Group Meetings

Eplex meetings include brainstorming, student research presentations/discussions, and paper discussions.

The group meets in HEC room 356 at 5pm on Tuesdays (unless otherwise noted).

Summer 2013

May 1 Organization Meeting
May 21 Antonis ICCC practice talk
May 28 Amy ICCC practice talk
June 4 Justin GECCO practice talk
June 11 No Meeting
June 18 Discuss Response
Jun 25 Greg GECCO practice talk
July 2 Lisa project discussion
July 9 GECCO
July 16 No Meeting 
July 23 No Meeting
July 30 Paul practice or not practice 
August 6 TBD 

Spring 2013

January 9 Organization Meeting (Shifted to 5pm just for today)
January 16 No Meeting (Ken out of town)
January 23 Amy practice proposal
January 30 No Meeting (Ken out of town)
February 6 [Amy may propose this week]
February 13 
February 20 Brainstorming
February 27 Antonios Liapis introduction
March 6 No Meeting (Spring Break)
March 13 Lisa
March 20 Paul
March 27 
April 3 Paper Discussion TBD
April 10 Brainstorming
April 17 Antonios Liapis?
April 24 (Finals)

Fall 2012

August 22 Organaizational Meeting
August 29
September 5 Brainstorming
September 12
September 19
September 26 Amy - AIIDE/MUME practice
October 3
October 10
October 17 Greg
October 24 Paul
October 31
November 7 Justin
November 14 Lisa (cancelled)
November 21 (Thanksgiving this week)
November 26 Lisa (room HEC 356 as usual)
November 28 Andreas
December 5

Summer 2012

June 12 Organaizational Meeting
June 19 Paul - picbreeder app discussion
June 26 Joel - reactivity
July 3 Joel - divergent search
July 10 No meeting - GECCO
July 17 Ken - post-PhD research and employment
(July 18-23 is Alife)
July 24 Greg

Spring 2012

January 19 Organize    NOTE: Room 356 at 5pm
January 26 No Meeting
February 2  Brainstorming: CPGs                NOTE: Room 438
February 9                  NOTE: Room 450 from this date forward
February 16 Ben
February 23 Sebastian Practice Defense
March 1 Paul: MaestroGenesis / Michael Roberts Presentation / Ben's system
March 8 Spring Break
March 15
March 22 (No Meeting)
March 29 Sebastian Defense?
April 5
April 12 David
April 19 Paul: WIN
April 26 Joel Practice Defense
May 25 Brian Practice Defense

Fall 2011

August 30th Organize
September 6 Brainstorming
September 13 David IROS Practice
September 20
September 27 (IROS)
October 4 Joel - art stuff
October 11 Phillip Practice Defense
October 18 No Meeting
October 25 Ben
November 1 No Meeting
November 8 Brainstorming
November 15
November 22 Brian *scheduled late (Thanksgiving Week)
November 29 Amy Practice Proposal?
December 6
December 13

Summer 2011

Practices: Amy (3), Brian, Joel (2), Phillip, Sebastian (2)

May 17 Organize
May 19 (Thursday) 4pm Phillip Practice GECCO talk NOTE SPECIAL DAY
May 24 Joel (CEC) + Ben
May 31 Amy (EMM) + Sebastian (GECCO)
June 2 (Thursday) 4pm Sebastian (invited talk) NOTE SPECIAL DAY
June 7 No meetng
June 14 Brian (GECCO)
June 21 Amy (GECCO + SMC)
June 28 Joel (GECCO)
July 5 No Meeting
July 12 No Meeting (GECCO)
July 19 Brainstorming / Discuss GECCO
July 26 Paul - EPlex-related
August 2
August 9

Spring 2011

January 24 Organize
January 31 No meeting
February 7 Brainstorming
February 14
February 21 Amy
February 28 Joel
March 7 No Meeting : Spring Break
March 14
March 21 David practice defense
March 28 Sebastian (flower)
April 1 (Friday) David D'Ambrosio Dissertation Defense 10am-12pm
April 4
April 11 Kristin
April 18
April 25 (last day of classes)
May 2 Brian practice proposal? (during finals)

Fall 2010

September 7 Organize
September 14 Phillip 
September 21 Paul
September 28 Come to lab in morning (9am) ; 
October 5 Ken SPLASH Practice?
October 12 Jason Defense Practice
October 19 No meeting (out of town)
October 26 Phillip practice proposal
Friday October 29 Jason Gauci Defense HEC 356 10am-12pm
November 2 No meeting
November 9 Sebastian proposal practice
November 16 Brian
November 23
November 30
December 7

Summer 2010

May 25 Organize
June 1
June 8  Paper Discussion http://www.pnas.org/content/102/39/13773.abstract
           Also see: https://www.msu.edu/~jclune/webfiles/publications/Clune-ModularityInHyperNEAT-Gecco2010.pdf
June 15 Joel (2 GECCO talks)
June 22 Sebastian (GECCO)
June 29 No Meeting
July 6 GECCO
July 13 TBD
July 20 Amy
July 27 Sebastian (SAB)
August 3
August 10 No meeting
August 17 Jason and Brian Practice Posters for PPSN

Spring 2010

January 20 Organize; NOTE NON-STANDARD TIME: WEDNESDAY at 4pm in NON-STANDARD ROOM: 450
January 25 No meeting
February 1 Writing Discussion
February 8 Randy
February 15 Brainstorming
February 22 Brian
March 1 Joel - Proposal Practice ?
March 8 No meeting (Spring Break)
March 15
March 22 Phillip
March 29
April 5 Phillip GECCO Practice
April 12
April 19 David - AAMAS Practice
April 26 [Last day of class]

Fall 2009

August 27 Organize
September 3
September 10 No meeting (CIG)
September 17 Joel
September 24 No meeting (Ev. Bio.)
October 1 Brainstorming
October 8
October 15 No meeting (IROS/AIIDE)
October 22 Andrea
October 29 No meeting (DARPA)
November 5 Paper Discussion
November 12 Jason
November 19 Sebastian
November 26 No meeting (Thanksgiving)
December 3
December 4 Meeting with Michael Roberts (Time: 2pm)

Summer 2009

May 21 Organize
May 28
June 4 Paper Discussion
June 11 Erin Defense Practice
June 18 Sebastian GECCO Practice
June 25 No meeting (attend Erin's Defense June 22-25)
July 2 Voluntary GAR 1.1 Beta Test Meeting and Promotional Planning
July 9 No meeting (GECCO)
July 16 Brainstorming
July 23 Paper Discussion
July 30 Discuss Book
August 6

Spring 2009

January 15 Organize
January 22 No meeting
January 29 JT
February 5 No meeting: Prof. Erik Antonsson visits on the 6th
February 12 Erin (in lab- game testing)
February 19 Joel
February 26 Brainstorming
March 5 No meeting
March 12 No meeting: Spring Break
March 19 Paper Discussion
March 26 David (practice proposal)
April 2 No meeting
April 9 Paper Discussion
April 16 Sebastian
April 23
April 30
May 7

Fall 2008

September 17 Organize
September 24 Brainstorming
October 1
October 8 David
October 15 Phillip
October 22 No meeting (Out of town)
October 29 Brainstorming
November 5
November 12 Jason (practice?)
November 19 Sebastian
November 26 No meeting (Thanksgiving)
December 3 No meeting (Leave town)
December 10

Summer 2008

May 15 Organize
May 22
May 29 Erin &co
June 5
June 12 Joel Lehman
June 19 No meeting
June 26 Li
July 3 Paper Discussion
July 10 No meeting (GECCO/AAAI)
July 17 No meeting (GECCO/AAAI)
July 24 Brainstorming
July 31
August 7 No meeting (Alife XI)

Spring 2008

January 17 Organizational Meeting
January 24
January 31 Brainstorming
February 7 JT
February 14 No meeting
February 21
February 28 Amy practice
March 6 Jimmy practice
March 13 (Spring Break)
March 20 Phillip
(EvoMUSART is March 26-28)
March 27
April 3 David
(CHI is April 5-10)
April 10 No meeting
April 17 Jason
April 24 ?

Fall 2007

August 28 Organizational Meeting
September 4th Brainstorming
September 11th Paper Discussion: Open Ended Evolution Paper
September 18th No Meeting
September 25th ??
October 2nd Joel Lehman
October 9th Paper Discussion: More on Open Ended Evolution
Octoer 16th  Paul Wiegand
October 23rd JT
October 30th Paper Discussion: TBD
November 6th Brainstorming
November 13th Li
November 20th (before Thanksgiving) no meeting or TBD
November 27th Erin: Proposal Practice
December 4th (finals)
December 11th (day after finals)

Summer 2007

May 18 Jason Gauci practice talk
May 25 David D'Ambrosio practice talk
June 1  No Meeting
June 8  No Meeting
June 15 No Meeting
June 22 Toyota Discussion
June 29 No Meeting
July 3 *Note special Tuesday date*
July 6 No Meeting (GECCO)
July 13 No Meeting (GECCO)
July 20 TBD
July 27 TBD
August 3 TBD
August 10 TBD

Spring 2007

Jan. 12 Organizational Meeting
Jan. 19 (start at 4pm) Jimmy Secretan on Cluster Usage
Jan. 26 No Meeting
Feb. 2 WebNEAT
Feb. 9 No Meeting (Grad Seminar)
Feb. 16 David D. and Jason G. research presentation
Feb. 23 (Vision lecture)
Mar. 2 No meeting
Mar. 9 Brainstorming: HyperNEAT applications
Mar. 16 No Meeting: Spring Break
Mar. 23 Erin: CIG Practice Talk
Mar. 30 No Meeting: CIG
Apr. 6 No Meeting: CIG
Apr. 13 Amy Hoover
Apr. 20 TBD (Eric? Bjorn?)
Apr. 27 (Finals)

Fall 2006

Sept. 1 Organizational Meeting
Sept. 8 (special time 1-3pm on this day) Online Art
Sept. 15 (special start time 3:30pm) Erin
Sept. 22 (special start time 3:30pm) Adelein - amorphous computing
Sept. 29 CPPNs for connectivity/weight patterns
Oct. 6 No meeting
Oct. 13 No meeting (AAAI Symposium on Developmental Encoding)
Oct. 20 Research Planning
Oct. 27 Jason
Nov. 3 "CAD"-like CPPN program and Musical CPPNs
Nov. 10 Phillip
Nov. 17 Ben
Nov. 24 No Meeting: Thanksgiving
Dec. 1 Rob Bird from Red Lambda (also Paper writing and latex)
Dec. 8 Meet? (Last day of finals)

Summer 2006

May 19 Organizational Meeting
May 26 Brainstorming
June 2 Paper Discussion: TBD
June 9 Brainstorming
June 16 David A.
June 23 No meeting
June 30 Adam
July 7 No meeting
July 14 No meeting
July 21 No meeting
July 28 David D.
August 4 Brainstorming

Spring 2006

Feb 10 Organizational meeting
Feb 24 Paper discussion
March 3 Brainstorming session
March 10 Paper discussion
April 7 David D. presents his research
April 14 Nick and David A. present their research one before the other
April 21 Brainstorming
April 28 Finals- may or may not meet