Waaahooo!!
I am currently in Colchester staying with professor Nic McPhee and his wonderful wife Sue and son Tom.
Nic and I have just returned from Evo* 2008 in Naples and we brought back
some very good news.

Semantic building blocks in genetic programming by
Nicholas McPhee, Brian Ohs, Tyler Hutchison

Was nominated for a best paper award. The results were announced yesterday. WE WON!!! HUZZAH!!! I was incredibly nervous and excited and everything was very surreal for a short time. My arms and legs were full of little tremors after it was announced and I had to manage to walk up in front of a room full of people and shake hands and accept certificates and chocolates. Pictures of the entire event will be soon to follow as well as a short comic that attempts to briefly explain the content in our paper.

I had such a great time and met loads of wonderful people and new friends. I hope I have another opportunity to go within the next coming years.

Anyways I just wanted to make a quick post about it before I set off to explore Colchester.

cheers,
~Tyler