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== Agenda (Subject to Change) ==


'''organized by Stephanie Forrest (ASU; SFI), Risto Miikkulainen (U. Texas), Melanie Mitchell (SFI), Melanie Moses (UNM; SFI), and Tyler Millhouse (SFI)'''<br>
'''All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Each speaker slot includes a 30-minute talk followed by 20 minutes of discussion, followed by a 10-minute break.'''
'''July 21-23, 2021'''<br>
 
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   <td align=center><b>Wednesday, July 21</b> <br> Session chair: TBD</td>
   <td align=center><b>Wednesday, July 21</b> <br> Session chair: Tyler Millhouse</td>
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   <td>8:30 - 9:00 AM</td>
   <td>9:00 - 9:30 AM</td>
   <td> Stephanie Forrest (Arizona State U.; SFI) and Risto Miikkulainen (U. Texas)</td>
   <td> Stephanie Forrest and Risto Miikkulainen</td>
   <td>Welcome</td>
   <td>Welcome and Introduction</td>
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  <td>9:30 - 10:20 AM</td>
  <td> Rod Brooks</td>
  <td>Does Computation Make Us Blind to Essentials of Biological Evolution?</td>
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  <td>10:30 - 11:20 AM</td>
  <td> Steve Frank </td>
  <td>The Evolutionary Paradox of Robustness, Genome Overwiring, and Analogies with Deep Learning</td>
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   <td>9:00 - 9:50 AM</td>
   <td>11:30 - 12:20 AM</td>
   <td> Rod Brooks (Robust AI) </td>
   <td> Ken Stanley </td>
   <td>TBD</td>
   <td>Open-Endedness, Quality Diversity, Deep Learning, and the Future of Evolutionary Computation</td>
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   <td>10:00 - 10:50 AM</td>
   <td>12:30 - 1:00 PM</td>
   <td> Steve Frank (U. C. Irvine</td>
   <td>Dave Ackley, Discussant</td>
   <td>TBD</td>
   <td>Response and Group Discussion</td>
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   <td align=center><b>Thursday, July 22</b><br> Session chair: TBD</td>
   <td align=center><b>Thursday, July 22</b><br> Session chair: Stephanie Forrest</td>
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   <td> 9:00 - 9:50 AM</td>
   <td> 9:00 - 9:50 AM</td>
   <td> Josh Bongard (U. Vermont) </td>
   <td> Josh Bongard </td>
   <td> TBD </td>
   <td> Evol2sim2real: Embodying the Products of Evolutionary Computation </td>
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   <td>10:00 - 10:50 AM</td>
   <td>10:00 - 10:50 AM</td>
   <td> Mike Lynch (Arizona State U.)</td>
   <td> Mike Lynch </td>
   <td>TBD</td>
   <td>Evolutionary Biology and Random Drift</td>
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   <td>11:00 - 11:50 AM</td>
   <td>11:00 - 11:50 AM</td>
   <td>Darrell Whitley (Colorado State U.)</td>
   <td>Darrell Whitley </td>
   <td>TBA</td>
   <td>Simulated Evolution on Static Functions with Bounded Nonlinearity</td>
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  <td>12:00 - 12:30 PM</td>
  <td>Michael Hochberg, Discussant</td>
  <td>Response and Group Discussion</td>
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   <td align=center><b>Friday, July 23</b><br> Session chair: TBD</td>
   <td align=center><b>Friday, July 23</b><br> Session chair: Risto Miikkulainen</td>
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   <td>9:00 - 9:50 AM</td>
   <td>9:00 - 9:50 AM</td>
   <td> David Ha (Google Brain)</td>
   <td> David Ha </td>
   <td>TBD</td>
   <td>World Models and Attention for Reinforcement Learning</td>
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   <td>10:00 - 10:50 AM</td>
   <td>10:00 - 10:50 AM</td>
   <td> Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv University)</td>
   <td> David Krakauer </td>
   <td>TBD</td>
   <td>TBD</td>
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   <td>11:00 - 11:50 AM</td>
   <td>11:00 - 11:50 AM</td>
   <td> Una-May O'Reilly (MIT) </td>
   <td> Una-May O'Reilly </td>
   <td>TBA</td>
   <td>Using Coevolutionary Algorithms to Study Adversarial Behavior</td>
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  <td>12:00 - 12:30 PM</td>
  <td>Aleksandra Faust, Discussant</td>
  <td>Response and Group Discussion</td>
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  <td>12:30 - 1:00 PM</td>
  <td>All</td>
  <td>Wrap-Up Discussion</td>
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 26 July 2021

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Agenda (Subject to Change)

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). Each speaker slot includes a 30-minute talk followed by 20 minutes of discussion, followed by a 10-minute break.

TIME SPEAKER TITLE

Wednesday, July 21
Session chair: Tyler Millhouse

9:00 - 9:30 AM Stephanie Forrest and Risto Miikkulainen Welcome and Introduction
9:30 - 10:20 AM Rod Brooks Does Computation Make Us Blind to Essentials of Biological Evolution?
10:30 - 11:20 AM Steve Frank The Evolutionary Paradox of Robustness, Genome Overwiring, and Analogies with Deep Learning
11:30 - 12:20 AM Ken Stanley Open-Endedness, Quality Diversity, Deep Learning, and the Future of Evolutionary Computation
12:30 - 1:00 PM Dave Ackley, Discussant Response and Group Discussion

Thursday, July 22
Session chair: Stephanie Forrest

9:00 - 9:50 AM Josh Bongard Evol2sim2real: Embodying the Products of Evolutionary Computation
10:00 - 10:50 AM Mike Lynch Evolutionary Biology and Random Drift
11:00 - 11:50 AM Darrell Whitley Simulated Evolution on Static Functions with Bounded Nonlinearity
12:00 - 12:30 PM Michael Hochberg, Discussant Response and Group Discussion

Friday, July 23
Session chair: Risto Miikkulainen

9:00 - 9:50 AM David Ha World Models and Attention for Reinforcement Learning
10:00 - 10:50 AM David Krakauer TBD
11:00 - 11:50 AM Una-May O'Reilly Using Coevolutionary Algorithms to Study Adversarial Behavior
12:00 - 12:30 PM Aleksandra Faust, Discussant Response and Group Discussion
12:30 - 1:00 PM All Wrap-Up Discussion