Recorded 13 September 2024. Josh Bongard of the University of Vermont presents "Evolutionary computation" at IPAM's Mathematics of Intelligences Tutorials. Abstract: EC is a family of search methods that have been in widespread use since the 1960s. I will survey this history and main forms of evolutionary computation still in use. I will also introduce CPPN-NEAT, arguably the first generative AI method, which is also still in use due to its ease of implementation and robustness to hyper parameter settings. I will then describe a few use cases from my own group: symbolic regression, evolutionary robotics, and computationally designed organisms. Learn more online at: https://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/mathematics-of-intelligences-tutorials/?tab=schedule