Dr. Daniel Tauritz - Auburn Cyber Research Center - Cyber Security Sciences Institute - BONSAI lab - CSSE department - Auburn University

Evolutionary Computing

Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
Fall 2020 COMP 5660-001/6660-001/6666-V01 (3 credit hours)

  • Index of Evolutionary Computing Class Offerings (find old exams)
  • Syllabus
  • Schedule
  • Textbook website
  • General FAQ
  • Dr. T's Coding Standard & Tips
  • Dr. T's AI Brief
  • Lecture Slides [PPTX]
  • Example T-Test Data
  • Statistical Test Decision Tree and Excel instructions
  • Constraint Satisfaction Methods Slides [PDF]
  • Conway's Game of Life
  • Self-configuring EAs Slides [PPTX]
  • Hyper-heuristics Tutorial Slides [PPTX]
  • GP Varieties Overview [PPTX]
  • Multi-Level Partitioning Hyper-Heuristic [PDF]
  • Asynchronous Poster [PDF]
  • CIAO Plot Slides [PPTX]
  • Theory Slides [PDF]
  • Interactive EAs [PPTX]
  • Picbreeder
  • Picbreeder Remake YouTube video
  • Darwin Tunes
  • Intro to Lindenmayer Systems
  • Intro to Neural Networks (Part 1)
  • Intro to Neural Networks (Part 2)
  • Evolution of neural network robotic controllers
  • Evolution of ANN controlled robot soccer team
  • Evolving Gaits for Legged Robots: Neural Networks with Geometric Patterns Perform Better
  • Evolved Electrophysiological Soft Robots
  • Evolving Swimming Soft-Bodied Creatures
  • Evolving Swimming Life - Gecco 2016 Virtual Creatures Contest
  • Virtual Creatures Competition
  • Assignments

    Assignment Series 1: Evolutionary Algorithms for Solving NP-Complete Light Up Puzzle Assignment Series 2: GPac: A Genetic Programming & Coevolution Approach to the Game of Pac-Man

    2020 Exams & Model Answers

  • Exam 1, Exam 1 Key
  • Exam 2, Exam 2 Key
  • Exam 3, Exam 3 Key
  • Final Exam, Final Exam Key