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You are invited to the technical talk entitled
Recent Results and Open Problems in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization
Date
Thursday May 30th, 2019
Time
6:15 PM Arrival and networking (light snacks available)
6:45 PM Approximate start of talk (40-60 mins)
7:45 – 8:00 PM Q&A period
8:00 – 8:30 PM Post-talk networking and discussion
Location
Colonel By (CBY) A-707
Faculty of Engineering
University of Ottawa
161 Louis Pasteur Private, Ottawa, K1N 6N5
admission is free but registration is required on EventBrite
Speaker
Professor Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico, IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer
Abstract
Evolutionary algorithms (as well as a number of other metaheuristics) have become a popular choice for solving problems having two or more (often conflicting) objectives (the so-called multi-objective optimization problems). This area, known as EMOO (Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization) has had an important growth in the last 15 years, and several people (particularly newcomers) get the impression that it is now very difficult to make contributions of sufficient value to justify, for example, a PhD thesis. However, a lot of interesting research is still under way. In this talk, we will review some of the research topics on evolutionary multi-objective optimization that are currently attracting a lot of interest (e.g., handling many objectives, hybridization, indicator-based selection, use of surrogates, etc.) and which represent good opportunities for doing research. Some of the challenges currently faced by this discipline will also be delineated.
Speaker Biography
Carlos Artemio Coello Coello received a PhD in Computer Science from Tulane University (USA) in 1996. His research has mainly focused on the design of new multi-objective optimization algorithms based on bio-inspired metaheuristics, which is an area in which he has made pioneering contributions. He currently has over 470 publications which, according to Google Scholar, report over 43,900 citations (with an h-index of 83). He has received several awards, including the National Research Award (in 2007) from the Mexican Academy of Science (in the area of exact sciences), the 2009 Medal to the Scientific Merit from Mexico City’s congress, the Ciudad Capital: Heberto Castillo 2011 Award for scientists under the age of 45, in Basic Science, the 2012 Scopus Award (Mexico’s edition) for being the most highly cited scientist in engineering in the 5 years previous to the award and the 2012 National Medal of Science in Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences from Mexico’s presidency (this is the most important award that a scientist can receive in Mexico). He is also the recipient of the prestigious 2013 IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award, “for pioneering contributions to single- and multiobjective optimization techniques using bioinspired metaheuristics” and of the 2016 The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in “Engineering Sciencesâ€. Since January 2011, he is an IEEE Fellow. He is also Associate Editor of several journals including the two most prestigious in his area: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation and Evolutionary Computation. He is currently Vicepresident for Member Activities of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), an IEEE CIS Distinguished Lecturer and Full Professor with distinction at the Computer Science Department of CINVESTAV-IPN in Mexico City, Mexico.
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​Dear Ottawa Section members,
the COVID-19 pandemic has reached a level of urgency that needs an “all hands on deck” approach..If you are still waiting to play a role by contributing your academic, professional or personal skills to find technology-based solutions: please join us on a web call to organise a response:
Organiser: IEEE-Ottawa SIG on Humanitarian Technology
Date: Friday April 10
Time: 16h30
URL:Â Google Meet invitation
    https://meet.google.com/wep-xofb-uzo?authuser=1&hs=122
Tentative agenda:
(5min) Introductions
(15min) Sharing of IEEE-specific COVID-19 resources
(25min) Roundtable of local resources
(15min) Roundtable of known needs
(* min) Open discussion & wrap-up
Please RSVP by emailing: alfredo.herrera@ieee.org : this will enable us to prepare the agenda and round table with a number of participants in mind.
​Dear Ottawa Section members,
​​the COVID-19 pandemic has reached a level of urgency that needs an “all hands on deck” approach​. If you are still ​waiting to play a role by contributing your academic, professional or personal skills to find technology-based solutions: please join us on a web call to organise ​a response​:
Organiser: IEEE-Ottawa SIG on Humanitarian Technology
Date:Â Â Â Â Â Friday April 10
Time: 16h30
URL:Â Google Meet invitation
​    https://meet.google.com/wep-xofb-uzo?authuser=1&hs=122​
Tentative agenda:
- (5min) Introductions
- (15min) Sharing of IEEE-specific COVID-19 resources
- (25min) Roundtable of local resources
- (15min) Roundtable of known needs
- (* min) Open discussion & wrap-up
Please RSVP by emailing: alfredo.herrera@ieee.org​ :​ this will enable us to prepare the agenda and round table with a number of participants in mind.
Date and Place: The event will be held online on September 26th and 27th, 2020.
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What?
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When?
September 26th and 27th, 2020
Where?
The event is fully online including the mentorship*.
Agenda
September 26th, 2020
01:00 PM The opening ceremony
02:00 PM Commencement of Hackathon
05:00 PM Final Submission
September 27th, 2020
01:00 PM Results declaration webinar
01:30 PM Prize announcement
02:00 PM The closing ceremony
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