1st Annual Humies Awards — 2004 — Seattle

Outcome Authors Paper(s) Statement Presentation Media Algorithm Type
$1500 — Gold Jason D. Lohn Gregory S. Hornby Derek S. Linden NASA Ames Research Center An Evolved Antenna for Deployment on NASA's Space Technology 5 Mission Entry Form Slides GP
$1500 — Gold Lee Spector Hampshire College Automatic Quantum Computer Programming: A Genetic Programming Approach Entry Form Slides GP
$500 — Silver Alex Fukunaga UCLA Evolving Local Search Heuristics for SAT Using Genetic Programming Entry Form Slides GP
$500 — Silver Hod Lipson Cornell University How to Draw a Straight Line Using a GP: Benchmarking Evolutionary Design Against 19th Century Kinematic Synthesis Entry Form Slides GP
$500 — Silver Bijan Khosraviani Raymond E. Levitt John R. Koza Stanford University Organization Design Optimization Using Genetic Programming Entry Form Slides Slides GP
$500 — Bronze Adrian Stoica Ricardo Zebulum Didier Keymeulen Michael Ian Ferguson Vu Duong Xin Guo JPL Entry Form Slides GA
$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive) Brian Lam RMIT University Discovery of Human-Competitive Image Texture Feature Programs Using Genetic programming Entry Form Slides GP
$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive) Lukas Sekanina Brno University of Technology Novel image filters implemented in hardware Entry Form Slides CGP
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive) Ju Hui Li Nanyang Technological University Evolvable Fuzzy Hardware for Real-Time Embedded Control for Packet-Switching Entry Form Slides GA
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive) Luis Miramontes Hercog Terence C.Fogarty South Bank University Social simulation using a Multi-Agent Model based on Classifier Systems: The Emergence of Vacillating Behaviour in the ``El Farol'' Bar Problem Entry Form CS
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive) Hideyuki Takagi Kyushu University Applicability of Interactive Evolutionary Computation to Mind Measurement Entry Form IEC
Outcome
$1500 — Gold
Authors
Jason D. Lohn Gregory S. Hornby Derek S. Linden NASA Ames Research Center
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
An Evolved Antenna for Deployment on NASA's Space Technology 5 Mission
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$1500 — Gold
Authors
Lee Spector Hampshire College
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Automatic Quantum Computer Programming: A Genetic Programming Approach
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$500 — Silver
Authors
Alex Fukunaga UCLA
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Evolving Local Search Heuristics for SAT Using Genetic Programming
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$500 — Silver
Authors
Hod Lipson Cornell University
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
How to Draw a Straight Line Using a GP: Benchmarking Evolutionary Design Against 19th Century Kinematic Synthesis
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$500 — Silver
Authors
Bijan Khosraviani Raymond E. Levitt John R. Koza Stanford University
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Organization Design Optimization Using Genetic Programming
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides Slides
Outcome
$500 — Bronze
Authors
Adrian Stoica Ricardo Zebulum Didier Keymeulen Michael Ian Ferguson Vu Duong Xin Guo JPL
Algorithm Type
GA
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive)
Authors
Brian Lam RMIT University
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Discovery of Human-Competitive Image Texture Feature Programs Using Genetic programming
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive)
Authors
Lukas Sekanina Brno University of Technology
Algorithm Type
CGP
Paper(s)
Novel image filters implemented in hardware
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive)
Authors
Ju Hui Li Nanyang Technological University
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Evolvable Fuzzy Hardware for Real-Time Embedded Control for Packet-Switching
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Outcome
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive)
Authors
Luis Miramontes Hercog Terence C.Fogarty South Bank University
Algorithm Type
CS
Paper(s)
Social simulation using a Multi-Agent Model based on Classifier Systems: The Emergence of Vacillating Behaviour in the ``El Farol'' Bar Problem
Statement
Entry Form
Outcome
$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive)
Authors
Hideyuki Takagi Kyushu University
Algorithm Type
IEC
Paper(s)
Applicability of Interactive Evolutionary Computation to Mind Measurement
Statement
Entry Form

21st Annual Humies Awards — Melbourne, Australia

Outcome Authors Paper(s) Statement Presentation Media Algorithm Type
Shulei Liu Wen Yao Handing Wang Wei Peng Rapidly Evolving Soft Robots via Action Inheritance Entry Form Slides GA
Irina Maliukov Achiya Elyasaf Oded Margalit Gera Weiss Evolving Assembly Code in an Adversarial Environment Entry Form GP
Junru Song Yang Yang Wei Peng Weien Azhou Feifei Wang Wen Yao MorphVAE: Advancing Morphological Design of Voxel-Based Soft Robots with Variational Autoencoders Entry Form ES
Jia Guo Yuji Sato Guoyuan Zhou Jiacheng Li Binghua Shi Yi Di Yan Zhou Ke Yan A Gated Recurrent Unit Model with Fibonacci Attenuation Particle Swarm Optimization for Carbon Emission Prediction Pair barracuda swarm optimization algorithm: a natural-inspired metaheuristic method for high dimensional optimization A novel hermit crab optimization algorithm Entry Form ES
BRONZE Gerald Pereira David Howard Paulus Lahur Michael Breedon Phil Kilby Christian Hornung Freeform generative design of complex functional structures Entry Form Video GA -- NSGA-II
BRONZE Yunqi Shi Ke Xue Lei Song Chao Qian Macro Placement by Wire-Mask-Guided Black-Box Optimization Entry Form Slides Video GA
Ping Guo Fei Liu Xi Lin Qingchuan Zhao Qingfu Zhang L-AutoDA: Large Language Models for Automatically Evolving Decision-based Adversarial Attacks Entry Form ES with LLM-driven operators
Yanan Wang Yan Pei Zerui Ma Jianqiang Li A User-Guided Generation Framework for Personalized Music Synthesis Using Interactive Evolutionary Computation Entry Form GA -- Interactive EC
FINALIST Roy de Winter Bas Milatz Julian Blank Niki van Stein Thomas Bäck Kalyanmoy Deb Parallel multi-objective optimization for expensive and inexpensive objectives and constraints Entry Form Slides Video Surrogate-Assisted Optimization
FINALIST Xiao-Cheng Liao Yi Mei Mengjie Zhang Learning Traffic Signal Control via Genetic Programming Entry Form Slides Video GP
FINALIST Francisco Javier Ruiz Ortega Eddie Clemente Alicia Martínez Rebollar José Jassón Flores Prieto An evolutionary parsimonious approach to estimate daily reference evapotranspiration Entry Form Video GP
GOLD Kévin Cortacero Brienne McKenzie Sabina Müller Roxana Khazen Fanny Lafouresse Gaëlle Corsaut Nathalie Van Acker François-Xavier Frenois Laurence Lamant Nicolas Meyer Béatrice Vergier Dennis G. Wilson Hervé Luga Oskar Staufer Michael L. Dustin Salvatore Valitutti Sylvain Cussat-Blanc Evolutionary design of explainable algorithms for biomedical image segmentation Entry Form Slides Video GP
Xiang-Ling Chen Xiao-Cheng Liao Wei-Neng Chen Heuristic Navigation Model based on Genetic Programming for Multi-UAV Power Inspection Problem with Charging Stations Entry Form GEP
FINALIST Fei Liu Xialiang Tong Mingxuan Yuan Xi Lin Fu Luo Zhenkun Wang Zhichao Lu Qingfu Zhang Evolution of Heuristics: Towards Efficient Automatic Algorithm Design Using Large Language Model Entry Form Slides Video GA
Ahmed Kheiri Yaroslav Pylyayskyy Peter Jacko Efficient Scheduling of GECCO Conferences using Hyper-heuristic Algorithms Entry Form ECOM
SILVER Penousal Machado Tiago Martins João Correia Luis Espirito Santo Nuno Lourenço João Miguel Cunha Sérgio Rebelo From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art Entry Form Video GP, GE
Authors
Shulei Liu Wen Yao Handing Wang Wei Peng
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Rapidly Evolving Soft Robots via Action Inheritance
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Authors
Irina Maliukov Achiya Elyasaf Oded Margalit Gera Weiss
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Evolving Assembly Code in an Adversarial Environment
Statement
Entry Form
Authors
Junru Song Yang Yang Wei Peng Weien Azhou Feifei Wang Wen Yao
Algorithm Type
ES
Paper(s)
MorphVAE: Advancing Morphological Design of Voxel-Based Soft Robots with Variational Autoencoders
Statement
Entry Form
Authors
Jia Guo Yuji Sato Guoyuan Zhou Jiacheng Li Binghua Shi Yi Di Yan Zhou Ke Yan
Algorithm Type
ES
Paper(s)
A Gated Recurrent Unit Model with Fibonacci Attenuation Particle Swarm Optimization for Carbon Emission Prediction Pair barracuda swarm optimization algorithm: a natural-inspired metaheuristic method for high dimensional optimization A novel hermit crab optimization algorithm
Statement
Entry Form
Outcome
BRONZE
Authors
Gerald Pereira David Howard Paulus Lahur Michael Breedon Phil Kilby Christian Hornung
Algorithm Type
GA -- NSGA-II
Paper(s)
Freeform generative design of complex functional structures
Statement
Entry Form
Media
Video
Outcome
BRONZE
Authors
Yunqi Shi Ke Xue Lei Song Chao Qian
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Macro Placement by Wire-Mask-Guided Black-Box Optimization
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Media
Video
Authors
Ping Guo Fei Liu Xi Lin Qingchuan Zhao Qingfu Zhang
Algorithm Type
ES with LLM-driven operators
Paper(s)
L-AutoDA: Large Language Models for Automatically Evolving Decision-based Adversarial Attacks
Statement
Entry Form
Authors
Yanan Wang Yan Pei Zerui Ma Jianqiang Li
Algorithm Type
GA -- Interactive EC
Paper(s)
A User-Guided Generation Framework for Personalized Music Synthesis Using Interactive Evolutionary Computation
Statement
Entry Form
Outcome
FINALIST
Authors
Roy de Winter Bas Milatz Julian Blank Niki van Stein Thomas Bäck Kalyanmoy Deb
Algorithm Type
Surrogate-Assisted Optimization
Paper(s)
Parallel multi-objective optimization for expensive and inexpensive objectives and constraints
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Media
Video
Outcome
FINALIST
Authors
Xiao-Cheng Liao Yi Mei Mengjie Zhang
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Learning Traffic Signal Control via Genetic Programming
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Media
Video
Outcome
FINALIST
Authors
Francisco Javier Ruiz Ortega Eddie Clemente Alicia Martínez Rebollar José Jassón Flores Prieto
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
An evolutionary parsimonious approach to estimate daily reference evapotranspiration
Statement
Entry Form
Media
Video
Outcome
GOLD
Authors
Kévin Cortacero Brienne McKenzie Sabina Müller Roxana Khazen Fanny Lafouresse Gaëlle Corsaut Nathalie Van Acker François-Xavier Frenois Laurence Lamant Nicolas Meyer Béatrice Vergier Dennis G. Wilson Hervé Luga Oskar Staufer Michael L. Dustin Salvatore Valitutti Sylvain Cussat-Blanc
Algorithm Type
GP
Paper(s)
Evolutionary design of explainable algorithms for biomedical image segmentation
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Media
Video
Authors
Xiang-Ling Chen Xiao-Cheng Liao Wei-Neng Chen
Algorithm Type
GEP
Paper(s)
Heuristic Navigation Model based on Genetic Programming for Multi-UAV Power Inspection Problem with Charging Stations
Statement
Entry Form
Outcome
FINALIST
Authors
Fei Liu Xialiang Tong Mingxuan Yuan Xi Lin Fu Luo Zhenkun Wang Zhichao Lu Qingfu Zhang
Algorithm Type
GA
Paper(s)
Evolution of Heuristics: Towards Efficient Automatic Algorithm Design Using Large Language Model
Statement
Entry Form
Presentation
Slides
Media
Video
Authors
Ahmed Kheiri Yaroslav Pylyayskyy Peter Jacko
Algorithm Type
ECOM
Paper(s)
Efficient Scheduling of GECCO Conferences using Hyper-heuristic Algorithms
Statement
Entry Form
Outcome
SILVER
Authors
Penousal Machado Tiago Martins João Correia Luis Espirito Santo Nuno Lourenço João Miguel Cunha Sérgio Rebelo
Algorithm Type
GP, GE
Paper(s)
From Pixels to Metal: AI-Empowered Numismatic Art
Statement
Entry Form
Media
Video
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