Awards

Evo* Award for Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation in Europe 2023

Winner:

Mengjie Zhang (Victoria University of Wellington)

Evo* 2023 Best Paper Awards

EuroGP

Graph Networks as Inductive Bias for Genetic Programming: Symbolic Models for Particle-Laden Flows
Julia Reuter, Sanaz Mostaghim, Hani Elmestikawy, Fabien Evrard and Berend van Wachem

See all the EuroGP best paper nominees here.

EvoApplications

Under the Hood of Transfer Learning for Deep Neuroevolution
Stefano Sarti, Nuno Lourenço, Jason Adair, Penousal Machado and Gabriela Ochoa

See all the EvoApplications best paper nominees here.

EvoCOP

A Policy-Based Learning Beam Search for Combinatorial Optimization
Rupert Ettrich, Marc Huber and Günther R. Raidl

See all the EvoCOP best paper nominees here.

EvoMUSART

Using Autoencoders to Generate Skeleton-based Typography
Jéssica Parente, Luis Gonçalo, Tiago Martins, João Miguel Cunha, João Bicker and Penousal Machado

See all the EvoMUSART best paper nominees here.

Best Student Paper

Under the Hood of Transfer Learning for Deep Neuroevolution
Stefano Sarti, Nuno Lourenço, Jason Adair, Penousal Machado and Gabriela Ochoa

Runner up: A Policy-Based Learning Beam Search for Combinatorial Optimization (Rupert Ettrich, Marc Huber and Günther R. Raidl)

Best Poster

Towards Constructing a Suite of Multi-Objective Optimization Problems with Diverse Landscapes
Andrejaana Andova, Tobias Benecke, Harald Ludwig and Tea Tušar

Runners up:

Using FPGA Devices to Accelerate Tree-Based Genetic Programming: A Preliminary Exploration with Recent Technologies (Christopher Crary, Wesley Piard, Greg Stitt, Caleb Bean, and Benjamin Hicks)

EVODESIGNER: Aiding the Exploration of Innovative Graphic Design Solutions (Daniel Lopes, João Correia, and Penousal Machado)

Scavenger hunt

Julia Reuter, Tobias Benecke, Jéssica Parente & Luis Gonçalo

Video challenge

Ahmet B. Barakli

Previous Evo* Awards:

2022: Aniko Ekart [announcement page]
2021: Conor Ryan and Juan Romero [announcement page]
2020: Gabriela Ochoa [announcement page]
2019: JJ Merelo and Carlos Cotta [announcement page]
2018: Sara Silva [announcement page]
2017: Gusz Eiben and James Foster [announcement page]
2016: Penousal Machado [announcement page]
2015: Anna Esparcia-Alcazar and Leonardo Vanneschi [announcement page]
2014: Terence C. Fogarty [pic] [movie]
2013: Una-May O’Reilly and Elena Marchiori
2012: Guenther R. Raidl
2011: Julian Miller
2010: Marco Tomassini [pic]
2009: Ernesto Costa and Stefano Cagnoni [pic] [pic]
2008: Bill Langdon and Marc Schoenauer [pic]
2007: Wolfgang Banzhaf and Riccardo Poli
2006: Jennifer Willies

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