Best Papers/GECCO

GECCO Best Papers

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

12 papers · 2024–2026

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🏆 2026(10)

Best Paper Award

Parent Selection Mechanisms in Elitist Crossover-Based Algorithms

Andre Opris; Denis Antipov

Best Paper Award

Evolution With Purpose: Hierarchy-Informed Optimization of Whole-Brain Models

Hormoz Shahrzad; Niharika Gajawelli; Kaitlin Maile; Manish Saggar; Risto Miikkulainen

Best Paper Award

Evolving Multi-Channel Confidence-Aware Activation Functions for Missing Data with Channel Propagation

Naeem Shahabi Sani; Ferial Najiantabriz; Shayan Shafaei; Dean Hougen

Best Paper Award

A Learning-Based Cooperative Coevolution Framework for Heterogeneous Large-Scale Global Optimization

Wenjie Qiu; Zixin Wang; Hongyu Fang; Zeyuan Ma; Yue-Jiao Gong

Best Paper Award

Introns and Templates Matter: Rethinking Linkage in GP-GOMEA

Johannes Koch; Tanja Alderliesten; Peter Bosman

Best Paper Award

Multi-objective Local Optima Networks based on Decomposition

Gabriela Ochoa; Quentin Renau; Arnaud Liefooghe; Jonathan Fieldsend

Best Paper Award

Distributional Value Estimation Without Target Networks for Robust Quality-Diversity

Behrad Koohy; Jamie Bayne

Best Paper Award

A Heterogeneous Ant Colony Framework with Semantic Manifold Learning for Dynamic Ore-Flow Blending

Hao Tang; Changhe Li; Guoyu Chen; Shoufei Han; Michalis Mavrovouniotis; Miqing Li

Best Paper Award

In Search of the Ingredients of Open-Endedness: Replicating Picbreeder with Large Vision-Language Models

Sam Earle; Kai Arulkumaran; Akarsh Kumar; Andrew Dai; Julian Togelius; Sebastian Risi

Best Paper Award

Exploration of Pareto-preserving Search Space Transformations in Multi-objective Test Functions

Diederick Vermetten; Jeroen Rook

🏆 2025(1)

Best Paper Award

When Does Neuroevolution Outcompete Reinforcement Learning in Transfer Learning Tasks?

Nisioti, Plantec, Llera Montero, Winther Pedersen & Risi

NeuroevolutionTransfer Learning

🏆 2024(1)

Best Paper Award

Quality with Just Enough Diversity in Evolutionary Policy Search

Templier, Grillotti, Rachelson, Wilson & Cully

Quality DiversityEvolutionary Policy

🏆 2026(10)

Best Paper Award

Parent Selection Mechanisms in Elitist Crossover-Based Algorithms

Andre Opris; Denis Antipov

Best Paper Award

Evolution With Purpose: Hierarchy-Informed Optimization of Whole-Brain Models

Hormoz Shahrzad; Niharika Gajawelli; Kaitlin Maile; Manish Saggar; Risto Miikkulainen

Best Paper Award

Evolving Multi-Channel Confidence-Aware Activation Functions for Missing Data with Channel Propagation

Naeem Shahabi Sani; Ferial Najiantabriz; Shayan Shafaei; Dean Hougen

Best Paper Award

A Learning-Based Cooperative Coevolution Framework for Heterogeneous Large-Scale Global Optimization

Wenjie Qiu; Zixin Wang; Hongyu Fang; Zeyuan Ma; Yue-Jiao Gong

Best Paper Award

Introns and Templates Matter: Rethinking Linkage in GP-GOMEA

Johannes Koch; Tanja Alderliesten; Peter Bosman

Best Paper Award

Multi-objective Local Optima Networks based on Decomposition

Gabriela Ochoa; Quentin Renau; Arnaud Liefooghe; Jonathan Fieldsend

Best Paper Award

Distributional Value Estimation Without Target Networks for Robust Quality-Diversity

Behrad Koohy; Jamie Bayne

Best Paper Award

A Heterogeneous Ant Colony Framework with Semantic Manifold Learning for Dynamic Ore-Flow Blending

Hao Tang; Changhe Li; Guoyu Chen; Shoufei Han; Michalis Mavrovouniotis; Miqing Li

Best Paper Award

In Search of the Ingredients of Open-Endedness: Replicating Picbreeder with Large Vision-Language Models

Sam Earle; Kai Arulkumaran; Akarsh Kumar; Andrew Dai; Julian Togelius; Sebastian Risi

Best Paper Award

Exploration of Pareto-preserving Search Space Transformations in Multi-objective Test Functions

Diederick Vermetten; Jeroen Rook