John H. Holland
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Unpublished articles
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John Henry Holland (b. February 2, 1929, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.) is an American scientist and Professor of Psychology and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is also external professor and member of the executive committee of the board of trustees at Santa Fe Institute. He is best known as the father of genetic algorithms. He received his bachelor's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Physics in 1950, master's degree from University of Michigan in Math in 1954. In 1959 he was the recipient of the first computer science Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.
Holland was awarded the Louis E. Levy Medal in 1961, was made a MacArthur fellow in 1992 and is a fellow of the World Economic Forum. He serves on the International Academic Advisory Board of the Academy for Mathematics and Systems Sciences of the Chinese Academy.
His research and teaching interests includes study of cognitive processes and complex adaptive systems in general, using mathematical models and computer simulation.
Holland frequently lectures around the world on his own research, and on current research and open questions in complex adaptive systems (CAS) studies. He also developed Holland's schema theorem.
More information about him can be found at his faculty profile page at University of Michigan web site.
Scholarpedia articles:
- Genetic Algorithms. Not published yet.
(Author profile by Mortaza Doulaty)
<review> Email: jholland [at] umich.edu </review>
