My PhD thesis, where I developed a methodology (NEAR) for building reservoir computing systems (echo state networks to be exact) through evolution and learning.
Videos
Double pole balancing with incomplete state information using NEAR
Double pole balancing with incomplete state information and damping fitness using NEAR
Double pole balancing with complete state information using NEAR
Related Publications
2013
journalKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou, Pericles A. Mitkas: Adaptive reservoir computing through evolution and learning, 2013, Neurocomputing, 103, pp. 198-209 [Code] [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2012.09.022]
2012
thesisKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou: Reinforcement learning and evolutionary computing mechanisms for autonomous agents, 2012 [PDF]
My PhD dissertation (in Greek)
2011
conferenceKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou, Anthony C. Chrysopoulos, Andreas L. Symeonidis, Pericles A. Mitkas: Enhancing Agent Intelligence through Evolving Reservoir Networks for Predictions in Power Stock Markets, 2011, ADMI 2011, pp. 228-247 [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27609-5_15]
conferenceKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou, Ioannis Partalas, Pericles A. Mitkas, Ioannis P. Vlahavas: Transferring Evolved Reservoir Features in Reinforcement Learning Tasks, 2011, European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (EWRL) 2011, pp. 213-224 [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29946-9_22]
2010
otherKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou, Fotis E. Psomopoulos, Pericles A. Mitkas: Grid-enabled parameter initialization for high performance machine learning tasks, 2010, 5th EGEE User Forum [PDF]
conferenceKyriakos C. Chatzidimitriou, Pericles A. Mitkas: A NEAT Way for Evolving Echo State Networks, 2010, European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) 2010, pp. 909-914 [DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-606-5-909]
About me
Hi! My name is Kyriakos Chatzidimitriou, I am an Intelligent Systems, Data and Software Engineer. This is my website.
AMA
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