SAEOpt

SAEOpt 2016

On the 21st of July, 2016, the workshop took place in Denver, USA. The program for the workshop is given below.

	Tile of the session / Title of the talk	Session chair / Presenting author
Session 1	Surrogates and Evolutionary Optimisation	Jonathan FieldSend, University of Exeter, UK.
14:00 - 14:50	Data-Driven Optimization of Complex Systems: Big Data Versus Small Data	Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey, UK.
14:50 - 15:40	The Use of Surrogates in Genetic Programming	Juergen Branke, University of Warwick, UK.
15:40 - 15:50	Open discussions on test problems and challenges in surrogate-assisted evolutionary optimisation
Session 2	Surrogates in Practice	Dr Alma Rahat, University of Exeter, UK.
16:10 - 16:45	Mining Markov Network Surrogates for Value Added Optimisation	Alexander Brownlee, University of Stirling, UK.
16:45 - 17:10	Uncertainty in Surrogate Models	Handing Wang, University of Surrey, UK.
17:10 - 17:35	Particle Swarm Optimization with Fitness Approximation for Expensive Problems	Chaoli Sun, University of Surrey, UK.
17:35 - 18:00	Adaptation of Surrogate Tasks for Bipedal Walk Optimization	Patrick MacAlpine, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program page.

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SAEOpt 2017

On the 16th of July, 2017, the workshop was held in Berlin, Germany. It was an one-session workshop, and the session was chaired by Dr Alma Rahat. The program for the workshop is given below.

	Title of the talk	Presenting author
16:10 - 16:40	Enabling High-Dimensional Surrogate-Assisted Optimization by Using Sliding Windows	B. Werth
16:40 - 17:10	Bayesian Optimization Approach of General Bi-Level Problems	E. Keiffer
17:10 - 17:25	Surrogate-Based Evoltuionary Algorithm for Highly Constrained Design Problems	C. Beauthier
17:25 - 17:55	Overview of Surrogate-Model Versions of CMA Evolution Strategy	Z. Pitra
17:55 - 18:00	Discussions on the current challenges in surrogate-assisted evolutionary optimisation	All participants

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program page.

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SAEOpt 2018

On the 15th of July, 2018, the workshop was held in Kyoto, Japan. It was a half-session workshop, and the session was chaired by Dr Alma Rahat. The program for the workshop is given below.

	Title of the talk	Presenting author
10:20 - 10:45	Evaluating Surrogate Models for Multi-Objective Influence Maximization in Social Networks	G. Iacca
10:45 - 11:10	Asynchronous Surrogate-Assisted Optimization Networks	J. Kardar

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program booklet.

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SAEOpt 2019

On the 13th of July, 2019, the workshop was held in Prague, Czech Republic. It was a two-session workshop, and the sessions was chaired by Dr Alma Rahat. The program for the workshop is given below.

	Title of the talk	Presenting author
14:00 - 14:50	Keynote speech: An Application Perspective on Surrogate-Assisted Optimisation	Boris Naujoks
14:50 - 15:20	On the Use of Surrogate Models in Engineering Design Optimisation and Exploration	Pramudita Palar
15:20 - 15:50	Benchmarking Surrogate-Assisted Genetic Recommender Systems	Thomas Gabor
16:10 - 16:40	Prediction of Neural Network Performance by Phenotypic Modelling	Alexander Hagg
16:40 - 17:10	Multi-Point Infill Sampling Strategies Exploiting Multiple Surrogate Models	Charlotte Beauthier
17:10 - 17:40	Deadline-Driven Approach for Multi-Fidelity Surrogate-Assisted Environmental Model Calibration	Nikolay Nikitin
17:40 - 18:00	On Benchmarking Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms	Venessa Volz

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program website.

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SAEOpt 2020

On the 8th of July, 2020, the workshop will be held virtually. It is an one-session workshop, and the session will be chaired by Dr Alma Rahat. The program for the workshop is given below (times are set for Cancun, Mexico: GMT-5).

	Title of the talk	Presenting author
14:00 - 14:45	Keynote speech: A Tour D'Horizon in Multi-Objective Optimization with Expensive Black-Box Evaluations	Michael Emmerich
14:45 - 15:10	What do you Mean? The Role of the Mean Function in Bayesian optimisation	George De Ath
15:10 - 15:35	A Surrogate-assisted GA Enabling High-throughput ML by Optimal Feature and Discretization	Johan Garcia
15:35 - 15:50	Bayesian Methods for Multi-objective Optimization of a Supersonic Wing Platform	Timothy Jim et al.

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program website.

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SAEOpt 2022

On the 10th of July, 2022, the workshop tooks place in Boston, USA (in Pacific B-C). The program for the workshop is given below (all times are in EDT).

	Title of the talk	Presenting author
16:00 -- 16:55	Invited Talk: "Perspectives to Dealing with Computationally Expensive Multiobjective Optimization Problems with Interactive Methods"	Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
16:55 -- 17:20	Full Paper: "Mono-surrogate vs Multi-surrogate in Multi-objective Bayesian Optimisation"	Tinkle Chugh, University of Exeter, UK.
17:20 -- 17:27	Flash talk (GECH 2): "MBORE: Multi-objective Bayesian Optimisation by Density-Ratio Estimation"	George De Ath, University of Exeter, UK.
17:27 -- 17:34	Flash talk (ACO-SI 1): "Social Learning Particle Swarm Optimization with Two-surrogate Collaboration for Offline Data-driven Multiobjective Optimization"	Qi-Te Yang, Zhi-Hui Zhan, Yun Li, Jun Zhang
17:34 -- 17:41	Flash talk (ACO-SI 1): "Social Learning Particle Swarm Optimization with Two-surrogate Collaboration for Offline Data-driven Multiobjective Optimization"	Hong-Rui Wang, Chun-Hua Chen, Yun Li, Jun Zhang, Zhi-Hui Zhan
17:41 -- 17:48	Flash talk (GECH 3): "Guiding Surrogate-Assisted Multi-Objective Optimisation With Decision Maker Preferences"	Finley Gibson, University of Exeter, UK.

For a complete program of the conference, please visit the official program page.