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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2602-07299" mdate="2026-03-25">
<author pid="413/0503">Rivaaj Monsia</author>
<author pid="98/10861">Daniel Young</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Optimizing Chlorination in Water Distribution Systems via Surrogate-assisted Neuroevolution.</title>
<year>2026</year>
<month>February</month>
<volume>abs/2602.07299</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2605-28573" mdate="2026-06-14">
<author pid="04/6707">Kaivan Kamali</author>
<author pid="305/7871">Kajetan Schweighofer</author>
<author pid="143/8249">Hormoz Shahrzad</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Efficient Pre-Training of LLMs through Truncated SVD Layers.</title>
<year>2026</year>
<month>May</month>
<volume>abs/2605.28573</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2508-19173" mdate="2025-09-21">
<author pid="413/0503">Rivaaj Monsia</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="98/10861">Daniel Young</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Leveraging Evolutionary Surrogate-Assisted Prescription in Multi-Objective Chlorination Control Systems.</title>
<year>2025</year>
<month>August</month>
<volume>abs/2508.19173</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2511-09030" mdate="2026-01-02">
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="198/1004">Giuseppe Paolo</author>
<author pid="421/9023">Roberto Dailey</author>
<author pid="143/8249">Hormoz Shahrzad</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="284/7969">Conor F. Hayes</author>
<author pid="83/7479-1">Xin Qiu 0001</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Solving a Million-Step LLM Task with Zero Errors.</title>
<year>2025</year>
<month>November</month>
<volume>abs/2511.09030</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><inproceedings key="conf/nips/MeyersonFSHM24" mdate="2025-02-13">
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="289/3151">Darren Sargent</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Unlocking the Potential of Global Human Expertise.</title>
<year>2024</year>
<booktitle>NeurIPS</booktitle>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2402-07949" mdate="2024-02-16">
<author pid="20/7156">Ashok Khanna</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Optimizing the Design of an Artificial Pancreas to Improve Diabetes Management.</title>
<year>2024</year>
<volume>abs/2402.07949</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
<ee type="oa">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2402.07949</ee>
<url>db/journals/corr/corr2402.html#abs-2402-07949</url>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2411-00156" mdate="2024-12-10">
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="289/3151">Darren Sargent</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<title>Unlocking the Potential of Global Human Expertise.</title>
<year>2024</year>
<volume>abs/2411.00156</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
<ee type="oa">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2411.00156</ee>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2311-12304" mdate="2023-11-29">
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="98/10861">Daniel Young</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<title>Discovering Effective Policies for Land-Use Planning.</title>
<year>2023</year>
<volume>abs/2311.12304</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
<ee type="oa">https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.12304</ee>
<url>db/journals/corr/corr2311.html#abs-2311-12304</url>
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<r><article key="journals/tec/MiikkulainenFMQ21" mdate="2025-05-14">
<author orcid="0000-0002-0062-0037" pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author orcid="0000-0001-5358-8854" pid="83/7479-1">Xin Qiu 0001</author>
<author pid="289/3151">Darren Sargent</author>
<author pid="183/7857">Elisa Canzani</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<title>From Prediction to Prescription: Evolutionary Optimization of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions in the COVID-19 Pandemic.</title>
<pages>386-401</pages>
<year>2021</year>
<volume>25</volume>
<journal>IEEE Trans. Evol. Comput.</journal>
<number>2</number>
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<r><inproceedings key="conf/gecco/FranconGHMMQS20" mdate="2025-05-14">
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="161/2135">Santiago Gonzalez</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="83/7479-1">Xin Qiu 0001</author>
<author pid="143/8249">Hormoz Shahrzad</author>
<title>Effective reinforcement learning through evolutionary surrogate-assisted prescription.</title>
<pages>814-822</pages>
<year>2020</year>
<booktitle>GECCO</booktitle>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2002-05368" mdate="2025-05-14">
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="161/2135">Santiago Gonzalez</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="83/7479-1">Xin Qiu 0001</author>
<author pid="143/8249">Hormoz Shahrzad</author>
<title>Effective Reinforcement Learning through Evolutionary Surrogate-Assisted Prescription.</title>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>abs/2002.05368</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/abs-2005-13766" mdate="2025-05-14">
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="83/7479-1">Xin Qiu 0001</author>
<author pid="183/7857">Elisa Canzani</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<title>From Prediction to Prescription: AI-Based Optimization of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for the COVID-19 Pandemic.</title>
<year>2020</year>
<volume>abs/2005.13766</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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<r><article publtype="informal" key="journals/corr/MiikkulainenLMR17" mdate="2023-02-03">
<author pid="m/RistoMiikkulainen">Risto Miikkulainen</author>
<author pid="135/0629">Jason Zhi Liang</author>
<author pid="149/2699">Elliot Meyerson</author>
<author pid="42/8284">Aditya Rawal</author>
<author pid="47/5171-3">Daniel Fink 0003</author>
<author pid="198/0766">Olivier Francon</author>
<author pid="198/0570">Bala Raju</author>
<author pid="143/8249">Hormoz Shahrzad</author>
<author pid="198/1201">Arshak Navruzyan</author>
<author pid="33/2011">Nigel Duffy</author>
<author pid="74/3916">Babak Hodjat</author>
<title>Evolving Deep Neural Networks.</title>
<year>2017</year>
<volume>abs/1703.00548</volume>
<journal>CoRR</journal>
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