Curriculum Vitae

Dr. David Michael Bryson

For address information, contact brysonda@msu.edu.
Education

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 2002 – 2004, 2005 – 2012

Dual Ph.D. Computer Science and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and BehaviorAugust 2012
Dissertation: The Evolutionary Potential of Populations on Complex Fitness Landscapes

Bachelor of Science in Computer EngineeringMay 2004
Emphasis in Software Engineering

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI2000 – 2002
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI1999 – 2000

Research Experience

Digital Evolution Research Specialist October 2012 – Present
BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Graduate Research May 2004 – October 2012
Digital Evolution Laboratory
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Teaching Experience

Courses at Michigan State University:
Instructor: CSE 450 – Translation of Programming LanguagesSpring 2010
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Guest Lecturer for courses at Michigan State University:
CSE 891 – Digital Evolution and BiocomplexitySpring 2009
CSE 450 – Translation of Programming LanguagesSpring 2005, 2006

Professional Experience

Information Technologist I 2010 – 2012
BEACON Center for Study of Evolution in Action
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Information Technology Professional 2004 – 2010
Michigan State University Libraries – Systems
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Professional Activities

Program committee for professional conferences:
International Conference on Artificial Life (ALIFE) 2012 – Present

Session chair at professional conferences:
Evolution in Action II: System Design, Thirteenth International Conference on Artificial LifeJuly 2012

Other activities
Technology Chair, Thirteenth International Conference on Artificial LifeOctober 2010 – July 2012
Invited Participant, NSF BIO Centers Cyberinfrastructure WorkshopJune 2012
Lead Developer and Project Coordinator, The Avida Digital Evolution Platform2004 – Present

Software Projects

Apto C++ Library2011 – Present
ThinkTank: Evolution of Cooperative Problem Solving2006 – Present
The Avida-ED Evolution Education Project2004 – Present
The Avida Digital Evolution Platform2004 – Present
Perdo: Virtual ASM Simulator2004 – 2006

Publications
  • Optimizing Evolvability in Virtual CPU Instruction Set Architectures.
    Bryson, D.M. and Ofria, C. (in preparation)
  • History and the Evolutionary Potential of a Complex Feature
    Bryson, D.M., Ofria, C., and Lenski, R.E. (in preparation)
  1. A Case Study of the De Novo Evolution of a Complex Odometric Behavior in Digital Organisms
    Grabowski, L.M., Bryson, D.M., Dyer, F.C., Pennock, R.T., and Ofria, C.
    PLoS ONE 8(4):e60466. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060466
  2. Digital Evolution Exhibits Surprising Robustness to Poor Design Decisions
    Bryson, D.M. and Ofria, C.
    In Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems by Adami, C., Bryson, D.M., Ofria, C., and Pennock, R.T. (editors), July 2012, East Lansing, MI, pages 19-26. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. DOI:10.7551/978-0-262-31050-5-ch003
  3. Clever Creatures: Case Studies of Evolved Digital Organisms
    Grabowski, L., Bryson, D.M., Dyer, F., Pennock R.T., and Ofria, C.
    Advances in Artificial Life: ECAL 2011, August 2011, pages 276-283.
  4. Early evolution of memory usage in digital organisms
    Grabowski, L., Bryson, D.M., Dyer, F., Ofria, C., and Pennock, R.T.
    Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, 19-23 August 2010, pages 224-231.
  5. Avida: A Software Platform for Research in Computational Evolutionary Biology
    Ofria, C., Bryson, D.M., and Wilke, C.O.
    Published in Artificial Life Models in Software by Adamatzky A. and Komosinski M. (editors)
    Springer Verlag, London, UK, second edition, July 2009, pages ?-?.
  6. The Avida User’s Guide
    Ofria, C., Bryson, D.M., Baer, B., Nanlohy, K.G., Lenski, R.E., and Adami, C.
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2008)
Edited Volumes

Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems by Adami, C., Bryson, D.M., Ofria, C., and Pennock, R.T. (editors), July 2012, East Lansing, MI. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Posters

An Analysis of the de novo Evolution of a Complex Odometric Behavior
Grabowski, L.M., Bryson, D.M., Dyer, F.C., Pennock, R.T., and Ofria, C.
Artificial Life 13
East Lansing, MI, July 2012

The Coevolution of Host/Symbiont Digital Organisms
Zaman, L., Bryson, D.M., Lenski, R.E., and Ofria, C.
Evolution 2010, Society for the Study of Evolution
Portland, OR, 25-29 June 2010

Invited Presentations

Python: A Basic Introduction
Association of Computing Machinery, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, 30 March 2006
Presentation: pdf

Figure Credit

Sharing computational perspectives Lindley, D.
Communications of the ACM 53(7):13-15. July 2010.

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