| Abstract | Presently there are many technologies available that make electronic devices become far more flexible than before. The current "programmable" or "reconfigurable" devices are available both for digital and analog domain. These devices allow many new possibilities in terms of making electronic circuits change with time. With this "time-varying" circuit concept, many novel applications emerge. It is possible to make an electronic system that "optimise" itself while operating. For example, it is possible to time-multiplexing the use of resources such that it minimises the energy or it maximises the performance.
In this talk, I will illustrate the marriage between reconfigurable electronics and evolutionary algorithms. The combination of the two allows on-line and continuous reconfiguration of electronic circuits. An evolutionary algorithm can be used to adapt parameters of a circuit. It also can be used to change the topology of the circuit. The outline of my talk includes: the introduction to reconfigurable electronics, a brief explanation of evolutionary algorithms, the use of evolutionary algorithm in electronic design and many examples from the current research in the field.
(evolvable electronics = reconfigurable electronics + evolutionary algorithms) |