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Evolutionary Computation Digest — Sunday, 14 March 2021, Volume 35: Issue 4 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=EC-DIGEST-L (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom of this email ******************************************************************************** Today's Topics: Announcements: ---- - 18 March (Extended): Full UK PhD scholarships (open to UK/EU candidates) in OR/ evolutionary computation/optimisation/ IoT/machine learning/data analytics/ simulation/computational intelligence/transportation/logistics - 26 March: Fully-funded PhD Studentship (£20,000/year) on school transport optimization at University of Manchester - PhD position in optimization-AI at IRIMAS, France - Book announcements: "Modeling and Optimization in Green Logistics," and "Green Transportation and New Advances in Vehicle Routing Problems" - Book announcements: "Operations Research and Simulation in Healthcare" and "AI and Data Mining in Healthcare" CFPs (with submission deadline) ---- - 12 April: GECCO Workshops - 19 June: Game Benchmark Competition @ GECCO 2021 ******************************************************************************** CALENDAR OF EC-RELATED ACTIVITIES: April 7–9, 2021, Seville, Spain: EvoStar 2021 July 10–14, 2021, Lille, France: GECCO 2021 ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Nguyen, Trung Thanh" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Deadline extended 18th Mar: Full UK PhD scholarships (open to UK/EU candidates) in OR/ evolutionary computation/optimisation/ IoT/machine learning/data analytics/ simulation/computational intelligence/transportation/logistics Thanks to an arisen opportunity, we at the Operational Research (OR) group, Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom) may be able to offer a small number of PhD scholarships (full or tuition-fees-only depending on the quality of the candidate). Only UK and EU candidates are eligible due to funding conditions. - Deadline 18th Mar 2021 - provide full tuition fees and living expenses for three years, - students have to relocate to Liverpool and enrol by end of April 2021 Regarding research topic, priorities are given to two industry co-funded projects: 1. Portfolio optimisation for energy supply chain: Candidates for this project should have excellent programming skills in C++ or a similar object-oriented programming language, and strong expertise in optimisation using meta-heuristic/heuristic algorithms. 2. Data analytics and machine learning for transportation, utilising data from real-time sensors: Candidates for this project should have strong programming skills in Python or a similar programming language, web development experience, and knowledge in data analytics. Good experience in machine learning, optimisation, and back-end development would be strongly preferred. Besides the two industry co-funded projects above, any area in OR/optimisation/simulation/data analytics/computational intelligence/IoT/ transportation/logistics would be considered. Please have a look at this link for some example of our current/past projects on air quality and green transportation https://secure-web.cisco.com/1DAIuYQaJsoRnoiYtOdi4PhMjUyzhqsRbib0DjTyosv_rWGr_O-MbyK4q3AKKf3vzRsn9nnHru_F7-nbsy64RQEgUG66Gskn4HX2r1DPcjfWPg_Oqv0R0xZy7NuDDXFSiMlVmuJQe1VSyktvDNPWLyR777CU2fz7e2CC1npsBqVyBMUp9QT8uotpD_72qLynVsc5nDtAIMV6GY3dsXtKRgQA1OgWIJ59pm9ITDLdnVQSG9VG7CsKTOByekNSeyaBaOaqcw5rtQBoKjl4xqUtXKTM4bmXxJJPEubjf81Drql5qp2zNwCWXwhHEDIuc3D1qQTEZA66e_wQ0bC7zG507cQOuKI-gQqhNGWbN9fctf6FYpoJN-d-ae3ibzaoUh5XuES-1N9ovuBd_wfzZxH6K9LLNkoc2pmCywFaUqspNssgGsS2TuyWsV9fed8WTKF6N/https%3A%2F%2Ftinyurl.com%2Fy67eddrw . Other projects that we have been/ are running include: - Evolutionary computation or meta-heuristics or heuristics - OR/optimisation/simulation/data analytics applications in rail, in partnership with Merseyrail, Network Rail, and Rail Delivery Group - OR applications/data analytics in maritime, in partnership with UK, EU and overseas ports - OR applications/data analytics in sustainable transportation, e.g. bicycle, e-bikes, walking, buses, emission/congestion reduction etc., in partnership with local authorities and transport authorities (e.g. the ones in Liverpool and Manchester) - OR applications in logistics (e.g. bin packing, vehicle routing etc.) in partnership with logistics companies, especially those in airports, ports, and manufacturing plants (especially those in Liverpool). - OR applications in manufacturing, in partnership with car manufacturers e.g. Vauxhall and Jaguar Land Rover. - IoT and intelligent sensors for active travel. We have developed a number of applications on this and already have a network of IoT sensors across Liverpool City Region. Interested candidates please contact Prof. Trung Thanh Nguyen [log in to unmask] with your full CV and transcripts. It is important that interested candidates contact me ASAP to ensure that we can prepare your applications in the best way to maximise your chance before the deadline. Could you please forward this to any interested candidates? Thank you very much Best regards Thanh ================================ Prof. Trung Thanh Nguyen, Professor of Operational Research in Transportation Co-director of the Liverpool Logistics Offshore and Marine Research Institute (LOOM), School of Engineering Liverpool John Moores University Tel: +44 151 231 2006 Web: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ZME5KJ1aw9rE09MvUkRGtWK-CCl2xm13XvobVKXe5pg-1gwibRsfLzaPACbblHtHJkL__VAs4ha4Quleqvz_O3Xb4e9k9bztzaGd_wUO-Gi_dZOiH-8AgldjfKl4WIgsUFYmziBjQW6agf8Mnqvry6bu0QnQd8zUJvNuFDcqN6nW4afj7ki9H2lhyOeR4AA8-DAsWu5MaHOCdlTx36OcWSPSilMBF_z51Bj9xqoDjdZazi992V4ived51V3zBqqUX3P0G88gSwa2f4JRXJdQBvWCvKHcJR2VVitJ_wXMhmFb8PfcN7zKntDSH33oXyadPWVWA_zGPokn68KjtIyCj7Dceyastf0a_fqr6taIW4Nl_niY11Tv7Wd7xMg0g89SOegGSvEUNAv8JcoC2STEu0n-8uUBer3PHhTS6l59wPa68HrIh8Gakc9pOJvN9wyt/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ljmu.ac.uk%2Fabout-us%2Fstaff-profiles%2Ffaculty-of-engineering-and-technology%2Fdepartment-of-maritime-and-mechanical-engineering%2Ftrung-thanh-nguyen ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fully-funded PhD Studentship (£20,000/year) on school transport optimization at University of Manchester ESRC CASE PhD Studentship: Challenges in Home to School Transport - Large-Scale School Bus Routing inclusive of Special Needs Students and Heterogeneous Fleets in the North West We are looking for: Exceptional UK/EU/International candidates with an outstanding academic background in the fields of Business Analytics, Data Science, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or Advanced Statistics You will be working with: Prof. Julia Handl (Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK), Dr. Manuel Lopez-Ibanez (School of Computer Science, University of Málaga, Spain and Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK) and our industrial partner 365 Response led by Dr Chris Jones (Leeds, UK). ------------------------------------------------ Application Deadline: 26 March 2021 ------------------------------------------------- Project theme: ------------------- Planning the routes of school buses to transport children from/to school is a widely studied problem in the operations research literature (Park & Kim, 2010) with hundreds of papers written about it. Transporting children is an understandably sensitive topic and the planning of school bus routing has implications for school policies such as school budget and bell-times (Bertsimas et al., 2019) and the inclusivity of special-needs students (Caceres et al., 2019). Another reason for this vast literature is the broad range of possible variants of the problem. The aim of this project is to improve the school bus system in England, in particular with regards to delivering a satisfactory service to special-needs children, while aiding the decision-making by school districts. The objectives are: 1. Identify the criteria and constraints that are relevant to the different stakeholders (parents, school district, etc) and other features that are characteristic of England’s school bus system. 2. Create quantitative decision-making and optimisation models that build upon the broad literature on school bus routing and, possibly, extend it. 3. Explore the wide range of solution methods available and identify the ones that may be appropriate to the characteristics identified above 4. Develop new solution methods that are able to address the challenges not addressed by the existing solution methods. 5. Develop an intelligent decision-aid system able to adapt the solution methodology to the characteristics of particular school districts and the school policy in effect. 6. Provide clear evidence that the developed decision-aid system helps decision-makers to produce better plans for school buses. Bertsimas, D., Delarue, A., & Martin, S. (2019). Optimizing schools’ start time and bus routes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(13), 5943–5948. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1811462116 Caceres, H., Batta, R., & He, Q. (2019). Special need students school bus routing: Consideration for mixed load and heterogeneous fleet. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 65, 10–19. doi:10.1016/j.seps.2018.02.008 Park, J., & Kim, B.-I. (2010). The school bus routing problem: A review. European Journal of Operational Research, 202(2), 311–319. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.017 Nature of the Studentship: ---------------------------------- The studentship will commence in September 2021 and will be available for three years, with a stipend equivalent to UKRI rates (£15,609 tax-free for 2021/22, in addition to a £3,000 AQM enhancement per year), plus an additional allowance of £2000 from 365Response. Entry Requirements: ---------------------------- Applications for this project are sought from exceptional UK/EU/International candidates with an outstanding academic background in the fields of Business Analytics, Data Science, Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science or Advanced Statistics. You must demonstrate that you are highly motivated, intellectually astute, with high-level analytical competencies and development skills. Applicants must have a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (or equivalent) and hold or expect to obtain a Masters level qualification with Distinction. English Language requirements (where required) are IELTS 7.0, TOEFL 623 (100 ibt), PTE 66. Application: --------------- Candidates should submit a PhD application for the PhD Business & Management by 26 March 2021, and indicate that they wish to be considered for the ESRC CASE PhD Studentship “Challenges in Home to School Transport: Large-Scale School Bus Routing inclusive of Special Needs Students and Heterogeneous Fleets in the North West”. The application must contain the following: A 3000-word research proposal related to the topic, and A written statement clearly indicating how your research competencies and interests to date are aligned with the specific nature of the PhD project. You are strongly advised to submit your application as early as possible. If you do not submit the required supporting documents outlined above by the deadline, your application will not be considered. Enquiries: ------------- If you have questions about this project, please contact Prof. Julia Handl ([log in to unmask]) or Dr. Manuel López-Ibáñez ([log in to unmask]) with an up-to-date CV including any publication profile. For questions related to your application, contact Lynne Barlow-Cheetham at [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************** Sender: Julien Lepagnot <[log in to unmask]> Subject: PhD position in optimization-AI at IRIMAS, France Dear colleagues, Please find, below, a link to an offer of a PhD thesis position on hybrid metaheuristics and learning methods to be filled as soon as possible: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1rKl_ukOTcbdYSbGWnPpiBFbFneyjIjmGnZI-gVFId8buC2sVjyhQ_fSnYHa4fkNWFqwZ9nUy_hmRp7GJ6eYoYHSCcETGBdnmKUhrUiGRPzBCUlT268pAGGbgabeGguRUdeCNqGNXMw7KvK-y39afy3B4e0HVUeRUVfMnwcbJjj2-xeqCS0obmS046l8roAV5M_MUC9q1YR7X07ZX4asibnXPtkKus9TiH2lfLbLUFotcGOqyU4l_iyD4fe38gTlXxLlrYphd-z7yzXtVjDz6VFRHk_qWoVFiEjVTTVopE5rmSGIBnMRv7SuJabbg1LXJDDGJAJ_8Z0zoVPNk1L4JkUTGLYASQuck2N_59XnoM2vU1T5cnxxSb57NUpBrvhHnEuOuQ1RQZAduBWD-qOfNURnNVp3DHHfGpVx-ESH0zGWvP0mXX77wTpDCK3kQOohv/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lmia.uha.fr%2FPhD_EN.pdf Feel free to forward this offer. With best regards, Julien LEPAGNOT Associate professor in computer science Université de Haute-Alsace - Institut IRIMAS (EA 7499) 12 rue des Frères Lumière, 68093 Mulhouse Tel : +33 3 89 33 60 28 ******************************************************************************** Sender: Patrick Siarry <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New books announcement by H. Derbel, B. Jarboui and P. Siarry (Eds.) SPRINGER Modeling and Optimization in Green Logistics Houda Derbel, Bassem Jarboui and Patrick Siarry (Eds) Springer ISBN 978-3-030-45308-4. December 2020. 158 pp. Hardcover. https://secure-web.cisco.com/10-1ANTVO-QJvWFXq_oaFFQtkeQCVB3B3_pV_JbLs2XwFViYXBnwQdH7PT7vztCn5mmiNpk2aMZaflkG1iiahVObgQQ3-d6xPwPWYg_LsgoS-WOazC-ojBVuOQq6P_KbQnczUWK_pTaN1vy_w3vHDmGhWh-uAqViN3UqT4FRoK7mDZ4PlI2Se3l4WYNxrWmAUHsBiqEr2cSx8IiibTxt-iKYFGFSVw7n_gZYEwBZa6kcemTghiUkesB3Skd_HKaZnoqfguQksfK9LUSn0zJJOr-_fL9BicjPQDXqnXMwseT9uEwBE7EL0wCj105zO5yhzTwOz7gUPC7TzHwv7LI5rgmhprw2-T4nqd7aEBDYQ-6rB4OlXBl2-_UuONTl6vrBWAdtKqQt0KiSFm-bJS6eTYd3C2q0mjAudiWrVKgo_hJA3O8jJZYA-_BaZQFUHvEV0-KLLDivmEhxFIWPukol7d8ebHig7JGE504ncP6Mw7Xw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9783030453077 This book presents recent work that analyzes general issues of green logistics and smart cities. The contributed chapters consider operating models with important ecological, economic, and social objectives. The content will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, information technology, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Green Transportation and New Advances in Vehicle Routing Problems Houda Derbel, Bassem Jarboui and Patrick Siarry (Eds) Springer ISBN 978-3-030-45312-1. December 2020. 232 pp. Hardcover. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1XtxrhEs8sAASDvbIYt6-sZNCulrsz-inR--51zW9YXVOSGeN0OM_sjaoJB6kUfKaCt8cuEuiBHxPmTOtockC-_QlvUw7c3vMaC9jYobsZ3txXGOpqlcXS7UCIFdqpVVxeKdP_-ftqpeOKgdxaZlNEqKJKP2d0ULK0h8gHDsRTBoIYIOObFgY2w26DyDAQ2_BSc4eqTFdPljESTc3IEFug0SgXi-CegY-_UG1U7WGk80QTkVXyFOSvpPJPvf9yHwAI-oHYtvevbNkUZ_TAJhj4llvgp3cfLFhmhLmJvkDpWcqQpQNzQLEM7JU06J02o-tA0h-OufOgA0_J8bNsh9Un8qnAw35wZ6aBwRFh7lc3jvwDIdLuu8mmi-T-k_yNFhc1v08Tj_ZLzgrU97EXadEyGO09CejYYVnoTQy_gJELa5SM0G2tZ0OulFj4JPh3opU/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9783030453114 This book presents recent work that analyzes general issues of green transportation. The contributed chapters consider environmental objectives in transportation, including topics such as battery swap stations for electric vehicles, efficient home healthcare routing, waste collection, and various vehicle routing problems. The content will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, operations research, and urban planning. ******************************************************************************** Sender: Patrick Siarry <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New books announcement by M. Masmoudi, B. Jarboui and P. Siarry (Eds.) SPRINGER Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining in Healthcare Malek Masmoudi, Bassem Jarboui and Patrick Siarry (Eds) Springer ISBN 978-3-030-45239-1. February 2021. 206 pp. Hardcover. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1fabSFHKJDcsDiTLvOn3V0ivpos8UYq5u_62D20KQ8YqdLNhOiB4XZjjhfVZkrInlgLbIkFaLyVXp1qDXVtHqcdB88B5gUS21sV2XS8MsSNyKcnwnPhzVamUBgOHuOX6E8abdkq_YwjCLGBkTUI5JAUOMwwNtQV-_fVswxzZZo7d32RNaVKHbATp-xmHgRP8z6qc3_qVy0L-BSFQHiYNH4vf2dfXNslDwvCt3Og3ZFxjyg5SYHMEhzUgtUVNBqExxG-45viWrJJskaeZjgcPyMIZfIbN3hhtpx77fRkulTQSNx54ABo7kgVisyY9FIJmGF2bJttK0jSBfA0ofTYEBcVWk-saaicStAFEB3-pcUUYY-W-PKY01D6YEMkKFq5KPLhHNsWTYXAEQVB0Z3Mt-6N49rCr2GkYVkUBtFfYa6kNpNPDMQdTOZvQhKvFZzLfS/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9783030452391 This book presents recent work on healthcare management and engineering using artificial intelligence and data mining techniques. Specific topics covered in the contributed chapters include predictive mining, decision support, capacity management, patient flow optimization, image compression, data clustering, and feature selection. The content will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, information technology, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics. ++++++++++++++++++ Operations Research and Simulation in Healthcare Malek Masmoudi, Bassem Jarboui and Patrick Siarry (Eds) Springer ISBN 978-3-030-45222-3. February 2021. 238 pp. Hardcover. https://secure-web.cisco.com/13fQ-UdbtlKSdZRNYBnJSqT2NjhOFoEQO9gcufeBXu5j0jMrDOu4RcV5C-eof578Z2qEa5KYPEWWFLkufU2g7_150R2p_T9jCAmAPyVwEBXnCBNia_L3SlirM1kaK7pBshYA_p0_Mr61j3RI8G06pXjPXf958DmjXS2lRUXjZnLTNIdGaU5N1CvIW0YswaocQmRK1T6s3av9wtoHx6gwx0UCZ5fVuaxnSsQ2S-9dNM--EF9IjyQCbuyKx0uRGJ8AXsFyikdKcUC58CA7RKt3jQliaqwl-MIQ66a2Yt6kT3QJgJ3aa0_WWuP0QXxzf01r9pcTfPnYW_Tyhm0QZp_bKJmm1Dfver67WkU2LgWWgIdQ3EwNIZqqkA1PmOk0s8eIR5FxTO6z5cHlMaCKbULpVVMyuVv05aD-_bOBdd6yCkver3off7nK-AhtYjNqrNkBcvdqTKlxgNnz8-TQnylPcs72Wsolqk2YDmK0qFFfUHIc/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9783030452223 This book presents work on healthcare management and engineering using optimization and simulation methods and techniques. Specific topics covered in the contributed chapters include discrete-event simulation, patient admission scheduling, simulation-based emergency department control systems, patient transportation, cost function networks, hospital bed management, and operating theater scheduling. The content will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, information technology, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics. ******************************************************************************** Sender: EC-Digest Editor Subject: GECCO Workshops This month the EC-Digest received CFPs for the following GECCO workshops. Please see the individual workshops websites for more info, and find the full list of GECCO 2021 workshops at https://secure-web.cisco.com/1AeShaQSdH1QCohTnlNmppMbB6m7keCesUHxUSSq6CNPMkN4uv4nNV0UeAGf1kgJNt1MDrkYYvGUvFghaz4KHY97Zdk0_sMXkzfhR_D8ITe1jpzcK6CUqLRSEYGsyQdSyNdRj3FMLaktG__MDkGkVXWZdr0ZCw5tJ53irugeC6y2lh0Lw0InKHT_OxzihiDt0TxD6fVO7dKvWCTzG3GbCv3yqNx_UnOdye1BlXccwCa3djW3oZQdw-PsyAKs6gqV4mO6Wq1MIMqRMnRVd-hmTPzx26nqXbBVVy2L1TbdGtZObXAnu83VHURHm-bPO5nabqZ2JifORsb4A1dT1Hg53UISKu_gY_tt-gmkm_VVIG_Ike6MnmH9GOV8QJFE3yopJ01-ltQPzxL2QG_ymfir7bvqzAb8QLXpcVHwpTKwf_DPdw7nqPTRtEGjL5Utse6e-GvMvR7XSaRUxWPrHkhpZWg/https%3A%2F%2Fgecco-2021.sigevo.org%2FWorkshops All GECCO workshops share the following important dates: IMPORTANT DATES - Submission opening: February 11, 2021 - Submission deadline: April 12, 2021 - Notification of acceptance: April 26, 2021 - Camera-Ready Material: May 3, 2021 - Author registration deadline: May 3, 2021 Workshop on Real-world Applications of Continuous and 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http://secure-web.cisco.com/1r4NbUk8AxPrrE1FmpU-NYunBeVynyV7qhIrfbOkARlK9zot8hyOfRBblRFm9ptKaYFXCUMvzXzUOlM59j8a_8yGPNI9RC96KWwoMX7Gq3Jm6CapkQDGFAVYeBHbfEw-qbHp72d4RosHwve5TURWTggRznf_EexxjGur3cVJIbqow3TkwDycw68ItBYaSx7sbrCm30CxFRLxY0o8DTy1ye9dwnY5jf3CgaX53Il87tqFkWRc41evg_MxWUJouNuJpHPcfjX23szVWRKa_WXnYuM5NG1yVKZC5g2_zEuNTBYqJ43uqBsfd2VVK93CTlmo8rF8obYytIOTdgYP34l7lfR3hQ62LqPx5-SgFyK4v4lopkupBFDRn_q4xQCN5YET4bRKTuSQfqw-40WjEX1Or3RVqLKh9fLbowfBygDBjL-1LmpwM17jKwm008itwI3tvhHNMXU3dgniXJfEC3MPuf-VMPKJHNryLv-DJDwh3sCc/http%3A%2F%2Fnumbbo.github.io%2Fworkshops%2FBBOB-2021%2F ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Tea Tušar" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Game Benchmark Competition @ GECCO 2021 Game Benchmark Competition @ GECCO 2021 Participate in our competition, it’s a WIN-WIN situation Why? • Participants match up with other researchers who think they have the best optimisation algorithm available • Organisers collect data from test suites to further improve the benchmark and push real-world benchmarking a step forward And there are more reasons: Games are a very interesting topic that motivates a lot of research and have repeatedly been suggested as testbeds for AI algorithms. Key features of games are controllability, safety and repeatability. Moreover, they also feature the ability to simulate properties of real-world problems such as measurement noise, uncertainty and the existence of multiple objectives. A popular topic within the area are game optimisation problems, where the task is to find solutions representing game content that optimise a given objective function. That’s why we compiled the Game Benchmark for Evolutionary Algorithms (GBEA) from problems like these, which provides you with the chance to try your algorithm in a real-world-like scenario. PLUS: You can publish your work in the GECCO Companion, either as a competition paper or as a BBOB workshop paper (deadline April 12, 2021). What? What is the competition about? • Single and bi-objective suites from two interesting games • Continuous and integer search spaces, type depending on game => 2 x 2 = 4 combinations (tracks) all together You are of course free to choose one or multiple tracks that interest you most! What exactly is a contribution? What do you need to submit? • COCO Logs Yep, we use COCO (https://secure-web.cisco.com/1kQCCD_RdsHf-0RX7IKRblXIWZiMu1ID6U4ClptnBF7xQXIuwk9x_uCoMkt9pqtTWzclUkVLyRxeOrk3RvIkevIinO8AR9VyoWSIqjuy902jcWaWCphvdUis6Z2d33CMLv9kYxcrGS5EVqbPJOj-q7YVt-sCWHMt01F7AylHYzI9jnqrdyTXlkINoc6X9f5eS3cRin9SX1G3RM96n9nO_UwvyjMzhDDDcY4C3B0J2eNIx6WdlwuTE7aQwmSYl91NZ8qeTqbEvxAYDfl2Q-TLJ9h4wzfCaRqz0mKgfLLiTxkYUMYXujQM2L4D6v4mDRbiAwKvCze1PalMRjr4hBtfXbzbOzrarEy82OyKeiYfWgxas4IujZeCmdmlNMP_0tnF8RWFh-LSLrHvwOQ2-nftGYmYkOfmcUYBG8rB8W4N27sxAsmiv9fm7rIW7CYT7G_-1/https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fttusar%2Fcoco-gbea) to compare results. GBEA is integrated in COCO as four stand-alone problem suites. This allows for an easy comparison of algorithms. • Access to the code We would like access (link to a repository, the code sent, or at least a description of it) to reproduce or at least retrace the results to determine the winner. How? It’s easy, just follow the instructions provided at http://secure-web.cisco.com/1c161R0vbtgvu1ADbk2-JqAdLGsKjvlhTFXV7M8Ab4TDksQrSdCK1UwkGekkYLvQqJmRp4hOFzzm94LBC2VLLjBbwArssfFqTIqKSVg312ROIUVusbvfMM1bV5CkrRciRymsQm0R7z2JaO8P93YIHhoL2YD1ccD2_5ToBNria26E6GLp5U5UcqcW7iTXp_EB6uqymaqXDdb29MlIXLvnvFL0Pd_jvQrC2rofC_PRITYnzY2gq3RkZHOzY7PC5bYESLZM60p-06wrTVvG8Lgi4Tl6rb6M5iK5oOOc14WZ6r3u-Dq--3zRQk4hIUxEsfPYpqSwg7_WZ5JVw7wtOTvY3uSTuEuQGgHxxkAgFCUVjufCgDD_-UWwYlhvwvba0QDMrCYVB4n9OjoDZMBwNZmWqgWv6ZWnW9oOvg8JdQopJVSLrd-pjODfogVQfpkQlsfA2Ke5NFVMcLZQAjd4VtBrGgg/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gm.fh-koeln.de%2F%7Enaujoks%2Fgbea%2Fgamesbench_gecco21comp.html When? Submission deadline: 19. June 2021 Winner announcement: 10. 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