Vinod Valsalam

Ph.D. Student
Department of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Email: vkv (at) cs (dot) utexas (dot) edu

Research Interests

My current research is in building efficient artificial learning systems modelled on nature by combining influences of evolution, development and environment. I am a member of the Neural Networks Research Group headed by Prof. Risto Miikkulainen.

Teaching Assistant

CS 343: Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2008)
CS 391L: Machine Learning (Fall 2007)
CS 310: Computer Organization and Programming (Spring 2007)
CS 307: Foundations of Computer Science (Spring 2006)
CS 342: Neural Networks (Fall 2005)
CS 310H: Honors Computer Organization and Programming (Spring 2005)
CS 386L: Graduate Programming Languages (Fall 2004)
CS 323H: Honors Scientific Computing (Fall 2004)
CS 378: High-Performance Parallel Computing (Fall 2002 - Spring 2004, Fall 2006)

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Publications

Vinod Valsalam, Risto Miikkulainen, "Modular Neuroevolution for Multilegged Locomotion," In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008) (Winner of the Best Paper Award in the Artificial Life, Evolutionary Robotics, Adaptive Behavior, and Evolvable Hardware track) pdf
Vinod Valsalam, James A. Bednar, Risto Miikkulainen, "Developing Complex Systems using Evolved Pattern Generators," IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 11(2): 181-198 (2007) pdf
Vinod Valsalam, James A. Bednar, Risto Miikkulainen, "Establishing an Appropriate Learning Bias Through Development," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL5) (2006) pdf
Vinod Valsalam, James Bednar, Risto Miikkulainen, "Constructing Good Learners using Evolved Pattern Generators," In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005) (Winner of the Best Paper Award in the A-Life, Evolutionary Robotics and Adaptive Behavior track) pdf
Vinod Valsalam, Anthony Skjellum, "A framework for high-performance matrix multiplication based on hierarchical abstractions, algorithms and optimized low-level kernels," Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 14(10): 805-839 (2002) pdf
Vinod Valsalam, Donna Reese, "Tools for Improving the Out-of-core Performance of Data and Computation Intensive Applications," In Proceedings of the 1999 Symposium on Performance Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (SPECTS'99)