Tutorials


Tutorials will take place on September 14, 2008.
It is planned to arrange nine tutorials. Three tutorials will be given sequentially to each of the following major topics: introductions, applications, and advanced topics. This will offer the chance to visit all tutorials on each major topic. Each tutorial will last for 90 to 120 minutes, the final length is not decided yet.

The registration for any Tutorial with the ConfTool is not binding. Your appearance is still optional.

Introductions

Applications

Advanced Topics

1st SESSION
Christian Blum 10:00 - 12:00 Swarm Intelligence (PSO + ACO)
Jens Gottlieb 10:00 - 12:00 Transportation and Logistics
Frank Neumann and Carsten Witt 10:00 - 12:00 Computational Complexity of Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization
 
LUNCHTIME 12:00 - 13:30
 
2nd SESSION
Kenneth De Jong 13:30 - 15:30 A Unified Approach to EC
David Corne 13:30 - 15:30 Bioinformatics
Nikolaus Hansen and Anne Auger 13:30 - 15:30 Evolution Strategies and Related Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (ES feat. EDA)
 
BREAK 15:30 - 16:00
 
3rd SESSION
Eckart Zitzler 16:00 - 18:00 Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (EMOA)
Simon Lucas 16:00 - 18:00 Games
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein and Mike Preuss 16:00 - 18:00 The Future of Experimental Research