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Thomas Bäck
Leiden University
Netherlands


Brief Bio
Thomas Bäck is professor of Computer Science at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Netherlands, since 2002. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Dortmund University, Germany, in 1994, and was leader of the Center for Applied Systems Analysis at the Informatik Centrum Dortmund until 2000. Thomas received the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award for his contributions in synthesizing evolutionary computation (2015), was elected as a fellow of the International Society of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC) for fundamental contributions to the field (2003), and received the best dissertation award from the "Gesellschaft für Informatik" in 1995. Thomas has more than 300 publications, as well as two books on evolutionary algorithms: Evolutionary Algorithms in Theory and Practice (1996), Contemporary Evolution Strategies (2013). He is co-editor of the Handbook of Evolutionary Computation and the Handbook of Natural Computing. Thomas is also Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Natural Computing Series (Springer) and the journal Theoretical Computer Science C (Elsevier), and editorial board member of various journals. Thomas’ research interests are in foundations and applications of evolutionary computation, efficient global optimization, and multiple objective optimization. Much of his recent research also addresses optimization methods in machine learning, e.g., for hyperparameter optimization, as well as supervised and unsupervised machine learning for smart industry applications. ... More >>


Niki van Stein
Leiden University
Netherlands


Brief Bio
Niki van Stein is a researcher in the Natural Computing Group of LIACS and manager of the applied data science lab. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Leiden University in 2018. Niki her research interests are in explainable AI, automated design of algorithms, global (Bayesian) optimization and neural architecture search.Niki van Stein is a researcher in the Natural Computing Group of LIACS and manager of the applied data science lab. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Leiden University in 2018. Niki her research interests are in explainable AI, automated design of algorithms, global (Bayesian) optimization and neural architecture search.



PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Andranik S. Akopov, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russian Federation
Mohammed Al-Betar, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
Sabri Arik, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Turkey
Saeid Kazemzadeh Azad, Atilim University, Turkey
Dalila B. M. M. Fontes, Faculdade de Economia and LIAAD-INESC TEC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Jerzy Balicki, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Adrian Bekasiewicz, Gdansk University Technology, Poland
Janos Botzheim, Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Informatics, Hungary
Alexander Brownlee, University of Stirling, United Kingdom
Stefano Cagnoni, Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy
Fabio Caraffini, Swansea University, United Kingdom
Enrique J. Carmona, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain
Pedro Angel Castillo Valdivieso, University of Granada, Spain
Paolo Cazzaniga, University of Bergamo, Italy
Francisco Chicano, University of Málaga, Spain
Vincent A. Cicirello, Stockton University, United States
J. Manuel Colmenar, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Andy M. Connor, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Vincenzo Conti, Kore University of Enna, Italy
Donato D'Ambrosio, University of Calabria, Italy
Marc Ebner, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany
Andres Faina, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Wei Fang, Jiangnan University, China
Paola Festa, University of Napoli, Italy
Steffen Finck, Vorarlberg University Applied Sciences, Austria
Gianluigi Folino, ICAR-CNR, Italy
José Fonseca, UNINOVA, Portugal
Francesco Fontanella, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italy
Mario Garza-Fabre, Cinvestav, Mexico
Adrien Goeffon, University of Angers, France
David Greiner, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain
Abdurrahman Hacioglu, Istanbul Gelisim University, Turkey
Pauline C. Haddow, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Oussama H. Hamid, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Gareth Howells, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Dariusz J. Jakóbczak, Technical University of Koszalin, Poland
Cezary Z. Janikow, University Missouri Saint Louis, United States
Nicolas Jozefowiez, University of Lorraine, France
Iwona Karcz-Duleba, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Ahmed Kheiri, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Chih-Chin Lai, National University Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Nuno Leite, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Portugal
Wen-Yang Lin, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Luca Manzoni, University of Trieste, Italy
Romeo Marian, University of South Australia, Australia
Robert Marmelstein, East Stroudsburg University, United States
Philip K. McKinley, Michigan State University, United States
Miguel A. Melgarejo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia
Carmelo Militello, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Mustafa Misir, Istinye University, Turkey
Soumya D. Mohanty, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, United States
Pawel B. Myszkowski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Nasimul Noman, University of Newcastle, Australia
Luis Nunes, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) and Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT), Portugal
Diarmuid P. O'Donoghue, Computer Science, Maynooth University, Ireland
Victor Parada, University Of Santiago Of Chile, Chile
David A. Pelta, University of Granada, Spain
Clara Pizzuti, National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Marcus Randall, Bond University, Australia
Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello, Cinvestav, Mexico
Conor Ryan, University of Limerick, Ireland
Nasser R. Sabar, La Trobe University, Australia
Frédéric Saubion, University of Angers, France
Patrick Siarry, University Paris 12 (LiSSi), France
Moshe Sipper, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Andrzej Skowron, Institute of Mathematics UW, Poland
Stephen Swift, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Saeed Tavakoli, University Of Sistan And Baluchestan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Rafael Villanueva, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Yifei Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
Hui Wang, Nanchang Institute of Technology, China
Jei-Zheng Wu, Soochow University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Takeshi Yamada, Kindai University, Japan
Amelia Zafra, University Córdoba, Spain

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