| PARTICIPANT | HOST | STARTING DATE | DURATION (IN DAYS) | TITLE |
Dr. Vida Vukašinović, Institut Jožef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia | Carlos Fonseca, University of Coimbra, Portugal | 11/2016 | 30 | |
| Dr Kateryna Kononova, Karazin Kharkiv National University (UA) | Alexander Technology Educational Institute (ATEI) of Thessaloniki (GR) | 01/2017 | 8 | |
| Dr Ernestas Filatovas, Vilnius University, Vilnius (LT) | Gracia Ester Martín Garzón, University of Almería, Almeria (ES) | 01/2017 | 17 | Improvement of preference-based evolutionary approaches for multi-objective optimization |
| Dr Christian Esposito, University of Salerno, Fisciano (IT) | Florin Pop, University Politehnica of Bucharest , Bucharest (RO) | 01/2017 | 17 | Distributed Nature-Inspired Optimization for Resource Scheduling and Migration in the Internet of Things |
| Prof Aleš Zamuda, University of Maribor, Maribor (SI) | Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth (UK) | 02/2017 | 33 | Suitability of optimization algorithms for combinatorial and discretized challenges appearing in text summarization, health records analysis, and underwater glider path planning |
| Mr Roman Kalkreuth, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund (DE) | Lukas Sekanina, Brno University of Technology (CZ) | 02/2017 | 15 | Towards a Practice-Driven Theoretical Framework of Cartesian Genetic Programming |
| Ms Vanessa Volz, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund (DE) | Michael Emmerich, Leiden University, Leiden (NL) | 02/2017 | 29 | Drift analysis for surrogate-assisted evolutionary optimisation |
| Mr Martin Krejca, Hasso-Plattner-Institut (Potsdam, Germany) | Benjamin Doerr, École Polytechnique (FR) | 10/2017 | 14 | Understanding Estimation-of-Distribution Algorithms under Noise in Theory and Practice |
| Ms Jing Yang, Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau, France) | Carsten Witt, Technical University of Denmark (DK) | 10/2017 | 12 | Self-adapted (1+lambda) EA |
| Mr Andrea Marcelli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Fernando Diaz, Hispasec Sistemas S.L. (ES) | 11/2017 | 80 | Analysis of Android malware through evolutionary machine learning techniques |
| Mr Mosab Bazargani, Queen Mary University of London, UK | Fernando Lobo, Universidade do Algarve (PT) | 11/2017 | 42 | Extension and Application of the Parameter-less Late Acceptance Hill-climbing |
| Prof Svetlana Stevovic, Faculty Of Management (Herceg Novi, Montenegro) | Raziyeh Farmani, Exeter (UK) | 01/2018 | 30 | Nature inspired optimization models in the function of new EU energy policy 2050 |
| Mr Alexandre Jesus, University Of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal) | Arnaud Liefooghe, University of Lille 1 (FR) | 01/2018 | 7 | Characterizing the Runtime Distribution and Anytime Behavior of Multi-objective Search Algorithms |
| Dr Jose Manuel Velasco, Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain) | Tobias Friedrich, Hasso Plattner Institut (DE) | 01/2018 | 76 | Adapting Singular Spectrum Analysis to Noisy evolutionary search and Graceful Scaling. Application to prediction of glucose-insulin interaction |
| Dr Roman Šenkeřík, Faculty Of Applied Informatics (Zlin, Czech Republic) | Vida Vukasinovic, Josef Stefan Institute Ljubljana Slovenia (SI) | 03/2018 | 7 | Unconventional approaches for swarm and evolutionary based algorithms |
| Dr Ernestas Filatovas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania | Prof. Dr. Gracia Ester Martín Garzón, University of Almeria, Almeria (ES) | 03/2018 | 16 | High-performance implementations of evolutionary multiobjective optimization algorithms |
| Eva Tuba, Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia) | Dr Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra (PT) | 05/2018 | 33 | Towards a combinatorial optimisation API for Nature-inspired algorithms |
| Dr Algirdas Lancinskas, Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania) | Pascual Fernandez Hernandez, University of Murcia | 08/2018 | 5 | Heuristic algorithm for discrete competitive facility location |
| Mr Assaf Israeli, MIGAL - Tel Hai industrial park campus (Kiryat Shmona, Israel) | Michael Emmerich, Leiden University, NL | 08/2018 | 11 | Nature-Inspired Multi-Objective Optimization in Agricultural Geo-Statistics |
| Dr Nguyen Dang, St. Andrews, UK | Carola Doerr, Sorbonne University / CNRS | 09/2018 | 8 | Multi-Dimensional Parameter Optimization for the (1+(lambda,lambda)) GA with irace |
| Dr. Aleksandar Petrovski, Faculty of Architecture, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, R. of Macedonia | Dr. Aleksandar Andjelkovic, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Univeristy of Novi Sad, R. of Serbia | 09/2018 | 30 | Towards increased application of optimization tools for assisting the architectural design process |
| Adam Viktorin, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic | Assist. Prof. Aleš Zamuda, University of Maribor, Slovenia | 11/2018 | 9 | Robust and understandable evolutionary algorithms |
| Miss Naama Horesh, MIGAL , Israel | Dr Carola Doerr, Sorbonne Université, France | 11/2018 | 7 | Selection of Discrete Black-Box Optimization Benchmarks for IOHprofiler |
| Stjepan Picek, TU Delft, The Netherlands | Dr. Markus Wagner, University of Adelaide, Australia | 12/2018 | 14 | Evolutionary computation and machine learning techniques for cryptology |
| Prof. Vladimir Jaćimović, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Montenegro | Prof. Zoran Levnajić, Faculty of Information Studies in Novo Mesto, Slovenia | 01/2019 | 8 | Continuous optimization heuristics for timetabling problems |
| Dr. Jakob Bossek, University of Münster, Germany | Dr. Dirk Sudholt, University of Sheffield, UK | 01/2019 | 10 | Theory and Practice of Evolutionary Algorithms for (Dynamic) Vertex and Edge Coloring of Graphs |
| Ms Ekhine Irurozki, BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao, Spain | Prof Carlos Fonseca, University of Coimbra, Portugal | 01/2019 | 24 | TOWARDS UNIFORM GEOMETRIC OPERATORS FOR PERMUTATION PROBLEMS IN NATURE INSPIRED ALGORITHMS |
| Dr. Ofer Shir, Tel-Hai College, Israel | Dr. Carola Doerr, Sorbonne Université, France | 02/2019 | 6 | Theoretical Foundations of Benchmarking Discrete Black-Box Optimization Solvers |
| Prof. Matilde Santos, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain | Dr. María Tomás-Rodríguez, The City, University of London, UK | 02/2019 | 8 | Heuristic optimization of vibration control systems of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines |
| Dr. Pascal Kerschke, University of Münster, Germany | Prof. Frank Neumann, University of Adelaide, Australia | 02/2019 | 15 | Using Evolutionary Algorithms for Diversity Optimization |
| Dr. Jakob Bossek, University of Münster, Germany | Prof. Frank Neumann, University of Adelaide, Australia | 02/2019 | 14 | Analyzing Evolutionary Algorithms for (Multi-Objective) Minimum Spanning Tree Problems |
| Dr. Ernestas Filatovas, Vilnius University, Lithuania | Prof. Dr. Gracia Ester Martín Garzón, University of Almeria, Spain | 03/2019 | 17 | High-performance algorithms for large-scale multiobjective radiotherapy planning problems |
| Mosab Bazargani, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom | Prof. Fernando G. Lobo, University of Algarve, Portugal | 03/2019 | 21 | Combining a Dynamic Cutoff Time Strategy into the Parameter-less Late Acceptance Hill-climbing |
| Dr. Jakob Bossek, University of Münster, Germany | Prof. Frank Neumann, University of Adelaide, Australia | 02/2019 | 14 | Analyzing Evolutionary Algorithms for (Multi-Objective) Minimum Spanning Tree Problems |
| Martin Krejca, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Germany | Benjamin Doerr, École Polytechnique, France | 09/2019 | 14 | Understanding Empirical Advantages of Estimation-of-Distribution Algorithms in Comparison to Evolutionary Algorithms |
| Svetlana Stevovic, Faculty Of Management (Herceg Novi, Montenegro) | Academician, prof. dr Nedjo Djuric, Institute of Technical Sciences, Bijeljina, BiH | 03/2019 | 30 | Humans brain inspired optimization model applied on river development |
| Algirdas Lancinskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania | Eligius Hendrix, University of Malaga, Spain | 01/2019 | 7 | Benchmarking Random Search Global Optimization Algorithms |
| Dr. Luca Mariot, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy | Dr. Stjepan Picek, TU Delft, The Netherlands | 10/2019 | 8 | Fitness Landscape Analysis of Combinatorial Designs Optimization Problems |
| MSc Lepa Hristovska, MDC Architectonica , Macedonia | Dr Natasa Simunovic, Sinergija University, Bjelina, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 09/2019 | 29 | Investigation on the optimization of architectural structures |
| Prof. dr Svetlana Stevovic, Faculty of Management (Herceg Novi, Montenegro) | Prof. dr Petr Novak, Department of Hydraulic Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic | 11/2019 | 30 | Nature Inspired optimization in complex energy management problems |