THE ANNUAL "HUMIES" AWARDS – 2004–2012

FOR HUMAN-COMPETITIVE RESULTS
PRODUCED BY GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
HELD AT THE ANNUAL
GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO)

genes vs. human

Last updated June 27, 2012

The first annual "Humies" competition was held at the 2004 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004) in Seattle. Entries were solicited for cash awards for human-competitive results that were produced by any form of genetic and evolutionary computation and that were published in the open literature during previous year (i.e., between July 1, 2003 and the deadline for submissions of June 23, 2004). The publication can be a conference paper (e.g., a regular paper, poster, or late-breaking paper) or any work published elsewhere in the open literature (e.g., a journal article, technical report, thesis, book, book chapter) or other paper that has received final unconditional acceptance and not subject to further editing (that is, is "in press").

The criterion for "human-competitiveness" is that an automatically created result is considered "human-competitive" if it satisfies at least one of the following eight criteria.

1 st Annual "Humies" Awards — 2004 — Seattle

In the first competition in 2004, there were 11 entries. The entries employed various types of algorithms, including genetic algorithms (GA), genetic programming (GP), or genetic learning classifier systems (LCS). The judges were Wolfgang Banzhaf, David E. Goldberg, Erik D. Goodman, Riccardo Poli, and John R. Koza. On June 27, 2004, a session was held at the 2004 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2004) in Seattle to hear 11 presentations concerning results that were claimed to be "human-competitive." After the 11 presentations, the 2004 judging committee met and considered all the entries. The committee judged 6 of the 11 results to be "human-competitive." The judging committee recognized the following levels of achievement among the 6 entries judged to be "human-competitive: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The judges also awarded Merit and Honorable Mention for the remaining 5 entries (which we were not considered "human competitive). The judging committee awarded prizes totaling $5,000 for the 6 entries judged to be "human-competitive" and $500 to remaining 5 entries. The prizes were awarded at the plenary sessions on Wednesday June 30, 2004 at the GECCO-2004 conference. See 2004 Call for Entries,

The table shows the outcome for the 11 entries in 2004, including the names of the authors (column 2), the paper(s) submitted (column 3), the author's statement as to why the entry should be considered "human competitive" (column 4), the author's slide presentation at the GECCO conference (column 5), and the algorithm type (column 6).

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation 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

Statement

Slides (11 MB)

GP

$1500 — Gold

Lee Spector

Hampshire College

Automatic Quantum Computer Programming: A Genetic Programming Approach

Statement

Slides

GP

$500 — Silver

Alex Fukunaga

UCLA

Evolving Local Search Heuristics for SAT Using Genetic Programming

Statement

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

Statement

Slides (6 MB)

GP

$500 — Silver

Bijan KHosraviani

Raymond E. Levitt

John R. Koza

Stanford University

Organization Design Optimization Using Genetic Programming

Statement

Slides

Additional slides

GP

$500 — Bronze

Adrian Stoica

Ricardo Zebulum

Didier Keymeulen

Michael Ian Ferguson

Vu Duong

Xin Guo

JPL

Taking evolutionary circuit design from experimentation to implementation: some useful techniques and a silicon demonstration

Statement

Slides

GA

$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive)

Brian Lam

RMIT University

Discovery of Human-Competitive Image Texture Feature Programs Using Genetic programming

Statement

Slides

GP

$200 — Merit (Not Human-Competitive)

Lukas Sekanina

Brno University of Technology

Novel image filters implemented in hardware

Statement

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

Statement

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

Statement

No presentation

CS

$100 — Honorable Mention (Not Human-Competitive)

Hideyuki Takagi

Kyushu University

Applicability of Interactive Evolutionary Computation to Mind Measurement

Statement

No presentation

IEC

2nd Annual "Humies" Awards — 2005 — Washington DC

There were 23 entries in 2005. Of these, 8 were awarded gold, silver, or bronze awards totaling $9,000. There were 10 honorable mention awards totaling $1,000. The judges were Wolfgang Banzhaf (Editor-in-Chief of Genetic Programming and Evolvable Hardware journal), David Goldberg (past chair of International Society of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation), Erik Goodman (chair of International Society of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation), Riccardo Poli (GECCO-2004 Chair), and Una-May O'Reilly (GECCO-2005 Chair). See 2005 Call for Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type

$2500 — Gold

Stefan Preble

Hod Lipson

Michal Lipson

Two-dimensional photonic crystals designed by evolutionary algorithms

APL05-Preble-Paper.pdf

PrebleLipsonAndLipson.txt

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

Shaped-pulse optimization of coherent soft-x-rays

bartels.txt

ES

$0 — Silver

John Koza

Sameer Al-Sakran

Lee Jones

Automated Re-Invention of Six Patented Optical Lens Systems using Genetic Programming

KozaAl-SakranJonesHC-SupportDoc.txt

GP

$1000 — Silver

Paul Massey

John A Clark

Susan Stepney

Evolution of a Human-Competitive Quantum Fourier Transform Algorithm Using Genetic Programming

clark.txt

GP

$1000 — Silver

Fulvio Corno Edgar Ernesto Sanchez Sanchez Giovanni Squillero

Evolving Assembly Programs: How Games Help Microprocessor Validation

squilero.txt

UGP

$1000 — Silver

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

Evolutionary Computation applied to the Tuning of MEMS gyroscopes

Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer Optimization

terrile.txt

GA

$500 — Bronze

Moshe Sipper

Yaniv Azaria

Ami Hauptman

Yoanatan Shichel

Eran Ziserman

Attaining Human-Competitive Game Playing with Genetic Programming

Sipper-IEEE-TSMC.pdf

GP-Gammon: Genetically Programming Backgammon Players

Sipper-GP-Gammon-Draft.pdf

GP-Robocode: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Robocode Players

Sipper-Euro-GP-Robocode.pdf

GP-EndChess: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Chess Endgame

Sipper-GP-End-Chess.pdf

GP-Gammon: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Backgammon Players

Sipper-GP-Gammon-Final.pdf

sipper.txt

GP

$500 — Bronze

Uli Grasemann Risto Miikkulainen

Effective Image Compression using Evolved Wavelets

grasemann.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Jonathan Wright Yi Zhang

An Ageing Operator and Its Use in the Highly Constrained Topological Optimization of HVAC System Design

WrightAndZhang.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Joc Cing Tay Nhu Binh Ho

Evolving Dispatching Rules for Solving the Flexible Job-Shop Problem

binh.txt

GP

$100 – Honorable Mention

Josh Bongard

Reinventing the Wheel: An Experiment in Evolutionary Geometry

bongard.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Kuntinee Maneeratana

Kittipong Boonlong

Nachol Chaiyaratana

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Multi-objective optimisation by co-operative co-evolution

chaiyaratana.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Daniel Howard Joseph Kolibal

Solution of differential equations with Genetic Programming and the Stochastic Bernstein Interpolation

howard.txt

GP

$100 – Honorable Mention

Maarten Keijzer

Martin Baptist

Vladan Babovic

Javier Uthurburu

Determining Equations for Vegetation Induced Resistance using Genetic Programming

keijzer.txt

GP

$100 – Honorable Mention

Shail Patel

Ian Stott

Manmohan Bhakoo

Peter Elliott

Patenting Evolved Bacterial Peptides

patel.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Lukas Sekanina

Michal Bidlo

Evolutionary Design of Arbitrarily Large Sorting Networks Using Development

sekanina.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

Zheng Yi Wu Thomas M. Walski

Optimizing Water System Improvement for a Growing Community

wu.txt

GA

$100 – Honorable Mention

LTC Terry O'Donnell

MAJ Jim Hunter

1LT Richard Barton

Terence Bullett

Steven Best

Genetic Hybrid Antenna Fills the Gap

odonnell.txt

GA

Anil Patel

David Davis

Jim Ouimette

Charlie Guthrie

Dave Tuk

John Williams

Tai Nguyen

Optimizing Cyclic Steam Oil Production with Genetic Algorithms SPE-Paper-Summary.doc

davis.txt

GA

Zong Woo Geem

Optimal Cost Design of Water Distribution Networks using Harmony Search

geem.txt

MHA

Gregory S. Hornby Seiichi Takamura Takashi Yamamoto Masahiro Fujita

Autonomous Evolution of Dynamic Gaits with Two Quadruped Robots

hornby.txt

GA

Yuji Sato Ryutaro Kanno

Event-Driven Learning Classifier Systems for Online Soccer Games

sato.txt

LCS

Trichy M Kethara Pasupathy Ravi Teja SeethamRaju Robert G. Wilhelm

Evolutionary algorithm for the placement of fluid power valves on a valve stand

seethamraju.txt

GA

3rd Annual "Humies" Awards — 2006 — Seattle

There were 8 entries in 2006. The judges were Wolfgang Banzhaf, Erik Goodman, Riccardo Poli, John R. Koza, and Darrell Whitley. There was one Gold award for $5,000, one Silver award for $3,000, and 2 Bronze awards for $1,000 each. See 2006 Call For Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type

GOLD—$5,000

Varun Aggarwal Selçuk KILINÇ Varun Jain Uğur ÇAM

Catalogue of Variable Frequency and Single-Resistance-Controlled Oscillators Employing A Single Differential Difference Complementary Current Conveyor

Aggarwal.txt

Aggarwal-Slides.pdf

GA

SILVER—$3,000

Kumara Sastry Duane D. Johnson Alexis L. Thompson David E. Goldberg Todd J. Martinez Jeff Leiding Jane Owens

Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for Multiscaling Excited-State Direct Dynamics in Photochemistry Sastry-MOGA-GECCO-2006.ppt

Sastry.txt

Sastry-Humies-2006.ppt

Sastry-Slides.pdf

GA

BRONZE—$1,000

Jie Yao Nawwaf Kharma Peter Grogono

A multi-population genetic algorithm for robust and fast ellipse detection

Yao.txt

HCA-GECCO.ppt Yao-Slides-2006-7-9-UPDATED

GA

BRONZE—$1,000

Gustavo Olague Leonardo Trujillo

Using Evolution to Learn How to Perform Interest Point Detection

Synthesis of Interest Point Detectors Through Genetic Programming

Olague.txt

Olaque-Slides.ppt

GP

Nguyen Huu Thong Tran Van Hao

Random Search via Probability Algorithm for Single Objective Optimization Problems

Thong-TEXT.doc

None submitted

Search

Kalyanmoy Deb Aravind Srinivasan

Innovization: Innovating design principles through optimization

Deb.txt

Deb-Humies.pdf

Deb-Humies.ppt

GA

Zheng Yi Wu Tom Walski Robert Mankowski Greg Herrin Robert Gurrieri Mike Tryby Paul Sage Elio R. Arniella Ernesto Gianellaand

Optimal Calibration Method for Water Distribution Water Quality Model

Water Loss Detection via Genetic Algorithm Optimization-based Model Calibration

Diagnosing error prone application of optimal model calibration

Darwin Calibrator — Improving Project Productivity and Model Quality for Large Water System

Calibrating Water Distribution Model Via Genetic Algorithms

Paper Added July 4

wu.txt

revised statement July 4

HUMIES2006_Wu_slides.ppt

GA

Antony Iorio Xiaodong Li

Incorporating Directional Information within a Differential Evolution Algorithm for Multiobjective Optimization

Iorio.txt

human-comp-gecco06-xli.pdf

DE

4th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2007 — London

There were 13 entries in 2007. Five entries were awarded "honorable mention" and 8 were short-listed and invited to make presentation on July 9 at the GECCO-2007 conference in London. Of these 8, the judges made 4 prize awards. There was one gold award ($5,000), one silver award ($3,000), and two bronze awards ($1,000 each). The prize awards were announced on July 11, 2007 the GECCO-2007 conference. See 2007 Call For Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type

Gold Award – $5,000

Steven Manos Maryanne C. J. Large Leon Poladian

Evolutionary Design of Single-Mode Microstructured Polymer Optical Fibres using an Artificial Embryogeny Representation

Manos.txt

Manos.ppt

GA

Silver Award – $3,000

Ami Hauptman Moshe Sipper

Evolution of an Efficient Search Algorithm for the Mate-In-N Problem in Chess[Link]

Hauptman-Paper.pdf

Hauptman.txt

Hauptman.pdf

GP

Bronze Award – $1,000

Xavier Llorà Rohith Reddy Brian Matesic Rohit Bhargava

Towards Better than Human Capability in Diagnosing Prostate Cancer Using Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging

Llora.txt

Llora.pdf >

GBML

Bronze Award – $1,000

Jaume Bacardit Michael Stout Jonathan D. Hirst Kumara Sastry Xavier Llorà Natalio Krasnogor

Automated Alphabet Reduction Method with Evolutionary Algorithms for Protein Structure Prediction

Bacardit.txt

Bacardit.ppt

GA

Shortlisted

Pierrick Legrand Claire Bourgeois-République Vincent Péan Esther Harboun-Cohen Jacques Levy-Vehel Bruno Frachet Evelyne Lutton Pierre Collet

Interactive Evolution for Cochlear Implants Fitting

Collet.txt

Collet.ppt

GA

Honorable mention

Steffen Priesterjahn Oliver Kramer Alexander Weimer Andreas Goebels

Evolution of Human-Competitive Agents in Modern Computer Games

Priesterjahn.txt

Honorable mention

ES

Honorable mention

Mohammad A Abido

Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Electric Power Dispatch Problem

Multiobjective Optimal VAR Dispatch Using Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm

Two-Level of Nondominated Solutions Approach To Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization

Abido.doc

Honorable mention

GA

Shortlisted

Christian Gagné Julie Beaulieu Marc Parizeau Simon Thibault

Human-Competitive Lens System Design with Evolution Strategies

Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to Lens Design: Case Study and Analysis

Lens System Design and Re-Engineering with Evolutionary Algorithms

Gagne.txt

Gagne.pdf

ES

Honorable mention

Ronan Cummins Colm O'Riordan

Evolving local and global weighting schemes in Information Retrieval[Link]

Cummins-JIR-2006.pdf

An analysis of the Solution Space for Genetically Programmed Term-Weighting Schemes in Information Retrieval[Link]

Cummins-AICS-2006.pdf

Term-Weighting in Information Retrieval using Genetic Programming: A Three-Stage Process[Link]

Cummins-ECAI-2006.pdf

Cummins.txt

Honorable mention

GP

Honorable mention

Jiri Jaros MilosOhlidal Vaclav Dvorak

An Evolutionary Approach to Collective Communication Scheduling

Optimum Topology-Aware Scheduling of Many-to-Many Collective Communications

Complexity of Collective Communications on NoCs

Jaros.txt

Honorable mention

GA

Shortlisted

Amr Radi Salah Yaseen El-Bakry Mostafa Y. El-Bakry

Genetic programming approach for electron-alkali-metal atom collisions

Prediction of Non Linear System in Optics Using Genetic Programming

Genetic programming approach for flow of steady state fluid between two eccentric spheres

Radi.txt

Radi.ppt

GP

Honorable mention

Muhammad Adil Raja Raja Muhammad Atif Azad Colin Flanagan Conor Ryan

Real-Time, Non-Intrusive Evaluation of VoIP

Raja.txt

Honorable mention

GP

Shortlisted

Josh Bongard Hod Lipson

Automated Reverse Engineering of nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Bongard.txt

Bongard.ppt

GP

5th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2008 — Atlanta

There were 8 entries in 2008. There were 6 presentations at the GECCO-2008 conference in Atlanta. The judges made 3 prize awards. The prize awards were announced on July 16. There was one gold award ($5,000), one silver award ($3,000), and one bronze award ($2,000). The judges were Erik Goodman, John Koza, Riccardo Poli, and Wolfgang Banzhaf. See 2008 Call For Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type
GOLD—$5000

Lee Spector David M. Clark Ian Lindsay Bradford Barr Jon Klein

Genetic Programming for Finite Algebras

Spector-PAPER.pdf

Spector-TEXT.txt

Spector-Present.pdf

GP

SILVER—$3000

Tomas Pecenka Zdenek Kotasek Lukas Sekanina

Evolution of Synthetic RTL Benchmark Circuits with Predefined Testability

Sekanina-PAPER.pdf

Sekanina-TEXT.txt

Sekanina-Present.ppt

GA

BRONZE—$2000

Assaf Glazer Moshe Sipper

Evolving an automatic defect classification tool

Paper on Sipper site

Paper on publisher’s site

Glazer-Sipper-TEXT.txt

Glazer-Sipper-Present.pdf

GA

Saheeb Ahmed Kayani Muhammad Afzaal Malik

Bond-Graphs + Genetic Programming: Analysis of an Automatically Synthesized Rotary Mechanical System

Kayani-Malik-GECCO-2008.pdf

Combining Bond-Graphs with Genetic Programming for Unified/Automated Design of Mechatronic or Multi Domain Dynamic Systems

Kayani-Malik-GECCO-2007-LBP.pdf

Kayani-Malik-TEXT.txt

Kayani-Malik-Present.pdf Did not present

GP

Nermeen Mohammed Ismail Magda Bahaa Eldin Fayek shraf Hassan Abdel Wahab Nevin Mahmoud Darwish

Planning Complex Processes for Automonomous Vehicles by Means of Genetic Algorithms

Ismail-THESIS.pdf

Planning Complex Processes for Automonomous Vehicles by Means of Genetic Algorithms

Ismail-PAPER.pdf

Ismail-TEXT.txt

Did not present

GA

Muhammad Adil Raja Raja Muhammad Atif Azad Raja Muhammad Atif Azad Conor Ryan

A Methodology for Deriving VoIP Equipment Impairment Factors for a mixed NB/WB Context

Rajda-PAPER.pdf

Rajda-TEXT.txt

Raja-Present.pdf

GP

Kalyan Veeramachaneni Lisa Osadciw

Decision-Level Fusion Strategies for Correlated Biometric Classifiers

Veeramachaneni-CVPR-PAPER.pdf

Design of Distributed Detection Systems with Correlated Heterogeneous Sensors

Veeramachaneni-Osadciw-PAPER.pdf

Veeramachaneni-TEXT.txt

Veeramachaneni-Present.ppt

PSO

M. Zubair Shafiq

Improving the Accuracy of Immune-inspired Malware Detectors by using Intelligent Features

Shafiq-PAPER-GECCO-2008.pdf

A Comparative Study of Fuzzy Inference Systems, Neural Networks and Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference Systems for Portscan Detection

Shafiq-PAPER-EvoComNet.pdf

Shafiq-TEXT.txt

Shafiq-Present.ppt

AIS

6th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2009 — Montreal

There were 9 entries in 2009. Of these, 7 were short-listed and invited to make presentations at the GECCO-2009 conference in Montreal. The judging committee was Wolfgang Banzhaf, Erik Goodman, Riccardo Poli,, and Darrell Whitley. See 2009 Call For Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type
GOLD—$5000

Stephanie Forrest Claire Le Goues ThanhVu Nguyen Westley Weimer

Automatically finding patches using genetic programming

A Genetic Programming Approach to Automated Software Repair

Forrest-Text-File.txt

Forrest-Presentation.pdf

GP

SILVER—$3000

Muhammad Shahzad Saira Zahid Muddassar Farooq Syed Ali Khayam

A Hybrid GA-PSO Fuzzy System for User Identification on Smart Phones

Keystroke-based User Identification on Smart Phones

Shahzad-Text-File.txt

Shahzad-Presentation.ppt Shahzad-Presentation.pdf Shahzad-Presentation.pptx

GA-PSO

BRONZE—$1000

Ami Hauptpman Achiya Elyasaf Moshe Sipper Assaf Karmon

GP-Rush: Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Solvers for the Rush Hour Puzzle

Sipper-Rush-Text-File.txt

Sipper-Rush-Presentation.pdf

GP

BRONZE—$1000

Cynthia B. Perez Gustavo Olague

Learning Invariant Region Descriptor Operators with Genetic Programming and the F-measure

Evolutionary Learning of Local Descriptor Operators for Object Recognition

Perez-Text-File

Perez-Presentation.ppt Perez-Presentation.pdf

GP

Amy K. Hoover Michael P. Rosario Kenneth O. Stanley

Exploiting Functional Relationships in Musical Composition(Author link)

Exploiting Functional Relationships in Musical Composition(Publisher link)

Scaffolding for Interactively Evolving Novel Drum Tracks for Existing Songs(Author link)

Scaffolding for Interactively Evolving Novel Drum Tracks for Existing Songs(Publisher link)

Hoover/Hoover-Text-File.txt

Hoover-Presentation.ppt

Hoover-Oh-SusannaG25.mp3

Hoover-JohnnyCopeG1.mp3

Hoover-JohnnyCopeG11.mp3

Hoover-jcope.mid

Hoover-ohsusanna.mid

GA

Magda B. Fayek Ihab A. Talkhan Khalil S. El-Masry

GAMA (Genetic Algorithm driven Multi-Agents) for E-Commerce Integrative Negotiation

El-Masry-Text-File.txt

Not short-listed

GA

Sadia Noreen Shafaq Murtaza M. Zubair Shafiq Muddassar Farooq

Evolvable Malware

Noreen-Text-File

Noreen-Presentation.ppt

GA

Ilan Kadar Ohad Ben-Shahar Moshe Sipper

Evolving Boundary Detectors for Natural Images via Genetic Programming

Evolution of a Local Boundary Detector for Natural Images via Genetic Programming and Texture Cues

Sipper-Boundary-Text-File.txt

Not short-listed

GP

Markus Borschbach Christian Grelle

Empirical Benchmarks of a Genetic Algorithm Incorporating Human Strategies

Borschbach-Text-File.txt

Borschbach-Presentation.pdf

GA

7th Annual "Humies" Awards — 2010 — Portland, Oregon

There were 10 entries in 2010. Of these, nine were short-listed and invited to make presentations at the GECCO conference. The judges were Wolfgang Banzhaf, Erik Goodman, Riccardo Poli, and Darrell Whitley. See 2010 Call for Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type
GOLD—$5000

Natalio Krasnogor Paweł Widera Jonathan Garibaldi

Evolutionary design of the energy function for protein structure prediction

GP challenge: evolving the energy function for protein structure prediction

Automated design of energy functions for protein structure prediction by means of genetic programming and improved structure similarity assessment

Widera-Text.txt

Widera-Slides.pdf

GP

SILVER—$3000

Jacques Bibai Pierre Savéant Marc Schoenauer Vincent Vidal

An Evolutionary Metaheuristic Based on State Decomposition for Domain-Independent Satisficing Planning

Bibai-Text.txt

Bibai-Slides.pdf

BRONZE—$1000

Michael Schmidt Hod Lipson

Solving Iterated Functions Using Genetic Programming

Schmidt-Iterated-Functions-Text.txt

Schmidt-Iterated-Functions-Slides.pdf

GP

BRONZE—$1000

Prof. Thomas Bäck Ernst Bovenkamp Jouke Dijkstra Jeroen Eggermont Michael Emmerich Rui Li Johan Reiber

Optimizing a Medical Image Analysis System Using Mixed-Integer Evolution Strategies

Mixed-Integer Evolution Strategies for Parameter Optimization and Their Applications to Medical Image Analysis

Baeck-Text.txt Baeck-Text-PDF.pdf

NA

ES

Oscar Ibáñez Oscar Cordón Sergio Damas Jose Santamaría

Forensic Identification by Craniofacial Superimposition using Soft Computing

Ibanez-Text.txt

Ibanez-Slides.pdf

Michael Schmidt Hod Lipson

Symbolic Regression of Implicit Equations

Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data

Schmidt-Natural-Laws-Text-File.txt

Not short-listed

GP

Adam Rak Gaurav Gandhi Gyorgy Cserey

Evolving Chua's Circuit Topology Using Genetic Algorithm

Gandhi-Text.txt

Ghadhi-Slides.pptx

GA

Torsten Hildebrandt

Towards Improved Dispatching Rules for Complex Shop Floor Scenarios - a Genetic Programming Approach

Hildebrandt-Text.txt

Hildebrandt Slides.pdf

GP

Markus Borschbach NailEl Sourani Sascha Hauke Christian Grelle

An Evolutionary Approach for Solving the Rubik’s Cube Incorporating Exact Methods

Empirical Benchmarks of a Genetic Algorithm Incorporating Human Strategies

Design and Comparison of two Evolutionary Approaches for Solving the Rubik's Cube

Borschbach-Text.txt

Borschbach-Slides.pdf

GA

Michael Orlov Moshe Sipper

Genetic Programming in the Wild: Evolving Unrestricted Bytecode

Flight of the FINCH through the Java Wilderness

Orlov-Text.txt

Orlov-Slides.pdf

GP

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

There were 10 entries in 2011. Of these, 9 were short-listed and invited to make presentations at the GECCO conference. The judges were Wolfgang Banzhaf, Erik Goodman, and Darrell Whitley. See 2011 Call for Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation Algorithm type

Gold — $5000

Achiya Elyasaf

Ami Hauptmann

Moshe Sipper

GA-FreeCell: Evolving Solvers for the Game of FreeCell

Elyasaf-Hauptmann-Sipper-Text.txt

Elyasaf-Hauptmann-Sipper-Slides.pdf

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

Vasicek-Sekanina-Text.txt

Vasicek-Sekanina-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

Letnes-Text.txt

Letnes-Slides.pdf

GA

Edmund K. Burke

Matthew R. Hyde

Graham Kendall

John Woodward

A Genetic Programming Hyper-Heuristic Approach for Evolving Two Dimensional Strip Packing Heuristics

Burke-Text.txt

Burke-Slides.pdf

GP

Vinod K. Valsalam

Risto Miikkulainen

Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design

Valsalam-Text.txt

Valsalam-Slides.pdf

GP

Farrukh Shahzad Muddassar Farooq

ELF-Miner: using structural knowledge and data mining methods to detect new (Linux) malicious executables

Farooq-Text.txt

Not short-listed

5

Josafath I. Espinosa-Ramos Roberto A. Vázquez

Locating Seismic-Sense Stations Through Genetic Algorithm

Espinosa-Ramos-Text-txt

Espinosa-Ramos-Slides.pdf

GA

Yehonatan Shichel Moshe Sipper

GP-RARS: Evolving Controllers for the Robot Auto Racing Simulator

Sipper-Shichel-Text.txt

Sipper-Shichel-Slides.pdf

GP

Andras Joo Aniko Ekart Juan P. Neirotti

Genetic algorithms for discovery of matrix multiplication methods

Ekart-Text.txt

Ekart-Slides.ppt Ekart-MP4.mp4

GA

Matteo Miraz

Evolutionary Testing of Stateful Systems: a Holistic Approach Summary on the Human Competitiveness of TestFul

Miraz-Text.txt

Miraz-Slides.pptx

GP

Alex Fukunaga (left), one of the winners of the $500 Bronze awards for Human-Competitive Results, at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference in Seattle on June 30, 2004, and John Koza (right)


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

There were 11 entries in 2012. See 2012 Call for Entries.

Outcome Author(s) Paper(s) Statement Presentation 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

Phong-Text.txt

Phong-Slides.ppt

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)

An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach for Feature Generation from Sequence Data and its Application to DNA Splice-Site Prediction (Appendix)

Kamath-Text.txt

Kamath-Slides.ppt

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

Squillero-Text.txt

Squillero-Slides.pps

Silver — $3000

Richard A.J. Woolley

Julian Stirling

Philip Moriarty

Natalio Krasnogor

Adrian Radocea

Automated probe microscopy via evolutionary optimization at the atomic scale

Woolley-Text.txt

Woolley-Slides.pdf

Achiya Elyasaf

Ami Hauptman

Moshe Sipper

Evolutionary Design of FreeCell Solvers

Sipper-Text.txt

Sipper-Slides.pdf

Nuno Lourenço

Nuno Horta

GENOM-POF: Multi-Objective Evolutionary Synthesis of Analog ICs with Corners Validation

Lourenco-Text.txt

Lourenco-Slides.pptx

Shin Yoo

Evolving Human Competitive Spectra-Based Fault Localisation Techniques

Yoo-Text.txt

Yoo-Slides.pdf

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

LeGoues-Text.txt

LeGoues-Slides.pdf

Gold — $5000

Cameron Browne

Yvalath: Sample Chapter from Evolutionary Game Design (Preface)

Go without KO on Hexagonal Grids

Yvalath: Evolutionary Game Design

Browne-Text.txt

Browne-Slides.pdf

Hoang Thanh Nguyen

Bir Bhanu

Real-Time Pedestrian Tracking with Bacterial Foraging Optimization

Nguyen-Text.txt

Nguyen-Slides.pdf

Ricardo Martins

Nuno Lourenço

Nuno Horta

Automatic Analog ICs Layout Generator based on a Template Approach

Martins-Text.txt

Martins-Slides.ppt