Dan Mead on 5 Feb 2010 14:06:47 -0800


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Re: Proposal for a talk


I've head alot about this project. It would be good material for a talk.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Kyle R. Burton <kyle.burton@gmail.com> wrote:
> For more information (to see if there is interest, and for potential
> feedback) I started a more fleshed outline here:
>
>  http://github.com/kyleburton/intro-to-genetic-algorithms
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Chris Conley <chris.m.conley@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah me too. That'd be great.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Steve Eichert <steve.eichert@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'd definitely be interested!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Kyle R. Burton <kyle.burton@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Paul (Santa Clara) and I implemented a simple Genetic Algorithm
>>>> framework primarily to learn more about GA/GP.  Paul had never done
>>>> anything with it before and I had played around with it in the past.
>>>>
>>>> What we did was based on what I'd done before, we ported the code from
>>>> JScheme to Clojure.  The problem isn't really a great example for
>>>> applying GA to, but it is easy to understand and see how to GA works -
>>>> I think it's a good pedagogical example.
>>>>
>>>> What I was wondering is if there was interest in me giving an 'Intro
>>>> to GA' talk using our example as a guide.
>>>>
>>>> The outline might be something like:
>>>>
>>>>  - What is GA in 60s
>>>>  - Where did it come from?
>>>>  - What have some people done with it? / what's so great about it
>>>>  - Ok then, how do you do it?
>>>>  - Walk through the example
>>>>  - Share some of my observations about GA
>>>>    - aspects to watch out for when implementing
>>>>    - when not to use it
>>>>    - further ideas?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What does the group think?  I think I could have something ready in
>>>> 3-4wks if there is interest.
>>>>
>>>> Kyle
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The sample code is here:  http://github.com/psantacl/ga-sandbox
>>>>
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