The RandOpt Team @ Inria
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The RandOpt team at Inria's Saclay - Ile-de-France research center, joint team with the CMAP at Ecole Polytechnique, deals with the analysis, development and implementation of randomized blackbox optimization methods in the continuous domain. We are in particular focusing on CMA-ES type methods and are interested in benchmarking.
Our work covers all types of blackbox optimization scenarios such as unconstrained and constrained optimization, single- and multiobjective optimization, and medium and large-scale optimization with topics ranging from theory over algorithm design to real-world applications.
Successful PhD Defense
On December 22, 2022, Paul Dufossé successfully defended his PhD. Congratulations to Paul and many thanks to the jury members Dirk Arnold, Rodolphe Le Riche, François Fages, Jean-Philippe Ovarlez, Carlos Coello Coello, Marc Schoenauer, Youhei Akimoto, Nikolaus Hansen (academic supervisor), and Cyrille Enderli (industrial supervisor)!
Successful PhD defense
On November 21, 2022, Eugénie Marescaux successfully defended her PhD. Congratulations to Eugénie and many thanks to the jury members Stéphane Gaubert (president), Kathrin Klamroth, Carlos M. Fonseca, Tobias Glasmachers, Matthias Ehrgott, and Anne Auger (supervisor)!