Papers, awards and announcements from the Natural Computing Cluster.
Announcement
New IEEE CIS Task Force on Generative AI for Evolutionary Computation
We are excited to announce the launch of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Generative AI for Evolutionary Computation (GenAI4EC), chaired by Niki van Stein (LIACS, Leiden University), together with vice chairs Roman Senkerik (Tomas Bata University in Zlín) and Fei Liu (ETH Zurich & University of Zurich).
Papers
Natural Computing at GECCO 2025: 9 Papers Accepted
The Natural Computing research cluster at LIACS, Leiden University is proud to share that nine of our papers — plus three Hot Off the Press and one Competition paper — have been accepted for presentation at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2025.
Podcast
Beyond the Prompt: Ep. 4
In our latest Beyond the Prompt episode, we dive into the fascinating paper, “Generative Agent Simulations of 1,000 People,” by Joon Sung Park et al. This research pushes the boundaries of AI-driven human behavioral simulation, offering an innovative generative agent architecture built on large language models (LLMs). These agents emulate the attitudes and behaviors of real individuals, drawn from in-depth interviews and validated against social science benchmarks.
Papers
Spotlight on WCCI 2024 Accepted Papers
Our group got two papers accepted at this year’s World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2024. Let’s briefly explore the two accepted works in the field of optimization and logistics.
Papers
Nine Papers Accepted at GECCO 2024
The Natural Computing research cluster of LIACS, Leiden University is proud to announce that 9 of our papers and one hot-of-the-track paper have been accepted for presentation at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2024.