Darwin is famous for his theory of evolution.  It may 
be a bit of a surprise that turning Darwin's theory into
an algorithm permits the solution of engineering problems.
In this talk Dr. Ashlock will give an overview of the 
process of digital evolution and give two examples:
evolving a control program for a simple robot and
designing a wood burning stove for the third world.


Dr. Ashlock is an Associate Professor of Mathematics,
Chair of the Complex Adaptive Systems Program, and 
a member of both the Bioinformatics and Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology programs at Iowa State.  He works
on solving computational problems with biological ideas
and on the modeling of biological systems.

Afterwards Professor Ashlock will talk about graduate study opportunities at Iowa State University