2nd Annual Humies Awards — 2005 — Washington DC

Outcome Authors Paper(s) Statement Presentation Media Algorithm Type
$2500 — Gold Stefan Preble Hod Lipson Michal Lipson Two-dimensional photonic crystals designed by evolutionary algorithms (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$2500 — Gold Randy Bartels S. Backus E. Zeek L. Misoguti G. Vdovin I. Chritov N.M. Murnane H.C. Kapteyn Herschel Rabitz Learning from Learning Algorithms: Applications to attosecond dynamics of high-harmonic generation (opens in new tab) Shaped-pulse optimization of coherent soft-x-rays (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) ES
$0 — Silver John Koza Sameer Al-Sakran Lee Jones Automated Re-Invention of Six Patented Optical Lens Systems using Genetic Programming (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$1000 — Silver Paul Massey John A Clark Susan Stepney Evolution of a Human-Competitive Quantum Fourier Transform Algorithm Using Genetic Programming (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$1000 — Silver Fulvio Corno Edgar Ernesto Sanchez Sanchez Giovanni Squillero Evolving Assembly Programs: How Games Help Microprocessor Validation (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) UGP
Richard J. Terrile Hrand Aghazarian Michael I. Ferguson Wolfgang Fink Terry Huntsberger Didier Keymeulen Gerhard Klimeck Mark Kordon Seungwon Lee Boris Oks Chris Peay Anastassios Petropoulos Paul von Allmen Karl Yee Evolutionary Computation Technologies for the Automatic Design of Space Systems (opens in new tab) Evolutionary Computation applied to the Tuning of MEMS gyroscopes (opens in new tab) Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer Optimization (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$500 — Bronze Moshe Sipper Yaniv Azaria Ami Hauptman Yoanatan Shichel Eran Ziserman Attaining Human-Competitive Game Playing with Genetic Programming (opens in new tab) GP-Gammon: Genetically Programming Backgammon Players (opens in new tab) GP-Robocode: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Robocode Players (opens in new tab) GP-EndChess: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Chess Endgame (opens in new tab) GP-Gammon: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Backgammon Players (opens in new tab) GP
$500 — Bronze Uli Grasemann Risto Miikkulainen Effective Image Compression using Evolved Wavelets (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Jonathan Wright Yi Zhang Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Joc Cing Tay Nhu Binh Ho Evolving Dispatching Rules for Solving the Flexible Job-Shop Problem (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$100 – Honorable Mention Josh Bongard Reinventing the Wheel: An Experiment in Evolutionary Geometry (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Kuntinee Maneeratana Kittipong Boonlong Nachol Chaiyaratana Multi-objective optimisation by co-operative co-evolution (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Daniel Howard Joseph Kolibal Solution of differential equations with Genetic Programming and the Stochastic Bernstein Interpolation (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$100 – Honorable Mention Maarten Keijzer Martin Baptist Vladan Babovic Javier Uthurburu Determining Equations for Vegetation Induced Resistance using Genetic Programming (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GP
$100 – Honorable Mention Shail Patel Ian Stott Manmohan Bhakoo Peter Elliott Patenting Evolved Bacterial Peptides (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Lukas Sekanina Michal Bidlo Evolutionary Design of Arbitrarily Large Sorting Networks Using Development (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention Zheng Yi Wu Thomas M. Walski Optimizing Water System Improvement for a Growing Community (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
$100 – Honorable Mention LTC Terry O'Donnell MAJ Jim Hunter 1LT Richard Barton Terence Bullett Steven Best Genetic Hybrid Antenna Fills the Gap (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
Anil Patel David Davis Jim Ouimette Charlie Guthrie Dave Tuk John Williams Tai Nguyen Optimizing Cyclic Steam Oil Production with Genetic Algorithms (opens in new tab) spe-paper-summary.doc (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
Zong Woo Geem Optimal Cost Design of Water Distribution Networks using Harmony Search (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) MHA
Gregory S. Hornby Seiichi Takamura Takashi Yamamoto Masahiro Fujita Autonomous Evolution of Dynamic Gaits with Two Quadruped Robots (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
Yuji Sato Ryutaro Kanno Event-Driven Learning Classifier Systems for Online Soccer Games (opens in new tab) LCS
Trichy M Kethara Pasupathy Ravi Teja SeethamRaju Robert G. Wilhelm Evolutionary algorithm for the placement of fluid power valves on a valve stand (opens in new tab) Entry Form (opens in new tab) GA
Outcome
$2500 — Gold
Authors
Stefan Preble Hod Lipson Michal Lipson
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$2500 — Gold
Authors
Randy Bartels S. Backus E. Zeek L. Misoguti G. Vdovin I. Chritov N.M. Murnane H.C. Kapteyn Herschel Rabitz
Algorithm Type
ES
Outcome
$0 — Silver
Authors
John Koza Sameer Al-Sakran Lee Jones
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$1000 — Silver
Authors
Paul Massey John A Clark Susan Stepney
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$1000 — Silver
Authors
Fulvio Corno Edgar Ernesto Sanchez Sanchez Giovanni Squillero
Algorithm Type
UGP
Authors
Richard J. Terrile Hrand Aghazarian Michael I. Ferguson Wolfgang Fink Terry Huntsberger Didier Keymeulen Gerhard Klimeck Mark Kordon Seungwon Lee Boris Oks Chris Peay Anastassios Petropoulos Paul von Allmen Karl Yee
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$500 — Bronze
Authors
Uli Grasemann Risto Miikkulainen
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Jonathan Wright Yi Zhang
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Joc Cing Tay Nhu Binh Ho
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Josh Bongard
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Kuntinee Maneeratana Kittipong Boonlong Nachol Chaiyaratana
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Daniel Howard Joseph Kolibal
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Maarten Keijzer Martin Baptist Vladan Babovic Javier Uthurburu
Algorithm Type
GP
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Shail Patel Ian Stott Manmohan Bhakoo Peter Elliott
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Lukas Sekanina Michal Bidlo
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
Zheng Yi Wu Thomas M. Walski
Algorithm Type
GA
Outcome
$100 – Honorable Mention
Authors
LTC Terry O'Donnell MAJ Jim Hunter 1LT Richard Barton Terence Bullett Steven Best
Algorithm Type
GA
Authors
Anil Patel David Davis Jim Ouimette Charlie Guthrie Dave Tuk John Williams Tai Nguyen
Algorithm Type
GA
Authors
Gregory S. Hornby Seiichi Takamura Takashi Yamamoto Masahiro Fujita
Algorithm Type
GA
Authors
Yuji Sato Ryutaro Kanno
Algorithm Type
LCS
Authors
Trichy M Kethara Pasupathy Ravi Teja SeethamRaju Robert G. Wilhelm
Algorithm Type
GA