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Project Leader / Overall management, Risk management

Kiyoshi TANAKA

Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
Shinshu University Researcher Directly

Research Subject Evolutionary computation, Multi-Objective Optimization, Smart Grid, Image/Video Processing
Biography
April, 1992Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, National Defense Academy
April, 1995Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
April, 2006Full Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
2010-2012Advisor of President, Shinshu University
April, 2013Associate Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
April, 2014Director of Shinshu University International Center, Shinshu University

Project management / In charge of Research Topic 1

Hernan AGUIRE

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
Shinshu University Researcher Directly

Research Subject Evolutionary Computation, Computational Intelligence, Multi-Objective Optimization
Biography
April, 2003Fellow, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
April, 2005Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
April, 2007Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
November, 2007Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Young Researchers Empowerment Project, Shinshu University
April, 2011Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University

Project planning, Publicizing research outcomes, Progress management

Yohei AKIMOTO

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
Shinshu University Researcher Directly

Research Subject Optimization, Evolutionary Computation, Information Geometry
Biography
April, 2010Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
April, 2011Post-doctoral fellow, INRIA Saclay
April, 2013Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University

International Networking

Hiroyuki SATO

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications
研究室HP

Research Subject Evolutionary Computation, Multi-Objective Optimization, Constrained Optimization
Biography
March, 2009Doctor of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shinshu University
April, 2009Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human Communication, Faculty of Electro- Communications
April, 2010-
Present		Assistant Professor, Dept. of Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering
April, 2011-
September, 2011		Visiting Research Fellow, CINVESTAC-IPN (Mexico City, Mexico)

Export Management, Security Management

Toshitaka MINAMISAWA

Associate Professor, Cooperative Research Center, Shinshu University
Shinshu University Researcher Directly

Research Subject Electronic Engineering, Electronic Device, Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, Export/Security Management
Biography
March, 1979Bachelor, Electrical and Electric Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University
April, 1979Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
October, 2004National Semiconductor Japan
April, 2005Assistant Professor, Cooperative Research Center, Shinshu University
April, 2007Associate Professor, Cooperative Research Center, Shinshu University

International Intellectual Property Management

Akiyoshi MURAKAMI

Assistant Professor, Industrial Liaison and Social Engagement Organization, Shinshu University
Shinshu University Researcher Directly

Research Subject Research Support, Engineering
Biography
April 2011Research Fellow awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science）
March 2012Doctor of Engineering, Dept. of Fusion Science, School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University of Advanced Studies
April 2012Postdoctoral research fellow awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
February 2013Assistant Professor, Industrial Liaison and Social Engagement Organization, Shinshu University

Program Members in France

Project Sub-leader/ In charge of INRIA Saclay team

Marc Schoenauer

Director, INRIA Saclay
website

Research Subject Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning
Biography 2008 INRIA Saclay - DR1 INRIA - Co-head of TAO project-team
2003-2008 INRIA Futur - DR2 INRIA - Co-head of TAO project-team
2001-2003 INRIA Rocquencourt - DR2 INRIA - Fractales project-team
1985-2001 CMAP Ecole Polytechnique - CR1 CNRS
1980-1985 CMAP Ecole Polytechnique - CR2 CNRS
1979-1980 CMAP Ecole Polytechnique - PhD student - "Thèse 3ème cycle"
1977 "Aggrégation de Mathématiques"
1976 Master of Mathematics, Université Paris 6
1975-1979 ENS Ulm - Elève stagiaire
Research Activities 2006/2009 French project OMD (Optimisation Multi-Disciplinaire), RNTL program
2006/2009 European FP7 STREP GENNETEC (GENetic NETworks : Emergence and Complexity)
2006/2009 European FP7 STREP EvoTest (Evolutionary Testing)
2007 MIT-France Seed Fund, coll. with Prof. Una-May O'Reilly
2007-now Adaptive Combinatorial Search, co-head, within the Microsoft-INRIA joint lab.
2008-2013 European FP7 IP SYMBRION (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms)
2009-2012 French ANR OMD2, with Anne Auger, ANR COSINUS program
2009-2013 FUI (regional) project CSDL (Complex System Design Lab)
2010-2013 French ANR DESCARWIN (Evolutionary AI Planning), ANR program COSINUS

Team Leader of Research Topic 2

Anne Auger

Permanent Researcher, INRIA Saclay
website

Research Activities Stochastic search algorithms: theoretical and practical aspects
Biography 2001 Master in Numerical Analysis, University Paris 6, France
2004 PhD in Applied Mathematics, University Paris 6, France
2004 - 2006 Postdoc ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2006 - 2014 Permanent Inria Researcher
Research Activities 2008--2011 Industrial Project with French Institute for Petrol (IFPen)
2006--2009 ANR project Optimization MultiDisciplinaire (OMD)
2008-2011, ANR project "Traffic Volume Estimation by Spatio-Temporal Inference" at INRIA Saclay---Ile-de-France
2009-2011 ANR project Optimization MultiDisciplinaire Distribuée (OMD2), Principal Investigator for the TAO team
2012-2016 ANR project "NumBBO: Analysis, Improvement and Evaluation of Numerical Black-Box Optimizers", Principal Investigator

Research Topic 2

Nikolaus Hansen

Research Scientist, INRIA Saclay
website

Research Subject Randomized optimization methods
Biography 1998 PhD in civil engineering from the Technical University Berlin
1998-2002 positions related to evolutionary computation, genomics and statistics
2003-2007 senior research associate for computational science at ETH Zurich
2009-present research scientist at Inria, France
2010 Habilitation in computer science from the University Paris-Sud XI.
Research Activities TAO project team member
NumBBO project participant
SIMINOLE project and OMD2 project manager

In charge of INRIA Lille team / Research Topic 1

Dimo Brockhoff

Chargé de Recherché (CR1), INRIA Lille
website

Research Subject Stochastic algorithms for blackbox optimization (single- and multiobjective)
Biography 2000-2005 studies of computer science at University of Dortmund, Germany (Dipl.-Inform.)
2005-2009 PhD at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Dr. sc. ETH)
2009-2010 postdoc at INRIA Saclay---Ile-de-France, France
2011-2011 postdoc at Ecole Polytechnique, France
2011-2013 chargé de recherche (CR2), INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France
2013- chargé de recherché (CR1), INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France
Research Activities 2005 participation in the "Reverse Engineering of Genetic Regulatory Networks Project (REP)" at ETH Zurich
2006-2009 participation in the SNF project "IdIS - Indicator-Based Multiobjective Optimization for High-Dimensional Spaces" at ETH Zurich
2009-2010, participation in the ANR project "Traffic Volume Estimation by Spatio-Temporal Inference" at INRIA Saclay---Ile-de-France
2010-2011 participation in the CNRS-Microsoft chair "Optimization for Sustainable Development (OSD)" at Ecole Polytechnique
2012-2016 ANR project "NumBBO: Analysis, Improvement and Evaluation of Numerical Black-Box Optimizers"

Research Topic 3

Arnaud Liefooghe

Associate Professor, University of Lille 1 and INRIA Lille
website

Research Subject Design and analysis of algorithms, local search and metaheuristics, for large-scale NP-hard problems from multiobjective combinatorial optimization
Biography 2006-2009 PhD student, Université Lille 1, France
2006-2008 Part-time Lecturer, Université Lille 1, France
2008-2010 Adjunct Professor, Université Lille 1, France
2010 Post-doc Researcher, University of Coimbra, Portugal
2010- Associate Professor, Université Lille 1, France
Research Activities 2006-2009 Participant, ANR DOCK "Conformational Sampling and Molecular Docking on Grids", funded by ANR (French national research agency)
2006-2009 Participant, 3+3 Méditerranée PERFORM "Cooperative Metaheuristics for Multiobjective Optimization", funded by Inria
2008-2010 Coordinator, ADT ParadisEO-MOEO "Metaheuristics for multiobjective optimization in ParadisEO", funded by Inria
2008-2012 Participant, Associate team MOMDI "Dynamic and Multiobjective Combinatorial Optimization", funded by Inria
2010-2013 Participant, MOSAL "Multiobjective sequence alignment", funded by FCT (Portuguese foundation for science and technology)
2011 Coordinator, GdR-RO project "Set-based search for multiobjective combinatorial optimization", funded by CNRS
2012-2014 Coordinator, ADT VRP-solve "Metaheuristic-based solver for vehicle routing", funded by Inria
2012-2016 Participant, ANR NumBBO "Analysis, improvement and evaluation of numerical blackbox optimizers", funded by ANR (French national research agency)

Research Topic 1

Bilel Derbel

Associate Professor, University of Lille 1, LIFL and INRIA Lille
website

Research Subject Parallel and Distributed Optimization, Algorithm Design and Analysis
Biography Bilel Derbel received his diploma in computer science from ENSEIRB University of Bordeaux, France, in 2002 and his PhD from LaBRI University of Bordeaux, in 2006. After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Marseille, he is, since 2007, an associate professor at the University of Lille, France, and a permanent member of the DOLPHIN project team at INRIA Lille Nord Europe. His research interests are focused on the design and analysis of parallel and distributed computing, form theory to practice, and their interactions with the solving of large scale and difficult optimization problems. He is strongly involved in Grid'5000, the french national experimental grid, and member of its director committee. He is co-leader of the scientific challenge "Large scale computing for combinatorial optimization problems" in the Hemera INRIA large wingspan project.
Research Activities Hemera INRIA large wingspan project (2012-2015). co-leader of Challenge A: Large scale computing for combinatorial optimization problems.
INRIA STIC Project (2010-2012), international project, leader of the french partner. Self-optimization in radio network using coloring et covering structures. Partners: University of Tunis (Tunisia), University of Lille 1 (France)
BQR Emergent project at Université Lille 1 (2012-2013). Leader. Towards massively parallel optimization for hybrid P2P-GPU architectures.

Team Leader of Research Topic 3

Sebastien Verel

Associate Professor, University du Littoral Côte d'Opale
website

Research Subject Fitness landscape, multi-objective optimization, metaheuristics, evolutionary computation, theory, adaptive optimization methods, complex system.
Biography Sébastien Verel is an associate professor in Computer Science at the University du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France since 2013. From 2006 to 2013, he was associate professor at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France. He was an associated researcher at INRIA Lille - Nord Europe, France between 2009 and 2011. He received a PhD in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France, in 2005. His PhD work was related to fitness landscape analysis in combinatorial optimization. He is a member of the Institut des Systèmes Complexes Paris Ile-de-France. His research interests are in the theory of evolutionary computation, multiobjective optimization, adaptive optimization methods, and complex systems.
Research Activities Project (2011) supported by the GRD Operational Research (RO) of INS2I institute(CNRS)
Member of the project (ANR) "GAZE and EEG" on the joint treatment of synchronized EEG and eye movements to monitor the spatiotemporal analysis and modeling of neuronal activities.
Japanese Government Funded Program 2013 (MEXT Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) : "Strategic Young Researcher Overseas Visits Program for Accelerating Brain Circulation."
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