 David
E. Goldberg
Professor
Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory, Director
David E. Goldberg (BSE, 1975, MSE, 1976, PhD, 1983) in Civil Engineering
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) is Jerry S. Dobrovolny Distinguished
Professor of Entrepreneurial Engineering at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and director of the Illinois Genetic Algorithms
Laboratory (IlliGAL, http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/). Between 1976
to 1980 he held a number of positions at Stoner Associates of Carlisle,
PA, including Project Engineer and Marketing Manager. Following his
doctoral studies he joined the Engineering Mechanics faculty at the
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) in 1984. In 1990, he moved to the
University of Illinois in 1990. Professor Goldberg was a 1985 recipient
of a U.S. National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator
Award, and in 1995 he was named an Associate of the Center for Advanced
Study at UIUC. He is founding chairman of the International Society
for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (http://www.isgec.org/), and
his book Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning
(Addison-Wesley, 1989) is the fourth most widely cited reference in
computer science according to CiteSeer (http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/cs).
His research focuses on the design, analysis, and application of genetic
algorithms-computer procedures based on the mechanics of natural genetics
and selection-and other innovating machines. He has just completed a
new monograph, The Design of Innovation (http://www-doi.ge.uiuc.edu/)
that shows (1) how to design scalable genetic algorithms and (2) how
such algorithms are similar to certain processes of innovation in human
beings. Professor Goldberg is Consulting Editor for the Kluwer Series
on Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computation. He lives in Champaign,
IL with his wife and two sons.
Contact Information
Office: 105 Transportation Building
Mailing Address:
117 Transportation Building MC-238
104 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana IL 61801
Phone: (217) 333-0897
Fax: (217) 244-5705
e-mail: deg at illinois.edu
Consulting Contact:
Web site: www.davidegoldberg.com
E-mail: deg@davidegoldberg.com
Research
Professor Goldberg's research centers on the theory and application
of genetic algorithms--search procedures based on the mechanics
of natural genetics and selection. In particular his work
has been concerned with (1) developing an effective design theory
for selectorecombinative GAs, GAs that use selection and
recombination
mechanisms, (2) designing competent GAs, GAs that solve hard
problems, quickly, reliably, and accurately, and (3) enhancing
the efficiency of such GAs to permit tractable solutions
to hard problems. This Illinois methodology is now being carried
from bit-string GAs to more complex codings including genetic
programming (GP) and learning classifier systems (LCSs).
Published Books
Goldberg, David E. The
Design of Innovation: Lessons from and for Competent Genetic Algorithms
Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. ISBN: 1402070985
Goldberg,
David E. Genetic
Algorithms in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Co. 1989. ISBN: 0201157675 (French and Polish translations
in print)
Goldberg, David E. Life Skills and Leadership for Engineers
McGraw Hill College Div. 1995. ISBN: 0070236895
Whitley, Darrell, David E. Goldberg, Erick Cantu-Paz, Lee Spector, Ian
Parmee, Hans-Georg Beyer (Eds.). GECCO
2000: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference.
Morgan Kaufmann. 2000. ISBN: 1558607080
Koza, John R., David
E. Goldberg and David B. Fogel (Eds.). Genetic
Programming 1996 : Proceedings of the First Annual Conference,
July 28-31, 1996, Stanford University (Complex Adaptive Systems).
MIT. 1996. ISBN: 0262611279
Koza, John,Wolfgang Banzhaf, Kumar Chellapilla, Kalyanmoy Deb,
Marco Dorigo, David Fogel, Max Garzon, David Goldberg, Hitoshi Iba, and
Rick Riolo (Eds.). Genetic
Programming 1998.
Academic Press. Morgan Kaufmann. 1998. ISBN: 1558605487
Professional Affiliations
He is a registered engineer
in Alabama and Pennsylvania and is a member of a number
of professional organizations,
including ACM, ASCE, ASEE, ASME, Chi Epsilon, and Tau Beta Pi. He is
past chairman of the International Society for Genetic
Algorithms (ISGA) and
was founding chairman of the International Society for Genetic and
Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC, www.isgec.org).
He chaired the first Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
(GECCO-99) and continues to serve on the conference business committee. He
is an associate editor for the journal Information Sciences and is on
the editorial
boards of a number of journals including Evolutionary Computation, and
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.
Honors and Awards
- Dean's List 7 of 7 semesters, University of
Michigan, 1971-1975
- Chi Epsilon, University of Michigan, 1975
- Outstanding Undergraduate in Civil Engineering,
University of Michigan, 1975
- First Year Rackham Fellowship, University of
Michigan, 1975-1976
- Office of Energy Research Fellowship, University
of Michigan, 1981-1982
- Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University
of Michigan, 1982-1983
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1985-1990
- Prater Exchange Professor, University of Alabama
and National Taiwan University, 1986
- Associate, Center for Advanced Studies, University
of Illinois, 1995-1996
- Gambrinus Fellowship, Dortmund University, 1997
- Capstone Engineering Society Outstanding Research Award, University
of Alabama, 1989-1990
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, ITESM, Monterey, Mexico, 1990
- Wickenden Award (best paper), American Society
for Engineering Education, 1996
- Honorary Co-Chair (with Lotfi Zadeh and Gail Carpenter), International
Symposium on Computational Intelligence, Kosice, Slovakia, 2000
- Honorary Chairman, 6th Online World Conference on Soft Computing
in Industrial Applications (WSC6), 2001
- MPP Best Paper, GECCO-2002, with Alex Kosorukoff, 2002
- Professor Goldberg is widely in demand as a speaker and has given
over 50 invited keynote talks and tutorials.
Publications
Professor Goldberg has published over 260 publications, many
of which are available on the IlliGAL
web site.
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