PROGRAM
Days: Wednesday, April 20th Thursday, April 21st Friday, April 22nd
Wednesday, April 20th
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09:00-09:30 Session 1: Conference opening
Conference opening by SPECIES Society President Marc Schoenauer
Chair:
Location: Salón de actos
09:30-10:30 Session 2: Plenary invited talk: Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Illuminating Computational Search Spaces
The last few decades have seen an increase in the number of metaheuristics inspired by different natural and social phenomena. When the metaphor is stripped away, are these new algorithms any different from well-established metaheuristics? I argue that there is a lack of tools for understanding the dynamics of metaheuristics and the global structure of fitness landscapes. This talk aims to fill this gap. We will go over two network-based models of search and optimisation: local optima networks (LONs) and search trajectory networks (STNs). While LONs can be seen as compressed models of fitness landscapes, STNs emphasize the search dynamics. To cover the wide range of EvoStar interests, we will show case-studies in classical combinatorial and continuous optimisation as well as in hyper-parameters optimisation, genetic improvement and neuroevolution. Both LONs and STNs allow us to visualize realistic search spaces in ways not previously possible, and bring a whole new set of quantitative network metrics for characterizing and understanding computational search. With an emphasis on visualization, we will highlight the surprising insights these modeling tools can bring to our field.
Chair:
Location: Salón de actos
11:00-12:45 Session 3A: EuroGP 1 - Long and short talks
Chairs:
Eric Medvet and Bing Xue
Location: Room A
| 11:00 | Multi-objective GP with AWS for Symbolic Regression (abstract) |
| 11:25 | On the Schedule for Morphological Development of Evolved Modular Soft Robots (abstract) PRESENTER: Giorgia Nadizar |
| 11:50 | Evolutionary design of reduced precision levodopa-induced dyskinesia classifiers (abstract) PRESENTER: Martin Hurta |
| 12:15 | Exploiting Knowledge from Code to Guide Program Search (abstract) |
| 12:25 | Accurate and Interpretable Representations of Environments with Anticipatory Learning Classifier Systems (abstract) |
| 12:35 | Synthesizing Programs from Program Pieces using Genetic Programming and Refinement Type Checking (abstract) PRESENTER: Sabrina Tseng |
11:00-12:45 Session 3B: EvoCOP 1 - Algorithms with ML techniques
Chair:
Location: Room B
| 11:00 | On Monte Carlo Tree Search for Weighted Vertex Coloring (abstract) |
| 11:25 | Algorithm Selection for the Team Orienteering Problem (abstract) |
| 11:50 | A RNN-based Hyper-heuristic for combinatorial problems (abstract) |
| 12:15 | PUBOi: a tunable benchmark with variable importance (abstract) |
11:00-12:45 Session 3C: EvoAPPS 1 - Methods
Chairs:
Location: Room C
| 11:00 | Towards a Principled Learning Rate Adaptation for Natural Evolution Strategies (abstract) |
| 11:25 | Parameter Tuning for the (1 + (λ, λ)) Genetic Algorithm using Landscape Analysis and Machine Learning (abstract) |
| 11:50 | Neuroevolution Trajectory Networks of the Behaviour Space (abstract) |
| 12:15 | Convergence of Anisotropic Consensus-Based Optimization in Mean-Field Law (abstract) PRESENTER: Konstantin Riedl |
13:30-15:15 Session 4A: EuroGP 2 - Best paper nominations
Best paper nominations. Author Nicolas Fontbonne has been nominated as Outstanding Student of Evo* 2022.
Chairs:
Location: Room A
| 13:30 | An Investigation of Multitask Linear Genetic Programming for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling (abstract) |
| 13:55 | Using Denoising Autoencoder Genetic Programming to Control Exploration and Exploitation in Search (abstract) |
| 14:20 | Cooperative Co-Evolution and Adaptive Team Composition for a Multi-Rover Resources Allocation Problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Nicolas Fontbonne |
13:30-15:15 Session 4B: EvoCOP 2 - Hard combinatorial problems
Chair:
Location: Room B
| 13:30 | Performance evaluation of a parallel ant colony optimization for the real-time train routing selection problem in large instances (abstract) |
| 13:55 | Evolutionary Algorithms for the Constrained Two-Level Role Mining Problem (abstract) |
| 14:20 | Simplifying Dispatching Rules in Genetic Programming for Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling (abstract) |
| 14:45 | Novelty-Driven Binary Particle Swarm Optimisation for Truss Optimisation Problems (abstract) |
13:30-15:15 Session 4C: EvoAPPS 2 Short talks
Chair:
Location: Room C
| 13:30 | Dynamic Hierarchical Structure Optimisation for Cloud Computing Job Scheduling (abstract) |
| 13:40 | Deep Catan (abstract) |
| 13:50 | Automating Speedrun Routing: Overview and Vision (abstract) PRESENTER: Matthias Groß |
| 14:00 | Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective (abstract) |
| 14:10 | An Enhanced Opposition-based Evolutionary Feature Selection Approach (abstract) |
| 14:20 | Explainable Landscape Analysis in Automated Algorithm Performance Prediction (abstract) |
| 14:30 | Comparing Basin Hopping with Differential Evolution and Particle Swarm Optimization (abstract) |
| 14:40 | A Methodology for Determining Ion Channels from Membrane Potential Neuronal Recordings (abstract) |
15:30-16:40 Session 5A: EvoMUSART 1 - Short talks
Chair:
Location: Room A
| 15:30 | Quality-diversity for aesthetic evolution (abstract) |
| 15:40 | MusIAC: An extensible generative framework for Music Infilling Applications with multi-level Control (abstract) |
| 15:50 | Generating novel furniture with machine learning (abstract) |
| 16:00 | An Application of Neural Embedding Models for Representing Artistic Periods (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Classifying Biometric Data for Musical Interaction within Virtual Reality (abstract) |
| 16:20 | A Study on Noise, Complexity, and Audio Aesthetics (abstract) |
15:30-16:40 Session 5B: LBAs 1
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Location: Room B
| 15:30 | Mapping the Field of Metaheuristic and Bioinspired Portfolio Optimization (abstract) |
| 15:40 | Statistical Investigation of Neighbourhood Utility in a Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem (abstract) |
| 15:50 | Using Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-Constrained Path Calculation in a Tunnelled Network Topology (abstract) |
| 16:00 | Implementing an Evolutionary Algorithm to Optimise Fractal Patterns and Investigate its Possible Contribution to the Design of Engineering Systems (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Evolving Artificial Spin Ice Geometries Towards Computing Specific Functions (abstract) |
15:30-16:40 Session 5C: EML Short talks
Evolutionary Machine Learning
Chair:
Location: Room C
| 15:30 | ANN-EMOA: Evolving Neural Networks Efficiently (abstract) |
| 15:40 | Self-Adaptation of Neuroevolution Algorithms using Reinforcement Learning (abstract) |
| 15:50 | Permutation-Invariant Representation of Neural Networks with Neuron Embeddings (abstract) |
| 16:00 | Multi-Objective Genetic Programming for Explainable Reinforcement Learning (abstract) |
| 16:10 | Creating Diverse Ensembles for Classification with Genetic Programming and Neuro-MAP-Elites (abstract) PRESENTER: Kyle Nickerson |
| 16:20 | Evolving Data Augmentation Strategies (abstract) |
| 16:30 | Evolving Monotone Conjunctions in Regimes Beyond Proved Convergence (abstract) |
16:55-18:00 Session 6A: EuroGP 3 Panel discussion
Uses and misuses of GP, with Gabriela Ochoa, Una-May O'Really, Wolfgang Banzhaf (to be confirmed), Giovanni Squillero.
Chairs: Nuno Lourenco, Eric Medvet
Chairs:
Location: Room A
16:55-18:00 Session 6B: LBAs 2
Late-Breaking Abstracts
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| 16:55 | Benchmarking Individual Representation in Grammar-Guided Genetic Programming (abstract)  PRESENTER: Leon Ingelse |
| 17:05 | Explaining Protein-Protein Interaction Predictions with Genetic Programming (abstract) |
| 17:15 | On the difficulties for evolving 4-part harmony (abstract) |
| 17:25 | Study on Genetic Algorithm Approaches to Improve an Autonomous Agent for a Fighting Game (abstract) |
| 17:35 | Towards Brain Controlled Sound Sampling (abstract) |
16:55-18:00 Session 6C: EvoAPPS 3 - Robotics
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Location: Room C
| 16:55 | Seeking Specialization Through Novelty in Distributed Online Collective Robotics (abstract) |
| 17:20 | Open-ended search for environments and adapted agents using MAP-Elites (abstract) PRESENTER: Emma Stensby Norstein |
| 17:45 | Out of Time: On the Constrains that Evolution in Hardware Faces when Evolving Modular Robots (abstract) |
18:00-20:00 Session 7: Poster session
Open-air poster session, including drinks and a picaeta (finger buffet)
Thursday, April 21st
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09:00-11:10 Session 8A: EvoMUSART 2 - Visual
Chair:
Location: Room A
| 09:00 | Translating Emotions from EEG to Visual Arts (abstract) |
| 09:25 | SpeechTyper: From Speech to Typographic Compositon (abstract) |
| 09:50 | EvoDesigner: towards aiding creativity in graphic design (abstract) |
| 10:15 | Painting with Evolutionary Algorithms (abstract) PRESENTER: Danny Dijkzeul |
| 10:40 | Modern Evolution Strategies for Creativity: Fitting Concrete Images and Abstract Concepts (abstract) |
09:00-11:10 Session 8B: EvoCOP 3 Best paper nominations
The Best Paper nominees are the last two papers in the session. Authors Imke Grabe and Oneris Daniel Rico Garcia have been nominated Outstanding Students of EvoStar 2022.
Chair:
Location: Room B
| 09:00 | Modeling the Costas Array Problem in QUBO for Quantum Annealing (abstract) |
| 09:25 | Penalty Weights in QUBO formulations of Permutation Problems (abstract) |
| 09:50 | Stagnation Detection meets Fast Mutation (abstract) |
| 10:15 | A Beam Search for the Shortest Common Supersequence Problem Guided by an Approximate Expected Length Calculation (abstract) |
| 10:40 | Deep Infeasibility Exploration Method for Vehicle Routing Problems (abstract) |
09:00-11:10 Session 8C: EvoAPPS 4 - Sustainability & development
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Location: Room C
| 09:00 | A New Genetic Algorithm for Automated Spectral Pre-processing in Nutrient Assessment (abstract) |
| 09:25 | A Machine Learning-Based Approach for Economics-Tailored Applications: The Spanish Case Study (abstract) |
| 09:50 | Optimising Communication Overhead in Federated Learning Using NSGA-II (abstract) |
| 10:15 | Public-Private Partnership: Evolutionary Algorithms as a Solution to Informative Asymmetries (abstract) |
11:30-13:15 Session 9A: EvoMUSART 3 - Best paper nominations
Best paper nominations
Chairs:
Location: Room A
| 11:30 | SonOpt: Sonifying Bi-objective Population-Based Optimization Algorithms (abstract) |
| 11:55 | Fashion Style Generation: Evolutionary Search with Gaussian Mixture Models in the Latent Space (abstract) |
| 12:20 | Emotion-Driven Interactive Storytelling: Let Me Tell You How to Feel (abstract) |
11:30-13:15 Session 9B: EuroGP 4
Chairs:
Location: Room B
| 11:30 | Genetic Programming-Based Inverse Kinematics for Robotic Manipulators (abstract) |
| 11:55 | One-Shot Learning of Ensembles of Temporal Logic Formulas for Anomaly Detection in Cyber-Physical Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Patrick Indri |
| 12:20 | Combining Geometric Semantic GP with Gradient-descent Optimization (abstract) |
| 12:45 | Program Synthesis with Genetic Programming: The Influence of Batch Sizes (abstract) |
11:30-13:15 Session 9C: EvoAPPS 5 - AI in healthcare
Chairs:
Location: Room C
| 11:30 | Negative Selection Algorithm for Alzheimer’s Diagnosis: Design and Performance Evaluation (abstract) PRESENTER: Giuseppe De Gregorio |
| 11:55 | Swarm optimised few-view binary tomography (abstract) |
| 12:25 | Vectorial GP for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction Through Handwriting Analysis (abstract) |
| 12:50 | Ground-truth segmentation of the spinal cord from 3T MR images using evolutionary computation (abstract) |
14:15-16:00 Session 10A: EvoMUSART 4 - Music & sound
Location: Room A
| 14:15 | Sound Model Factory: An Integrated System Architecture for Generative Audio Modelling (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Classification of Guitar Effects and Extraction of their Parameter Settings from Instrument Mixes Using Convolutional Neural Networks (abstract) |
| 15:05 | A Systematic Evaluation of GPT-2-based Music Generation (abstract) |
| 15:30 | Towards the Generation of Musical Explanations with GPT-3 (abstract) PRESENTER: Stephen Krol |
14:15-16:00 Session 10B: EML 2
Evolutionary Machine Learning
Chair:
Location: Room B
| 14:15 | Detecting Nested Structures Through Evolutionary Multi-Objective Clustering (abstract) PRESENTER: Cristina Morimoto |
| 14:40 | Evolving Adaptive Neural Network Optimizers for Image Classification (abstract) |
| 15:05 | SLUG: Feature Selection Using Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming (abstract) |
| 15:30 | Inheritance vs. Expansion: Generalization Degree of Nearest Neighbor Rule in Continuous Space as Covering Operator of XCS (abstract) |
14:15-16:00 Session 10C: EvoAPPS 6 Best paper nominations
The best paper nominees are the last three papers in the session. Authors Atoosa Parsa, Christian Cintrano, Hyunho Mo and Yuri Lavinas have been nominated as Outstanding Students of Evo* 2022.
Chairs:
Location: Room C
| 14:15 | Multi-Objective Optimization of Extreme Learning Machine for Remaining Useful Life Prediction (abstract) |
| 14:40 | Evolution of Acoustic Logic Gates in Granular Metamaterials (abstract) |
| 15:05 | Search Trajectories Networks of Multi-objectiveEvolutionary Algorithms (abstract) |
| 15:30 | Multiobjective electric vehicle charging station locations in a city scale area: Malaga study case (abstract) |
16:15-18:00 Session 11A: EvoMUSART 5 - Music, sound & motion
Chair:
Location: Room A
| 16:15 | Music Style Transfer Using Constant-Q Transform Spectrograms (abstract) PRESENTER: Tyler McAllister |
| 16:40 | Conditional Drums Generation using Compound Word Representations (abstract) PRESENTER: Dimos Makris |
| 17:05 | A Creative Tool for the Musician Combining LSTM and Markov Chains in Max/MSP (abstract) |
| 17:30 | Expressive Aliens - Laban Effort Factors for Non-Anthropomorphic Morphologies (abstract) |
16:15-18:00 Session 11B: EML 3 Best paper nominations
The paper presentations will be followed by a 20-minute informal discussion.
Chair:
Location: Room B
| 16:15 | Neuroevolution of Spiking Neural P Systems (abstract) |
| 16:40 | Augmenting Novelty Search with a Surrogate Model to Engineer Meta-Diversity in Ensembles of Classifiers (abstract) |
| 17:05 | Integrating Safety Guarantees into the Learning Classifier System XCS (abstract) PRESENTER: Tim Hansmeier |
16:15-18:00 Session 11C: EvoAPPS 7 - Reliability & trust
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Location: Room C
| 16:15 | Search-Based Third-Party Library Migration at the Method-Level (abstract) |
| 16:40 | Brain programming and its resilience using a real-world database of a Snowy Plover shorebird (abstract) |
| 17:05 | On the Difficulty of Evolving Permutation Codes (abstract) |
Friday, April 22nd
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09:45-11:30 Session 12A: EvoMUSART 6 - Art, Design and Aesthetics
Chair:
Location: Room A
| 09:45 | Co-Creative Product Design with Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms: A Practice-Based Reflection (abstract) |
| 10:10 | Lamuse: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Sparking Inspiration (abstract) |
| 10:35 | Evolutionary Construction of Stories that Combine Several Plot Lines (abstract) |
| 11:00 | Aesthetic Evaluation of Experimental Stimuli Using Spatial Complexity and Kolmogorov Complexity (abstract) |
09:45-11:30 Session 12B: EvoAPPS 8 - New evolutionary approaches
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Location: Room B
| 09:45 | RWS-L-SHADE: An Effective L-SHADE Algorithm Incorporation Roulette Wheel Selection Strategy for Numerical Optimisation (abstract) |
| 10:10 | Improving the Convergence and Diversity in Differential Evolution through a Stock Market Criterion (abstract) |
| 10:35 | WebGE: an open-source tool for symbolic regression using Grammatical Evolution (abstract) |
| 11:00 | Combining the properties of Random Forest with Grammatical Evolution to construct ensemble models (abstract) |
09:45-11:30 Session 12C: EvoAPPS 9 - New applications & tools
Chair:
Location: Room C
| 09:45 | Co-evolution of Spies and Resistance Fighters (abstract) |
| 10:10 | The Asteroid Routing Problem: A Benchmark for Expensive Black-Box Permutation Optimization (abstract) |
| 10:35 | EvoCC: An Open-Source Classification-Based Nature-Inspired Optimization Clustering Framework in Python (abstract) |
| 11:00 | EvoMCS: Optimising Energy and Throughput of Mission Critical Services (abstract) PRESENTER: Bruno Sousa |
12:00-13:00 Session 13: Plenary invited talk: Pedro Larrañaga, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Chair:
Location: Salón de actos
13:00-13:30 Session 14: Conference closing
Conference closing, best paper presentations, general announcements including 2023 location
Location: Salón de actos