JoLEA
The twenty-fifth lecture takes place on the 28th of January 2026 at 4:30 PM (CET), virtually.
The zoom link to attend the lecture is: https://cwi-nl-zoom.zoom.us/j/88431447952?pwd=cQY3grw19rbresnxYPggarbAYNvGFj.1 The lecture will be held by Prof. Dr. Kenneth A. De Jong, professor emeritus at George Mason University, USA.
The Evolution of Evolutionary Computation
I’ve had the privilege of involvement in this field from its early days. The result is a rather unique and comprehensive perspective on its development and growth. In this talk I use that perspective to highlight some important milestones, discuss some current issues and suggest some directions for the future.
About the speaker
Kenneth A. De Jong received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan in 1975. He has held faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh and George Mason University. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at George Mason University. His research interests include evolutionary computation, machine learning, and complex adaptive systems. He is an active member of the Evolutionary Computation research community, the author of a wide variety of publications including a book on evolutionary computation, and has been involved in organizing many of the workshops and conferences in this area. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Evolutionary Computation (MIT Press), and a member of the board of ACM SIGEVO. He is the recipient of an IEEE Pioneer award in the field of Evolutionary Computation and a lifetime achievement award from the Evolutionary Programming Society.
