (v10n27 Apr 13-16, 97 GP97 Genetic Programming Conference, Stanford, CA Jul 13-16, 97 ECAL97 4th European Conf on Artificial Life, England (v10n8) Jul 28-31, 97 (Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil) ------------------------------ From: William M. Spears (Moderator) Date: Aug 12, 1996 Subject: Vacation! There will be a pause in GA-List while I go on a two week vacation! Live Long and Evolve, Bill ------------------------------ From: Hillol Kargupta Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:00:50 -0600 Subject: Research Assistant Position At Los Alamos National Laboratory I am looking for a graduate student to work on the gene expression messy genetic algorithm, theoretical issues, and data mining applications. This position is for relatively LONGER TERM; at least for two semesters, preferably even longer. The opening is immediate. The selected person will have to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA. Los Alamos is located in the mountains of New Mexico, surrounded by canyons and woods. We pay 25-32K/year for graduate research assistants. If interested please send me your resume to the following address. Hillol Kargupta Computational Methods Group X Division, Mail Stop F645 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 (505) 667-8945 (505) 665-4479 (FAX.) http://www-xdiv.lanl.gov/XCM/research/genalg/members/hillol/hillol.html email: hillol@lanl.gov ------------------------------ From: jjh@aber.ac.uk (jjh) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:09:25 +0100 Subject: ICMAS Workshop on IMMUNITY-BASED SYSTEMS ICMAS Workshop on IMMUNITY-BASED SYSTEMS **************************************** ICMAS Workshop on Immunity-Based Systems will be held on December 10, Keihanna Plaza, Kyoto, Japan; in conjunction with Second International Conference on Multiagent Systems ICMAS '96 December 10 (Tue) - 13 (Fri), 1996 DESCRIPTION ----------- Biologically inspired approach has been paid attention. Recently, the immune system have provided an important paradigm in adaptive complex systems, autonomous decentralized systems and multiagent systems. The immunity-based system consisting of agents may have adaptation and learning capability, similar to neural networks, but it is based on dynamic cooperation of agents. The immunity-based system may have an evolutionary mechanism similar to genetic algorithm, but it has a sophisticated control of diversity and specificity of populations. Although many immunity-based systems have been proposed and studied, it seems there is no agreement yet on the common and important element of immunity-based systems. It is the time for researchers from many fields to define and clarify the immunity-based systems, study the immunity-based models and explore the possible applications. Specific topics of interest include but not limited to: * Immunity-based system as a multiagent system * Multiagent approach for modeling and simulating immune systems * Immunity-based systems for self-diagnosis and self-organization * Immunity-based approach for collective intelligence * Immunity-based systems for optimization and search * The immune system as a prototype of Autonomous Decentralized Systems * Immunity-based approach for Artificial Life * Immunity-based approach for security of information systems * Immunological approach against computer viruses and internet worms * The immune system as a metaphor for computer based learning systems * Immunity-based systems as a distributed learning system SUBMISSION INFORMATION ---------------------- Persons wishing to make presentations at the workshop should submit papers (up to 12 pages, 12pt font, single column). Papers must include in the first page: the title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, phone number, fax number, e-mail, an abstract of 300 words maximum and up to five keywords. Four copies should be sent to the workshop chair. Attendees are required to register for the main ICMAS 96 conference. TIMETABLE --------- October 1, 1996 Submission deadline. November 1, 1996 Submitters will be informed of decisions December 10, 1996 Workshop ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (in Alphabetical Order) Hugues Bersini (Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) Hiroyuki Fujita (University of Tokyo, Japan) Toyoo Fukuda (Kansei Gakuin University, Japan) John Hunt (University of Wales, United Kingdom) Yoshiteru Ishida (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan) Akio Ishiguro (Nagoya University, Japan) Kazuyuki Mori (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan) WORKSHOP CHAIR Yoshiteru ISHIDA Graduate School of Information Science,Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-01, Japan Voice:+81-7437-2-5351 Fax:+81-7437-2-5359 Email:ishida@is.aist-nara.ac.jp Updated version of this CFP can be seen at: http://genesis.aist-nara.ac.jp/IMBS96.html Dr. John Hunt Email: jjh@aber.ac.uk Centre for Intelligent Systems, Tel: [+44] (0)1970-622537 Department of Computer Science, Fax: [+44] (0)1970-622455 University of Wales, Aberystwyth, WWW: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~jjh Dyfed, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom ------------------------------ From: gds@sys.uea.ac.uk (George Smith) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 16:54:36 +0100 (BST) Subject: ICANNGA'97 ICANNGA97 ========= Third International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms Preceded by a one-day Introductory Workshop Tuesday 1st - Friday 4th April, 1997 Norwich, England, UK CALL FOR PAPERS AND INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE The full CFPs and details of manuscript preparation, together with a pre-registration form, can now be found at the following web address. http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/ResGroups/MAG/ICANNGA97/Default.html May I remind those intending to submit a paper that the deadline for submission of extended abstracts/full papers is August 31st. Dr. George D Smith Computing Science Sector School of Information Systems University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Tel: + 44 (0)1603 593260 FAX: + 44 (0)1603 593344 Email: gds@sys.uea.ac.uk www: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Teaching/Staff/gds.html ------------------------------ From: Bill Langdon Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 09:12:02 +0100 Subject: toc Advances in GP 2 www The table of contents etc for the forthcomming MIT Press book Advances in Genetic Programming: Volume 2 (order code ANGAH2) is available via www http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/W.Langdon/aigp2.html ------------------------------ From: "A.J.Hirst (Tony Hirst)" Date: 12 Aug 1996 10:13:29 +0000 Subject: Evolutionary Electronics Papers Apologies to those in multiple receipt of this notification... The 1st On-line Workshop for Soft Computation is now open for business.... ****************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION & DISCUSSION Special Session Evolutionary Electronics http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wsc1/papers/Evol_Elec.html ****************************************************** DISCUSSION PROCEDURE: 1. Read the abstracts. 2. Copy the main texts ( ps files ) of interested papers. 3. Send questions and comments to wsc@bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp (The steering committee will send the questions to the authors and receive answers from the authors, and make the Q&A visible on the Internet.) 4. Read the answers from the authors on http://www.bioele.nuee.nagoya-u.ac.jp/wsc1/ 5. Repeat the above steps 3 and 4 until you are satisfied. ****************************************************** Analogue Circuits: COMPONENT VALUE SELECTION FOR ACTIVE FILTERS USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS D.H. Horrocks, M.C. Spittle University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Genetically Derived Filter Circuits Using Preferred Value Components David H. Horrocks, Yaser M.A. Khalifa University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group. Genetically Evolved FDNR and Leap-Frog Active Filters Using Preferred Component Values David H. Horrocks, Yaser M.A. Khalifa University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering,Circuits and Systems Group. Genetic Algorithms Design of Electronic Analogue circuits Including Parasitic Effects David H. Horrocks, Yaser M.A. Khalifa University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering,Circuits and Systems Group. Co-Design: An Evolutionary Approach to System-Level Synthesis Juergen Teich, Tobias Blickle, Lothar Thiele Institute TIK Evolving Adaptive Computer Systems Tony Hirst HCRL, Gardiner Bldg, Walton Hall, Open University Digital Logic Synthesis: Experiences of using Evolutionary Techniques in Logic Minimisation Julian F. Miller, Peter V. G. Bradbeer, Peter Thomson Dept. of Computer Studies, Napier University Genetic Synthesis Techniques for Low-Power Digital Signal Processing Circuits T. Arslan, E Ozdemir, M. S. Bright, D.H. Horrocks University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group. Fault Tolerance: EVOLUTIONARY TECHNIQUES FOR FAULT TOLERANCE Adrian Thompson School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex Hardware Evolution: SILICON EVOLUTION Adrian Thompson School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex Hardware Implementations: Implementing a Generic Systolic Array for Genetic Algorithms I. M. Bland, G. M. Megson Algorithm Engineering Research Group, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Reading HGA:A Hardware-Based Genetic Algorithm Stephen D. Scott, Ashok Samal, Sharad Seth Washington University in St. Louis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska-Lincoln A HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR A PARALLEL GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION B.C.H. Turton, T. Arslan, D.H. Horrocks University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering,Circuits and Systems Group. An Architecture for Enhancing Image Processing via Parallel Genetic Algorithms & Data Compression B.C.H. Turton, T. Arslan University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group. A Parallel Genetic VLSI Architecture for Combinatorial Real-Time Applications - Disc Scheduling B.C.H. Turton, T. Arslan University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group. VLSI Placement: A Genetic Framework For The High-Level Optimisation Of Low Power VLSI DSP Systems M.S. Bright, T. Arslan University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group. Structural Cell-based VLSI Circuit Design using a Genetic Algorithm T. Arslan, D.H. Horrocks, E. Ozdemir University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering,Circuits and Systems Group. STRUCTURAL SYNTHESIS OF CELL-BASED VLSI CIRCUITS USING A MULTI-OBJECTIVE GENETIC ALGORITHM T. Arslan, D.H. Horrocks, E. Ozdemir University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering,Circuits and Systems Group. VLSI Test: Hierarchical Test Pattern Generation Using A Genetic Algorithm With A Dynamic Global Reference Table M. J. O'Dare, T. Arslan University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, GENERATING TEST PATTERNS FOR VLSI CIRCUITS USING A GENETIC ALGORITHM M. J. O'Dare, T. Arslan University Of Wales, Cardiff. School Of Engineering, Circuits and Systems Group ------------------------------ From: fil@cs.ucsd.edu (Filippo Menczer) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 96 16:45:51 -0700 Subject: Latent Energy Environments 2.0 software announcement [ WMS: This is relevant to GA-List because it's core is a simulation environment for evolving neural networks. ] Software announcement LEE release 2.0 Latent Energy Environments ========================== Release 2.0 of the LEE artificial life simulator is now available via FTP/WWW. Changes from previous versions include, among others, an option for reinforcement learning, a new motor type, a new and improved user interface, and a fat binary application for the Macintosh. You may download the software (Unix sources and/or Mac source and fat application, documentation, and a technical report) as follows: World Wide Web: http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/users/fil/lee/lee.html Anonymous FTP: ftp://cs.ucsd.edu/pub/LEE Authors: Richard Belew and Filippo Menczer. LEE is (c) 1993-1996 University of California, San Diego. You may freely copy/distribute the software, except for commercial purposes, and as long and the notices in the source headers are preserved. Filename Format Content _______________________________________________________________ README ASCII general info lee.doc ASCII documentation pinep.ps.Z compressed PostScript paper about LEE model lee2.0.tar.Z compressed tar file LEE 2.0 Unix source lee2.0.sit.hqx binhexed stuffit archive LEE 2.0 for the Mac _______________________________________________________________ Please see README file for a general introduction, and lee.doc for specific information on how to compile and/or run the program. For a complete list of related papers please see Filippo Menczer's homepage (URL below). Filippo Menczer Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, 0114 University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0114 USA Fax: +1 619 534-7029 Email: fil@cs.ucsd.edu Homepage: http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/users/fil/ ------------------------------ End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ******************************