Lion Optimizer (optimizer discovered through evolutionary search)

I recently discussed the Lion Optimizer at the Journal Club of Wadduwage Lab. It’s an optimizer discovered through regularized (aging) evolution. The authors dealt with the vast search space through clever tricks. You can find my slides, annotated paper, and the journal-club video below. The video’s audio quality is a little low.

• Slides: open the presentation
• Annotated paper: open the paper