Vinod Valsalam
Ph.D. Alumni
Vinod's research focuses on understanding how learning and evolution interact in producing complex systems.
Publications
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Using Symmetry and Evolutionary Search to Minimize Sorting Networks 2013
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, Journal of Machine Learning Research, Vol. 14, Feb (2013), pp. 303--331.
Constructing Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots using the ENSO Neuroevolution Approach 2012
Vinod K. Valsalam, Jonathan Hiller, Robert MacCurdy, Hod Lipson and Risto Miikkulainen, Evolutionary Intelligence, Vol. 5, 1 (2012), pp. 1--12.
Evaluation Methods for Active Human-Guided Neuroevolution in Games 2012
Igor Karpov, Leif Johnson, Vinod Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In 2012 AAAI Fall Symposium on Robots Learning Interactively from Human Teachers (RLIHT), November 2012.
Assisting Machine Learning Through Shaping, Advice and Examples 2011
Igor Karpov, Vinod Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In 2011 IJCAI Workshop on Agents Learning Interactively from Human Teachers (ALIHT), July 2011.
Evolving Symmetry for Modular System Design 2011
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 15, 3 (2011), pp. 368--386.
Human-Assisted Neuroevolution Through Shaping, Advice and Examples 2011
Igor V. Karpov, Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the 13th Annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2011), Dublin, Ireland, July 2011.
Utilizing Symmetry and Evolutionary Search to Minimize Sorting Networks 2011
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, Technical Report AITR-11-09, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin.
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design 2010
Vinod Valsalam, PhD Thesis, Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin. Technical Report AI-10-04.
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Network Controllers for Multilegged Robots 2009
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In xploring New Horizons in Evolutionary Design of Robots: Workshop at the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2009.
Evolving Symmetric and Modular Neural Networks for Distributed Control 2009
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), pp. 731--738 2009.
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion 2008
Vinod K. Valsalam and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference GECCO 2008, pp. 265-272, New York, NY, USA 2008. ACM.
Developing Complex Systems Using Evolved Pattern Generators 2007
Vinod K. Valsalam, James A. Bednar and Risto Miikkulainen, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (2007), pp. 181-198.
Establishing an Appropriate Learning Bias Through Development 2006
Vinod K. Valsalam, James A. Bednar, and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL-2006) 2006.
Constructing Good Learners Using Evolved Pattern Generators 2005
Vinod K. Valsalam, James A. Bednar, and Risto Miikkulainen, In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO-2005, H.-G. Beyer and others (Eds.), pp. 11-18 2005.
Projects
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged Robots 2010 - 2011
Learning Strategic Behavior in Sequential Decision Tasks 2009 - 2014
Constructing Intelligent Agents in Simulated Worlds 2008 - 2010
Leveraging Human Creativity with Machine Discovery 2008 - 2010
Evolving Locomotion Controllers for Multilegged Robots 2008 - 2010
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion 2007 - 2012
Utilizing Symmetry in Evolutionary Design 2007 - 2010
Developing Complex Systems Using Evolved Pattern Generators 2004 - 2006
Areas of Interest
Cognitive Science Computational Neuroscience Control Evolutionary Computation Neuroevolution
Software/Data
ENSO This package contains software implementing the ENSO approach for evolving symmetric modular neural networks. It also in... 2010
Sorting Networks This package contains software utilizing an approach based on symmetry and evolution to minimize the number of comparato... 2010
Demos
Evolving Controllers for Physical Multilegged RobotsVinod Valsalam2011
Evolving Controller Symmetry for Multilegged RobotsVinod Valsalam2010
Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged LocomotionVinod Valsalam2008
Handwritten Digit Recognition Utilizing Evolved Pattern GeneratorsVinod Valsalam2007
Labs
Formerly affiliated with Neural Networks