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All seminars since April 2002:
Thu 09 Feb, 2012 at 02:00 PM Evolutionary Design of Self-organizing Systems István Fehérvári
Tue 07 Feb, 2012 at 11:00 AM Optoelectronic Reservoir Computing Anteo Smerieri
Thu 01 Dec, 2011 at 11:00 AM Memetic Algorithms for Continuous Optimisation Daniel Molina
Tue 29 Nov, 2011 at 02:15 PM Cooperative Context-Aware Setup and Performance of Surveillance Missions Using Static and Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks Edison Pignaton de Freitas
Fri 21 Oct, 2011 at 02:00 PM GRACE: A Generational Randomized ACO for the Multi-objective Shortest Path Problem Leonardo CT Bezerra
Tue 04 Oct, 2011 at 03:00 PM Emergent Engineering for the Management of Complex Situations Mihaela Ulieru
Mon 03 Oct, 2011 at 02:00 PM Inverse ACO Applied for Exploration and Surveillance in Unknown Environments Rodrigo Calvo
Fri 09 Sep, 2011 at 10:00 AM Human machine communication through emotions and sign language. Roman Miletitch
Fri 09 Sep, 2011 at 11:00 AM Performance prediction for embedded system design (master thesis topic) Antonio Paolillo
Fri 09 Sep, 2011 at 10:30 AM Robot Swarm Navigation Using Potential Functions and Panel Methods Abdel-Razzak Merheb
Tue 12 Jul, 2011 at 02:00 PM Central Pattern Generation for Quadruped Robot Locomotion Fabio Della Marra
Tue 05 Jul, 2011 at 11:30 AM Robot conditioning study of a decision making computational model of the basal ganglia Jeremy Frey
Tue 05 Jul, 2011 at 03:00 PM Path Planning Strategies Inspired by Swarm Behaviour of Plant Root Apexes Luis F. Simoes
Tue 05 Jul, 2011 at 11:15 AM Using a Learning Tracker to Enhance Face Detection for Autonomous Robots Herke van Hoof
Mon 27 Jun, 2011 at 02:30 PM Bee Nest Site Selection: Models and an Optimization Method Martin Middendorf
Wed 15 Jun, 2011 at 10:30 AM Scan Matching, Covariance Estimation and SLAM: Models and Solutions for the scanSLAM Algorithm Mauro Brenna
Wed 08 Jun, 2011 at 10:30 AM Introducing l1-regularized logistic regression in Markov Networks based EDAs Gabriele Valentini
Mon 16 May, 2011 at 02:30 PM Off-line and on-line tuning: A study on operator selection for a memetic algorithm applied to the QAP Gianpiero Francesca
Mon 28 Mar, 2011 at 05:00 PM Wired to Win Jose Berengueres
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 at 02:00 PM Swarm intelligence: Novel tools for feature extraction and multi-agent system modeling Aleksandar Jevtic
Thu 24 Mar, 2011 at 05:00 PM Robots at Play Jose Berengueres
Mon 14 Mar, 2011 at 04:00 PM Swarms of flying robots performing distributed path planning for objects on the ground Reina Andreagiovanni
Wed 16 Feb, 2011 at 02:00 PM Applications of interacting particle methods and approximation of intensity measures arising in multi-object filtering Michele Pace
Fri 11 Feb, 2011 at 02:00 PM Metaheuristics for the Quartet Method of Hierarchical Clustering Dr. Sergio Consoli
Fri 17 Sep, 2010 at 02:30 PM Designing Physical Self-assembling Systems Via Programming, Evolution, and Recipes Navneet Bhalla
Mon 21 Jun, 2010 at 11:30 AM Towards more biologically realistic update functions in real-life regulatory network models Mario Giacobini
Tue 15 Jun, 2010 at 10:30 AM Parallel Fast Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Linear Unsupervised Data Dimensionality Reduction Szymon Lukasik
Thu 10 Jun, 2010 at 10:15 AM The Ant Colony Learning Framework for Control Policy Learning in Continuous State Spaces Jelmer van Ast
Wed 26 May, 2010 at 04:00 PM Applying social evolution theory to solve the selfish routing problem in multiagent systems Tom Wenseleers
Fri 23 Apr, 2010 at 02:00 PM Using distances to guide local search algorithms for graph coloring Daniel Porumbel
Tue 20 Apr, 2010 at 02:00 PM How to make an effective presentation Francois-Xavier Willems
Fri 19 Mar, 2010 at 02:30 PM Embryomorphic engineering: From biological development to artificial multi-agent organisms Rene Doursat
Fri 22 Jan, 2010 at 03:30 PM Investigating Social Interactions via active RFID Lorenzo Isella
Tue 19 Jan, 2010 at 03:00 PM Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimisation and User Preferences Juergen Branke
Fri 04 Dec, 2009 at 12:30 PM In Silico biology - data mining for a better understanding of cancers David Venet, David Weiss
Wed 18 Nov, 2009 at 11:00 AM Specialization in Organic Computing Alexander Scheidler
Tue 27 Oct, 2009 at 03:00 PM Swarming Systems: From Theory to Experiments Cristian Huepe
Mon 26 Oct, 2009 at 02:30 PM Controlled mobility in self-organizing networks Enrico Natalizio
Wed 21 Oct, 2009 at 04:00 PM Exploring Hierarchical Evolution with an Artificial Protocell Barry McMullin
Tue 13 Oct, 2009 at 02:30 PM Navigating by Stigmergy: A Realization on an RFID Floor for Minimalistic Robots Alessandro Saffiotti
Fri 03 Apr, 2009 at 03:00 PM Working Towards the Automated Design and Manufacture of Self-assembling Systems Navneet Bhalla
Fri 06 Mar, 2009 at 11:00 AM An Evolutionary Approach for the Design of Experiments Matteo Borrotti
Thu 11 Dec, 2008 at 02:30 PM Three examples of Darwinian approaches in science and industry Mark Bedau
Tue 18 Nov, 2008 at 03:30 PM A Model for the Cognitive Map Formation : Application of the Retroaxonal Theory Utku Salihoglu
Mon 03 Nov, 2008 at 02:30 PM The Sum-over-Paths Covariance Kernel : a novel covariance measure between nodes of a graph Mantrach Amin
Mon 20 Oct, 2008 at 02:30 PM Inferring Gene Regulatory Networks from expression data: a computational challenge Francesco Sambo
Fri 17 Oct, 2008 at 02:30 PM Social Learning: Potential Mechanisms Compared in a Simple Environment Jason Noble
Thu 25 Sep, 2008 at 10:30 AM Self-Organized Flocking with a Mobile Robot Swarm Ali Emre Turgut
Fri 12 Sep, 2008 at 03:00 PM The problem of Modelling Adaptive Foraging in a Robot Swarm Alan Winfield
Wed 10 Sep, 2008 at 02:30 PM Multisensor Data Fusion for Simultaneous People Tracking and Recognition with a Service Robot Nicola Bellotto
Fri 20 Jun, 2008 at 02:30 PM Dealing with Heterogeneity in Multi-Robot Teams Prof. Lynne Parker
Tue 10 Jun, 2008 at 02:00 PM PlAnts: Planning by ACO Fabio Rossi
Fri 06 Jun, 2008 at 03:00 PM Survival Analysis Methods for Optimisation Algorithm Selection Matteo Gagliolo
Mon 19 May, 2008 at 03:00 PM Optimization of Polymer Extrusion Based Processes Using Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms António Gaspar-Cunha
Fri 25 Apr, 2008 at 03:00 PM Knowledge Transfer in Reinforcement Learning Alessandro Lazaric
Mon 21 Apr, 2008 at 02:00 PM Reconstruction of Ancestral Chromosomes: The Two Parsimonies Eric Tannier
Mon 28 Jan, 2008 at 03:00 PM The Emergence of Specialization Hugues Bersini
Wed 21 Nov, 2007 at 10:00 AM Piezoelectric motors with several degrees-of-freedom: state of the art and applications for Robotics and low cost devices Ramutis Bansevicius
Fri 16 Nov, 2007 at 10:00 AM Evolving artificial neural networks with complex genetic architectures Benjamin Inden
Tue 13 Nov, 2007 at 02:00 PM Bandit Algorithms for Tree Search Remi Munos
Wed 10 Oct, 2007 at 02:00 PM About solving realistic production scheduling problems with metaheuristics Thijs Urlings
Wed 03 Oct, 2007 at 03:00 PM Self-assembling Systems Navneet Bhalla
Wed 26 Sep, 2007 at 02:00 PM Advances in stochastic local search for protein structure prediction Holger H. Hoos
Tue 25 Sep, 2007 at 03:00 PM Biologically inspired robotics: From evolving to self replicating and self repairing machines. Hod Lipson
Tue 18 Sep, 2007 at 02:00 PM Automated configuration of heuristic algorithms Holger H. Hoos
Mon 27 Aug, 2007 at 04:30 PM Reconfigurable Self-Replicating Robotics Framework Abhishek Dutta
Wed 27 Jun, 2007 at 09:30 AM Hidden Grammars for text documents categorization Amin Mantrach
Mon 18 Jun, 2007 at 04:00 PM A physicist's view of blood Jorge M. Pacheco
Mon 18 Jun, 2007 at 02:00 PM Temporal coding mediates spatial computation in the brain Colin Molter
Fri 15 Jun, 2007 at 03:00 PM Affordances as a framework for Robot Control Erol Sahin
Fri 08 Jun, 2007 at 02:30 PM A study on cooperative behaviors of multiagent systems based on a reinforcement learning Takashi Kawakami
Wed 30 May, 2007 at 11:00 AM Self-organisation and Emergence in Multi-Agent Systems Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo
Fri 18 May, 2007 at 02:30 PM Immune-Inspired Adaptive Information Filtering Dr Nikolaos Nanas
Wed 07 Mar, 2007 at 11:00 AM Symmetry-breaking and local search Andrea Roli
Thu 08 Feb, 2007 at 11:00 AM Network-centric Communication and Data Management in Networked Embedded Systems Dr. Falko Dressler
Tue 23 Jan, 2007 at 02:30 PM Synchronization hypothesis on the brain computation: What has been proved and what should be elucidated Yoko YAMAGUCHI
Mon 22 Jan, 2007 at 03:00 PM Introduction to scheduling: Problems, Algorithms and Applications. Ruben Ruiz
Fri 27 Oct, 2006 at 03:00 PM A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems Carlos Gershenson
Fri 22 Sep, 2006 at 04:30 PM What is emergence and are swarm-bots emergent? Hugues Bersini
Wed 20 Sep, 2006 at 02:30 PM Mapping and analyzing interactome networks Marc Vidal
Tue 12 Sep, 2006 at 03:00 PM Computationalism and Greek Theology Bruno Marchal
Thu 07 Sep, 2006 at 03:00 PM A computational model for the two stage hippocampal dynamics Colin Molter
Tue 11 Jul, 2006 at 03:00 PM How to prevent spurious data in a chaotic brain Utku Salihoglu
Thu 29 Jun, 2006 at 03:00 PM Observer Paradigm: A new way to look at a landscape. Christophe Philemotte
Wed 28 Jun, 2006 at 04:00 PM The Game of Go: a challenge for Artificial Intelligence Francois-Xavier Willems
Fri 23 Jun, 2006 at 03:00 PM Investigating the Runtime of ACO: Application Views and Analytical Tools Walter Gutjahr
Thu 22 Jun, 2006 at 11:00 AM Behaviour as a Complex Adaptive System: Coordinated Behaviours and the Emergence of Simple Communication Forms Stefano Nolfi
Fri 26 May, 2006 at 04:00 PM A primal-dual tabu search for the set covering problem Marco Caserta
Fri 19 May, 2006 at 11:00 AM Robust Detection of 3D Scene Horizontal and Vertical Lines in Conical Catadioptric Sensors Carlo Pinciroli
Fri 24 Mar, 2006 at 03:00 PM Building Rule-Based Classifiers with Ant Colony Optimization David Martens
Thu 26 Jan, 2006 at 02:30 PM A Formal Approach to the Comparison of Control Algorithms for Swarm Robotics Marcello Cirillo
Tue 10 Jan, 2006 at 02:30 PM An Engineering Approach to Shape-Space - Making the Most of Artificial Immune Systems Emma Hart
Fri 09 Dec, 2005 at 10:00 AM An introduction to constraint programming (for metaheuristic-minded researchers) -- Part 2 Andrea Roli
Thu 08 Dec, 2005 at 04:00 PM Integrating microarray data from thyroid tumours and from their in vitro models. David Weiss
Thu 08 Dec, 2005 at 10:00 AM An introduction to constraint programming (for metaheuristic-minded researchers) -- Part 1 Andrea Roli
Wed 09 Nov, 2005 at 11:00 AM The Problem of Railroad Yards Operational Planning Jodelson A. Sabino
Thu 27 Oct, 2005 at 03:00 PM Distances on graphs, and the exploration/exploitation trade-off in reinforcement learning Marco Saerens
Mon 24 Oct, 2005 at 03:00 PM The relevance of tuning the parameters of metaheuristics Paola Pellegrini
Fri 21 Oct, 2005 at 03:00 PM Theoretical computer science and the natural sciences Bruno Marchal
Thu 20 Oct, 2005 at 03:00 PM Motion Control for Undulatory Robots Dimitris P. Tsakiris
Wed 19 Oct, 2005 at 10:00 AM Learning to grasp using vision Angel P. del Pobil
Fri 14 Oct, 2005 at 04:30 PM Evolving Genetic Observers improves Simple Genetic Algorithm Christophe Philemotte
Fri 07 Oct, 2005 at 04:00 PM Simulating Lipid Membranes: Self-Assembly, Self-Repair, and Self-Reproduction Tim Hutton
Thu 06 Oct, 2005 at 03:00 PM Exactness as Heuristic Structure in Combinatorial Optimization Problems Stephen Gilmour
Fri 20 May, 2005 at 02:30 PM Modeling phase transitions in the cortex using neuropercolation approach Robert Kozma
Tue 19 Apr, 2005 at 02:30 PM Sensory-motor Coordination in Gaze Control G. de Croon
Fri 15 Apr, 2005 at 03:00 PM An adaptive modular approach to the mining of sensor network data Y. Le Borgne
Thu 27 Jan, 2005 at 12:00 PM An Overview of Some Applied Research Projects in Robotics at the Mechanical Engineering Department of Politecnico di Milano Federico Vicentini
Thu 27 Jan, 2005 at 03:00 PM Transition models as an incremental approach to problem solving Anne Defaweux
Wed 26 Jan, 2005 at 11:00 AM An overview on Parallel Computing and Message Passing Max Manfrin
Fri 17 Dec, 2004 at 03:00 PM What do we need for a multi-robot system? Integrated design: from hardware to "intelligence" Andrea Bonarini
Mon 29 Nov, 2004 at 10:00 AM Introductory course on Stochastic Local Search Thomas Stuetzle
Fri 26 Nov, 2004 at 10:00 AM The role of the network of contacts in the evolution of cooperation Francisco C. Santos
Tue 06 Jul, 2004 at 03:00 PM From Autopoiesis to Enaction: The Chilean School of "Biology of Cognition" Marjorie Luzet
Thu 24 Jun, 2004 at 03:30 PM The SWARM-BOTS project Vito Trianni
Thu 24 Jun, 2004 at 03:00 PM Evolving Functional Seld-Assembling in a Swarm of Autonomous Robots Vito Trianni
Thu 27 May, 2004 at 03:00 PM Evolution of morphology and control of a bipedal walking device Steffen Wischmann
Thu 29 Apr, 2004 at 10:00 AM Xserve and Cluster Computing Apple Belgium
Mon 26 Apr, 2004 at 02:30 PM Ant Colony System for variants of TSP and VRP with time windows Paola Pellegrini
Fri 16 Apr, 2004 at 03:00 PM The Origin of the Physical Laws and Sensations Bruno Marchal
Fri 06 Feb, 2004 at 02:30 PM KOVAN: An overview of research activities Dr. Erol Sahin
Thu 29 Jan, 2004 at 03:00 PM Perceptual Anchoring -- a key concept for embedded cognitive systems Alessandro Saffiotti
Thu 22 Jan, 2004 at 03:00 PM Analysis and Simulation of Intrademic Multilevel Selection Tom Lenaerts, Ph.D
Mon 19 Jan, 2004 at 03:30 PM Efficiency and Task Allocation in Prey Retrieval Thomas Halva Labella
Thu 15 Jan, 2004 at 03:00 PM Emergence of an efficient way to observe and evolve cellular automata Hugues Bersini
Tue 13 Jan, 2004 at 03:00 PM Speeding Up Evolution Jens Ziegler
Tue 13 Jan, 2004 at 02:15 PM A Behavior-based Control Architecture with Reinforcement Learning for an Autonomous Robot Marc Carreras
Thu 08 Jan, 2004 at 05:00 PM The Isaac Project: developing of a humanoid robot. Davide Faconti
Mon 15 Dec, 2003 at 03:00 PM Data transfer optimization through algorithm of memory-architecture prediction Fabio Tonti
Fri 05 Dec, 2003 at 02:00 PM Emergence of Uptake Signals in Bacterial DNA Dominique Chu
Thu 27 Nov, 2003 at 03:00 PM Hardness prediction for a MMAS on the UCTP Philipp Kostuch
Fri 21 Nov, 2003 at 03:00 PM Problem Structure and Search: Empirical Results and Open Questions Andrea Roli
Thu 20 Nov, 2003 at 03:00 PM F-Race: Application and extensions for iterated local search and scheduling. Matthijs den Besten
Thu 13 Nov, 2003 at 02:30 PM Evolved Neurodynamics, Embodied Cognition and the Control of Autonomous Robots Frank Pasemann
Thu 06 Nov, 2003 at 03:00 PM An exploration on the evolution of learning behaviour using robot based models Elio Tuci
Mon 03 Nov, 2003 at 03:00 PM Keeping the Ants Critical: A Fresh Look at Diversity Control Dr. Bernd Meyer
Thu 23 Oct, 2003 at 03:00 PM Evolving a Cooperative Transport Behavior for Two Simple Robots Roderich Gross
Mon 06 Oct, 2003 at 03:00 PM When Can we Call a System Self-organizing? Carlos Gershenson
Mon 29 Sep, 2003 at 04:00 PM (No) Free Lunch Theorems for Multiobjective Optimization Joshua D. Knowles
Tue 16 Sep, 2003 at 03:00 PM Prediction of Epileptic Seizures from EEG Recordings Using Nonlinear Analysis Techniques Christos Ampatzis
Wed 10 Sep, 2003 at 03:00 PM Evolving Aggregation Behaviors in a Swarm of Robots Vito Trianni
Wed 30 Jul, 2003 at 03:00 PM When ants teach robots how to build bridges Forest Jason
Tue 29 Jul, 2003 at 03:30 PM Visual Cronos - Design and implementation of a course scheduling system using tabu search Daniele Catanzaro
Mon 23 Jun, 2003 at 03:00 PM Tailoring Local Search based Heuristics for the Robust Internet Protocol Network Design Problem with Max-Hop Constraints Luigi De Giovanni
Mon 09 Jun, 2003 at 03:00 PM Graph Planarization: Modeling and Solving. Ibrahim H. Osman
Fri 06 Jun, 2003 at 03:00 PM Decision and Optimization problems in networks: Stability and Disjoint Paths Maria J. Blesa
Mon 25 Nov, 2002 at 02:00 PM Self-Assembly of DNA-like structures In-Silico Max Garzon
Thu 21 Nov, 2002 at 03:00 PM Visualizing Internet-Queries using Ant-based Clustering Julia Handl
Tue 15 Oct, 2002 at 05:00 PM Emergent Design of Analogue Circuits Using Reconfigurable PALMO Cells Morgan Tamplin
Thu 26 Sep, 2002 at 03:00 PM Application of local learning based algorithms for real time estimation of power transformer loading capability Alfredo Vaccaro
Tue 16 Jul, 2002 at 03:00 PM Probabilistic models in artificial intelligence. An epistemological analysis Carlotta Piscopo
Tue 16 Jul, 2002 at 02:30 PM Computing with Cellular Automata Mathieu Capcarrere
Mon 08 Jul, 2002 at 02:30 PM Can we use discrete dynamical systems to model robust biological phenomena? Nazim Fates
Fri 28 Jun, 2002 at 11:00 AM Ant Colony Optimisation and Aggressive Local Search for Bin Packing and Cutting Stock Problems Frederick Ducatelle
Thu 23 May, 2002 at 03:00 PM Metaheuristics for GPS Surveying Network Design Hussain Aziz Saleh
Wed 15 May, 2002 at 02:00 PM Parallel Universes for the Dummies Bruno Marchal
Thu 02 May, 2002 at 03:00 PM On Metrics for Comparing Non-Dominated Sets Joshua D. Knowles
Thu 25 Apr, 2002 at 03:00 PM Scheduling Problems: Model, Algorithms and Applications Marco Pranzo
Tue 23 Apr, 2002 at 03:00 PM The Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem, an ant colony approach Leonora Bianchi