CIMG7109 Universal Darwinism lecture by Don Baker: load-bearing truss
CIMG7109 Universal Darwinism lecture by Don Baker: a slide showing load-bearing truss
The lecture “Universal Darwinism: How Computer Science has Validated the Theory of Evolution”, given by Don Baker at LoneStaRG 2007, can be summed up in a few sentences as follows. Computer simulations can help to study evolution, which is hard to study otherwise, because it occurs very slowly in nature. The benefit flows both ways: the principles of evolution applied to computer science have lead to creation of a class of algorithms called genetic algorithms. The most interesting part of the talk were examples of designs that genetic algorithms have come up with, such as a load-bearing truss, shown here, or a hemispherical coverage antenna.
LoneStaRG 9, Austin, Texas, September 2007
