R. Pennock

Publications
Influence

Evolving coordinated quadruped gaits with the HyperNEAT generative encoding

J. Clune, Benjamin E. Beckmann, C. Ofria, R. Pennock
Computer Science
IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
18 May 2009

This paper demonstrates that HyperNEAT, a new and promising generative encoding for evolving neural networks, can evolve quadruped gaits without an engineer manually decomposing the problem. Expand

On the Performance of Indirect Encoding Across the Continuum of Regularity

J. Clune, K. Stanley, R. Pennock, C. Ofria
Mathematics, Computer Science
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
1 June 2011

This paper investigates how an evolutionary algorithm with an indirect encoding exploits the property of phenotypic regularity, an important design principle found in natural organisms and engineered designs. Expand

Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism

R. Pennock
Philosophy
1999

Creationism is no longer the simple notion it once was taken to be. Its new advocates have become more sophisticated in how they present their views, speaking of "intelligent design" rather than… Expand

The sensitivity of HyperNEAT to different geometric representations of a problem

J. Clune, C. Ofria, R. Pennock
Computer Science, Mathematics
GECCO
8 July 2009

HyperNEAT, a generative encoding for evolving artificial neural networks (ANNs), has the unique ability to exploit the geometry of a problem. Expand

Models, simulations, instantiations, and evidence: the case of digital evolution

R. Pennock
Computer Science
J. Exp. Theor. Artif. Intell.
1 March 2007

What is the difference between a simulation of X and simply another instance of X? Is there a point at which the “virtual reality” of a model becomes the real thing? This paper examines these… Expand

LEARNING EVOLUTION AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE USING EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING AND ARTIFICIAL LIFE

R. Pennock
Art, Computer Science
1 April 2007

This paper describes a new A-Life software environment - Avida-ED - in which undergraduate students can test evolutionary hypotheses directly using digital organisms that evolve on their own through the very mechanisms that Darwin discovered. Expand

Creationism and intelligent design.

R. Pennock
Sociology, Medicine
Annual review of genomics and human genetics
28 November 2003

Creationism, the rejection of evolution in favor of supernatural design, comes in many varieties besides the common young-earth Genesis version. Creationist attacks on science education have been… Expand

Should Creationism be Taught in the Public Schools?

R. Pennock
Sociology
1 March 2002

This article discusses philosophicalarguments relevant to the question of teachingcreationism, especially with regard to developments inthe debate since the early 1990s.Section 1 reviews the… Expand

Cockroaches, drunkards, and climbers: Modeling the evolution of simple movement strategies using digital organisms

W. Elsberry, Laura M. Grabowski, C. Ofria, R. Pennock
Biology, Computer Science
IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life
15 May 2009

We explore the evolution of movement strategies in a model environment with a single local resource that diffuses to produce a gradient, which organisms have the ability to follow. Expand

An Avida-ED digital evolution curriculum for undergraduate biology

J. Smith, W. Johnson, Amy M. Lark, L. Mead, Michael J. Wiser, R. Pennock
Evolution: Education and Outreach
29 July 2016

We present an inquiry-based curriculum based on the digital evolution platform Avida-ED (http://avida-ed.msu.edu). We designed an instructional sequence and lab book consisting of an introduction to… Expand

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