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Heuristic Allocation of Computational ResourcesSilviu Tofan (University of Manchester), Richard Allmendinger (University of Manchester), Manuela Zanda (ARM),Olly Stephens (ARM)SBSEActive Coevolutionary Learning of Requirements Specifications from ExamplesMarcel Wever (Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn), Lorijn van Rooijen (Heinz Nixdorf Institute,University of Paderborn), Heiko Hamann (Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn)THEORYRuntime Analysis of the (1 (λ, λ)) Genetic Algorithm on Random Satisfiable 3-CNF FormulasMaxim Buzdalov (ITMO University), Benjamin Doerr (Ecole Polytechnique)KEYNOTESComputational approaches in cancer genomicsby Francesca Ciccarelli from King’s College, London, UKAbstractLarge-scale cancer genome projects provide an extraordinarymine of molecular information on a vast range of cancer typesand samples and offer the exciting potential of understanding themolecular mechanisms of cancer. Much knowledge is howeverstill hidden in the data and this significantly reduces the effectivecontribution of cancer molecular profiling to the personalisedmedicine agenda. In my lecture I will review some of the technical,analytical and scientific challenges in cancer genomic dataanalysis. I will also provide examples of how this type of analysiscan contribute effectively to unravel cancer driver mechanisms andpotential targets for anti-cancer therapy.Evolving brains in evolving environmentsby Drew Purves & Chrisantha Fernando from Google DeepMind,London, UKAbstract:The spectacular and headline-grabbing recent successes in deeplearning have made little or no use of evolutionary algorithms. Hasthis left Darwin turning in his grave, like one of the Earthworms hewas so fond of studying? Or is he flying high, like a GalapagosFinch, safe in the knowledge that the inferior land-borne creaturesbelow him will soon reach the edge of their harsh island and realizethat, to go any further without drowning, they will need evolution?Curious and Creative MachinesWebsite:http://hodlipson.com6by Hod Lipson from Columbia University, New York, USAbstractCan machines ask questions and generate hypotheses? Despitethe prevalence of big data, the process of distilling data intoscientific laws has resisted automation. Particularly challenging aresituations with small amounts of data that is difficult or expensiveto collect, such as in robotics and other physical sciences. Thistalk will outline a series of recent research projects, starting withself-reflecting robotic systems, and ending with machines that canformulate hypotheses, design experiments, and interpret the results,to discover new scientific laws. We will see examples from geologyto cosmology, from classical physics to modern physics, from bigscience to small science.

REPORT FROM EVOSTAR 2017by Ben Paechter, Edinburgh Napier UniversityThe 20th Edition of the EvoStar series of conferences took place in Amsterdam between 19th and21st April 2017. This conference series, which is famous for its friendly community atmosphere, hasevolved over the years, and this year combined: EuroGP, the 20th European Conference on GeneticProgramming EvoAPPLICATIONS, 20th European Conference on theApplications of Evolutionary Computation – comprising14 different application tracks EvoCOP, the 17th European Conference on EvolutionaryComputation in Combinatorial Optimisation EvoMUSART, the 6th International Conference onEvolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art andDesignThe conference opened with an excellent invited talk from Kenneth DeKenneth De JongJong, who was able to offer delegates the wisdom gained from morethan forty years in the field. He described the (mainly) successful effortsmade over the years to unify evolutionary computing both at a scientific and community level. Forthe future, he was able to offer key pointers to further expansion, unification and collaboration toencompass the broader areas of natural computing and computational intelligence.There were a total of 25 conference sessions with134 papers, as well as cultural and entertainmentprogramme organised by local organisersJacqueline Heinerman & Evert Haasdijk from VUAmsterdam.Each year the conference makes a very specialaward to a person or people that have made anOutstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computingin Europe [most outstanding photo]. This year theaward was shared. The first winner was Gusz Eibenfrom VU Amsterdam who, as well as writinghundreds of papers over nearly 30 years has beeninvolved in leading many successful Europeanresearch projects, as well as co-authoring a verysuccessful text book. The second winner was JamesFoster, from the University of Idaho, showing thatJacqueline Heinermanyou don’t need to be European to make the most& Evert Haasdijkoutstanding contribution in Europe. Prof Foster is acomputer scientist who is also a Professor of Biological Sciences and has been instrumental inensuring that Evolutionary Computing continues to be inspired by biological evolution. Prof Fosterhas lead numerous funded projects and has been a leading figure in EuroGP and other conferences,workshops and journals over very many years, giving considerable service to the community.One of the areas that EvoStar wishes to develop is student mentoring. Twenty students weresupported this year including 12 who received travel bursaries. Activities included both scientific andfun elements with the student mentors being Jaume Bacardit, Aniko Ekart, Anna Esparcia-Alcázar,James Foster, Penousal Machado and Neil Urquhart. Winners of the student “scavenger hunt” wereThomas D Griffiths & Uriel Lopez. Neil Urquhart hopes to further the develop the scheme in futureyears with sponsorship from his institution Edinburgh Napier University. Dr Urquhart said “EvoStarhas always been a community. I came to my first EvoStar in 2000 as a student and collaborations withthose I met at the time have continued. It’s great to see how my own students have also now benefittedfrom the support of others”.7

Student scavenger hunt winners 2017: Thomas D Griffiths & UrielLopez (middle) with Aniko Ekart, Anna Esparcia and Neil UrquhartThe conference concluded with a wonderfully entertaining and highly useful invited talk from ArthurKordon who used his 20 years’ experience of applying evolutionary systems in several large globalcorporations to give advice to researchers on how to get their work used by industry. The talk was fullof pragmatic guidance, ranging from the kind of optimisation that industrialists are really interested in,to the ways to present your research in order to gain a contract. Dr Kordon was also able to providean analysis about likely future directions for the use of computational intelligence in commercialorganisations.EvoStar arose out of workshops originally developed by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence inEvolutionary Computing, established by the European Commission and coordinated at EdinburghNapier University in the UK. Edinburgh Napier continued to support the events through their 20years - especially in employing coordinator Jennifer Willies, who won the first award for OutstandingContribution to Evolutionary Computing in 2006 and who is widely credited with being responsible forthe family atmosphere of EvoStar which is so valued by the community. In 2014 a new organisationwas set up provide an appropriate legal structure for future organisation and support of the EvoStarConferences, after the retirement of Jennifer Willies from Edinburgh Napier. SPECIES stands for theSociety for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and its Surroundings, and its goalis to promote evolutionary algorithmic thinking. At the conclusion of the conference SPECIES held itsannual general meeting and an Executive was elected based on the practical contributions that theexecutive members could make to the continuation and further development of EvoStar.Marc Schoenauer, Jennifer Willies, Anna I Esparcia-Alcazar, Wolfgang BanzhafThe new Executive is: Marc Schoenauer (President)- INRIA Saclay, Paris Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar (Vice-President), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Wolfgang Banzhaf (Treasurer), Michigan State University, USA Ernesto Costa, University of Coimbra, Portugal Jose Ignacio Hidalgo Perez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling, UK Neil Urquhart, Edinburgh Napier University, UKThe executive is delighted that Jennifer Willies will continue to act as EvoStar coordinator. Organisationof the 2018 event to take place in Parma from 4-6 April is already underway with local organiserStefano Cagnoni.8

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESResearch engineer in academia18-months engineer position in Paris to work on the COCO platformWhere: Inria Saclay, Paris, FranceDescriptionWe offer a one-year engineering position (with a possible extension by six months) at Inria Saclay- Ile-de-France, south of Paris, to work on the open source COCO platform. The potential candidatewill integrate in an international team of scientists and engineers and is expected to contribute toredesigning the postprocressing and/or develop an online visualization.Besides actual coding, the documentation of the software and its maintenance are important aspectsof the work proposed. COCO is hosted at Github (github.com/numbbo/coco) where also our issuetracker is available as a first means to reporting bugs, proposing and discussing feature-requests,and getting in touch with the main developers in general. Providing accurate documentation andprompt responses on this web page are therefore important aspects of our working ethics and ofthe continuing success of COCO. A minor, yet very important aspect is education which is why theto-be-hired engineer is expected to interact with (PhD) students and postdocs and to contribute to ourregular code reviewing sessions and scientific meetings.Benefits Reimbursement of 50% of public transport subscription. Possibility to use sport equipmentwithin the campus of Ecole Polytechnique and access to canteen and cafeteria. Possibility of paid French classes.Start and duration of the contract: 12 to 18 months.Email: Dimo Brockhoff - [email protected] (closing date: 21.07.2017 (6pm))GECCO JOB MARKEThttp://gecco-2017.sigevo.org/index.html/Job MarketThe GECCO Job Market will be an event where people offering jobs canadvertise open positions and meet with potential candidates. Any kind ofpositions are eligible (PhD, Postdoc, Professor, Engineer, etc.) - from theacademia as well as the industry.The job market will be organized as a short session at the beginning of thelunch break on Monday, July 17. After brief presentations of the available positions, participants willhave the possibility to set up face-to-face meetings for further discussions.To participate with a job offer, create a new ad at the SIGEVOweb site age Job%20Ads). Make sure to check the “GECCO availability”option that confirms your attendance at the job market. Inaddition, prepare one slide describing the job (in PDF)and send it to tea.tusar[at]ijs.si by Friday, July 7.IMPORTANT DATESFriday, July 7: Deadline for submitting the ad and sendingthe slideMonday, July 17: Job Market at GECCO 20179

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passed, and the inaugural Summer School is full with some students on a waiting list. There is still time however to enter one of the competitions, and start planning which workshops and tutorials you want to attend over the opening weekend. TV tower and Bode-Museum in Berlin-Mitte at dawn: Ansgar Koreng GECCO 2017 July 15th-19th Berlin