EVO*2021: EVOSTAR
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, April 7th Thursday, April 8th Friday, April 9th

Wednesday, April 7th

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09:15-09:30Break
09:30-11:20 Session 2A: EvoMUSART 1 - Image
Location: Room A
09:30
Evolving Neural Style Transfer Blends (abstract)
09:55
The Enigma of Complexity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jon McCormack
10:20
Evolving Image Enhancement Pipelines (abstract)
PRESENTER: João Correia
10:45
A Swarm Grammar-Based Approach to Virtual World Generation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yasin Raies
09:30-11:20 Session 2B: Late-Breaking Abstracts
Location: Room B
09:30
Distributed species-based genetic algorithm for reinforcement learning problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anirudh Seth
09:40
Using a bio-inspired model to facilitate the ecosystem of data sharing in smart healthcare (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yao Yao
09:50
Quantum fitness sharing in memetic algorithms for level design in Metroidvania games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alvaro Gutierrez
10:00
Sensitivity to Partial Lamarckism in a Memetic Algorithm for Constrained Portfolio Optimization (abstract)
10:10
Short-term effects of weight initialization functions in Deep NeuroEvolution (abstract)
10:20
Parameter control for the Plant Propagation Algorithm (abstract)
10:30
A Dynamic Parameter for the Plant Propagation Algorithm (abstract)
10:40
Beauty: A Machine-Microbial Artwork (abstract)
10:50
CLIP-Guided GAN Image Generation: An Artistic Exploration (abstract)
PRESENTER: Amy Smith
11:00
Generating Music with Extreme Passages using GPT-2 (abstract)
PRESENTER: Berker Banar
09:30-11:20 Session 2C: EvoAPPS 1 - Parallel Systems & Robotics
Location: Room C
09:30
TensorGP - Genetic Programming Engine in TensorFlow (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francisco Baeta
09:55
Co-optimising Robot Morphology and Controller in a Simulated Open-ended Environment (abstract)
10:20
Beyond Body Shape and Brain: Evolving the Sensory Apparatus of Voxel-based Soft Robots (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrea Ferigo
10:45
Automatic Modular Design of Behavior Trees for Robot Swarms with Communication Capabilites (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jonas Kuckling
11:10
Event-driven multi-algorithm optimization: mixing Swarm and Evolutionary strategies (abstract)
11:20-11:25Break
11:25-13:15 Session 3A: EvoMUSART 2 - Image
Location: Room A
11:25
Dissecting Neural Networks Filter Responses for Artistic Style Transfer (abstract)
11:50
Incremental Evolution of Stylized Images (abstract)
12:15
Network Bending: Expressive Manipulation of Deep Generative Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Terence Broad
12:40
Co-Creative Drawing with One-Shot Generative Models (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sabine Wieluch
11:25-13:15 Session 3B: EuroGP 1 - Methods
Location: Room B
11:25
On the Influence of Grammars on Crossover in Grammatical Evolution (abstract)
11:50
Mining Feature Relationships in Data (abstract)
12:00
Evofficient: Reproducing a Cartesian Genetic Programming Method (abstract)
12:25
Evolution of Complex Combinational Logic Circuits Using Grammatical Evolution with SystemVerilog (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michael Tetteh
12:50
On the Generalizability of Programs Synthesized by Grammar-Guided Genetic Programming (abstract)
11:25-13:15 Session 3C: EvoAPPS 2 - Evolutionary Machine Learning (i)
Location: Room C
11:25
Evolving Character-Level DenseNet Architectures using Genetic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Trevor Londt
11:35
Improved Crowding Distance in Multi-objective Optimization for Feature Selection in Classification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Peng Wang
12:00
WILDA: Wide Learning of Diverse Architectures for Classification of Large Datasets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rui Cardoso
12:25
Optimising diversity in classifier ensembles of classification trees (abstract)
PRESENTER: Carina Ivascu
12:50
Evolutionary Planning in Latent Space (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rasmus Berg Palm
13:00
Utilizing the Untapped Potential of IndirectEncoding for Neural Networks with MetaLearning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Adam Katona
13:15-14:10Lunch Break
14:10-15:20 Session 4A: EvoCOP 1
Location: Room A
14:10
MATE: A Model-based Algorithm Tuning Engine (abstract)
14:35
Runtime analysis of the (mu+1)-EA on the Dynamic BinVal function (abstract)
PRESENTER: Simone Riedi
14:10-15:20 Session 4B: EuroGP 2 - Short talks
Location: Room B
14:10
Getting a Head Start on Program Synthesis with Genetic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Erik Hemberg
14:20
Incremental Evaluation of Genetic Programming (abstract)
14:30
Probabilistic Grammatical Evolution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jessica Mégane
14:40
Software Anti-patterns Detection under Uncertainty using a Possibilistic Evolutionary Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sofien Boutaib
14:50
Evolving allocation rules for beam search heuristics in assembly line balancing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marcus Ritt
14:10-15:20 Session 4C: EvoAPPS 3 - Short talks
Location: Room C
14:10
Multi-objective workforce allocation in construction projects (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Iskandar
14:20
Automated, Explainable Rule Extraction from MAP-Elites archives (abstract)
14:30
Evaluating the Success-History based Adaptive Differential Evolution in the Protein Structure Prediction problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pedro Narloch
14:40
Real Time Optimisation of Traffic Signals to Prioritise Public Transport (abstract)
PRESENTER: Milan Wittpohl
14:50
A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Optimizing Part Quality Aware Assembly Job Shop Scheduling Problems (abstract)
15:00
On Restricting Real-Valued Genotypes in Evolutionary Algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kyrre Glette
15:20-15:25Break
15:25-16:55 Session 5A: EvoMUSART 3 - Best Paper Nominations
Location: Room A
15:25
"A Good Algorithm Does Not Steal - It Imitates": The Originality Report as a Means of Measuring When a Music Generation Algorithm Copies Too Much (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zongyu Yin
15:50
Interactive, Efficient and Creative Image Generation Using Compositional Pattern-Producing Networks (abstract)
16:15
Identification of Pure Painting Pigment using Machine Learning algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ailin Chen
15:25-16:55 Session 5B: EuroGP 3 - Hybrid & New framework
Chairs:
Location: Room B
15:25
Progressive Insular Cooperative GP (abstract)
15:50
Inclusive Genetic Programming (abstract)
16:15
Quality Diversity Genetic Programming for Learning Decision Tree Ensembles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stephen Boisvert
15:25-16:55 Session 5C: EvoAPPS 4 - Digital Healthcare & Personalized Medicine
Location: Room C
15:25
A multi-objective multi-type facility location problem for the delivery of personalised medicine (abstract)
15:50
Modelling Asthma Patients Responsiveness to Treatment Using Feature Selection and Evolutionary Computation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alberto Tonda
16:15
Bayesian Networks for Mood Prediction Using Unobstrusive Ecological Momentary Assesments (abstract)
16:55-17:00Break
Thursday, April 8th

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09:00-11:10 Session 8A: EvoMUSART 4 - Music & Sound
Location: Room A
09:00
Auralization of three-dimensional cellular automata (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yuta Kariyado
09:25
The Simulated Emergence of Chord Function (abstract)
PRESENTER: Yui Uehara
09:50
A Multi-Objective Evolutionary Approach to Identify Relevant Audio Features for Music Segmentation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Igor Vatolkin
10:15
SerumRNN: A White-box Audio VST Effect Programming System (abstract)
10:40
Parameter tuning for wavelet-based sound event detection using Neural Networks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pallav Raval
09:00-11:10 Session 8B: EvoCOP 2
Location: Room B
09:00
An Artificial Immune System for Black Box Test Case Selection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lukas Rosenbauer
09:25
On Hybrid Heuristics for Steiner Trees on the Plane with Obstacles (abstract)
PRESENTER: Victor Parque
09:50
Tabu-driven Quantum Neighborhood Samplers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Charles Moussa
10:15
A Novel Ant Colony Optimization Strategy for the Quantum Circuit Compilation Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marco Baioletti
09:00-11:10 Session 8C: EvoAPPS 5 - Best paper nominations
Location: Room C
09:00
EA-based ASV Trajectory Planner for Pollution Detection in Lentic Waters (abstract)
09:25
Towards Feature-Based Performance Regression Using Trajectory Data (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anja Jankovic
09:50
A NEAT Visualisation of Neuroevolution Trajectories (abstract)
PRESENTER: Stefano Sarti
10:15
Improving Search Efficiency and Diversity of Solutions in Multiobjective Binary Optimization by Using Metaheuristics plus Integer Linear Programming (abstract)
11:10-11:30Break
11:30-13:15 Session 9A: EvoAPPS 6 - Games & Deep Bio-inspired Algorithms
Location: Room A
11:30
Combining Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms with deep generative models towards focused molecular design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tiago Sousa
11:55
A Profile-Based ‘GrEvolutionary’ Hearthstone Agent (abstract)
PRESENTER: Antonio Mora
12:20
Playing with Dynamic Systems - Battling Swarms in Virtual Reality (abstract)
12:45
EvoCraft: A New Challenge for Open-Endedness (abstract)
PRESENTER: Djordje Grbic
12:55
Continuous Ant-Based Neural Topology Search (abstract)
13:05
EDM-DRL: Toward Stable Reinforcement Learning through Ensembled Directed Mutation (abstract)
11:30-13:15 Session 9B: EvoCOP 3
Location: Room B
11:30
Flowshop NEH-based heuristic recommendation (abstract)
11:55
An Improvement Heuristic Based on Variable Neighborhood Search for a Dynamic Orienteering Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hoang Thanh Le
12:20
A Heuristic Algorithm for School Bus Routing with Bus Stop Selection (abstract)
12:45
Hybrid Heuristic and Metaheuristic for Solving Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Imene Zaidi
11:30-13:15 Session 9C: EvoAPPS 7 - Image Analysis & Signal Processing
Location: Room C
11:30
RDE-OP:A Region-based Differential Evolution Algorithm Incorporation Opposition-Based Learning for Optimising the Learning Process of Multi-Layer Neural Networks (abstract)
11:55
Lateralized Approach for Robustness Against Attacks in Emotion Categorization from Images (abstract)
12:20
EDA-based optimization of blow--off valve positions for centrifugal compressor systems (abstract)
12:30
Estimation of Grain-level Residual Stresses in a Quenched Cylindrical Sample of Aluminum Alloy AA5083 using Genetic Programming (abstract)
12:40
3D-2D Registration using X-ray Simulation and CMA-ES (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tianci Wen
13:15-14:15Lunch Break
14:15-16:00 Session 10A: EvoMUSART 5 - Music & Sound
Location: Room A
14:15
SyVMO: Synchronous Variable Markov Oracle for modeling and predicting multi-part musical structures dependencies (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nádia Carvalho
14:40
Sculpture Inspired Musical Composition, One Possible Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francisco Braga
15:05
Raga Recognition in Indian Classical Music using Deep Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Devansh Shah
15:30
Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network, via Transfer Learning, for Traditional Scottish Music Generation (abstract)
14:15-16:00 Session 10B: EvoCOP 4 Best Paper Nominations
Location: Room B
14:15
Decomposition-based Multi-objective Landscape Features and Automated Algorithm Selection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Raphaël Cosson
14:40
Hybridization of Racing Methods with Evolutionary Operators for Simulation Optimization of Traffic Lights Programs (abstract)
15:05
Stagnation Detection with Randomized Local Search (abstract)
15:30
Symmetry Breaking for Voting Mechanisms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andrew Sutton
14:15-16:00 Session 10C: EvoAPPS 8 - Evolutionary Machine Learning (ii)
Location: Room C
14:15
Demonstrating the Evolution of GANs through t-SNE (abstract)
PRESENTER: Victor Costa
14:40
Evaluating Models with Dynamic Sampling Holdout (abstract)
15:05
On the Effects of Absumption for XCS with Continuous-Valued Inputs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexander Wagner
15:30
Transfer Learning for Automated Test Case Prioritization using XCSF (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lukas Rosenbauer
16:00-16:15Break
16:15-18:00 Session 11A: EvoMUSART 6 - Music & Sound
Location: Room A
16:15
Chord Embeddings: Analyzing What They Capture and Their Role for Next Chord Prediction and Artist Attribute Prediction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Allison Lahnala
16:40
A Fusion of Deep and Shallow Learning to Predict Genres Based on Instrument and Timbre Features (abstract)
PRESENTER: Igor Vatolkin
17:05
Genre Recognition from Symbolic Music with CNNs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Edmund Dervakos
17:30
Creating a Digital Mirror of Creative Practice (abstract)
17:40
From Music to Image, a Computational Creativity Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Luís Aleixo
17:50
An Application for Evolutionary Music Composition using Autoencoders (abstract)
16:15-18:00 Session 11B: EuroGP 4 Best Paper Nominations
Location: Room B
16:15
Regenerating Soft Robots through Neural Cellular Automata (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kazuya Horibe
16:40
Exploring the automatic design of U-Nets applied to segmentation problems (abstract)
17:05
Towards incorporating Human Knowledge in Fuzzy Pattern Tree Evolution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aidan Murphy
17:30
Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search Supporting Approximate Multipliers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michal Pinos
16:15-18:00 Session 11C: EvoAPPS 9 - Evolutionary Machine Learning (iii)
Location: Room C
16:15
Towards Explainable Exploratory Landscape Analysis: Extreme Feature Selection for Classifying BBOB Functions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Quentin Renau
16:40
Desirable Objective Ranges in Preference-based Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (abstract)
17:05
Adaptive Covariance Pattern Search (abstract)
17:30
Salp Swarm Optimization Search Based Feature Selection for Enhanced Phishing Websites Detection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ruba Abu Khurma
Friday, April 9th

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09:45-11:30 Session 13A: EvoMUSART 7 - Evolutionary Art
Location: Room A
09:45
Exploring the Effect of Sampling Strategy on Movement Generation with Generative Neural Networks (abstract)
10:10
Axial Generation: A Concretism-inspired Method for Synthesizing Highly Varied Artworks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Edward Easton
10:35
Aesthetic Evaluation of Cellular Automata Configurations using Spatial Complexity and Kolmogorov Complexity (abstract)
11:00
Mixed-Initiative Level Design with RL Brush (abstract)
PRESENTER: Omar Delarosa
11:10
“What is human?” A Turing Test for artistic creativity. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Antonio Daniele
09:45-11:30 Session 13B: EvoAPPS 10 - Misc
Location: Room B
09:45
An Experimental Study on the Effects of Weight Initialization and Weight Inheritance on Neuroevolution (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zimeng Lyu
10:10
Improving Neuroevolution Using Island Extinction and Repopulation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zimeng Lyu
10:35
Effective Universal Unrestricted Adversarial Attacks using a MOE Approach (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alina-Elena Baia
11:00
Deep Optimisation: Multi-Scale Evolution by Inducing and Searching in Deep Representations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jamie Caldwell
09:45-11:30 Session 13C: EvoAPPS 11 - Sustainability & Development
Location: Room C
09:45
Evolutionary Grain-Mixing to Improve Profitability in Farming Winter Wheat (abstract)
10:10
Evolutionary Algorithms for Roughness Coefficient Estimation in River Flow Analyses (abstract)
10:35
A novel evolutionary approach for IoT-based water contaminant detection (abstract)
PRESENTER: Luca Gerevini
11:00
Generating Duplex Routes for Robust Bus Transport Network by Improved Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on Decomposition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sho Kajihara
11:30-12:00Break
13:30-14:30Lunch Break