[visionlist] CORRECTED VERSION: Live free 'AIDA AI Excellence e-Lecture' by Prof. Manuel López-Ibáñez (University of Manchester): "Automatic Component-Wise Design of Algorithms for Optimization and Machine Learning", March 24, 2026 - 17:00 CET (18:00 Greek time)

[Ioanna Koroni]

Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast,

Please, consider attending to our next Excellence Lecture:

*_Automatic Component-Wise Design of Algorithms for Optimization and 
Machine Learning_*

*/Prof. /**/Manuel López-Ibáñez/**/ (/**/University of Manchester/**/) /*//

*Abstract:***Modern high-performing algorithms for Optimization and 
Machine Learning are often the result of the careful composition of 
diverse algorithmic ideas. Often such algorithms are designed by human 
experts guided by their expertise and laborious trial-and-error. 
Nowadays, it is possible to automatically design such algorithms by 
combining flexible algorithmic frameworks and general-purpose 
hyper-parameter optimizers. In this talk, we will explain the general 
principles behind this automatic design approach and illustrate its use 
with several examples.  We will also discuss how LLMs may represent (or 
not) the next evolution of this component-wise design approach.

*Details*

*📅**Date: 24 March 2026*

*⏰**Time*: *17:00-18:00 CET (18:00-19:00 Greek time)*

*💻**Zoom link 
<https://authgr.zoom.us/j/91999949089?pwd=uKlEkpQ46pwHdto4dDmWRQBannuQ5f.1>*

*Meeting ID: 919 9994 9089*

*Passcode: 114050*

***🔗**For more information, click **here* 
<https://www.i-aida.org/events/automatic-component-wise-design-of-algorithms-for-optimization-and-machine-learning/>

* Lecturer Short CV: *Manuel López-Ibáñez is Full Professor (Chair) of 
Optimization at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of 
Manchester, UK.  He is Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on 
Evolutionary Learning and Optimization, Associate Editor of the 
Evolutionary Computation journal and IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary 
Computation and Editorial Board Member of the Artificial Intelligence 
Journal and European Journal of Operational Research.  Prof. 
López-Ibáñez has published more than 100 papers in international 
peer-reviewed journals and conferences on topics that include stochastic 
local search, black-box optimization, empirical reproducibility, 
multi-objective and interactive optimization algorithms for continuous 
and combinatorial problems, and the automatic configuration and design 
of optimization algorithms. https://lopez-ibanez.eu/.

The *International AI Doctoral Academy (AIDA)* 
<http://www.i-aida.org/> is very pleased to offer you top quality 
scientific lectures

in the framework of AIDA AI Excellence Lecture Series 
<https://www.i-aida.org/event_cat/ai-lectures/> on several current 
hot AI topics.

These lectures are disseminated through multiple channels and email 
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  Best regards

*Prof. Enrique Alba*

/University of Málaga (SPAIN) and Visiting Professor UCL (UK)///

AIDA AI Excellence Lecture Series Committee Chair
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