Lectures

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:

PP: Petr Pošík

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.