2007
GECCO Workshop on Open-Source Software for
Applied Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation
Location:
SoftGEC
is part of GECCO
2007 to be held at University
College London, England
Date: Saturday
(AM), July 7, 2007. The GECCO workshop schedule can be found here.
Organizer:
Jason H. Moore,
Ph.D.
Description:
The
field of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GEC) is undergoing a
transition from a largely theoretical discipline to a more applied
discipline as more and more people discover the power and utility of
GEC methods. Freely-available, open-source, and user-friendly
software for the application of GEC methods to real-world problems is
more important than ever as GEC algorithms mature. However,
there are few examples of software for applied GEC that are free,
open-source, platform-independent, and user-friendly.
The first annual workshop on Open-Source Software for Applied Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation (SoftGEC), organized in connection with
the GECCO 2007 in London, is intended to explore and critically
evaluate the development, evaluation, distribution, and support of GEC
software. The availability of software is very important if
GEC is going to find its way into applied computer science in fields
such as engineering, economics, and bioinformatics. This is
partly because the development, evaluation, distribution, and support
of user-friendly software is both time consuming and
expensive. This workshop will critically explore barriers to
the development and dissemination of GEC software and will critically
evaluate solutions.
Program: The
first SoftGEC workshop will feature 3-4 invited speakers (TBA) working
in the area of GEC software development followed by a panel discussion.
Each speaker will give an overview of their GEC software
package and will present their successes and failures in developing,
distributing, and supporting open-source software. The workshop is
scheduled to last two hours.
Confirmed speakers
include:
Jason H. Moore, Ph.D. from Dartmouth
College will speak about the open-source Symbolic Modeler
(SyMod) software package. Information about the speaker can be found here.
Information about the software can be found here.
Robert T. Pennock, Ph.D. from Michigan
State University will speak about the open-source Avida-ED
software package. Information
about the speaker can be found here.
Information about the software can be found here.
Marc Schoenauer, Ph.D. from the University of Paris Sud
will speak about the Graphic-User Interface for Evolutionary
Computation (GUIDE). Information about the speaker can be found here. Information about the software can be found here.
Kenneth O. Stanley, Ph.D. from the University
of Central Florida will speak about the open-source
NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT) software
package.
Information
about the speaker can be found here.
Information about the software can be found here.
Last updated March 11, 2007