Starlab Research Brussels, Belgium Starlab, a multidisciplinary advanced research institute now based in Barcelona, Spain, focuses on advanced scientific research projects with significant long-term potential impact for humanity. Last summer I held a research fellowship working with the Starlab CAM Brain group in studies designing and evolving artifical neural networks directly in silico. The project combines evolvable hardware and genetic algorithms in a novel approach towards the design and implementation of large-scale neural networks.     Directed Evolution in silico C. Altman     Genetic Algorithms in Evolutionary Computing C. Altman     FPGA-based Evolutionary Hardware Design C. Altman     US DOE Salishan Supercomputing Conference     2001 World Technology Summit     French Senate Hearing on Artificial Intelligence     CAM Brain Machine Specifications