Koza was born in 1944 and earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the
University of Michigan, being the second person to ever earn a bachelor's degree in computer science. He earned a doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Michigan in 1972.[2]
Koza was featured in
Popular Science for his work on evolutionary programming that alters its own code to find far more complex solutions. The machine, which he calls the "invention machine", has created antennae, circuits, and lenses, and has received a patent from the
US Patent Office.[citation needed]
In the political space, Koza advocates for a plan to revamp the way states choose their electors for the
Electoral College in the United States, such that candidates who win the majority of the popular vote would then win a majority of the electors
through an interstate compact.[3] He established the organization
National Popular Vote Inc. to advocate for state adoption of the policy and the election of supportive candidates.[4]
Koza, J.R. (1992). Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection,
MIT Press.
ISBN0-262-11170-5
Koza, J.R. (1994). Genetic Programming II: Automatic Discovery of Reusable Programs, MIT Press.
ISBN0-262-11189-6
Koza, J.R.; Goldberg, David; Fogel, David; & Riolo, Rick, (Eds.) (1996). Genetic Programming 1996: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference (Complex Adaptive Systems), MIT Press.
ISBN0-262-61127-9
Koza, J.R.; Deb, K.; Dorigo, M.; Fogel, D.; Garzon, M.; Iba, H.; & Riolo, R., (Eds.) (1997). Genetic Programming 1997: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference, Morgan Kaufmann.
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