--- title: "Kenneth Owen Stanley — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Kenneth Owen Stanley: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2019–2023), h-index 60 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Kenneth Owen Stanley # Kenneth Owen Stanley Kenneth Owen Stanley has 2 papers in our library, in 2019–2023; often with [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/), [Joel Lehman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/), [Andrew Dai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-dai/). 2 papers in our library · 2019–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5029264794) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4503-0839) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67220557) · [**h-index 60**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5029264794) · [239 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5029264794) · [18,262 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5029264794&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 65 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #7095](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/71/#star-7095) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Kenneth+Owen+Stanley) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Kenneth+Owen+Stanley) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Kenneth+Owen+Stanley) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Kenneth+Owen+Stanley) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Central Florida** Orlando · United States 2006–2021 · 165 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-central-florida/) · [🎓**The University of Texas at Austin** Austin · United States 2000–2006 · 18 papersEducation until 2004](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-university-of-texas-at-austin/) · [🏢**Uber AI** San Francisco · United States 2018–2021 · 15 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/uber-ai/) · [🏢**OpenAI** San Francisco · United States 2023 · 2 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/openai/) · [🎓**University of Pennsylvania** Philadelphia · United States Education](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pennsylvania/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/) · [Genetics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/genetics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/year/2023/) ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/year/2019/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Paired Open-Ended Trailblazer (POET): Endlessly Generating Increasingly Complex and Diverse Learning Environments and Their Solutions](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-paired-open-ended-trailblazer-poet/)** *(2019 · 154 citations)* Progress in machine learning usually follows a fixed pattern: people choose a problem, and researchers build algorithms to solve it. 2. **[Quality-Diversity through AI Feedback](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bradley-2023-quality-diversity-through-ai-feedback/)** *(2023 · 19 citations)* Quality-diversity (QD) search maintains a population of solutions that are both good and varied. However, it has rarely been used for creative text because quality and diversity are hard to define in code. The authors propose QDAIF, an evolutionary method in which language models handle all three parts of QD search.… ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Designing neural networks through neuroevolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-018-0006-z) Nature Machine Intelligence · no summary yet**Kenneth Owen Stanley et al.*2018 · 702 citations* 2. [**Paired Open-Ended Trailblazer (POET): Endlessly Generating Increasingly Complex and Diverse Learning Environments and Their Solutions arXiv:1901.01753**Rui Wang, Joel Lehman, Jeff Clune, et al.*2019 · 154 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wang-2019-paired-open-ended-trailblazer-poet/) 3. [**Quality-Diversity through AI Feedback arXiv:2310.13032**Herbie Bradley, Andrew Dai, Hannah Teufel, et al.*2023 · 19 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/bradley-2023-quality-diversity-through-ai-feedback/) ## Co-authors here 9 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jeff Clune](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jeff-clune/) ×2 - [Joel Lehman](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/joel-lehman/) ×2 - [Andrew Dai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/andrew-dai/) - [Hannah Teufel](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hannah-teufel/) - [Herbie Bradley](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/herbie-bradley/) - [Jenny Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jenny-zhang/) - [Koen Oostermeijer](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/koen-oostermeijer/) - [Marco Bellagente](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marco-bellagente/) - [Rui Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/rui-wang/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - Nature Machine Intelligence ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 65 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [13 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kenneth-owen-stanley/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026