For those of you seeking information regarding the five-day
short course entitled "Genetic Algorithms in Search,
Optimization, and Machine Learning" to be presented at Stanford
University's Western Institute in Computer Science on August 6-10,
the wrong phone number was given previously.  Contact Joleen Barnhill,
Western Institute in Computer Science, PO Box 1238, Magalia, CA 95954,
(916)873-0575.
 
The course, presented by John Koza and myself, includes in-depth
coverage of GA mechanics, theory and application in search, optimization,
and machine learning.  Students will be encouraged to solve their own
problems in hands-on computer workshops monitored by the course
instructors.  New material on Walsh functions, Boltzmann tournament
selection, Koza's genetic programming, messy genetic algorithms (mGAs),
and the theory of real-coded GAs and virtual alphabets will be presented
in a classroom setting for the first time.  I hope to see some of you
there.  Dave Goldberg