Activities
Chair
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, (new) Benchmarking, Benchmarks, Software and Reproducibility (BBSR) track (Melbourne, Australia, 2024), /w Carola Doerr
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (Lisbon, Portugal, 2023), /w Ahmed Kheiri
15th Conference on Artificial Evolution (Exeter, UK, 2022), /w Pierrick Legrand
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (Lille, France Virtual, 2021) — see report
14th Conference on Artificial Evolution (Mulhouse, France, 2019), /w Pierrick Legrand
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO) track (Prague, Czech Republic, 2019), /w Jonathan Fieldsend
19th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Leipzing, Germany, 2019), /w Luís Paquete
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (Kyoto, Japan, 2018)
18th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Parma, Italy, 2018), /w Manuel López-Ibáñez
Editorial Board
Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (ACM)
Reproducibility Board Chair (since 2023) — see guidelines
Reproducibility Board Member (since 2019)
Guest Editor
Special issue on Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization, European Journal of Operational Research, co-edited /w D Brockhoff, B Derbel and S Verel (deadline: October 31, 2013; appeared as vol 243, n 2, pp 345–346, 2015)
Organizing Committee
3rd International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Massive Optimization (CIMO 2024), co-organized /w H Aguirre, B Derbel, K Tanaka and S Verel (Nagano, Japan, July 2024)
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2024, co-organized /w S Thomson, N Veerapen, K Malan, S Verel and G Ochoa (Melbourne, Australia, 2024)
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2023, co-organized /w S Thomson, N Veerapen, K Malan, S Verel and G Ochoa (Lisbon, Portugal, 2023)
15th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Exeter, UK, 2022)
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (Lille, France, 2021)
Local organizer, /w B Derbel, O Abdelkafi, N Veerapen, and S Verel
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2021, co-organized /w N Veerapen, K Malan, S Verel and G Ochoa (Lille, France, 2021)
14th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Mulhouse, France, 2019)
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2019, co-organized /w N Veerapen, S Verel and G Ochoa (Prague, Czech Republic, July 2019)
2nd International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Massive Optimization (CIMO 2019), co-organized /w O Abdelkafi, H Aguirre, B Derbel, K Tanaka and S Verel (Lille, France, July 2019)
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2018, co-organized /w N Veerapen, S Verel and G Ochoa (Kyoto, Japan, July 2018)
1st International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Massive Optimization (CIMO 2018), co-organized /w H Aguirre, B Derbel, K Tanaka and S Verel (Nagano, Japan, July 2018)
Multi-/many-objective optimization and learning, special session at BIOMA 2018, co-organized /w H Aguirre, B Derbel, B Filipič, T Tušar, S Verel (Paris, France, May 2018)
Landscape-aware heuristic search, workshop at GECCO 2017, co-organized /w N Veerapen, F Daolio, S Verel and G Ochoa (Berlin, Germany, July 2017)
Fitness landscape analysis for understanding and designing intelligent optimization algorithms, special session at CEC 2017, co-organized /w H Aguirre, K Tanaka and S Verel (San Sebastián, Spain, June 2017)
Fitness landscape analysis and search space structure, special session at CEC 2015, co-organized /w H Aguirre, K Tanaka and S Verel (Sendai, Japan, May 2015)
EMO@MCDM 2013: Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization session at the MCDM 2013 conference, co-organized /w D Brockhoff, B Derbel and S Verel (Malaga, Spain, June 2013)
AESS 2013: Artificial Evolution Summer School (Quiberon, France, June 2013)
Problem structure vs algorithm performance in multi-objective combinatorial optimization session at LION 2013, co-organized /w H Aguirre, K Tanaka and S Verel (Catania, Italy, January 2013)
Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization session at EURO 2012, co-organized /w J Branke (Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2012)
EEEA 2012: 7e école d'été Évolution Artificielle : État de la recherche (Quiberon, France, June 2012)
ThRaSH 2012: 6th workshop on Theory of Randomized Search Heuristics (Lille, France, 2012)
Metaheuristics for Multi-objective Optimization, as a part of META 2010, special session co-organized /w L Paquete
META 2010: 3rd International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (Djerba, Tunisia, 2010)
NATComp 2010: Workshop on Nature Inspired Computing, as part of AICCSA 2010 (Hammamet, Tunisia, 2010)
META 2008: 2nd International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (Hammamet, Tunisia, 2008)
JOBIM 2008: Journées Ouvertes Biologie, Informatique et Mathématiques (Lille, France, 2008)
Program Committee
PPSN 2024 — 18th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (Hagenberg, Austria, 2024)
GECCO 2024 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Benchmarking, Benchmarks, Software, and Reproducibility (BBSR) track (Melbourne, Australia, 2024)
CEC 2024 — IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, part of WCCI (Yokohama, Japan, 2024)
EvoCOP 2024 — 24th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Aberystwyth, UK, 2024)
FOGA 2023 — 17th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (Potsdam, Germany, 2023)
GECCO 2023 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Lisbon, Portugal, 2023)
EvoCOP 2023 — 23th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Brno, Czech Republic, 2023)
EMO 2023 — 12th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Leiden, Netherlands, 2023)
EA 2022 — 15th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Exeter, UK, 2022)
PPSN 2022 — 17th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (Dortmund, Germany, 2022)
GECCO 2022 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Boston, USA, 2022)
EvoCOP 2022 — 22th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Seville, Spain, 2022)
FOGA 2021 — 16th Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (Dornbirn, Austria, 2021)
GECCO 2021 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) and Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO) tracks (Lille, France, 2021)
CEC 2021 — IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (Kraków, Poland, 2021)
EvoCOP 2021 — 21th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Virtual, 2021)
EMO 2021 — 11th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Shenzhen, China, 2021)
BIOMA 2020 — 9th International Conference on Bioinspired Optimization Methods and their Applications (Brussels, Belgium, 2020)
PPSN 2020 — 16th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (Leiden, The Netherlands, 2020)
GECCO 2020 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Cancún, México, 2020)
EvoCOP 2020 — 20th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Seville, Spain, 2020)
EA 2019 — 14th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Mulhouse, France, 2019)
FOGA 2019 — 15th Workshop on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (Potsdam, Germany, 2019)
GECCO 2019 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO) track (Prague, Czech Republic, 2019)
EvoCOP 2019 — 19th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Leipzig, Germany, 2019)
EMO 2019 — 10th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Michigan, USA, 2019)
PPSN 2018 — 15th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (Coimbra, Portugal, 2018)
GECCO 2018 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Kyoto, Japan, 2018)
EvoCOP 2018 — 18th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Parma, Italy, 2018)
EA 2017 — 13th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Paris, France, 2017)
GECCO 2017 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Berlin, Germany, 2017)
CEC 2017 — IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (San Sebastián, Spain, 2017)
EvoCOP 2017 — 17th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017)
EMO 2017 — 9th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Münster, Germany, 2017)
PPSN 2016 — 14th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (Edinburgh, UK, 2016)
MOD 2016 — 2nd International Workshop on Machine learning, Optimization and big Data (Tuscany, Italy, 2016)
GECCO 2016 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Denver, USA, 2016)
EvoCOP 2016 — 16th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Porto, Portugal, 2016)
EA 2015 — 12th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Lyon, France, 2015)
EPIA 2015 — 17th Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Track on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms (Coimbra, Portugal, 2015)
GECCO 2015 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Madrid, Spain, 2015)
CEC 2015 — IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (Sendai, Japan, 2015)
EvoCOP 2015 — 15th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2015)
LION 2015 — 9th Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (Lille, France, 2015)
EMO 2015 — 8th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Guimarães, Portugal, 2015)
ECAI 2014 — 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Prague, Czech Republic, 2014)
GECCO 2014 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Vancouver, Canada, 2014)
EvoCOP 2014 — 14th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Granada, Spain, 2014)
ALEA 2013 — 6th Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms, as a part of EPIA 2013 (Açores, Portugal, 2013)
GECCO 2013 — Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Evolutionary Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics (ECOM) track (Amsterdam The Netherlands, 2013)
IEEE SSCI 2013 — IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (Singapour, 2013)
EvoCOP 2013 — 13th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Vienna, Austria, 2013)
EMO 2013 — 7th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Sheffield, UK, 2013)
CEC-EMO 2012 — Special Session on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (Brisbane, Australia, 2012)
EvoCOP 2012 — 12th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (Malaga, Spain, 2012)
LION 2012 — 6th Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN Conference (Paris, France, 2012)
ALEA 2011 — 5th Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Algorithms, as a part of EPIA 2011 (Lisbon, Portugal, 2011)
EMO 2011 — 6th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-criterion Optimization (Ouro Preto, Brazil, 2011)
SLS-DS 2009 — Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms (Brussels, Belgium, 2009)
Journal Reviewing
4OR — A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research (Springer)
ASOC — Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier)
CAIE — Computers & Industrial Engineering (Elsevier)
COAP — Computational Optimization and Applications (Springer)
COR — Computers & Operations Research (Elsevier)
CSUR — Computing Surveys (ACM)
CYB — Transactions on Cybernetics (IEEE)
DAM — Discrete Applied Mathematics (Elsevier)
EJOR — European Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier)
EVCO — Evolutionary Computation (MIT)
Expert Systems — The Journal of Knowledge Engineering (Wiley)
GENO — Engineering Optimization (Taylor & Francis)
HEUR — Journal of Heuristics (Springer)
IJAIT — International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (World Scientific)
ITOR — International Transactions in Operational Research (Wiley)
KNOSYS — Knowledge-Based Systems (Elsevier)
MCDA — Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (Wiley & Sons)
NEUCOM — Neurocomputing (Elsevier)
SOCO — Soft Computing (Springer)
TELO — Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization (ACM)
TEVC — Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE)
Special issues
Multiobjective Metaheuristics for Multidisciplinary Engineering Applications, Engineering Optimization (GENO, Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization: Methodologies and Applications, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA, Wiley, 2011)
Multi-objective Optimization, Computers & Operations Research (COR, Elsevier, 2011)
New advances in metaheuristics, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms (JMMA, Springer, 2011)
Recent developments in bio-inspired algorithms, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms (JMMA, Springer, 2010)
PhD Jury Membership
Sarah Thomson — Univ Stirling (UK), PhD defense: October 2020
External Examiner
Title: Anatomy of the local optima level in combinatorial optimisation
Supervisor: Gabriela Ochoa
Vincent Hénaux — Univ Angers (FR), PhD 2018-2020
Member of the PhD Monitoring Committee
Title: Generation of local search algorithms
Supervisors: Adrien Goëffon and Frédéric Saubion
Sara Tari — Univ Angers (FR), PhD 2015-2019
Member of the PhD Monitoring Committee
Title: Strategies for exploring fitness landscapes
Supervisors: Matthieu Basseur and Adrien Goëffon
Working Groups
Member, executive board member and vice-secretary of EA (french association on artificial evolution, since 2015)
Member and management committee substitute of the COST action on Improving applicability of nature-inspired optimization by joining theory and practice (CA15140, 2016-2020, chair: Thomas Jansen)
Founding member of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Decomposition-based techniques in evolutionary computation (since 2017, chair: Ke Li)
Founding member of the Benchmarking Network (since 2019)
National Authorities
Member of the Scientific Council of the national CNRS research group on Operations Research GdR RO and Co-animator of the MH2PPC thematic axis (since 2021)
Elected member of the National Council of Universities CNU 27 (2020-2023)
Member, executive board member and vice-secretary of EA (french association on artificial evolution, since 2015)
External member of the Recruiting Committee for Associate Professorship, Univ Littoral (2013)
Local Authorities
Responsible for Communication, Computer Science Department, Univ Lille (2021-2023)
Director of studies of the Master-2 MIAGE IPI-NT, Univ Lille (2015-2021)
Permanent member of the Mixed Commission Education/Research, Univ Lille (since 2018)
Member of the Recruiting Committee for temporary positions (ATER), IUT STID Lille (since 2021)
Member of the Recruiting Committee for temporary positions, Inria Lille (2018)
Internal member of the Recruiting Committee for Associate Professorship, Univ Lille (2015-2018)
Responsible of the Bonus research group website (2017-2023)
Co-coordinator of the Seminars from the OPTIMA thematic group (2014-2017)
Coordinator of the Seminars from the Dolphin research group (2011-2014)
Introduction to research and innovation activities of the Dolphin research group to Master students (RIC days)
Coordinator of the Activity Report from the Dolphin research group, Inria (2010)