Evolutionary Computation Digest — Monday, 10 July 2017, Volume 31: Issue 7 extra SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=EC-DIGEST-L (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom of this email ******************************************************************************** Editor's note: The following announcement is time-sensitive, so we've opted to send it out between the normal July and August issues of the EC-Digest. ******************************************************************************** Sender: Sean Luke <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ECJ Simultaneous Versions 24 and 25, and a plea for help I don't normally post ECJ version updates to GP or EC-DIGEST, but this one matters. I will be attending GECCO and would appreciate it if some of you might consider joining ECJ's "power user" board -- even if you're not a regular ECJ user but would like to have some say in its future directions. We might have a short informal meeting at GECCO. Please send me email. GMU has received a 3-year NSF grant to make ECJ a broad-based, common metaheuristics tool which is both easier to use and still high-performance. So we've begun making significant changes to ECJ. ECJ version *25* includes NEAT, a the start of a string of EDAs (CMA-ES, DOvS for the moment), and a dedicated single-state (HC, simulated annealing, etc.) package. We'll be making MANY more improvements beyond this so get ready. ECJ version *24* is our last legacy ECJ version prior to the major changes. ******************************************************************************** (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: - Send submissions (articles) to [log in to unmask] DO NOT send submissions to the [log in to unmask] address. - To subscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: subscribe ec-digest-l <Your Name (up to 4 words)> - To unsubscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: unsubscribe ec-digest-l - To change your email address, simply unsubscribe the old address and subscribe the new one. - Send other administrative requests to [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************** End of Evolutionary Computation Digest ********************************************************************************