Apologies for Multiple posts.
Below is the advert for a short but
intensive 5-day course we'll be
organising in Sept, 2003 titled Problem
Solving using Evo Comp. All who are
interested can contact me for more
details.
Thanks,
Vibhu
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Problem
Solving using Evolutionary
Computation
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An Intensive 5-Day
Course
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The Centre of Excellence for Research in
Computational Intelligence and
Applications (CERCIA) is organising an
intensive 5-Day course from Monday,
22nd of September to Friday, 26th of
September, 2003 titled Problem Solving
using Evolutionary Computation.
Evolutionary Computation is an established
computational technique that is
inspired by the process of evolution in
nature. It has several real-world
applications in optimisation, engineering
design and the creative arts and is
one of the most promising computing
technologies today.
CERCIA was
recently set up to exploit Computational Intelligence (CI)
techniques for
industry, business and government organisations by
capitalising on the
world-class research in CI in the School of Computer
Science at the
University of Birmingham. Computational Intelligence is the
study of
computational systems that adapt and learn by interacting with
their
environments without using explicit human knowledge and have
diverse
applications in a wide range of fields from engineering
and
telecommunications to finance, economics and the social sciences.
CERCIA
organises short courses which are taught by experts in their
respective
fields and are designed to either introduce or impart advanced
knowledge in
the field of CI to students and industry. We stress practical
applications
of these techniques so that these can be used to solve complex
practical
problems which are difficult to solve using conventional
methods.
Course Details
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This course does not
assume any previous knowledge in the field of
Evolutionary Computation. Some
programming experience in an object oriented
programming language (like JAVA)
is recommended but not necessary. The
course begins with a thorough
introduction to the field of Evolutionary
Computation (EC) and on each
subsequent day covers one application area of
the technique. The course
format places great emphasis on learning-by-doing
and on each day lecture
sessions are followed by tutored lab session in
which the student solves
practical problems using EC techniques covered
earlier in the day. We
strongly feel that on completion of this course the
student will be able to
apply EC techniques to practical problems. For a
detailed time-table of the
course please .
The cost of the course is £650 (this includes Lunch and
Coffee). Several
full and partial scholarships are available. For more
details about the
course you can visit the CERCIA website (
http://www.cercia.ac.uk) and
download the
Course Flyer (
http://www.cercia.ac.uk/courses/Courseflyer.PDF)
and
Complete Timetable
(
http://www.cercia.ac.uk/courses/CourseTimeTable.PDF).
To register or get
more details about the course please contact me via email
or phone.
For more details about the course please contact:
Vibhu
Walia
Centre Manager, CERCIA, School of Computer Science
University of
Birmingham, Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT,
Tel: +44 (0) 121 414 2215. Fax:
+44 (0) 121 414 2799.
Email:V.Walia@cercia.ac.uk.
URL:
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