I wish I had the wherewithal to write a clever and insightful blog post about something in my Categories list that isn’t “life” but at the moment, life overwhelms any attempts at being thoughtful about those things. Everything is about complexity, but not in the way that I’ve studied. The home buying process […]
Instead of Something Clever and Insightful…
Adaptive Systems, To Be Continued
John Holland wrapped up our course, Introduction to Adaptive Systems, with a question answering session for the class. Along with the narrative of his impressive career as the Father of Genetic Algorithms, he related promising areas for research in adaptive systems and then spent a few minutes talking about consciousness.
I’m so glad that I […]
Adaptive Systems Research Proposal
The primary assignment for EECS 594, Intro to Adaptive Systems, is to present a research proposal that uses adaptive systems to investigate an issue of interest in your field, and critique the proposals of the other students. Dr. Holland says, wisely, that this is good preparation for academia, where much time is spent in […]