Wolfgang Banzhaf
John R. Koza Chair In Genetic Programming at Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolWolfgang Banzhaf is the John R. Koza Chair in Genetic Programming at Michigan State University with a strong background in bio-inspired computing, evolutionary computation, and optimization. He brings over three decades of academic leadership and research experience, including department head and visiting professorships across Europe, North America, and Asia. Trained as a physicist (PhD KIT), he blends rigorous theoretical foundations with practical skills in Matlab and LaTeX to advance genetic programming and artificial life. Beyond administration and teaching, he has played key roles in the community as ACM SIGEVO treasurer/chair and as a frequent international collaborator. His work bridges foundational research and applied optimization, often exploring self-organization and artificial chemistries—areas that reveal unexpected parallels between physical systems and computational evolution. Based in East Lansing, he remains actively engaged in mentoring, cross-institutional projects, and advancing the field through research and outreach.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichDr.rer.nat. (PhD), Physics, Dr.rer.nat. (PhD), Physics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Github Skills (3)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
GPTP-workshop/gptp-workshop.github.io
May 2017 - Nov 2022
Website for the annual Genetic Programming Theory & Practice workshops
Contributions:270 commits, 4 PRs, 251 pushes in 5 years 6 months
genetictheorygenetic-programming
banzhaf/GPTP-2019-Chapter-Formatting
Feb 2019 - May 2021
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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