About me: 

I am currently a Computer Science Ph.D. student at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. 

My research interests include Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computation, Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction, Emotional Intelligence.

I completed my M.Sc. in August 2007 at The University of Edinburgh under Dr. Gillian Hayes' supervision. My dissertation focused on Evolutionary Computation and Computer Vision, and specifically on the Scouting-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithms and the Fly Algorithm (stereo vision and real-time obstacle detection via an evolutionary technique). I continued this work as a part-time external researcher at The University of Edinburgh until August 2008.

  • You can download my CV (updated: Jan 19, 2009) here: [pdf] 
  • A shorter, one-page resume can be found here: [pdf]
  • More information on the Scouting-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithms can be found here: [www]
 

Teaching:

  • Spring 2009: Teaching Assistant for Software Engineering II [www]
  • Fall 2008: Teaching Assistant for Software Engineering I [www]
 

Invited Talk: 

Evolutionary Design and Optimization Group, CSAIL, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Title: Improving Evolutionary Algorithms with Scouting. November 29, 2007 [ppt]


Publications:

  • K. Bousmalis, J.O. Pfaffmann, and G.M. Hayes. Improving Evolutionary Algorithms with Scouting: High-Dimensional Problems. In the 9th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing-ICAISC 2008, Springer-Verlag LNAI series, 2008. [pdf][pdfLQ]
  • K. Bousmalis, G.M. Hayes, and J.O. Pfaffmann. Improving Evolutionary Algorithms with Scouting. In Main Proceedings of the 13th Portuguese Conference in Artificial Intelligence-EPIA 2007, pp. 247-258, Guimarães, Portugal, December 03-07, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag, LNAI 4874, 2007. [pdf][pdfLQ]
  • J.O. Pfaffmann, K. Bousmalis, and S. Colombano. A Scouting-Inspired Evolutionary Algorithm. In IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation-CEC 2004, pp. 1706-1712, Portland, OR, June 19-23, IEEE Press, New York, 2004. [pdfLQ]  

 

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