The author has a degree in physics and a Ph.D. in nonlinear mathematics. He worked at Napier University and the University of Birmingham University, and he's now a lecturer in the Dept. of Electronics at The University of York. He has chaired many international conferences and workshops in genetic programming and evolvable hardware; he cofounded one of the key evolutionary computing journals; he has authored over 150 publications in the area; and he is the coinventor of the Cartesian GP method.

• Introduction.- Cartesian Genetic Programming.- Modular Cartesian Genetic Programming.- Self-modifying Cartesian Genetic Programming.- Evolution of Electronic Circuits.- Image Processing.- Developmental Approaches.- Artificial Neural Approaches.- Medical Applications.- Hardware Acceleration.- Control Applications.- Evolutionary Art.- Future Directions.- App. A, A Bibliography of CGP Papers.- App. B, CGP Software.