University
of New Mexico
www.cs.unm.edu/~forrest
Her
talk considers complex adaptive systems and argues that modern
computers are an example of an engineered complex adaptive system.
Current examples of evolutionary computation in our wired world
as well as their limitations are explored. Overcoming these limitations
will require the field of evolutionary computation to solve several
outstanding open problems.
Stephanie
Forrest is Professor of Computer Science at the University of
New Mexico in Albuquerque and a Research Professor at the Santa
Fe Institute. Professor Forrest received her Ph.D. in Computer
and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan. Before
joining UNM she worked for Teknowledge Inc. and was a Director's
Fellow at the Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National
Laboratory. She is currently a member of the Santa Fe Institute
science board and served as SFI's Interim Vice President 1999-2000.
Her research interests are in adaptive systems, including genetic
algorithms, computational immunology, biological modeling, and
computer security.
For more info, see
www.santafe.edu/sfi/publications/Bulletins/bulletinSpring00/features/forrest.html
University
of North Carolina-Charlotte
www.cs.uncc.edu/~zbyszek
His
talk will summarise his business experience of the last four years,
including current trends in commercial software, the growing importance
of adaptive business intelligence and the need for modern heuristic
techniques in general and evolutionary computation in particular.
His talk will emphasise the connection between research and practise
and will be illustrated by some real-world examples of state-of-the-art
commercial applications.
Zbigniew
Michalewicz is Professor at the Computer Science Department, University
of North Carolina at Charlotte. He completed his MSc degree at
Technical University of Warsaw in 1974 and he received PhD degree
from Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences,
in 1981. He holds Doctor of Science (Habilitation) degree in Computer
Science from the Polish Academy of Science (1997). In April 2002
he received the title of Professor from the President of Poland.
Zbigniew Michalewicz holds also Professor positions at the Institute
of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Sciences, at the Polish-Japanese
Institute of Information Technology, and a honorary Professor
position at State Key Laboratory of Software Engineering of Wuhan
University, China.
His
current research interests are in the field of evolutionary computation.
He has published several books, including a monograph "Genetic
Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs" (3 editions,
a few translations), and over 200 technical papers in journals
and conference proceedings. He was one of the editors-in-chief
of the "Handbook of Evolutionary Computation". He was
the general chairman of the First IEEE International Conference
on Evolutionary Computation held in Orlando, June 1994. He has
been an invited speaker of many international conferences and
a member of 40 various program committees of international conferences
during the last 3 years. He is a current member of the editorial
board and/or serves as associate editor on 11 international journals.
He also published (together with David B. Fogel) a text on modern
heuristic methods, "How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics",
which is a standard text on hundreds of universities all over
the world (Chinese translation of the book appeared in 2003, and
the second edition with 4 additional chapters will appear later
this year).
In
1999 Zbigniew co-founded NuTech Solutions, which under his scientific
leadership raised $14 million in venture capital, secured more
than twenty Fortune 500 customers, and currently employs around
100 people. During his tenure at NuTech Solutions Zbigniew attracted
several high-profile investors and board advisers to the company,
including former President of Poland and Noble Peace Prize winner,
Lech Walesa; Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Hugh McColl; former National Security Advisor to the President
of the United States, Zbigniew Brzezinski; and world-renown fraud
expert and inspiration for the movie Catch Me If You Can, Frank
Abagnale. He also helped to secure industry contracts valued at
more than $10 million from companies such General Motors, Ford
Motor Company, Bank of America, U.S. Department of Defense, AirLiquide,
PKN Orlen, BB&T, and Dentsu. His scientific and business achievements
have been recognized by countless invited talks and publications,
including TIME Magazine, Newsweek, New York Times, Forbes, Business
Journal, and Associated Press among others.
