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Wolfgang Banzhaf

John R Koza Endowed Chair In Genetic Programming

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), College of Engineering

Engineering Bldg, 428 S Shaw Ln Room 3267

Biography

Wolfgang Banzhaf is the John R. Koza Chair for Genetic Programming and a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests are in the field of bio-inspired computing, notably evolutionary computation and complex adaptive systems. Studies of self-organization and the field of artificial life are of interest to him. He recently become more involved with network research ... as it applies to natural and man-made systems.

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Education

Dr.rer.nat (Ph.D.), Department of Physics of the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Diplom in Physik (M.Sc), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich

Awards

2002: "Lehrer Lempel Preis der Studenten" for best undergrad course in term, Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, together with Peter Marwedel

2003: "Lehrer Lempel Preis der Studenten" for best undergrad course in term, Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, together with Peter Marwedel

2007: EvoStar Award for Outstanding Contributions to the field of Evolutionary Computation in Europe

2010: Best paper award, Combinatorial Optimization Track, GECCO 2010, Portland, OR, together with Shelly Wu (first author)

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Publications

Updated list of publications: Visit https://cse.msu.edu/~banzhafw/Publications_new.html