Anil Yaman

Anil Yaman is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science, Department of Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is also affiliated with the Network Institute. His research focuses on evolutionary algorithms, neural networks, robotics, and generative models. He teaches courses including Computational Intelligence and Introduction to Artificial Intelligence.

His research interests span evolutionary computation, neuroevolution, and optimization techniques applied to robotics and generative systems. Notable areas include morphological robotics, large language model integration in optimization, and collaborative art generation via generative models.

Recent work includes studies on representation learning in robot evolution, heuristic optimization for bin-packing, and interactive art evolution using latent spaces. He has collaborated internationally and published 23+ peer-reviewed articles since 2014.