Kyle Eyvindson

Olha Nahorna

Hemant Singh

Prof. Rudolf Vetschera

Dmitry Podkopaev

Francisco Ruiz

Kresimir Matkovic

Prof. Juergen Branke

Prof. Ignacy Kaliszewski

Prof. Amos Ng

Dmitry Podkopaev

Ana Belen Ruiz

• 2022

  30.11.2022-03.12.2022

  Luis Paquete
  Visiting from:	Univeristy of Coimbra, Portugal
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Presentation:	Hypervolume-based Representation and Scalarization: Results and Challenges

  
  

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  01.07.2022-31.07.2022 and 19.11.2022-03.12.2022

  Sunith Bandaru
  Visiting from:	Univeristy of Skovde, Sweeden
  Info:	Associate Professor
  JYU Visiting Fellow:	Toward Knowledge-Based optimization with Mimer a decision support software

  
  

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  02.10.2022-30.11.2022

  Francisco Ruiz
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Spain
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Multiple Reference Point Composite Indicators. Further Developments and Applications (on October 12)

  
  

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  21.11.2022-26.11.2022

  Henrik Smedberg
  Visiting from:	Univeristy of Skovde, Sweden
  Info:	Doctoral researcher
  Workshop:	Toward Knowledge-Based optimization with Mimer a decision support software

  
  

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  15.11.2022-17.11.2022

  Ofer M. Shir
  Visiting from:	Tel-Hai College, Israel
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Presentation:	Algorithmically-Guided Scientific Discoveries

  
  

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  29.08.2022-05.09.2022

  Magda Osman
  Visiting from:	Univeristy of Cambridge, UK
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Why causality matters when thinking about how to support better decision-making

  
  

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• 2021

  01.09.2021-30.09.2021 and 01.11.2021-31.12.2021

  Michael Emmerich
  Visiting from:	Univeristy of Leiden, Netherlands
  JYU Visiting Fellow

  
  

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  01.09.2021-29.02.2022

  Jana Burkotova, PhD
  Visiting from:	Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
  JYU Visiting Fellow

  
  

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• 2019

  11.12.2019-31.12.2019

  Dmitry Podkopaev
  Visiting from:	Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  Presentation:	Experiments with a new artificial decision maker

  
  

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  24.11.2019-29.11.2019

  Jan Kwakkel
  Visiting from:	TU Delft, Netherlands
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	On the use of many objective optimization for supporting decision making under deep uncertainty

  
  

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  20.11.2019-26.11.2019

  Michael Emmerich
  Visiting from:	Leiden University, Netherlands
  Info:	Professor

  
  

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  10.11.2019-16.11.2019

  Richard Allmendinger
  Visiting from:	University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Developing and applying data-driven decision support systems with industry

  
  

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  11.08.2019-19.08.2019

  Dong Ling Xu
  Visiting from:	University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Hybrid Data-Driven and Knowledge-Based Fraud Detection via Evidential Reasoning

  
  

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  11.08.2019-19.08.2019

  Jian-Bo Yang
  Visiting from:	University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Interpretable Belief Rule Base Model for Credit Risk Analysis and Mortgage Lending Decision Making

  
  

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  01.08.2019-10.08.2019

  Michael Emmerich
  Visiting from:	Leiden University, Netherlands
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Lipschitzian vs. Gaussian error bounds in multiobjective optimization with expensive black-box functions

  
  

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  19.05.2019-09.07.2019

  Nirupam Chakraborty
  Visiting from:	IIT Kharagpur, India
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Novel Strategies for Data-driven evolutionary Optimization

  
  

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  19.05.2019-24.05.2019

  Yaochu Jin
  Visiting from:	University of Surrey, UK
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Data-driven Evolutionary Optimization: Online and Offline Model Management

  
  

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  13.05.2019-16.05.2019

  Kathrin Klamroth
  Visiting from:	University of Wuppertal, Germany
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Generic Scalarization-based Algorithms in Multiobjective Optimization

  
  

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  24.04.2019-30.04.2019

  Tinkle Chugh
  Visiting from:	University of Exceter, UK
  Presentation:	A multiobjective optimization approach in building Gaussian process models and A study on using different scalarizing functions in Bayesian multiobjective optimization

  
  

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• 2018

  13.12.2018-18.12.2018

  Alberto Lovison
  Visiting from:	University of Padova, Italy
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	Perspectives for deterministic methods in multiobjective optimization

  
  

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  25.11.2018-07.12.2018

  Tomas Kratky
  Visiting from:	Czech Republic
  Presentation:	##

  
  

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  31.10.2018-22.12.2018

  Dmitry Podkopaev
  Visiting from:	Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  Presentation:	About visualization of multidimensional and big data

  
  

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  21.10.2018-27.10.2018

  Francisco Ruiz
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Spain
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	On Building Synthetic Indicators using Reference Point Techniques: Approaches, Reflections and Applications

  
  

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  13.10.2018-19.10.2018

  Margaret Wiecek
  Visiting from:	Calmeson University, United States
  Info:	Professor
  Presentation:	On Highly Robust Efficient Solutions to Uncertain Multiobjective Linear Programs

  
  

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  03.09.2018-05.09.2018

  Majid Soleimani Damaneh
  Visiting from:	University of Tehran, Iran
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Presentation:	On robustness in multiobjective programming

  
  

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  11.08.2018-25.08.2018

  Manuel López-Ibáñez
  Visiting from:	University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Assistant Professor
  Presentation:	Intersections between Machine Learning and Optimization
  Course:	COM2: Data analytics + Machine learning + Optimisation (In 28th Jyväyläummer School)

  
  

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  08.08.2018-08.02.2019

  Javad Koushki
  Visiting from:	University of Tehran, Iran
  Info:	PhD Student
  Presentation:	Anchor solutions in multiobjective optimization

  
  

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• 2017

  25.11.-21.12.2017

  Manuel López-Ibáñez
  Visiting from:	University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Assistant Professor
  Presentation:	Automatic Offline Design of Algorithms

  
  

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  25.11.-10.12.2017

  Ahsanul Habib
  Visiting from:	University of South Wales, Canberra, Australia
  Info:	PhD Student
  Presentation:	A Multiple Surrogate Assisted Decomposition Based Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Many Objective Optimization

  
  

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  26.10.-31.12.2017

  Babooshka Shavazipour
  Visiting from:	University of Cape Town, South Africa
  Presentation:	Multiobjective optimization under deep uncertainty

  
  

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  11.10.-27.12.2017

  Dmitry Podkopaev
  Visiting from:	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  Presentation:	Multiobjective approach to portfolio investment

  
  

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  6.10.-29.04.2017

  Lu Chen
  Visiting from:	Beijing Institute of Technology, China
  Info:	Ph.D. student
  Presentation:	An interactive multiobjective optimization method and the construction of artificial decision makers

  
  

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  1.10.-13.10.2017

  Tomáš Krátký, Ms.C.
  Visiting from:	Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic and
  	SIGMA Research and Development Institute Ltd., Czech Republic
  Info:	Ph.D. student
  Presentation:	Pump Hydraulic Design as an Optimization Problem, Air Ventilation Intake, Jet System for Abrasive Metal-Cutting, Nuclear Forward scattering evaluation as an Optimization Problem, Car Suction Design (5 talks)

  
  

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  25.9-30.9.2017

  Francisco Ruiz , Ph.D.
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Spain
  Info:	Professor Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics)
  Presentation:	A Meta-Goal Programming Approach to Cardinal Preference Aggregation

  
  

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  21.08.-21.12.2017

  Cristóbal Barba González, Ms.C
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Khaos Group
  Info:	PhD Student
  Presentation:	Big Data Optimization and Big Data Analytics (2 talks)

  
  

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  07.08-11.08.2017

  Prof. Juha Karvanen , Ph.D.
  Visiting from:	Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyvaskyla
  Info:	Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyvaskyla

  
  

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  06.08.-19.08.2017

  Richard Allmendinger, PhD
  Visiting from:	Manchester Business School The University of Manchester, UK
  Info:	Lecturer
  Homepage:	https://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/Richard.Allmendinger/default.htm
  Presentation:	Data-driven optimization: Industrial case studies
  Course:	COM3: Data-driven optimization via search heuristics (In 27th Jyvaskyla Summer School)

  
  

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  17.06.-21.06.2017

  Michael Emmerich, PhD
  Visiting from:	The Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS),
  	Netherlands
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Homepage:	http://liacs.leidenuniv.nl/~emmerichmtm/#about
  Presentation:	At the Crossroads between Computational Geometry and Multiobjective Optimization

  
  

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• 2016

  12.12-23.12.2016

  Dmitry Podkopaev , PhD
  Visiting from:	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

  
  

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• 2016

  13.12.-16.12.2016

  Ignacy Kaliszewski, PhD
  Visiting from:	Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
  	Poland
  Info:	Professor of Technical Sciences
  Homepage:	http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/~kaliszew/main_page.html
  Presentation:	Pareto suboptimal solutions to large-scale multiobjective multidimensional knapsack problems with assessments of Pareto optimality gaps

  
  

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• 2016

  22.11 - 4.12.2016

  Alberto Lovison, PhD
  Visiting from:	Universita degli Studi di Padova,Italy
  Research area:	Mathematical Physics
  Homepage:	http://www.math.unipd.it/~lovison/home.html
  Presentation:	Two infinite dimensional excursions

  
  

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• 2016

  23.10-4.11.2016

  Tomáš Krátký, Ms.C.
  Visiting from:	Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic and
  	SIGMA Research and Development Institute Ltd., Czech Republic
  Info:	Ph.D. student
  Presentation:	An multiobjective shape optimization of a pump using CFD and Stochastic RBF method

  
  

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• 2016

  17.10-11.11.2016

  Dmitry Podkopaev , PhD
  Visiting from:	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

  
  

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• 2016

  14.8.-27.8.2016

  Joshua Knowles, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Birmingham, School of Computer Sciences,
  	UK
  Info:	Professor of Natural Computation
  Homepage:	http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~jdk/
  Presentation:	ParEGO: New and Coming Updates
  Course:	Sequential Experimentation and decision making by Anytime Randomized Search Heuristics (The 26nd Jyväskylä Summer School)

  
  

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• 2016

  7.8.-13.8.2016

  Handing Wang, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Surrey, Department of Computing,
  	UK
  Presentation:	Data-Driven Surrogate-Assisted Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization of A Trauma System

  
  

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• 2016

  7.8.-13.8.2016

  Chaoli Sun, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Surrey, Department of Computing,
  	UK
  Presentation:	Surrogate-assisted Cooperative Swarm Optimization of High-dimensional Expensive Problems

  
  

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• 2016

  29.5.-1.6.2016

  Anita Schöbel, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Goettingen, Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics, , Department of Mathematics
  	Germany
  Info:	Professor of optimization
  Homepage:	http://optimierung.math.uni-goettingen.de/index.php?section=members&subsection=schoebel
  Presentation:	Concepts for Robust Multiobjective Optimization

  
  

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• 2016

  11.5.-11.6.2011

  Nirupam Chakraborti, PhD
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  	India
  Info:	Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=bbmZW
  Presentation:	EvoNN and BioGP algorithms for data-driven modeling

  
  

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• 2016

  31.1 - 27.2.2016

  Ana Belen Ruiz, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics , Spain
  Presentation:	Multiobjective Optimization and Decision Making based on Evolutionary Algorithms: New Developments

  
  

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• 2015

  8.12-18.12.2015

  Dmitry Podkopaev , PhD
  Visiting from:	Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

  
  

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• 2015

  26.11 - 17.12.2016

  Benjamin Martin, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Nantes, France
  Presentation:	Interval methods for nonlinear optimization: Application to biobjective optimization and reliability-based optimization

  
  

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• 2015

  27.9- 2.10

  Mariano Luque, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Faculty of Economic,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:	Professor of Mathematics in Economics
  Homepage:	http://www.uma.es/departamento-de-economia-aplicada-matematicas/info/70258/mariano-luque/?set_language=en
  Presentation:	A Family of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms

  
  

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• 2015

  1.8.-30.10.2015

  Tomáš Krátký, Ms.C.
  Visiting from:	Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic and
  	SIGMA Research and Development Institute Ltd., Czech Republic
  Info:	Ph.D. student
  Presentation:	Optimization and CFD as a tool for hydraulic design

  
  

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• 2015

  10.8.-14.8.2015

  Anders Forsgren, PhD
  Visiting from:	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Mathematics, Division of Optimization and Systems Theory
  	Sweden
  Info:	Professor of Division of Optimization and Systems Theory
  Homepage:	http://www.math.kth.se/~andersf/W
  Presentation:	Nonlinear optimization methods and applications
  Course:	Nonlinear Optimization: Advances and Applications (The 25th Jyväskylä Summer School)

  
  

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• 2015

  7.4-9.7

  Francisco Ruiz , Ph.D.
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Spain
  Presentation:	Hybrid Interactive Multiobjective Optimization Systems. Some Real Applications

  
  

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• 2015

  7.4-8.4

  Thomas Back, Ph.D.
  Visiting from:	Natural Computing Group, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) Leiden University, Netherlands
  Presentation:	Optimization in Industry: Challenges and Multiobjective Examples

  
  

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• 2015

  11.3.2015

  Kerstin Dächert, Ph.D.
  Visiting from:	University of Duisburg-Essen,
  	Faculty of Economics and Business Administration , Germany
  Homepage:	https://www.ewl.wiwi.uni-due.de/en/team/academic-staff/kerstin-daechert/
  Presentation:	On the computation of the nondominated set by scalarizations with adaptive parameter selection

  
  

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• 2015

  10.2.2015

  Silvia Poles
  Visiting from:	Noesis Solutions,
  	Belgium
  Presentation:	Optimus software and its capabilities in multiobjective optimization

  
  

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• 2015

  9-13.2.2015

  Audrius Varoneckas, PhD
  Visiting from:	Vilnius University,
  	Lithuania
  Presentation:	Visualization of Pareto sets in multiobjective optimization problems

  
  

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• 2014

  13.11.2014

  Montaz Ali, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of the Witwatersrand, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics,
  	South Africa
  Info:	Professor
  Homepage:	http://www.wits.ac.za/staff/montaz.ali.htm
  Presentation:	Minimization of the Finite Dimensional L-infinity Norm Subject to Under Determined Linear Systems

  
  

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• 2014

  22.08 - 29.08.2014

  Alberto Lovison, PhD
  Visiting from:	Universita degli Studi di Padova,Italy
  Research area:	Mathematical Physics
  Homepage:	http://www.math.unipd.it/~lovison/home.html
  Presentation:	Exact global methods in multiobjective optimization

  
  

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• 2014

  22.- 24.10.2014

  Theodor Stewart, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Cape Town, South Africa and
  	Manchester Business School, UK
  Info:	Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  Homepage:	http://www.stats.uct.ac.za/Theodor http://www.mbs.ac.uk/research/people/profiles/tstewart
  Presentation:	Thoughts on dealing with deep uncertainties in MCDA

  
  

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• 2014

  5.8.-8.8.2014

  Kalyanmoy Deb, PhD
  Visiting from:	Michigan State University, College of Engineering,
  	USA
  Info:	Koenig Endowed Chair Professor
  Homepage:	http://www.egr.msu.edu/people/profile/kdeb
  Presentation:	Evolutionary Bilevel Optimization (EBO)
  Course:	Advances on Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (The 24th Jyväskylä Summer School)

  
  

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• 2014

  11.-12.6.2014

  Ralph Keeney, PhD
  Visiting from:	Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business,
  	USA
  Info:	Research Professor Emeritus
  Homepage:	http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty_research/faculty_directory/keeney/
  Presentation:	Identifying and Structuring Values for a Decision Situation

  
  

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• 2014

  26.5.-6.6.2014

  Alena otto, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Siegen, Department of Management Information Science,
  	Germany
  Homepage:	http://www.egr.msu.edu/people/profile/kdeb
  Presentation:	Behavioral aspects in Interaction with Optimization Software

  
  

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• 2014

  21.5.2014

  Toni Lastusilta, PhD
  Visiting from:	GAMS Development Corporation,
  	Germany
  Presentation:	Optimization with GAMS

  
  

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• 2014

  9.2 - 9.5.2014

  Ana Belen Ruiz, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics , Spain

  
  

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• 2014

  13.1 - 27.1.2014

  Ernestas Filatovas, PhD
  Visiting from:	Vilnius University,
  	Lithuania
  Presentation:	A hybrid method for interactive multiobjective optimization based on NSGA-II and NIMBUS Multidimensional scaling (MDS) for dimensionality reduction of Pareto front points when visualizing solutions in IND-NIMBUS

  
  

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• 2013

  8.12.-13.12.2013

  Kirill Kuzmin, PhD
  Visiting from:	Belarusian State University,
  	Belarus
  Presentation:	Stability analysis for multiobjective descrite optimization problems

  
  

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• 2013

  8.12.-13.12.2013

  Antonio M. Mora Garcia, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Granada, GeNeura research group,
  	Spain
  Homepage:	http://geneura.ugr.es/~amorag/home.html
  Presentation:	Introduction to Geneura research group
  Course:	Evolutionary algorithm in Games

  
  

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• 2013

  25.9.-26.9.2013

  Dipankar Dasgupta, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Memphis, Department of Mathematical Science,
  	USA
  Homepage:	http://www.msci.memphis.edu/~dasgupta/
  Presentation:	Genetic Learning Algorithms in developing a framework for Cloud Security Insurance

  
  

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• 2013

  22.8.-26.8.2013

  Kalyanmoy Deb, PhD
  Visiting from:	Michigan State University, College of Engineering,
  	USA
  Info:	Koenig Endowed Chair Professor
  Homepage:	http://www.egr.msu.edu/people/profile/kdeb
  Presentation:	Evolutionary Many-Objective Optimization

  
  

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• 2013

  11.8.-16.8.2013

  Gilberto Montibeller, PhD
  Visiting from:	London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Management,
  	UK
  Info:	Tenured Lecturer in Decision Sciences
  Homepage:	http://personal.lse.ac.uk/montibel/index.htm
  Presentation:	Developing Risk Management Support Systems for the Prioritization of Emerging Health Threats
  Course:	Modelling Strategic Decisions (The 23nd Jyväskylä Summer School)

  
  

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• 2013

  9.2.-15.2.2012

  Ralph E. Steuer, PhD
  Visiting from:	University Of Georgia, Terry College of Business,
  	USA
  Info:	Charles S. Sanford, Sr. Chair of Business
  Homepage:	http://www.terry.uga.edu/~rsteuer/profile.htm
  Presentation:	Nondominated Surfaces: Computation, Analysis, Representation Difficulties, and Peculiarities

  
  

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• 2012

  13.8.-17.8.2012

  Yaochu Jin, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Surrey, Department of Computing,
  	UK
  Info:	Chair in Computational Intelligence
  Homepage:	http://www.surrey.ac.uk/computing/people/yaochu_jin/
  Presentation:	A Systems Approach to Evolutionary Optimization of Complex Engineering Problems
  Course:	Evolutionary Optimization of Expensive Problems (The 22nd Jyväskylä Summer School)

  
  

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  21.05.2012

  Carlos Coello Coello, PhD
  Visiting from:	CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
  Info:	Professor with Distinction
  Homepage:	http://delta.cs.cinvestav.mx/~ccoello/
  Presentation:	Recent Results and Open Problems in Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization

  
  

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• 2011

  9-11.12.2011

  Serpil Sayın, PhD
  Visiting from:	Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
  Info:	Professor of College of Administrative Sciences and Economics
  Homepage:	http://home.ku.edu.tr/~ssayin/

  
  

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  30.8.-1.9.2011

  Prof. Murat Köksalan
  Visiting from:	Middle East Technical University,
  	Industrial Engineering Department ,Turkey
  Info:	Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department
  Homepage:	http://www.ie.metu.edu.tr/~koksalan/
  Presentation:	Solving Multiobjective Mixed Integer Programs

  
  

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  14.8.-19.8.2011

  Anders Forsgren, PhD
  Visiting from:	Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Department of Mathematics, Division of Optimization and Systems Theory
  	Sweden
  Info:	Professor of Division of Optimization and Systems Theory
  Homepage:	http://www.math.kth.se/~andersf/W
  Presentation:	Optimization of Radiation Therapy
  Course:	Nonlinear Optimization: Advances and Applications

  
  

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  9.8.2011

  Joao Pedro Pedroso, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Porto
  	Portugal
  Info:	Assistant Professor of Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto
  Homepage:	http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~jpp/IWEB/JPP/Welcome.html
  Presentation:	Issues on algorithm self-tuning

  
  

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  7.6.-7.7.2011

  Nirupam Chakraborti, PhD
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  	India
  Info:	Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=bbmZW
  Presentation:	On bi-objective evolutionary data driven modeling
  Course:	Applied Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms, Insights in to practical evolutionary multiobjective optimization using industrial case studies

  
  

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  7.6-7.7.2011

  Brijesh Giri
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  Info:	Undegraduate student
  Homepage:

  
  

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  5.-22.6.2011

  Margaret Wiecek, PhD
  Visiting from:	Clemson University,
  	Department of Mathematical Sciences, USA
  Info:	Professor of Mathematical Sciences
  Homepage:	http://www.math.clemson.edu/facstaff/wmalgor.htm
  Presentation:	Battery Thermal Packaging Design

  
  

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  26.4-29.4.2011

  Alberto Lovison, PhD
  Visiting from:	Universita degli Studi di Padova,Italy
  Research area:	Mathematical Physics
  Homepage:	http://www.math.unipd.it/~lovison/home.html
  Presentation:	Global and local aspects in multiobjective optimization and perspectives for continuation methods

  
  

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• 2010

  29.11-2.12.2010

  Antanas Zilinskas, PhD
  Visiting from:	Vilnius University, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,
  	Vilnius, Lithuania
  Info:	Head of Optimization Sector at Systems Analysis Department
  Homepage:	http://www.mii.lt/mii_staff/zilinsk.htm
  Presentation:	P-algorithm for black box multiobjective optimization

  
  

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  29.11-1.12.2010

  Ingrida Steponavice, Master in Industrial and Systems Engineering
  Visiting from:	Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania,
  Info:	PhD student in multi-objective optimization
  Homepage:	http://plaza.ufl.edu/ingridar/

  
  

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  15.-18.9.2010

  Theodor Stewart, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Cape Town, South Africa and
  	Manchester Business School, UK
  Info:	Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
  Homepage:	http://web.uct.ac.za/depts/stats/stewart.htm http://www.mbs.ac.uk/research/academicdirectory/profiles/theodor.stewart.aspx
  Presentation:	Scenario Planning and Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis

  
  

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  24.-26.8.2010

  K.-H. Küfer, PhD
  Visiting from:	Fraunhofer ITWM, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  Info:	Professor and Chief of the Department Optimization
  Homepage:	http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/departments/optimization/employees/prof-dr-karl-heinz-kuefer.html
  Presentation:	Interactive decision support - multicriteria optimization in practice
  Pictures of the visit:	Photos

  
  

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  1.8.2009-30.6.2010

  Margaret Wiecek, PhD
  Visiting from:	Clemson University,
  	Department of Mathematical Sciences, USA
  Info:	Professor of Mathematical Sciences
  Homepage:	http://www.math.clemson.edu/facstaff/wmalgor.htm
  Presentation:	Quality Representation in Multiobjective Programming
  Pictures of the visit:	Photos

  
  

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  17.-20.6.2010

  Prof. Francisco Ruiz, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:	Professor of Applied Economics (Mathematics)
  Homepage:	http://eco-mat.ccee.uma.es/rua/english/defaulten.html
  Presentation:	A Multicriteria Design of a Solar Thermal Electricity Plant is Spain
  Pictures of the visit:	Photos

  
  

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  17.-20.6.2010

  Jose Manuel Cabello, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:
  Homepage:
  Presentation:	A Multicriteria Design of a Solar Thermal Electricity Plant is Spain
  Pictures of the visit:	Photos

  
  

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  23.-25.5.2010

  Leonidas Sakalauskas, PhD
  Visiting from:	Institute of Mathematics and Informatics,
  	Operational Research Sector at Systems Analysis Department, Lithuania
  Info:	Gave a course "Stochastic Programming and Applications" at Aalto
  	University, School of Science and Technology
  Homepage:	http://www.mii.lt/mii_staff/sakalleo.htm
  Presentation:	Stochastic Programming for Business and Technology

  
  

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  2.5.-28.8.2010

  Ana Belen Ruiz, Master in Mathematics
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:	PhD student in Multiobjective Optimization
  Homepage:
  Presentation:	Interactive Evolutionary Multiple Criteria Decision Making Methods for Power Plants Auxiliary Services Design
  Pictures of the visit:	Photos

  
  

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  7.-12.2.2010

  Ralph E. Steuer, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Georgia,
  	Department of Banking and Finance of the Terry College of Business , USA
  Info:	Sr. Chair of Business
  Homepage:	http://www.terry.uga.edu/~rsteuer/profile.htm
  Presentation:	An Overview in Graphs of Portfolio-Selection Efficient Frontiers and Surfaces in Finance

  
  

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  17.-20.1.2010

  Matthias Ehrgott, PhD
  Visiting from:	The University of Auckland,
  	Department of Engineering Science , New Zealand
  Info:	Associate Professor of Engineering Science
  Homepage:	http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/our_people/matthias
  Presentation:	An approximation algorithm for convex multi-objective programming problems / Finite representation of nondominated sets in multiobjective linear programming

  
  

  
  

• 2009

  14.-16.12.2009

  Michael Monz, PhD
  Visiting from:	Fraunhofer-ITWM
  	Department of Optimization , Germany
  Info:
  Homepage:	http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/opt__Mitarbeiter/Monz/
  Presentation:	Multi-Criteria IMRT Planning

  
  

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  1.-2.12.2009

  Prof. Murat Köksalan
  Visiting from:	Middle East Technical University,
  	Industrial Engineering Department ,Turkey
  Info:	Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department
  Homepage:	http://www.ie.metu.edu.tr/~koksalan/
  Presentation:	Approximating the Nondominated Set for Multi-criteria Problems

  
  

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  9.-12.11.2009

  Prof. Georges Fadel
  Visiting from:	Clemson University,
  	Department of Mechanical Engineering , USA
  Info:	Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.ces.clemson.edu/me/credo/people/faculty/fadel.html
  Presentation:	Optimization and complex systems design — the packaging / layout problem

  
  

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  9.8.-28.9.2009

  Kerstin Dächert, Dipl. Math.
  Visiting from:	University of Wuppertal,
  	Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences , Germany
  Info:	Member of Research group of Optimization and Approximation
  Homepage:	http://www.math.uni-wuppertal.de/~daechert/
  Presentation:	BMBF-project: Discrete-continuous optimization of complex dynamic systems of water supply and wasterwater management

  
  

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  16.-22.8.2009

  Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
  	Department of Mechanical Engineering , India
  Info:	Professor of Mechanical Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.iitk.ac.in/kangal/deb.shtml
  Course:	SC2: Evolutionary Computing Methodologies for Single and Multi-objective Optimization
  Pictures of the visit:	1 2 3

  
  

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  3.-15.8.2009

  Prof. Lorenz T. Biegler
  Visiting from:	Carnegie Mellon University,
  	Department of Chemical Engineering , USA
  Info:	Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.cheme.cmu.edu/people/faculty/lb01.htm
  Presentation:	Challenges of Process Modeling and Optimization
  Course:	SC3: Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming: Concepts, Algorithms and Applications
  Pictures of the visit:	1 2

  
  

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  9.-17.5.2009

  Prof. Nirupam Chakraborti
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  	India
  Info:	Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
  Homepage:	http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=bbmZW
  Course:	A Practical Overview of Genetic Algorithms

  
  

• 2008

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  8.-11.12.2008

  Ausra Mackute, PhD
  Visiting from:	Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania,
  Info:	Research fields: Optimization methods Optimal design
  Homepage:
  Presentation:	On Few Applications of Multi-Criteria Optimization

  
  

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  8.-14.11.2008

  Prof. Francisco Ruiz, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:	Professor of Applied Economics (Mathematics)
  Homepage:	http://eco-mat.ccee.uma.es/rua/english/defaulten.html
  Presentation:	A Multiobjective Interactive Approach to Determine the Optimal Electricity Mix of Andalucia

  
  

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  27.-30.10.2008

  Prof. Andrzej Wierzbicki
  Visiting from:	National Institute of Telecommunications,
  	Warsaw, Poland
  Info:	Professor of National Institute of Telecommunications
  Homepage:
  Presentation:	“Delays in Technology Development: Their Impact on the Issues of Determinism, Autonomy and Controllability of Technology” and "Ontology Construction and Its Applications in Local Research Communities"

  
  

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  20.-24.9.2008

  Leonid Kirilov, PhD
  Visiting from:	Institute of Information Technologies,
  	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Decision Support Systems , Bulgaria
  Info:	Associate Professor at the Institute of Information Technologies, Scientific area: Operations Research, Multiple Criteria Decision Making
  Homepage:	http://www.iit.bas.bg/staff_en/l_kirilov2.html
  Presentation:	Modelling of Problems of Metal Building by Welding with Multiple Objectives

  
  

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  24-30.5.2008

  Mariano Luque, PhD
  Visiting from:	University of Malaga, Faculty of Economic,
  	Department of Applied Economics (Mathematics) , Spain
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Homepage:	http://eco-mat.ccee.uma.es/usuarios/marianoluque/webmlg/English/index.html
  Presentation:	Modified Interactive Tchebychev Algorithm in Convex Multiobjective Programming

  
  

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  10.-21.5.2008

  Chhanda Chakraborti, PhD
  Visiting from:	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur,
  	Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, India
  Info:	Associate Professor
  Homepage:	http://www.facweb.iitkgp.ernet.in/~chhanda/
  Course:	Logic, Human Reasoning and Ethics in Practice

  
  

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  9.-10.5.2008

  Johannes Bader, PhD
  Visiting from:	ETH Zürich,
  	Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), Switzerland
  Info:	Finished his PhD at Systems Optimization Group
  Homepage:	http://www.johannesbader.ch/index.html
  Presentation:	Approximating the Pareto Set Using Set Preference Relations: A New Perspective on EMO

  
  

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  9.-10.5.2008

  Eckart Zitzler, PhD
  Visiting from:	ETH Zürich,
  	Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), Switzerland
  Info:	Assistant Professor for Systems Optimization
  Homepage:	http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/sop/people/zitzler/
  Presentation:	Approximating the Pareto Set Using Set Preference Relations: A New Perspective on EMO