Elements of “Evolutionary Programming”

21-23 lectures
3-4 videos centering on Artificial Life and Genetic Programming
A midterm and a final exam.
2 course projects (one smaller, one medium sized).
Text Book: Zbigniew Michalewicz: ‘Genetic Algorithms + Data Structures = Evolution Programs’; Springer-Verlag; second, extended edition, 1994.
High Qualify Teaching Material will be available (PowerPoint 4.0 slides, a good textbook, handouts taken from other books) that facilitates learning the topics that were covered in class.
Projects will require programming (any programming language can be used for the projects), students should have programming experience.
Grading:
- Midterm Exam 25%
- Final Exam 30%
- First Course Project 29%
- Second Course Project 16%