I took the train down from Porto to Lisbon last night. Having managed to avoid all the train strikes in the UK so far, I fell foul of one in Portugal, and the train I had booked wasn't running. My hosts went online to book me on a later one that was running (so I had more time with them: great!) They very worriedly said they could only get me a first class ticket, however. I asked how much it would be. 33 Euros. For a three-hour journey most of the length of the country. I nearly fell off my chair laughing. I reassured them that would be fine.
Because I arrived late, it was too dark to take the traditional photo from the window, so here it is from this morning:
I'm here in Lisbon at The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2023, as I'm co-chair of the Complex Systems track.
At registration, I got the usual bits of paper, plus a nice conference bag. However, I am using a bag I got at an earlier GECCO conference:
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| the tote bag I got at GECCO 2003, Chicago |
Today (yes, the conference runs Saturday to Wednesday) I went to great tutorials on Quality-Diversity Optimisation and on Lexicase Selection, plus a couple of interesting workshops. It's been a great start to what promises to be a very interesting conference.
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