8. ICES 2008: Prague, Czech Republic

Evolution of Analog Circuits

• Yerbol Sapargaliyev, Tatiana Kalganova:
  Unconstrained Evolution of Analogue Computational "QR" Circuit with Oscillating Length Representation. 1-10
  
• Peng Gao, Trent McConaghy, Georges G. E. Gielen:
  ISCLEs: Importance Sampled Circuit Learning Ensembles for Trustworthy Analog Circuit Topology Synthesis. 11-21
  

Evolution of Digital Circuits

• Kyrre Glette, Jim Torresen, Paul Kaufmann, Marco Platzner:
  A Comparison of Evolvable Hardware Architectures for Classification Tasks. 22-33
  
• Stephen L. Smith, Andrew J. Greensted, Jon Timmis:
  Hardware Acceleration of an Immune Network Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm for Medical Diagnosis. 34-46
  
• Zhifang Li, Wenjian Luo, Xufa Wang:
  A Stepwise Dimension Reduction Approach to Evolutionary Design of Relative Large Combinational Logic Circuits. 47-58
  

Hardware-Software Codesign and Platforms for Adaptive Systems

• Juan Camilo Peña, Jorge Peña, Andres Upegui:
  Evolutionary Graph Models with Dynamic Topologies on the Ubichip. 59-70
  
• Pierre-André Mudry, Julien Ruffin, Michel Ganguin, Gianluca Tempesti:
  A Hardware-Software Design Framework for Distributed Cellular Computing. 71-82
  
• Stanislaw Deniziak, Adam Gorski:
  Hardware/Software Co-synthesis of Distributed Embedded Systems Using Genetic Programming. 83-93
  
• Martin Danek, Jean-Marc Philippe, Petr Honzík, Christian Gamrat, Roman Bartosinski:
  Self-Adaptive Networked Entities for Building Pervasive Computing Architectures. 94-105
  

Best Paper Award Competition

• Michal Bidlo, Zdenek Vasícek:
  Cellular Automata-Based Development of Combinational and Polymorphic Circuits: A Comparative Study. 106-117
  
• Patrick Rocke, Brian McGinley, John Maher, Fearghal Morgan, Jim Harkin:
  Investigating the Suitability of FPAAs for Evolved Hardware Spiking Neural Networks. 118-129
  
• Moritoshi Yasunaga, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Nakayama, Ikuo Yoshihara, Naoki Koizumi, Jung Hwan Kim:
  The Segmental-Transmission-Line: Its Design and Prototype Evaluation. 130-140
  
• Zdenek Vasícek, Martin Zádník, Lukás Sekanina, Jirí Tobola:
  On Evolutionary Synthesis of Linear Transforms in FPGA. 141-152
  

Evolutionary Robotics

• Peter Krcah:
  Towards Efficient Evolutionary Design of Autonomous Robots. 153-164
  
• Marcus Furuholmen, Kyrre Glette, Jim Torresen, Mats Høvin:
  Indirect Online Evolution - A Conceptual Framework for Adaptation in Industrial Robotic Systems. 165-176
  

Development

• Song Zhan, Julian Francis Miller, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  A Developmental Gene Regulation Network for Constructing Electronic Circuits. 177-188
  
• Gunnar Tufte:
  Discovery and Investigation of Inherent Scalability in Developmental Genomes. 189-200
  
• Tuan Hao Hoang, Robert I. McKay, Daryl Essam, Nguyen Xuan Hoai:
  Learning General Solutions through Multiple Evaluations during Development. 201-212
  

Real-World Applications

• Gregory Hornby, William F. Kraus, Jason D. Lohn:
  Evolving MEMS Resonator Designs for Fabrication. 213-224
  
• Didier Keymeulen, Adrian Stoica, Ricardo Salem Zebulum, Srinivas Katkoori, Pradeep Fernando, Hariharan Sankaran, Mohammad Mojarradi, Taher Daud:
  Self-Reconfigurable Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Architecture Comprising a Field Programmable Analog Array and a General Purpose Genetic Algorithm IP Core. 225-236
  

Evolutionary Networking

• Yukari Ishida, Hirotaka Nosato, Eiichi Takahashi, Masahiro Murakawa, Isamu Kajitani, Tatsumi Furuya, Tetsuya Higuchi:
  Proposal for LDPC Code Design System Using Multi-Objective Optimization and FPGA-Based Emulation. 237-248
  
• Erfu Yang, Nick Barton, Tughrul Arslan, Ahmet T. Erdogan:
  Scalability of a Novel Shifting Balance Theory-Based Optimization Algorithm: A Comparative Study on a Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Network. 249-260
  
• Jirí Jaros:
  Evolutionary Design of Fault Tolerant Collective Communications. 261-272
  

Evolvable Artificial Neural Networks

• Hooman Shayani, Peter J. Bentley, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  A Cellular Structure for Online Routing of Digital Spiking Neuron Axons and Dendrites on FPGAs. 273-284
  
• Thomas Jacob Koickal, Luiz Carlos Gouveia, Alister Hamilton:
  Bio-inspired Event Coded Configurable Analog Circuit Block. 285-295
  
• Olga K. Chibirova, Javier Iglesias, Vladyslav V. Shaposhnyk, Alessandro E. P. Villa:
  Dynamics of Firing Patterns in Evolvable Hierarchically Organized Neural Networks. 296-307
  

Transistor-Level Circuit Evolution

• James Alfred Walker, James A. Hilder, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  Evolving Variability-Tolerant CMOS Designs. 308-319
  
• Ludek Zaloudek, Lukás Sekanina:
  Transistor-Level Evolution of Digital Circuits Using a Special Circuit Simulator. 320-331
  

Extended Posters

• Marcos Paulo Mello Araujo, Nadia Nedjah, Luiza de Macedo Mourelle:
  Optimised State Assignment for FSMs Using Quantum Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm. 332-341
  
• Pauline C. Haddow:
  Evolvable Hardware: A Tool for Reverse Engineering of Biological Systems. 342-351
  
• Gul Muhammad Khan, Julian Francis Miller, David M. Halliday:
  Coevolution of Neuro-developmental Programs That Play Checkers. 352-361
  
• Maizura Mokhtar, David M. Halliday, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  Hippocampus-Inspired Spiking Neural Network on FPGA. 362-371
  
• Lucian Prodan, Mihai Udrescu, Mircea Vladutiu:
  Fault-Tolerant Memory Design and Partitioning Issues in Embryonics. 372-381
  
• Martin Trefzer, Tüze Kuyucu, Andrew J. Greensted, Julian Francis Miller, Andy M. Tyrrell:
  The Input Pattern Order Problem: Evolution of Combinatorial and Sequential Circuits in Hardware. 382-391
  
• Andres Upegui, Andrés Pérez-Uribe, Yann Thoma, Eduardo Sanchez:
  Neural Development on the Ubichip by Means of Dynamic Routing Mechanisms. 392-401
  

Short Posters

• Olivier Brousse, Gilles Sassatelli, Thierry Gil, Michel Robert, François Grize, Eduardo Sanchez, Andres Upegui, Yann Thoma:
  The Perplexus Programming Framework: Combining Bio-inspiration and Agent-Oriented Programming for the Simulation of Large Scale Complex Systems. 402-407
  
• Chu Kiong Loo, Joo Peng Teh:
  Quantum Bio-inspired Vision Model on System-on-a-Chip (SoC). 408-413
  
• Jamie Cullen:
  Evolutionary Meta Compilation: Evolving Programs Using Real World Engineering Tools. 414-419
  
• Jana Jilková, Zbynek Raida:
  Waveguide Synthesis by Genetic Algorithms with Multiple Crossover. 420-424
  
• Ondrej Popelka, Pavel Osmera:
  Parallel Grammatical Evolution for Circuit Optimization. 425-430
  
• André Stauffer, Joël Rossier:
  Self-organization of Bio-inspired Integrated Circuits. 431-436
  
• Keith Douglas Stuart, Maciej Majewski:
  Artificial Creativity in Linguistics Using Evolvable Fuzzy Neural Networks. 437-442