In the classical setting evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are used to
compute a single solution of high quality with respect to the objective function
or a set of trade-off solutions in the field multi-objective optimization where
one deals with multiple, usually conflicting objectives. Traditionally,
diversity preservation is introduced to prevent premature convergence. In many
engineering applications and in the field of algorithm selection/configuration
however, it is beneficial to produce a set of solutions that is (1) of high
quality and (2) diverse with respect to the search space and/or some features of
the given problem. Evolutionary diversity optimization enables the computation
of a large variety of new and innovative solutions that are unlikely to be
produced by traditional evolutionary computation methods for single-objective or
multi-objective optimization. In this talk, I will give an introduction into
evolutionary diversity optimization and highlight some recent results from the
areas of communication networks and health.