Personal bits around AI, Programming and other things I might find interesting
Just came across the following blog post/essay which I found very nice to read: Tyranny of the Power Law (and Why We Should Become Eclectic) “(…) However, as a normative or prescriptive approach to how things shouldwork, I believe that the gaining popularity of the power law holds some dangers as well as benefits. After all, should we … Continue reading The “Tyranny of the Power Law” essay
I got accepted my first paper related to the work done in INRIA, at the 10th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature. The event will take place in Dortmund, Germany, from September 13th until the 17th. The interesting fact about PPSN is the conference format. From the website: “all accepted papers will be presented during … Continue reading Paper Accepted at PPSN 2008
The 2nd Natural Computing Research and Applications Group workshop was a success and very interesting. I got the chance to see first hand the work developed at NCRA and I liked it. I found the work of Erik Hemberg on Meta-Grammars & Grammatical Evolution interesting, as well as Sébastien Piccand’s presentation on Optimisation of PSO topology. On a side note, the slides of my talk … Continue reading Talks at NCRA
The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. – Henri Poincaré This is my weblog/homepage dedicated to my research activities. Make yourself at home. :-)
Jorge Tavares Notes 