The 'B' in BNF. A brilliant pioneer who fundamentally shaped how we define programming languages. 👇🏻

A huge honor for us in Málaga today! We are delighted to host Roman Šenkeřík, who is delivering a captivating talk on LLM-driven automated algorithm discovery. A fantastic full house turnout! #AI #LLMs

Attended the Workdays on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain last week: enlightening, fruitful, and a great chance to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Grateful to the Ministry of Defense of Spain 🇪🇸 for organizing it. #ResponsibleAI

"AI models are evolving rapidly. If the scientific community fails to fully understand their motivations and drives, it will be impossible to guarantee their safety and control." es.wired.com/articulos/la... #ai #safeai #friendlyai #FAI

"In the future, the skill will be deciding which AI should do the trading for you." www.criptonoticias.com/mercados/int...

Cotta, C., Mathieson, L., Moscato, P. (2025). Memetic Algorithms. In: Martí, R., Pardalos, P.M., Resende, M.G. (eds) Handbook of Heuristics. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-032-00385-0_29 doi.org/10.1007/978-...

The Bio4Res crew was totally there for GECCO 2025! 🙌 #GECCO2025 #Bio4Res caesium.lcc.uma.es/Bio4Res/bio4...

So proud of all #GECCO2025 organizers, supporters and volunteers. Your dedication and hard work were key to the success of the conference. Thank you very much.

It's been an amazing week at #GECCO2025 🦎! We're so grateful to everyone who participated and contributed to the vibrant exchange of ideas. We hope you enjoyed the sessions and made valuable connections. Wishing you all safe travels, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!

Our keynote speaker today at #GECCO2025 🦎 is Amparo Alonso, who is talking about sustainable AI.

GECCO 2025 is officially open! 🎉 Kicking things off with @bogdanf.bsky.social, our General Chair, welcoming an amazing community of researchers in evolutionary computation 🧬. #GECCO2025 🦎

GECCO 2025 🦎 officially kicks off tomorrow, right here in Málaga, Spain! We're incredibly excited to welcome all of you for a week packed with groundbreaking research, insightful discussions, and fantastic networking opportunities in evolutionary computation.

Now, at the keynote on benchmarking iterative optimization heuristics by @caroladoerr.bsky.social #MAEB2025

I just presented our #Bio4Res work on the compiler impact on the energy consumption of EAs at the #MAEB2025 conference.

The submission deadline for the upcoming ERCIM News issue dedicated to Swarm Computing is fast approaching! Don't miss this great opportunity to showcase your cutting-edge research to a wider audience.

Want to highlight your #SwarmComputing research? The next issue of ERCIM News will focus on it! Submit your work and gain visibility. More information and submission guidelines: ercim-news.ercim.eu/call

Registration for #GECCO2025 is open. Early bird gets the worm!

It was my pleasure to invite the participants of #Evostar2025 to join us at #GECCO2025 in Malaga this summer.

I just presented our work on hysteretic energy consumption in evolutionary algorithms at the EvoStar conference. Great attendance and many interesting questions! The paper is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-... @caesium-research.bsky.social #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms, EvoApplications 2025, LNCS 15613, pp. 227-239, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2025, doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

The KISS principle in a nutshell.

Now, at the talk on social simulation based on agents that Juan Pavón, from UCM, is delivering in the ETSI Informática of @univmalaga.bsky.social, as a part of our Master program on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Fascinating stuff!

#GECCO2025 will award $10,000 in total for human-competitive results produced by Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. Deadline for competition entries is 30 May 2025. See the call gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Humies

A conversation between Richard Dawkins and ChatGPT about AI and conscience. richarddawkins.substack.com/p/are-you-co... An enjoyable piece. Roger Penrose, it’s your turn!

Our paper "Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide" is now available with open access in @springer1842.bsky.social TOP journal. Check it out at doi.org/10.1007/s117... #Bio4Res #ResearchPaper

F. Glover, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An overview of Meta-Analytics: The Promise of Unifying Meta-heuristics and Analytics, New Ideas in Business and Customer Analytics, de Vries and Moscato (eds.), pp. 693-702, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

P. Moscato, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms, Handbook of Metaheuristics, M. Gendreau, J.-Y. Potvin (eds.), pp. 275-309, Springer, 2019 #ResearchPaper doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Eva Jablonka on #EvolutionEvolving @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... @eesupdate.bsky.social @kevinlala.bsky.social #evolution #evobio #philbio #philsky

The #GECCO submission deadline is approaching (Jan 29, abstracts: Jan 22). This year I am chairing the Benchmarking, Benchmarks, Software, and Reproducibility (BBSR) track with Mike Preuss from @unileiden.bsky.social Find our CfP here: gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Tracks#BBSR%... #EvolutionaryComputation

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Energy Consumption Analysis of Batch Runs of Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '24 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 87-88, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3638... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

"The hype surrounding artificial intelligence has created misconceptions that may lead to missed opportunities." cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/ai-...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Optimization-Driven Workplace Evacuation using Evolutionary Algorithms and Derivative-Free Methods, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence, pp. 86-91, ACM, Singapore, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3665... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

I got a mention there 😊 www.diariosur.es/universidad/...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Tackling Adversarial Faults in Panmictic Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '23 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 59-60, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023 doi.org/10.1145/3583... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

Seven misconceptions about AI that may lead to missed opportunities. cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/ai-...

F. Colomine, C. Cotta, A.J. Fernández-Leiva, Epoch-Based Application of Problem-Aware Operators in a Multiobjective Memetic Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization, EvoApplications 2023, LNCS 13989:210-222, Springer, Cham doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

When it comes to AI matters, maybe we should go for "Red Dwarf predicted it" rather than "The Simpsons predicted it." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMIH...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Navigating the Aisles: Evolutionary Algorithms for Supermarket Evacuation Planning, GECCO '24 Companion, pp. 89-90, ACM, New York, NY, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3638... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

“The main difference we can see is the comparative quickness with which the EU has released a uniform regulation to govern the use of all types of AI.” Wow, the EU leading the pack in putting out regulation? What a shocker! www.artificialintelligence-news.com/news/ai-gove...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Enhancing Evolutionary Optimization Performance under Byzantine Fault Conditions, Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. HAIS 2023, García Bringas, P. et al. (eds.), pp. 341–351, LNCS 14001, Springer, Cham, 2023 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

This piece is from Aug 23, but most certainly worth a read. 👇 www.quantamagazine.org/complexity-t...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, G. Olague @gustavo-olague.bsky.social, Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective, Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2022, LNCS 13224, pp. 619-631, Springer, Cham, 2022 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

This has been a really impactful year in CS: the fith beaver was found, large-scale quantum computers may be on their way, and seed AI might not be that unrealistic in the near future after all (at least, that's my optimistic view). Exciting times ahead! www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-...

D. Rodríguez Rueda, C. Cotta, A.J. Fernández Leiva, Metaheuristics for the Template Design Problem: Encoding, Symmetry and Hybridisation, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 32(2):559–578, 2021 doi.org/10.1007/s108... #ResearchPaper

The 19th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, #PPSN2026, will be hosted by the University of Trento, Italy, as decided by the Steering Committee today.

A Spanish saying warns: "A shrimp that falls asleep gets carried away by the current". In academia, this captures the constant pressure to deliver results. Yet, groundbreaking ideas often require embracing reflection and resisting the urge for immediacy. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

D. Bueno, C. Cotta, J.E. Gallardo, Using an Agent-Based Cellular Automaton for Emergency Evacuation Simulation, Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, P. Mathieu and F. De la Prieta (eds.), pp. 324-329, LNCS 15157, Springer, 2024 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

Regarding the question of whether LLMs are merely glorified stochastic parrots: "The training of LLMs is a compression process that creates new connections between pieces of information, connections that were not explicitly present in the original data." www.johndcook.com/blog/2024/12...

C. Cotta, J.E. Gallardo, Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Emergency Exit Placement in Indoor Environments, Applications of Evolutionary Computing-EvoApplications 2024, S. Smith, J. Correia, C. Cintrano (eds.), LNCS 14634, pp. 194-208, Springer, 2024 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

Are you working on Explainable Artificial Intelligence or interested in the topic? Don't miss this workshop taking place this July in Málaga, as part of GECCO 2025! 👇 ecxai.github.io/ecxai/worksh...