The papers receiving these awards were selected from a set of outstanding papers,
based on the quantitative and qualitative classifications as well as comments provided
by the program committee reviewers, their final classification as full paper and
their oral presentation at the conference.
2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
ECTA 2022
Best Paper Award
Approaches for Rule Discovery in a Learning Classifier System
Michael Heider, Helena Stegherr, David Pätzel, Roman Sraj, Jonathan Wurth, Benedikt Volger and Jörg Hähner
Best Poster Award
Parameterising the SA-UNet using a Genetic Algorithm
Mahsa Mahdinejad, Aidan Murphy, Patrick Healy and Conor Ryan
ECTA 2021
Best Paper Award
An Effective Resistance based Genetic Algorithm for Community Detection
Clara Pizzuti and Annalisa Socievole
Best Student Paper Award
The Dynamic Role Mining Problem: Role Mining in Dynamically Changing Business Environments
Simon Anderer, Tobias Kempter, Bernd Scheuermann and Sanaz Mostaghim
ECTA 2020
Best Paper Award
Looking for the Hardest Hamiltonian Cycle Problem Instances
Joeri Sleegers and Daan van den Berg
Best Student Paper Award
Grammar-based Fuzzy Pattern Trees for Classification Problems
Aidan Murphy, Muhammad S. Ali, Douglas M. Dias, Jorge Amaral, Enrique Naredo and Conor Ryan
ECTA 2019
Best Paper Award
Evolutionary Techniques in Lattice Sieving Algorithms
Thijs Laarhoven
Best Student Paper Award
Hybrid Kriging-assisted Level Set Method for Structural Topology Optimization
Elena Raponi, Mariusz Bujny, Markus Olhofer, Simonetta Boria and Fabian Duddeck
Best Poster Award
Online Encoder-decoder Anomaly Detection using Encoder-decoder Architecture with Novel Self-configuring Neural Networks & Pure Linear Genetic Programming for Embedded Systems
Gabrielė Kasparavičiūtė, Malin Thelin, Peter Nordin, Per Söderstam, Christian Magnusson and Mattias Almljung
ECTA 2016
Best Paper Award
Evolution of Generic Square Calculations in Cellular Automata
Michal Bidlo
Best Student Paper Award
The Optional Prisoner's Dilemma in a Spatial Environment: Coevolving Game Strategy and Link Weights
Marcos Cardinot, Colm O'Riordan and Josephine Griffith
Best Poster Award
Integrating Expectations into Jason for Appraisal in Emotion Modeling
Joaquín Taverner, Bexy Alfonso, Emilio Vivancos and Vicente Botti
ECTA 2015
Best Paper Award
Design of an Autonomous Intelligent Demand-Side Management System by using Electric Vehicles as Mobile Energy Storage Units by Means of Evolutionary Algorithms
Edgar Galván-Lopez, Marc Schoenauer and Constantinos Patsakis
Best Student Paper Award
A Heuristic Solution for Noisy Image Segmentation using Particle Swarm Optimization and Fuzzy Clustering
Saeed Mirghasemi, Ramesh Rayudu and Mengjie Zhang
ECTA 2014
Best Paper Award
Evolutionary Tuning of Optimal Controllers for Complex Systems
Jesús-Antonio Hernández-Riveros, Jorge-Humberto Urrea-Quintero and Cindy Carmona-Cadavid
Best Student Paper Award
Applications of Genetic Algorithm on Optimal Sequence for Parrondo Games
Degang Wu and Kwok Yip Szeto
ECTA 2013
Best Paper Award
Model Complexity Control in Straight Line Program Genetic Programming
César L. Alonso, José Luis Montaña and Cruz Enrique Borges
Best Student Paper Award
A PSO/Snake Hybrid Algorithm for Determining Differential Rotation of Coronal Bright Points
E. Shahamatnia, I. Dorotovic, R. A. Ribeiro and J. M. Fonseca
ECTA 2012
Best Paper Award
Using Self-organized Criticality for Adjusting the Parameters of a Particle Swarm
Carlos M. Fernandes, Juan Julián Merelo and Agostinho C. Rosa
Best Student Paper Award
Evolving Art using Measures for Symmetry, Compositional Balance and Liveliness
Eelco den Heijer
ECTA 2011
Best Paper Award
MONITORING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH GAMES WITH SOCIAL DILEMMA
Roman Gorbunov, Emilia Barakova, Rene Ahn and Matthias Rauterberg
IJCCI 2011
Best Paper Award
MONITORING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH GAMES WITH SOCIAL DILEMMA
Roman Gorbunov, Emilia Barakova, Rene Ahn and Matthias Rauterberg
ON THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF TRAPEZOIDAL FUZZY NUMBERS AND THE MANHATTAN DISTANCE OF FUZZY VECTORS
Julio Rojas-Mora, Jaime Gil-Lafuente and Didier Josselin
DESIGN OF RECURRENT FUZZY NEURAL NETWORK AND GENERAL REGRESSION NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLER FOR TRAVELING-WAVE ULTRASONIC MOTOR
Tien-Chi Chen, Tsai-Jiun Ren and Yi-Wei Lou
Best Student Paper Award
CONSTRUCTING FUZZY PARTITIONS FROM IMPRECISE DATA
José M. Cadenas, M. Carmen Garrido and Raquel Martínez
NEUROFUZZY MIN-MAX NETWORKS IMPLEMENTATION ON FPGA
Alessandro Cinti and Antonello Rizzi
EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES FOR THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM BALANCED PROBLEM
Lorna V. Rosas-Tellez, Jose L. Martínez-Flores and Vittorio Zanella-Palacios
ICEC 2010
Best Paper Award
EXPLORING THE COMPLEXITY OF A PROPOSED RECURSIVE MEASURE OF RECOMBINATIONAL DISTANCE
Robert Collier and Mark Wineberg
Best Student Paper Award
COLLECTIVE PERCEPTION IN A SWARM OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS
Giuseppe Morlino, Vito Trianni and Elio Tuci
ICEC 2009
Best Paper Award
A STUDY OF GENETIC PROGRAMMING VARIABLE POPULATION SIZE FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
Best Student Paper Award
A HYBRID ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE TERMINAL ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM