Below you can see the schedule for winter semester 2020/21. The linked lecture materials come from previous runs of the course, and they can (and probably will) be updated during the actual semester. The order of lectures can change.
Lecturer:
The order and contents of the lectures can change, including the competencies!
Competencies you should get after each lecture.
| datum | č.t. | S/L | Lecturer | Contents | Materials | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.09. | 1. | S | PP | Optimization. Local search and evolutionary algorithms. | Slides. To print. | Chapters 1, 2, intro of 3 and 3.2 from [Luke2009] |
| PP | Lecture in the exercise time slot: Successful applications of EAs. | applications_of_eas_-_2019.pptx, applications_of_eas_-_2019.pdf | ||||
| 27.09. | 2. | L | PP | Discrete EAa. Binary representation, permutations. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20210929.) MTSP video | Chapters 3.2, 3.3, 4.1 from [Luke2009]. |
| 04.10. | 3. | S | PP | EAs with real representation. | Slides. To print. | Chapters 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 9.2.3 from [Luke2009]. |
| 11.10. | 4. | L | PP | EA with real representation (part 2). Other types of metaheuristics: PSO. ACO. | Slides. To print. | Chapters 3.4, 3.5 and 8 (esp. 8.3) from [Luke2009]. |
| 18.10. | 5. | S | PP | No Free Lunch. Comparing performance of EAs. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211018.) | Chapter 11 from [Luke2009], esp. 11.1 - 11.2. |
| 25.10. | 6. | L | PP | Multiobjective optimization. Dominance, Pareto optimality. NSGAII, SPEA2. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211025.) Examples of real applications | Chapter 7 from [Luke2009]. |
| 01.11. | 7. | S | PP | Constraints. Penalization, stochastic ranking, multiobjective approach. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211130.) a0m33eoa_constrainthandling.pdf | |
| 08.11. | 8. | L | PP | Genetic programming. Basic principles and applications. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211108.) | Chapters 3.3.3, 4.3 from [Luke2009]. |
| 15.11. | 9. | S | PP | Grammatical evolution, Cartesian GP. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211115.) | |
| 22.11. | 10. | L | PP | Estimation of Distribution Algorithms. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211122.) | Chapter 9 from [Luke2009]. |
| 29.11. | 11. | S | PP | Parallel EAs, coevolution. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211129) | Chapters 5 and 6 from [Luke2009]. |
| 06.12. | 12. | L | PP | Parameters of EAs: tuning and adaptation. | Slides. To print. (Updated 20211206.) | |
| 13.12. | 13. | S | PP | Bonus: Quality-Diversity Optimization | GECCO 2021 QD Tutorial + slides (access from FEL or via FEL VPN). Alternative: ICML 2019 Tutorial | |
| 03.01. | 15. | L | PP | Presentations of semestral tasks. |