David B. Fogel
Also known as D. B. Fogel, D.B. Fogel
David B. Fogel is a researcher known for evolutionary computation and for the Blondie24 checkers and Blondie25 chess programs. He earned a doctorate in engineering from UC San Diego in 1992 and co-founded Natural Selection in 1993. He became the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation in 1996, and in 2001 he published Blondie24, a book about a checkers program that taught itself to play. As of October 2026, he is president of Natural Selection.
Timeline
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1992
A doctorate from UC San Diego
He earns a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of California, San Diego in 1992.
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1993
Co-founding Natural Selection
He co-founds Natural Selection, Inc. in 1993.
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1996
Founding editor of an IEEE journal
He becomes the founding editor-in-chief of the IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation in 1996.
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2001
The Blondie24 book
He publishes Blondie24: Playing at the Edge of AI in 2001, a book about a checkers program that taught itself to play.
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2003–2008
Screening food imports for the FDA
From 2003 to 2008 he serves as lead program manager for a machine-learning system that screens food imports for the FDA at Natural Selection, Inc.
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2004–2008
An IEEE award and a doctorate
He receives the IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award in 2004 and an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria in 2008.
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2006
The Blondie25 chess program
In 2006 he and Tim Hays publish a paper in which Blondie25 competes against Fritz 8.0 and a human chess master.
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As of October 2026
President of Natural Selection
He is president of Natural Selection, Inc., a firm founded in 1993 that applies computational intelligence to predictive analytics and forecasting.
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