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Introduction to Evolutionary Computing: Course Overview and Evaluation

This course on Evolutionary Computing, led by Guszti Eiben, Selmar Smit, and Ruben Balk, features lectures twice a week and includes a written exam, programming assignment, and a presentation competition. Students will learn the core principles of evolution and evolutionary problem-solving, alongside various evolutionary algorithms. Grading is based on the exam and project performances, with a focus on providing hands-on experience. Support resources include lecture slides and old exams, accessible via the university's Blackboard platform.

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Introduction to Evolutionary Computing: Course Overview and Evaluation

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  1. EvolutionaryComputing 2010-2011 Guszti Eiben Selmar Smit Ruben Balk

  2. The course • Lectures 2x a week (wed + fri 9-11) • Writtenexam (open book) – grade A • Programmingassignment • Presentation / competition – grade B or • Special R&D track – grade B • FinalgradeG = ¾ * A + ¼ * B (if A > 5.5 and B > 5.5)

  3. Support • People: • GusztiEibenwww.cs.vu.nl/~gusz/ • Selmar Smit www.cs.vu.nl/~sksmit/ • Ruben Balk r.s.balk@student.vu.nl • Book: Eiben-Smith, Introduction to EvolutionaryComputing, Springer, 2007 • Web: blackboard (bb.vu.nl), incl. • Slides • Old exams • Stuff forprogrammingassignment

  4. Aims • Understand the mainprinciples of evolution and evolutionaryproblemsolving • Learnabout different evolutionaryalgorithms • Hands-onexperiencewithusingevolutionaryalgorithms • FUN

  5. Courseevaluation

  6. Questions?

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