Frontiers in Evolutionary Computation: A Workshop Report
This is an incremental report aimed at researchers in AI and evolutionary computation, focusing on interdisciplinary insights without presenting new methods or results.
The report summarizes a workshop on evolutionary computation that brought together computer scientists and biologists to discuss insights on evolution and future research directions, identifying key themes and frontiers.
In July of 2021, the Santa Fe Institute hosted a workshop on evolutionary computation as part of its Foundations of Intelligence in Natural and Artificial Systems project. This project seeks to advance the field of artificial intelligence by promoting interdisciplinary research on the nature of intelligence. The workshop brought together computer scientists and biologists to share their insights about the nature of evolution and the future of evolutionary computation. In this report, we summarize each of the talks and the subsequent discussions. We also draw out a number of key themes and identify important frontiers for future research.