{"id":2862,"date":"2023-07-25T10:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T10:44:01","slug":"outstanding-contribution-to-evolutionary-computation-ec-prof-emma-hart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/outstanding-contribution-to-evolutionary-computation-ec-prof-emma-hart\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation (EC) &#8211; Prof Emma Hart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.napier.ac.uk\/people\/emma-hart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Emma Hart<\/a>, who received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acm.org\/special-interest-groups\/sigs\/sigevo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ACM SIGEVO<\/a> (Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation) award for Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation (EC) at the GECCO 2023 conference in Lisbon.<\/p>\n<div>Emma has dedicated herself to the study and practical implementation of EC methods over the decades (inspired by the cross-over between nature and AI).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2864\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2023\/07\/Emma-Hart-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"476\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Visit Emma&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emma_Hart_(computer_scientist)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia page<\/a> for more information.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Congratulations to Professor Emma Hart, who received the ACM SIGEVO (Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation) award for Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/scebe-research\/outstanding-contribution-to-evolutionary-computation-ec-prof-emma-hart\/\" title=\"Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation (EC) &#8211; 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