Optimization: Fundamentals, Techniques and Applications
    
within the
6th WSEAS International Conference on
SIMULATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION (SMO '06)
Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2006
http://www.worldses.org/conferences/2006/lisbon/smo

 

 

Topics:

  • Optimization Problems (Fundamentals)

  • Meta-Heuristics Theory and Foundations

  • Performance Measurement in Dynamic Environments.

  • Real-life Applications of Meta-Heuristics Approaches.

  • Multi-objective Optimization Problems

  • Nature Inspired Computation. Evolutionary Computing. Evolutionary Programming and Evolutionary Strategies.

  • Hybrid Optimization Techniques. Application of hybrid optimization approaches to complex optimization problems;

     

  • Multi Agent Systems and Meta-heuristics.

  • Promising directions for future research.

  • Applications: Manufacturing, Medicine, Banking, Financing, Geography, and all other practical disciplines

Organizer:

Ana Maria Madureira
Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
Telefone: +351 22 8340500, Fax: +351 22 8321159, Email:anamadur@dei.isep.ipp.pt

 


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http://www.worldses.org/conferences/2006/lisbon/pe

 

Brief Biography of the Organizers:

Name: Ana Maria Dias Madureira Pereira
Nationality: Portuguese
Academic Titles

  • Graduated (Licenciatura) in Computer Science at Institute of Engineering - Polytechnic of Porto in 1993.
  • Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1996 from Porto University
  • Ph.D. in Production and Systems in 2003 from Minho University

Academic Career
  • From 1994 to 2001 - Teaching assistant at the Department of Computer Science Engineering of the Institute of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
  • Since 2001 Professor at the Department of Computer Science Engineering of the Institute of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto.
  • She has been responsible for several undergraduate and graduate final projects in the area of computer science.

R&D Activities
  • Main research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Decision-Support Systems, Optimization, Meta-heuristics, Evolutionary Computation, Scheduling, Manufacturing, Multi-Agent Systems, Autonomic Computing, Workflow, BPM.
  • Member of GECAD – Knowledge Engineering and Decision-Support Research Group, coordinates the Knowledge-based Systems and the Power Systems Groups
  • Coordinates R&D project in the area of Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Scheduling, concerning namely the development of Multi-Agent System for Distributed Manufacturing Scheduling with Genetic Algoritms and Tabu Search.
  • Published more than 40 scientific papers in international conferences and in international scientific journals and books.