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Evolutionary and Learning Technology - EL-TEC

The evolutionary cycle
Biological evolution demonstrates that sustained innovation and improvement of complex systems ranging from the ecosystem in the rainforest to the information processing capabilities of the human brain are possible. It is remarkable that such innovation is achieved in perfect harmony with the respective environment.

Evolutionary design is situated design, i.e. issues like robustness and environmental impact are as much inherent in the process as are the systems-level holistic operation and the constructive use of non-linearities and non-equilibrium states.

However, evolution has gone one step further by inventing learning to allow adaptation to take place on arbitrary time scales. Individual and cultural learning enables systems to cope with environmental diversity and with rapid environmental changes. It is the mission of the EL-TEC project to gain a deeper understanding of both processes: evolution and learning. Furthermore, we want to translate this knowledge into unique technology that enables us to understand and design complex systems

  • Understanding evolution
    understanding the organisation of the genetic representation as a process that creates the phenotype from the genotype under environmental influence
  • Evolution to create
    evolutionary design of the structure of complex and adaptive systems and its application to multi-disciplinary technical design problems
  • Evolution to understand
    research the evolution of the structure of neural systems, learning control and cognitive capabilities


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