Computer Science Department
Prof. Whitley is Chair of the
Department of Computer Science
at Colorado State University.
From 1993 to 1997 Prof. Whitley served as Chair of the Governing
Board of the International Society for Genetic Algorithms.
In 1999 ISGA merged with the Genetic Programming community to form
the
International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation.
From 1997 to 2002 Prof. Whitley served as Editor-in-Chief for
the journal
Evolutionary Computation published by MIT Press.
In 2005 ISGEC became a Special Interest Group (Sigevo) of ACM.
In 2007 Prof. Whitley was elected Chair of Sigevo.
Research interests
Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Heuristic Search,
Scheduling Applications, Nonlinear Optimization Applications,
Theoretical Foundations of Genetic Algorithms, Combinations
of Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks, Machine Learning.

Publications and Biographical Information
- Publications
- Biography

My Schedule
| Office hours: Mon 1:30-2:30 |

Classes and Other Information
- The CSU Calendar
- The CS301 Webpage
- The CS440 Webpage
- The CS540 Webpage
- The CS640 Webpage
- Some CS420 Notes
- Some Tabs for Guitar
- Want to see my bike?
- Etchings by Herbert Fink
The Background
The background is a fractal associated with the dynamical
behavior of a traditional genetic algorithm. This fractal
behavior occurs outside the space of feasible populations.
Jenny Juliany and
Michael Vose (1994). "The Genetic Algorithm
Fractal," Evolutionary Computation 2(20):165-180.
Last updated on 1/30/2003