Darrell Whitley

Prof. Darrell Whitley is a tenured Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University. He served as Department Chair from 2003-2018 and holds editorial/leadership history through roles like Editor-in-Chief of Evolutionary Computation (2007-2011) and ACM SIGEVO Chair. His research program in Evolutionary Computation has produced over 22,900 citations (H-index 62).

• Key research themes include: Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Local Search, Combinatorial Optimization, and Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Computation
• Recipient of multiple scientific awards including: Best Paper (GECCO 2009), Best Paper (GECCO 2006), PLANET Prize (ECP-01), and Honorable Mention Best Student Paper (MISTA-2005)

His most recent publications (2010-2012) focus on fitness landscape decomposition, security hardening, k-anonymization trade-offs, and TSP optimization. Collaborative work spans multiple domains including network security, data privacy, and face tracking algorithms.