Carlos Cotta
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Carlos Cotta
@ccottap.bsky.social
Computer Scientist | Professor | Universidad de Málaga, Spain | Evolutionary Algorithms, Memetic Computing

https://www.lcc.uma.es/~ccottap
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The harder I work, the luckier I get. In all orders of my life.
The 'B' in BNF. A brilliant pioneer who fundamentally shaped how we define programming languages. 👇🏻
Today in 1924, John Backus, the inventor of FORTRAN, was born. He received the 1977 #ACMTuringAward. In this video, Backus describes the creation of FORTRAN, the first high level programming language: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBpj...
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A huge honor for us in Málaga today! We are delighted to host Roman Šenkeřík, who is delivering a captivating talk on LLM-driven automated algorithm discovery. A fantastic full house turnout! #AI #LLMs
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Attended the Workdays on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain last week: enlightening, fruitful, and a great chance to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Grateful to the Ministry of Defense of Spain 🇪🇸 for organizing it.
#ResponsibleAI
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"AI models are evolving rapidly. If the scientific community fails to fully understand their motivations and drives, it will be impossible to guarantee their safety and control."

es.wired.com/articulos/la...

#ai #safeai #friendlyai #FAI
La IA podría estar desarrollando un instinto de supervivencia sin que sus creadores lo adviertan
“Los modelos de IA están evolucionando con rapidez. Si la comunidad científica no logra comprender a fondo sus motivaciones e impulsos, será imposible garantizar la seguridad y controlabilidad", adivi...
es.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"In the future, the skill will be deciding which AI should do the trading for you."

www.criptonoticias.com/mercados/int...
Ponen a las IA a hacer trading ¿Cuál está ganando?
ChatGPT, Grok, DeepSeek, Gemini y otros modelos populares de inteligencia artificial se están enfrentando en el mercado.
www.criptonoticias.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Cotta, C., Mathieson, L., Moscato, P. (2025). Memetic Algorithms. In: Martí, R., Pardalos, P.M., Resende, M.G. (eds) Handbook of Heuristics. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-032-00385-0_29
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Carlos Cotta
So proud of all #GECCO2025 organizers, supporters and volunteers. Your dedication and hard work were key to the success of the conference. Thank you very much.
July 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It's been an amazing week at #GECCO2025 🦎! We're so grateful to everyone who participated and contributed to the vibrant exchange of ideas. We hope you enjoyed the sessions and made valuable connections. Wishing you all safe travels, and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
July 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our keynote speaker today at #GECCO2025 🦎 is Amparo Alonso, who is talking about sustainable AI.
July 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
GECCO 2025 is officially open! 🎉
Kicking things off with @bogdanf.bsky.social, our General Chair, welcoming an amazing community of researchers in evolutionary computation 🧬.
#GECCO2025 🦎
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
GECCO 2025 🦎 officially kicks off tomorrow, right here in Málaga, Spain! We're incredibly excited to welcome all of you for a week packed with groundbreaking research, insightful discussions, and fantastic networking opportunities in evolutionary computation.
July 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Now, at the keynote on benchmarking iterative optimization heuristics by @caroladoerr.bsky.social #MAEB2025
May 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I just presented our #Bio4Res work on the compiler impact on the energy consumption of EAs at the #MAEB2025 conference.
May 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The submission deadline for the upcoming ERCIM News issue dedicated to Swarm Computing is fast approaching! Don't miss this great opportunity to showcase your cutting-edge research to a wider audience.
Want to highlight your #SwarmComputing research? The next issue of ERCIM News will focus on it! Submit your work and gain visibility. More information and submission guidelines:
ercim-news.ercim.eu/call
Call for the next issue
ERCIM News, the quarterly magazine of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
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May 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Want to highlight your #SwarmComputing research? The next issue of ERCIM News will focus on it! Submit your work and gain visibility. More information and submission guidelines:
ercim-news.ercim.eu/call
Call for the next issue
ERCIM News, the quarterly magazine of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
ercim-news.ercim.eu
April 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Registration for #GECCO2025 is open. Early bird gets the worm!
It is now possible to register for #GECCO2025 and SIGEVO Summer School. Early-bird registration fees and mandatory author registration are by 8 May 2025 gecco-2025.sigevo.org/registration
April 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Reposted by Carlos Cotta
It was my pleasure to invite the participants of #Evostar2025 to join us at #GECCO2025 in Malaga this summer.
April 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I just presented our work on hysteretic energy consumption in evolutionary algorithms at the EvoStar conference. Great attendance and many interesting questions! The paper is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-...
@caesium-research.bsky.social #Bio4Res
April 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted by Carlos Cotta
C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms, EvoApplications 2025, LNCS 15613, pp. 227-239, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2025, doi.org/10.1007/978-...
#ResearchPaper
April 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The KISS principle in a nutshell.
March 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Now, at the talk on social simulation based on agents that Juan Pavón, from UCM, is delivering in the ETSI Informática of @univmalaga.bsky.social, as a part of our Master program on Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Fascinating stuff!
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Carlos Cotta
#GECCO2025 will award $10,000 in total for human-competitive results produced by Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. Deadline for competition entries is 30 May 2025. See the call gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Humies
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A conversation between Richard Dawkins and ChatGPT about AI and conscience.

richarddawkins.substack.com/p/are-you-co...

An enjoyable piece. Roger Penrose, it’s your turn!
Are you conscious? A conversation between Dawkins and ChatGPT
Is AI truly conscious, or just an advanced illusion of thought?
richarddawkins.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our paper "Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide" is now available with open access in @springer1842.bsky.social TOP journal. Check it out at doi.org/10.1007/s117...
#Bio4Res #ResearchPaper
February 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM