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20162026
most citedCPPN2GAN: Combining Compositional Pattern Producing Networks and GANs for Large-scale Pattern Generation

26 citations · 44 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.comp-ph2026

CVT Archives and Chemical Embedding Measures for Multi-Objective Quality Diversity in Molecular Design

Dominic Mashak, Jacob Schrum

Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials are essential for photonic technologies, yet discovering optimal NLO molecules requires balancing multiple competing objectives across vast chemic…

physics.comp-ph2026

Multi-Objective Evolutionary Design of Molecules with Enhanced Nonlinear Optical Properties

Dominic Mashak, Jacob Schrum, S. A. Alexander

Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials are essential for many photonic, telecommunication, and laser technologies, yet discovering better NLO molecules is computationally challenging du…

cs.LG2025

Text-to-Level Diffusion Models With Various Text Encoders for Super Mario Bros

Jacob Schrum, Olivia Kilday, Emilio Salas +2

Recent research shows how diffusion models can unconditionally generate tile-based game levels, but use of diffusion models for text-to-level generation is underexplored. There are…

cs.CE2025★ 1 cited

A Quality Diversity Approach to Evolving Model Rockets

Jacob Schrum, Cody Crosby

Model rocketry presents a design task accessible to undergraduates while remaining an interesting challenge. Allowing for variation in fins, nose cones, and body tubes presents a r…

cs.NE2023★ 2 cited

Evolving Flying Machines in Minecraft Using Quality Diversity

Alejandro Medina, Melanie Richey, Mark Mueller +1

Minecraft is a great testbed for human creativity that has inspired the design of various structures and even functioning machines, including flying machines. EvoCraft is an API fo…

cs.NE2021★ 8 cited

Hybrid Encoding For Generating Large Scale Game Level Patterns With Local Variations

Jacob Schrum, Benjamin Capps, Kirby Steckel +2

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a powerful indirect genotype-to-phenotype mapping for evolutionary search. Much previous work applying GANs to level generation focuses o…