9th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2012 — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Outcome Authors Paper(s) Statement Presentation Media Algorithm Type
Dao Ngoc Phong Nguyen Xuan Hoai R.I. (Bob) McKay Constantin Siriteanu Nguyen Quang Uy Namyong Park Evolving the Best Known Approximation to the Q Function Entry Form Slides
Honorable Mention Uday Kamath Amarda Shehu Kenneth A. De Jong An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Feature Generation from Sequence Data and its Application to DNA Splice-Site Prediction (No Appendix) Entry Form Slides
Honorable Mention Ernesto Sanchez Giovanni Squillero Alberto Tonda Artificial evolution in computer aided design: from the optimization of parameters to the creation of assembly programs Automatic Generation of Software-based Functional Failing Test for Speed Debug and On-silicon Timing Verification Entry Form Slides
Silver — $3000 Richard A.J. Woolley Julian Stirling Philip Moriarty Natalio Krasnogor Adrian Radocea Automated probe microscopy via evolutionary optimization at the atomic scale Entry Form Slides
Achiya Elyasaf Ami Hauptman Moshe Sipper Entry Form Slides
Nuno Lourenço Nuno Horta GENOM-POF: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Synthesis of Analog ICs with Corners Validationlourenco-paper.pdf Entry Form Slides
Shin Yoo Evolving Human Competitive Spectra-Based Fault Localisation Techniques Entry Form Slides
Bronze — $2000 Michael Dewey-Vogt Stephanie Forrest Claire Le Goues Westley Weimer A systematic study of automated program repair: Fixing 55 out of 105 bugs for $8.00 each Representations and Operators for Improving Evolutionary Software Repair Entry Form Slides
Gold — $5000 Cameron Browne Yvalath: Sample Chapter from Evolutionary Game Design (Preface) Go without KO on Hexagonal Grids Yvalath: Evolutionary Game Design Entry Form Slides
Hoang Thanh Nguyen Bir Bhanu Real-Time Pedestrian Tracking with Bacterial Foraging Optimization Entry Form Slides
Ricardo Martins Nuno Lourenço Nuno Horta Automatic Analog ICs Layout Generator based on a Template Approach Entry Form Slides
Authors
Dao Ngoc Phong Nguyen Xuan Hoai R.I. (Bob) McKay Constantin Siriteanu Nguyen Quang Uy Namyong Park
Paper(s)
Evolving the Best Known Approximation to the Q Function
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Honorable Mention
Authors
Uday Kamath Amarda Shehu Kenneth A. De Jong
Paper(s)
An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Feature Generation from Sequence Data and its Application to DNA Splice-Site Prediction (No Appendix)
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Honorable Mention
Authors
Ernesto Sanchez Giovanni Squillero Alberto Tonda
Paper(s)
Artificial evolution in computer aided design: from the optimization of parameters to the creation of assembly programs Automatic Generation of Software-based Functional Failing Test for Speed Debug and On-silicon Timing Verification
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Silver — $3000
Authors
Richard A.J. Woolley Julian Stirling Philip Moriarty Natalio Krasnogor Adrian Radocea
Paper(s)
Automated probe microscopy via evolutionary optimization at the atomic scale
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Achiya Elyasaf Ami Hauptman Moshe Sipper
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Nuno Lourenço Nuno Horta
Paper(s)
GENOM-POF: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Synthesis of Analog ICs with Corners Validationlourenco-paper.pdf
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Shin Yoo
Paper(s)
Evolving Human Competitive Spectra-Based Fault Localisation Techniques
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Bronze — $2000
Authors
Michael Dewey-Vogt Stephanie Forrest Claire Le Goues Westley Weimer
Paper(s)
A systematic study of automated program repair: Fixing 55 out of 105 bugs for $8.00 each Representations and Operators for Improving Evolutionary Software Repair
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Gold — $5000
Authors
Cameron Browne
Paper(s)
Yvalath: Sample Chapter from Evolutionary Game Design (Preface) Go without KO on Hexagonal Grids Yvalath: Evolutionary Game Design
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Hoang Thanh Nguyen Bir Bhanu
Paper(s)
Real-Time Pedestrian Tracking with Bacterial Foraging Optimization
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Ricardo Martins Nuno Lourenço Nuno Horta
Paper(s)
Automatic Analog ICs Layout Generator based on a Template Approach
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides