In the beginning of October this year we had a very fruitful two-day meeting to discuss HEAL strategy and related organizational topics. All members of HEAL joined in and we had a great workshop! As you can see in the group photo below, we are already a sizeable group...

We're sorry to hear that the inventor of the genetic algorithm, John H. Holland, has passed away at 86. He was a pioneer in the study of complex adaptive systems and an inspirational source for many researchers including our research group. The importance of his work cannot be emphasized enough and it will certainly continue to influence generations of researchers that are yet to come.

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This December Dr. Brian Goldman, a Researcher of BEACON, an NSF Center for the Study of Evolution in Action which is headquartered at the MSU (Michigan State University), joined the HeuristicLab Team for a few days.