Moshe Sipper, Topics in Bio-Inspired Computing, Semester B, 2008/9

Topics in Bio-Inspired Computing (202-1-4791)

נושאים בחישוב מונחה טבע

(mini-projects)

Semester B, 2008-2009

Lecturer: Prof. Moshe Sipper

IMPORTANT:

1. Projects must be submitted by Sunday, July 19, 2009

2. No Extensions! (other than miluim/EXTENDED illness)

3. You must decide upon a topic until May 10, otherwise 5 points will be taken off

Announcements

Apr. 16: On Thursday, 16.4, Wednesday classes will be held. The first lesson will thus be held on 16.4.

Apr. 16: Beginning of Semester B.

Project Assignment

Alain Adler & Yael Peretz: Mastermind
Eran Frieman & Limor Segev: Light Up
Carmel Karni & Mati Kochen: Shanghai
Tomer Peled & Al Yaros : 15-Puzzle
Eran Shahar & Matan Ochayon: Nurikabe
Michael Bragilev: Software Agent Ms Pac-Man
Tamar Zondinar: Corral Puzzle
Ran Elkobi & Itamar Azoulai: Sudoku
Eduard Kogan : Cross Sum
Gili Asis & Eran Rosenzwig: Instant Insanity
Or Caspi: KPlumber

Popular Press

Some reports in the popular press

Course Description

Students will work on software projects in the area of evolutionary computation.

Manadatory Reading

Introductory Paper on Evolutionary Algorithms

General Reference

Machine Nature: The Coming Age of Bio-Inspired Computing

Administrative Details

Web: http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~sipper/courses/bic092/
Prerequisites:
Credits: 2
Time: Wed 14-16
Place: 203 (build. 97)
Grade:
- 70%: Project evaluation
- 30%: Final report
Students may work on their own or in pairs

Final Report (please read this carefully!)

The final report must include the following seven sections:

A short introduction of the domain being investigated.
A description of the problem or phenomenon studied.
An explanation of the methods and algorithms employed.
A description of your programmed system.
An account of the results obtained.
Some interesting conclusions.
Bibliographic references.

Language: Hebrew or English.
Length: 10-20 pages.
Don't include the code.
Don't send the report by e-mail: hand in a hard copy.

(Evolving) List of Projects:

Choose one of the competitions from this year's two main conferences in the field of evolutionary computation:
- GECCO 2009 competitions
- CEC 2009 competitions
Apply an evolutionary algorithm to one of the puzzles in this survey paper.