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The research aims to celebrate long-term contributions to the field of evolutionary computation.

April 15, 2026

The 2025 ACM SIGEVO Outstanding Contribution Awardees

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The research aims to celebrate long-term contributions to the field of evolutionary computation.
Recognition of contributions based on at least 15 years of sustained effort.
Interview responses from awardees reflecting on their achievements and insights.
Assessment of innovations, publications, and leadership roles.
Mengjie Zhang and Frank Neumann received the 2025 ACM SIGEVO Outstanding Contribution Award.
Awardees shared their perspectives on evolutionary computation and advice for emerging researchers.

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The SIGEVO Outstanding Contribution Award recognizes remarkable contributions to Evolutionary Computation (EC) when evaluated over a sustained period of at least 15 years. These contributions can include technical innovations, publications, leadership, teaching, mentoring, and service to the EC community. In 2025, two accomplished members of our community received this recognition: Mengjie Zhang and Frank Neumann. To celebrate these distinctions, they kindly answered our questions reflecting on their contributions and views on evolutionary computation, as well as their advice to young researchers in the field.

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