8th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2011 — Dublin, Ireland

Outcome Authors Paper(s) Statement Presentation Media Algorithm Type
Gold — $5000 Achiya Elyasaf Ami Hauptmann Moshe Sipper GA-FreeCell: Evolving Solvers for the Game of FreeCell Entry Form Slides GA – Co-evoluntion
Silver — $3000 Z. Vasicek Lukas Sekanina Formal Verification of Candidate Solutions for Post-Synthesis Evolutionary Optimization in Evolvable Hardware A Global Postsynthesis Optimization Method for Combinational Circuits Entry Form Slides CGP
Bronze — $1000 Paul Anton Letnes Ingar Stian Nerbø Lars Martin Sandvik Aas Pål Gunnar Ellingsen Morten Kildemo Fast and optimal broad-band Stokes/Mueller polarimeter design by the use of a genetic algorithm Genetic Invention of Fast and Optimal Broad-band Stokes/Mueller Polarimeter Designs Entry Form GA
Edmund K. Burke Matthew R. Hyde Graham Kendall John Woodward A Genetic Programming Hyper-Heuristic Approach for Evolving Two Dimensional Strip Packing Heuristics Entry Form Slides GP
Vinod K. Valsalam Risto Miikkulainen Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design Entry Form Slides GP
Farrukh Shahzad Muddassar Farooq ELF-Miner: using structural knowledge and data mining methods to detect new (Linux) malicious executables Entry Form 5
Josafath I. Espinosa-Ramos Roberto A. Vázquez Locating Seismic-Sense Stations Through Genetic Algorithm Entry Form Slides GA
Yehonatan Shichel Moshe Sipper GP-RARS: Evolving Controllers for the Robot Auto Racing Simulator Entry Form Slides GP
Andras Joo Aniko Ekart Juan P. Neirotti Genetic algorithms for discovery of matrix multiplication methods Entry Form Slides GA
Matteo Miraz Evolutionary Testing of Stateful Systems: a Holistic Approach Summary on the Human Competitiveness of TestFul Entry Form Slides GP
Outcome
Gold — $5000
Authors
Achiya Elyasaf Ami Hauptmann Moshe Sipper
Algorithm Type
GA – Co-evoluntion
Paper(s)
GA-FreeCell: Evolving Solvers for the Game of FreeCell
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Silver — $3000
Authors
Z. Vasicek Lukas Sekanina
Algorithm Type
CGP
Paper(s)
Formal Verification of Candidate Solutions for Post-Synthesis Evolutionary Optimization in Evolvable Hardware A Global Postsynthesis Optimization Method for Combinational Circuits
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
Bronze — $1000
Authors
Paul Anton Letnes Ingar Stian Nerbø Lars Martin Sandvik Aas Pål Gunnar Ellingsen Morten Kildemo
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Fast and optimal broad-band Stokes/Mueller polarimeter design by the use of a genetic algorithm Genetic Invention of Fast and Optimal Broad-band Stokes/Mueller Polarimeter Designs
Statement
Entry Form
Authors
Edmund K. Burke Matthew R. Hyde Graham Kendall John Woodward
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
A Genetic Programming Hyper-Heuristic Approach for Evolving Two Dimensional Strip Packing Heuristics
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Vinod K. Valsalam Risto Miikkulainen
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Farrukh Shahzad Muddassar Farooq
Algorithm Type
5
Paper(s)
ELF-Miner: using structural knowledge and data mining methods to detect new (Linux) malicious executables
Statement
Entry Form
Authors
Josafath I. Espinosa-Ramos Roberto A. Vázquez
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Locating Seismic-Sense Stations Through Genetic Algorithm
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Yehonatan Shichel Moshe Sipper
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
GP-RARS: Evolving Controllers for the Robot Auto Racing Simulator
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Andras Joo Aniko Ekart Juan P. Neirotti
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Genetic algorithms for discovery of matrix multiplication methods
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Matteo Miraz
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Evolutionary Testing of Stateful Systems: a Holistic Approach Summary on the Human Competitiveness of TestFul
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides