Organization ECP Track 2013
The Evolutionary Computation in Practice (ECP) track GECCO 2013 is dedicated to the discussion of issues related to practical application of Evolutionary Computation. Members from industry, governmental agencies, and other public sectors present and discuss how EC-related technologies are being used to solve real-world problems. Bridging academic training and real-world usage is also addressed.
Evolutionary Computation in Practice has several purposes:
- serve as a place for industrial and government attendees to talk and learn of new EC approaches that they can use
- provide top-level presentations of techniques across industries and organizations
- help students learn how to get employment in EC
- provide a forum in which practitioners of real-world systems can describe their approaches in a non-technical way
- provide descriptions of the way that practitioners have created and run successful EC projects
Last changes by TBB, May 30th 2013
| Session |
Day |
Chair |
Speakers |
| S-1: Ask the Experts: EC questions from the audience
(Open panel discussion)
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Mon 8th July
10:40-12:20
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Jörn Mehnen, Thomas Bartz-Beielstein
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open panel
discussion
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| S-2: Optimisation in Industry (Company talks, Part A)
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Tue 9th July
10:40-12:20
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Jörn Mehnen
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Volker Kraft
(JMP - Statistical
Discovery from SAS)
Erik Goodman
(Red Cedar Ltd.) |
| S-3: Optimisation in Industry (Companies talks, Part B)
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Tue 9th July
14:20-16:00
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Jörn Mehnen
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J. Neuhalfen (GreenPocket)
Prof. Dr.
Th. Bartz-Beielstein
(SPOTSeven.org)
Jörn
Mehnen (Cranfield University)
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| S-4: Academic aspects of EC: How to establish &
continue cooperation with industrial partners
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Tue 9th July
16:30-18:10
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Thomas Bartz-Beielstein
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Dr. Carlos
A. Coello Coello
CINVESTAV-IPN
Prof. Dr.
Thomas Baeck
President
and CEO
divis
intelligent solutions GmbH
M.
Affenzeller, S. Wagner, G. Kronberger und S. Winkler
Heuristic
and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory
Upper
Austria University of Applied Sciences
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| S-5: Getting a Job:
What to do and what not to do
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Wed 10th July
10:40-12:20
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Jörn Mehnen, Thomas Bartz-Beielstein
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open panel discussion
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Ask the Experts
This lively session consists of a panel of experts with
decades of real-world application experience answering questions posed by
attendees of the sessions. In the past, we have always had two or three
discussions on industrial problems that lie on the cutting edge of EA
development. This session gives you the opportunity to get free consulting from
the experts!
Optimization in Industry
In this session industry
speakers will be presenting. They actually run companies in the field of
optimization and applied statistics. If you attend, you will learn multiple
ways to extend EC practice beyond the approaches found in textbooks.
Experts in real-world optimization with decades of
experience share their approaches to creating successful projects for
real-world clients. Some of what they do is based on sound project management
principles, and some is specific to our type of optimization projects. In this
session a panel of experts describes a range of techniques you can use to
identify, design, manage, and successfully complete an EA project for a client.
Academic Aspects
Well-known speakers with outstanding reputation in academia and industry present background and insider information on how to establish reliable cooperation with industrial partners. If you are working in academia and are interested in managing industrial projects, you will receive valuable hints for your own research projects. Well-known speakers with outstanding reputation in academia
and industry present background and insider information on how to establish
reliable cooperation with industrial partners. If you are working in academia
and are interested in managing industrial projects, you will receive valuable
hints for your own research projects.
Getting a Job
Getting a job with training in evolutionary computation can
be much easier if you know the things to do and the things not to do in your
last year or two of study. In this session you will hear from a panel of
experts who have trained students and who have hired students to carry out
real-world optimization. Highly recommended if you will be looking for a job in
the next few years - or if you are thinking of changing jobs.
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