CMP SCI 6320: Advances in Evolutionary Computation

Course Description

This course focuses on some advanced topics in genetic and evolutionary computation (both theory and applications). Topics may include genetic algorithm variants, intelligent metaheuristics, evolutionary machine learning, differential evolution, swarm intelligence, learning classifier systems, and Markov models. A substantial part of the course will be based on selected topics from recent literature. This is a project-based course, with the project typically involving literature search and conducting and reporting research. Projects may involve developing specific applications or implementing a specific model.