2nd International Workshop on Computational Intelligence for Massive Optimization (CIMO 2019)

July 11-12, 2019 — Lille, France

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Overview

This is the second edition of the CIMO workshop series. It will take place from July 11 to 12, 2019, on the campus of « Cité Scientifique » at the University of Lille, France. The CIMO workshop aims at bringing together researchers interested in developing integrated computational intelligence techniques into advanced (evolutionary) optimization paradigms for solving massive optimization problems. This thematic workshop targets an international audience, and was initiated within the France/Japan collaboration (MODŌ), by providing a structuring element to gather researchers with different and often multidisciplinary backgrounds. The program will consist of talks about late-breaking research reflecting the state-of-the-art of evolutionary computation for massive optimization, and will provide many opportunities to interact with other attendees in order to encourage international cooperation and to favor the education of young researchers.

Topics of Interests

Optimization is ubiquitous to countless modern engineering and scientific applications. Today’s increasingly complex problems require to push the boundaries of existing optimization approaches, and to design innovative flexible general-purpose computational intelligence algorithms able to efficiently and effectively tackle them. Such massive optimization problems raise new important and difficult scientific challenges because of their dimensionality in terms of variables and objectives, their heterogeneity, and their expensive nature.

What?   Massive optimization problems

• Large-scale optimization — variable space dimensionality

• Any-objective optimization — single-, multi-, and many-objective optimization

• Cross-domain optimization — heterogeneous continuous/combinatorial/mixed representations

• Expensive optimization — costly/simulation-based black-box evaluations

How?   Massive optimization algorithms

• Landscape-aware algorithm design/configuration/selection

• Model-assisted and machine learning-enhanced autonomous algorithms 

• Decomposition-based and other search paradigms, and their design principles 

• Decentralized algorithms and parallel/distributed computing

Program

Session #1 — Landscape Analysis

Thursday, July 11, 10:45—12:15

Chair: Darrell Whitley — Colorado State University

• Greetings from CRIStAL and from the University of Lille

  • Olivier Colot — Director of the CRIStAL research center (UMR 9189, Univ Lille, CNRS, EC Lille)

  • François-Olivier Seys — Vice-President for International Relations, University of Lille

• New developments in local optima networks

  • Gabriela Ochoa — University of Stirling

• Fitness landscape analysis in multi-objective optimization

  • Aljosa Vodopija — Jozef Stefan Institute

• Global structure of policy search landscapes for reinforcement learning

  • Katherine Malan — University of South Africa

• Open discussions

Session #2 — Multi-objective Optimization

Thursday, July 11, 14:00—15:30

Chair: Katherine Malan — University of South Africa

• Multi-objective optimization in word-embedding spaces

  • Roberto Santana — University of the Basque Country

• Dynamic compartmental models for evolutionary algorithm analysis and configuration

  • Hugo Monzón — Shinshu University

• Constraint handling in multi-objective optimization

  • Bogdan Filipic — Jozef Stefan Institute

• Open discussions

Session #3 — Decomposition

Thursday, July 11, 16:00—17:30

Chair: Roberto Santana — University of the Basque Country

• Utilization of infeasible solutions for parallelization of multi-objective evolutionary algorithm with decomposition

  • Minami Miyakawa — Shinshu University

• Resource allocation for multi-objective optimization by decomposition

  • Claus Aranha — University of Tsukuba

• A GA without premature convergence

  • Darrell Whitley — Colorado State University

• Open discussions

Session #4 — Problems and Models

Friday, July 12, 9:00—10:15

Chair: Bogdan Filipic — Jozef Stefan Institute

• Greetings from Shinshu University

  • Kiyoshi Tanaka — Vice-President for International Relations, Shinshu University 

• Taxonomization of combinatorial optimization problems

  • Jose A.  Lozano — Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM)/University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU 

• A Study on multi-objective problem mapping

  • Hiroyuki Sato — The University of Electro-Communications

• Open discussions

Session #5 — Design and Analysis

Friday, July 12, 10:45—12:15

Chair: Gabriela Ochoa — University of Stirling

• Automatic selection of surrogate models for optimization from landscape features

  • Manuel Lopez-Ibanez — University of Manchester

• Sample size calculations for the experimental comparison of algorithms

  • Felipe Campelo — Aston University

• On the importance of modular and fast software framework for modern solvers design

  • Johann Dreo — Thales

• Open discussions

Social activities

• Wednesday, July 10, 18:00 — Informal gathering at "Gare Saint Sauveur" (Metro: Lille Grand Palais, line 2) — see map

• Thursday, July 11, 18:30 — Guided tour, meeting point: Palais Rihour (Metro: Rihour, line 1) — see map

• Thursday, July 11, 20:15 — Gala dinner at "Le Barbue d'Anvers" (Metro: Rihour, line 1) — see map

Registration

Registration is free, but mandatory; the number of participants being limited.

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List of Participants

• Aljosa Vodopija — Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

• Arnaud Liefooghe — University of Lille, France

• Bilel Derbel — University of Lille, France

• Bogdan Filipič — Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

• Claus Aranha — University of Tsukuba, Japan

• Corwin Fevre — University of Lille, France

• Darrell Whitley — Colorado State University, USA

• Felipe Campelo — Aston University, UK

• François-Olivier Seys — University of Lille, France

• Gabriela Ochoa — University of Stirling, UK

• Hernán Aguirre — Shinshu University, Japan

• Hiroyuki Sato — The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

• Hugo Monzón — Shinshu University, Japan

• Johann Dreo — Thales, France

• Jose A. Lozano — Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) / Spain University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain

• Katherine Malan — University of South Africa, South Africa

• Kiyoshi Tanaka — Shinshu University, Japan

• Kyo Migishima — Shinshu University, Japan

• Manuel López-Ibáñez — University of Manchester, UK

• Minami Miyakawa — Shinshu University, Japan

• Nadarajen Veerapen — University of Lille, France

• Olivier Colot — University of Lille, France

• Omar Abdelkafi — University of Lille, France

• Roberto Santana — University of the Basque Country, Spain

• Sébastien Verel — Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, France

Location

University of Lille, campus Cité Scientifique, France

The workshop will be held at the LILLIAD Learning Center Innovation

📌 Venue (LILLIAD) - Cité Scientifique - Avenue Henri Poincaré - 59653 Villeneuve d'Ascq

📌 Cité Scientifique Campus map

Access

The workshop venue is located at a 15-minute metro ride from Lille city center

How to reach Lille ?

> by train

Easy access by high-speed train (TGV) from main cities in France and north Europe:

• 50 minutes from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport (TGV station at the airport, terminal 2)

• 33 minutes from Brussels (Thalys fast train from Brussels-Midi station)

• 60 minutes from Paris city center (Gare-du-Nord TGV station)

• 63 minutes from London city center (Eurostar fast train from Saint-Pancras station)

• 3h15 from Amsterdam (Thalys fast train from Amsterdam-Central station)

• book e-tickets on-line

Situated just 400 meters from one another, Lille's two train stations are located in the city center and are served by both the metro and the tram. Fast trains from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport to Lille take around 50 minutes. There are frequent services on the rail route between Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport and Lille train stations

• Lille Europe Station: Eurostar service to London and Brussels, direct TGV service to Roissy Airport, Paris and all major French cities

• Lille Flandres Station: direct TGV service to Paris and TER regional trains

> by plane

• Lille-Lesquin International Airport, 10 km away from Lille city center, it serves more than 70 national and international destinations. Shuttle service from the airport to the city center (bus stop sign "Liaison aéroport" in front of the Euralille shopping centre) is available (20-minute ride)

• Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport CDG (also known as Roissy), 50 minutes away from Lille

• Brussels airport (also called Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National Brussels National or Brussels-Zaventem), about 60 minutes away from Lille (local train to Brussels-Midi, and then fast train to Lille)

How to reach Prague (GECCO) from Lille?

Two main options are available in order to attend GECCO 2019 in Prague, on Friday, July 12, 2019:

• Option 1: Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport (CDG)

    (1) Train: from Lille to Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport (CDG)

• • • dept. 17:03 — arr. 17:52

    • dept. 17:52 — arr. 18:43

    • book e-ticket on-line

    (2) Flight: from Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport (CDG) to Prague airport (PRG)

• • • dept. 20:15 — arr. 21:55 (Czech Airlines or Air France)

• Option 2: Brussels (BRU)

    (1) Train: from Lille to Brussels Midi

• • • dept. 17:07 — arr. 17:43

    (2) City transportation from Brussels Midi to Brussels National airport, about 30 min (IC) + 15 min of waiting time

    (3) Flight: from Brussels airport - National (BRU) to Prague airport (PRG)

• • • dept. 19:50 — arr. 21:15 (Czech Airlines)

Accommodation

Our suggestion is to find an accommodation in Lille's city center (15-minute metro ride from the workshop location).

Few options are listed below:

• Brueghel

• Hôtel De La Paix

• Kanai

• Best Western Premier why hotel

• Ibis Lille centre - Grand place

• Ibis Styles Lille centre Grand place

• Ibis Styles Lille centre - Gare Beffroi

Organizing Committee

• Omar Abdelkafi — Univ. Lille (France)

• Hernán Aguirre — Shinshu University (Japan)

• Bilel Derbel — Univ. Lille (France)

• Arnaud Liefooghe — Univ. Lille (France)

• Kiyoshi Tanaka — Shinshu University (Japan)

• Sébastien Verel — Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale (France)

If you have any question, feel free to @ contact us