21st Human-Competitive Results Awards ("Humies") 2024

The GECCO 2024 Conference was held July 14--18 this year, once again in hybrid mode. Nearly 400 people came to Melbourne, Australia to attend in person, and an additional 275 or so registered to attend virtually. The finals of the Humies competition (see www.human-competitive.org for the Call for Entries) was a plenary session on Wednesday, July 17, that was attended by about 150 people. The eight finalists earlier selected by the judges (from among 16 entries, and based on the papers and entry forms they submitted) presented their work in 10-minute talks, or, in one case, a pre-recorded video.