BEACON Center

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BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
AbbreviationBEACON
FormationFebruary 17, 2010
TypeNational Science Foundation Science and Technology Center
Legal statusActive
PurposeResearch on evolutionary dynamics in natural and artificial systems
HeadquartersMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Director
Charles Ofria
Budget$25 million (initial), $22.5 million (renewal)
Websitebeacon-center.org

The BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action is a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center headquartered at Michigan State University, focused on experimental and applied research on evolutionary dynamics in both natural and artificial systems. BEACON stands for Bio/computational Evolution in Action CONsortium.

The center is a consortium of five universities led by Michigan State University, with partner institutions including North Carolina A&T State University, the University of Idaho, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Washington. BEACON unites evolutionary biologists, computer scientists, and engineers in joint study of natural and artificial evolutionary processes and in harnessing them to solve real-world problems.

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