Friday, June 25

8:00-8:30

Registration

8:30-9:20

John Koza, Martin Keane, and Matthew Streeter, Stanford University, USA Routine High-Return Human-Competitive Evolvable Hardware

9:20-9:30

Break

Session 6: Evolution of Analog Systems Part II

9:30-9:55

Claudio Mattiussi and Dario Floreano, Autonomous Systems Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland Evolution of Analog Networks using Local String Alignment on Highly Reorganizable Genomes

9:55-10:20

Pedro F. Vieira, Leonardo B. de Sa, Joao P. B. Botelho, and Antonio Mesquita, LPC/PEE/COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Evolutionary Synthesis of Analog Circuits Using Only MOS Transistors

10:20-10:45

Jose Franco M. do Amaral, Jorge Luís Machado do Amaral, Cristina C.Santini,  Ricardo Tanscheit, Marley Maria R. Vellasco, and Marco Aurélio C. Pacheco, UERJ - Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil Towards Evolvable Analog Artificial Neural Networks Controllers

10:45-10:55

Break

Session 7: Embryonics and Bio-Inspired Architectures Part I

10:55-11:20

J. Manuel Moreno, Y. Thoma, E. Sanchez, O. Torres, and G. Tempesti, Technical university of Catalunya, Spain Hardware Realization of a Bio-inspired POEtic electronic tissue

11:20-11:45

Piet van Remortel, Bernard Manderick, and Tom Lenaerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB, Belgium Gene Interaction and Modularisation in a Model for Gene-Regulated Development

11:45-12:10

Felix Streichert, Christian Spieth, Holger Ulmer, and Andreas Zell, University of Tubignen, Germany How to evolve the Head-Tail Pattern from Reaction-Diffusion Systems

12:10-1:10

Lunch

Session 8: Revolutionary Technologies for Space Part II

1:10-1:35

William Herbert  Sims III and J. Boise Pearson, NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, USA Radio Frequency (RF) Trap for Confinement of Ion Plasmas in Antimatter Propulsion Systems Using Rotating Wall Electric Fields

1:35-2:00

Robert Winglee, University of Washington, USA Advances in Magnetized Plasma Propulsion and Radiation Shielding

2:00-2:10

Break

Session 9: Evolvability

2:10-2:35

Jim Torresen, University of Oslo, Norway Exploring Knowledge Schemes for Effcient Evolution of Hardware

2:35-3:00

Martin Trefzer, Jorg Langeheine, Johannes Schemmel, and Karlheinz Meier, University of Heidelberg, Germany New Genetic Operators to Facilitate Understanding of Evolved Transistor Circuits

3:00-3:25

Gregory R. Kramer, John C. Gallagher, and Michael L. Raymer, Wright State University, USA On the Relative Efficacies of *cGA Variants for Intrinsic Evolvable Hardware: Population, Mutation, and Random Immigrants

5:00-8:00

Banquet

Seattle  Museum of Flight (Speaker TBD) Featuring 54 of the world's most awe-inspiring airplanes—authentic and in mint condition. In the steel and glass Great Gallery, the history of aviation soars past, with dozens of full-size aircraft flying in formation six stories above. Sit in the cockpit of a real SR-71 Blackbird or F/A-18 Hornet. Board America's first presidential jet—Air Force One. Step back 85 years in the magnificently restored Red Barn®, birthplace of The Boeing Company. From hands-on kid's workshops, to fly-ins, to interaction with the people who made aviation history, the Museum of Flight has something to offer every member of your family or group. Come experience the story of flight from the dawn of aviation to the Space Age.