David B. Fogel
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Dr. David B. Fogel is a pioneer in evolutionary computation
. Dr. Fogel received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, San Diego
in 1992. He is currently CEO of Natural Selection, Inc. He is probably best known for his research project, Blondie24
, in which a machine evolved itself into an expert checkers player. Dr. Fogel was the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
, and general chairman for the 2002 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. He is currently editor-in-chief of BioSystems.
Dr. Fogel is a Fellow of the IEEE, and received the 2004 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
. He is the author of six books and over 200 publications in evolutionary computing and neural networks. Dr. Fogel was president of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
in 2008-2009.
Evolutionary computation
In computer science, evolutionary computation is a subfield of artificial intelligence that involves combinatorial optimization problems....
. Dr. Fogel received his Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
in 1992. He is currently CEO of Natural Selection, Inc. He is probably best known for his research project, Blondie24
Blondie24
Blondie24 is an artificial intelligence checkers-playing computer program. The program was named after the screen name used by a team led by David B. Fogel to determine the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence checkers-playing computer program....
, in which a machine evolved itself into an expert checkers player. Dr. Fogel was the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
The IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation is a bimonthly journal published by the Computational Intelligence Society of the IEEE Computer Society. It contains peer-reviewed articles and other contributions in the area of evolutionary computation and natural computation...
, and general chairman for the 2002 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence. He is currently editor-in-chief of BioSystems.
Dr. Fogel is a Fellow of the IEEE, and received the 2004 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
The IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award is a Technical Field Award established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2001. It is presented for outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications....
. He is the author of six books and over 200 publications in evolutionary computing and neural networks. Dr. Fogel was president of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society is a professional society of the IEEE that focuses on the "theory, design, application, and development of biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms".- History :...
in 2008-2009.