1 Content

1.1 Schedule and due dates

• The schedule and due dates will be updated as we progress through the semester (on Canvas)
• Please check back regularly for changes on this website and Canvas.

1.2 Topical outline

• Slides will usually be posted before class.
• The outline will be filled in with slides, readings, and assignments as the semester moves forward
• The topic schedule may change slightly as the semester progresses.
• mycode.tar.gz is a zip-like archive file.
  • In Linux/Unix/Mac
    • Just click on it in your file browser of choice, and it should open an “archive manager” which can unzip it
    • At the command line, you can unpack it by executing in the directory with the file: $tar -xf mycode.tar.gz
  • In Windows
    • you can open it with http://7-zip.org/

1.3 Introduction

1.3.1 First day

Content/00-Introduction.html
Very briefly:

• Review Canvas
  • Show calendar
  • Show syllabus quiz
• Review syllabus
• Show Zulip
• Show git-classes
  • CI/CD results, example: https://gitlab.com/classroomcode/grade-sh/rust-example
• Meet your in-class neighbors

1.4 Part 1

http://www.evolutionarycomputation.org/

1.4.1 Background

Content/01-ComputationalProblems.html
../Bioinformatics/Content/04-BioReview.html
Content/02-BioAnalogyOrigins.html

1.4.2 Evolutionary computation

Content/03-MetaheuristicParts.html
Content/04-RepresentMutateRecombine.html
Content/05-FitnessSelection.html
Content/06-PopularVariants.html
Content/07-ParameterTuning.html
Content/08-ParameterControl.html
Content/09-Implemention.html
Content/10-Hybridization.html
Content/11-Non-stationaryNoisyFunctionOptimization.html
Content/12-MultiobjectiveEAs.html
Content/13-ConstraintHandling.html
Content/14-InteractiveEAs.html
Content/15-Co-evolutionarySystems.html
Content/16-AdvancedTheory.html
Content/17-EvolutionaryRobotics.html

1.5 Part 2

http://www.gp-field-guide.org.uk/
https://www.moshesipper.com/books/evolved-to-win/

1.6 Introduction

Content/18-GeneticProgramming.html