Publications

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Techniques for Evolutionary Rule Discovery in Data Mining


Authors: Robert Cattral, Franz Oppacher, Lee Graham
Conference: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC-2009 (LINK)
Date: May 18 - 21, 2009
Location: Trondheim, Norway

The Effect of Preadaptation Epoch Length on Performance in an Exaptive Genetic Algorithm


Authors: Lee Graham, Robert Cattral, Franz Oppacher
Conference: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC-2009 (LINK)
Date: May 18 - 21, 2009
Location: Trondheim, Norway

Irreducible Complexity in a Genetic Algorithm


Authors: Lee Graham, Steffen Christensen, Franz Oppacher
Conference: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC-2007 (LINK)
Date: September 25 - 28, 2007
Location: Singapore

Speciation through Selection and Drift


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing - IASTED ASC 2007 (LINK)
Date: August 29 - 31, 2007
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Speciation through Exaptation


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life, IEEE-ALife'07 (LINK)
Date: April 1 - 5, 2007
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Analysis of a Restricted Test Case Set for a Sorting Network Genetic Algorithm


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Artificial Intelligence and Applications, IASTED AIA-2007 (LINK)
Date: February 12 - 14, 2007
Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Pictures: CLICK HERE

Symmetric Comparator Pairs in the Initialization of Genetic Algorithm Populations for Sorting Networks


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC-2006 (LINK)
Date: July 16 - 21, 2006
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Awarded: Best Presentation in Session

Test Case Quality Measures in the Optimization of a Genetic Algorithm for Sorting Networks


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI-2006 (LINK)
Date: June 26 - 29, 2006
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Statistical Analysis of Heuristics for Evolving Sorting Networks


Authors: Lee Graham, Hassan Masum, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2005 (LINK)
Date: June 25 - 29, 2005
Location: Washington, D.C., USA

Trying to Evolve Sorting Networks in Echo


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC-2003 (LINK)
Date: December 8 - 12, 2003
Location: Canberra, Australia

CAS Phenomena and Evolutionary Activity in Holland's Echo


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: Intelligent Systems and Control - IASTED ISC 2003 (LINK)
Date: June 25 - 27, 2003
Location: Salzburg, Austria

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Artificial Creatures, Real Evolution


Conference: The Amaz!ng Meeting, TAM6 (LINK)
Date: June 19 - 22, 2008
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Pictures: CLICK HERE

Digital Darwinian Evolution Produces Irreducible Complexity


Conference: The Amaz!ng Meeting, TAM5 (LINK)
Date: January 18 - 21, 2007
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Pictures: CLICK HERE
DVDs: CLICK HERE

CONFERENCE POSTER PAPERS

Beneficial Preadaptation in the Evolution of a 2D Agent Control System with Genetic Programming


Authors: Lee Graham, Robert Cattral, Franz Oppacher
Conference: 2th European Conference on Genetic Programming - EuroGP 2009 (LINK)
Date: April 15 - 17, 2009
Location: Tuebingen, Germany

A Multiple-Function Toy Model of Exaptation in a Genetic Algorithm


Authors: Lee Graham, Franz Oppacher
Conference: IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC-2007 (LINK)
Date: September 25 - 28, 2007
Location: Singapore

A Simple Genetic Algorithm for Reducible Complexity


Conference: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2007 (LINK)
Date: July 7 - 11, 2007
Location: London, England

MACHINE LEARNING DATA SETS

Hill-Valley Data Set


Description: A data set for testing classification algorithms. Created to help a colleague test an evolutionary rule-learner. (LINK)
Date: March 20, 2008

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

Evolutionary Computing and 3DVCE


Group: The Ottawa Skeptics (LINK)
Date: August 2, 2009
Location: Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Evolving Morphology and Control for Autonomous 3D Creatures


Group: TAMALE (Text Analysis and Machine Learning Group)(LINK)
Date: March 5, 2009
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Darwin's Algorithm: Building Creatures in Simulation


Group: The Purdue Skeptics Society (LINK)
Date: April 1, 2008
Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (presented over the web from Ottawa)
Video: CLICK HERE

Digital Darwinian Evolution Produces Irreducible Complexity


Group: HAO (Humanist Association of Ottawa)(LINK)
Date: October 26, 2007
Location: Jean Talon building, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

A Complete Implementation of John Holland's Echo Model for Complex Adaptive Systems, and an Attempt to put it to Work


Group: TAMALE (Text Analysis and Machine Learning Group)(LINK)
Date: January 31, 2002
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

MISCELLANEOUS

The Reality Check podcast, episode 37


Topic: Interview about my EMCP enrichment mini-course on skepticism, pseudoscience, and critical thinking
Date: May 7, 2009
URL: HERE

The Reality Check podcast, episode 36


Topic: Interview about the Bible Code and the Origin Codes
Date: April 30, 2009
URL: HERE

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Video Games are Reshaping How We Perform and Promote Science


Magazine: Seed Magazine
Author: Abbie Morgan Lee Billings
Date: September 2008
URL: HERE

The Ultimate Problemsolver: Computer + Evolution = Genius


Magazine: Inkling Magazine
Author: Elan Dubrofsky
Date: July 2008
URL: HERE

Bogosity Web Video Series by Shane Killian


Topic: Guest appearance in episode 5 on The Bible Codes
Date: February 2008
URL: HERE