Awards and Recognition of Group Members

Algorithm Competition Winning Award:

  • Ahrari, A., S. Elsayed, R. Sarker and D. Essam, Carlos A. Coello Coello (2022) Benchmarking AMLP-RS-CMSA-ESII for the CEC’2022 competition on seeking multiple optima in dynamic environment, EvOpt Report 2022003, School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Australia (winner of the competition) (MATLAB Code and Report)

  • Ahrari, A., S. Elsayed, R. Sarker and D. Essam, Carlos A. Coello Coello (2022) Performance Evaluation of an AMLP-RS-ES on Dynamic Optimization Problems Generated by Generalized Moving Peaks Benchmark, EvOpt Report 2022002, School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Australia (winner of the competition) (Report)

  • Ahrari, A., S. Elsayed, R. Sarker and D. Essam (2020) Benchmarking an Improved RS-CMSA-ES for WCCI/CEC’2020 Competition on Niching Methods for Multimodal Optimization, IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI’2020), Glasgow, UK, July 2020, (winner of the Competition) (Report + Results)

  • Ahrari, A., S. Elsayed, R. Sarker and D. Essam (2020) Benchmarking an Improved RS-CMSA-ES for GECCO’2020 Competition on Niching Methods for Multimodal Optimization, School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia (winner of the Competition) (Report)

  • Elsayed, S., Hamza, N., Sarker, R. (2016) Testing United Multi-operator Evolutionary Algorithms-II on Single Objective Optimization Problems. IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Vancouver, 2016, pp. 2966-2973. Received Best Algorithm Award.

  • Elsayed, S., Sarker, R., Essam, D., and N. Hamza (2014) Testing United Multi-Operator Evolutionary Algorithms on the CEC2014 Real-Parameter Numerical Optimization, 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, July 6-11, Beijing, China, pp1650-1657 (Received Best Algorithm Award for Real-Parameter Single Objective Optimization Competition)

  • S. Elsayed, R. Sarker and D. Essam (2011) GA with a New Multi-Parent Crossover for Solving IEEE-CEC2011 Competition Problems, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, New Orleans, USA, pp.1034-1040. Received Best Algorithm Award.

Best Conference Paper Award:

  • M. Haque, S. K. Paul, R. Sarker and D. Essam (2019) Modeling decentralized supply chain withcentralized and decentralized approaches, CIE49Proceedings, October 18-21, 2019, Beihang, China, pp. 187(1-10), Received Best Paper Award

  • H. Hishamuddin, R. Sarker and D. Essam (2011) A Recovery Model for a Production-Inventory System with Transportation Disruption, The International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Service Science (IESS2011), Solo (Surakarta), Indonesia, 20-22 September 2011, pp1-6. Received Best Paper Award.

  • Zahir, S. and Sarker, R. (2008) Optimizing Multi-Objective Decisions for Planned Relocation of People In Surface Mining for a Densely Populated Environment, 2008 Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC2008), 24-27 May, Halifax, Canada, Received Best Paper Award.

  • J. Kamruzamman and R. Sarker (2003) Forecasting of Currency Exchange Rates using ANN: A Case Study, IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks & Signal Processing (ICNNSP03), December 12-15, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, pp793-797. Received Best Paper Award.

  • Zahir, S. and R. Sarker (2007) Optimizing Multi-Objective Decisions about Distribution Centres and Plant Locations in Supply Chain Management, 2007 Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC2007), Received Honourable Mention Award in Production and Operations Management Division.

The Stephen Fester Prize (Faculty Best Thesis Award in IT and Related Topics):

  • Mehran Samavati (PhD), Faculty Thesis Award 2017

  • Ismail Md Ismail Ali (MSc by Research), Faculty Thesis Award 2016

  • Sanjoy Kumar Paul (PhD) Faculty Thesis Award 2015

  • Hawa Hishamuddin (PhD), Faculty Thesis Award 2013

  • Farhana Naznin (PhD), Faculty Thesis Award 2011

Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR) Award:

  • Sanjoy Kumar Paul, 2018 ASOR Rising Star Award

  • Mehran Samavati, 2015 ASOR student competition award

  • Ruhul Sarker, ASOR Special Service Certificate (2009) in recognition for his service to ASOR

  • Ruhul Sarker, ASOR Medal (2011) in recognition for his contributions to Operations Research in Australia

Media Coverage:

The following research paper received significant media coverage including Wall Street Journal, Science Daily, United Press International (UPI), COP15: UN Climate Change Conference 2009, Times of the Internet, TerraDaily, MarketWatch, EcoEarth, Eurocean, Softpedia, Oneindia, and ScienceBlog.

Zahir, S. and Sarker, R. (2009) An Interactive DSS for Implementing Sustainable Relocation Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Multi-Objective Optimization Approach, International Journal of Mathematics in Operations Research, InderScience, 1(3), pp326-350.