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<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear AI scientist/engineer/student/enthusiast,</span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please,
consider attending to our next Excellence Lecture:</span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB"
style="color:#236FA1">A Personal View of the Past
and the Future of Automated Algorithm Design</span></u></b><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Dr. </span></i></b><b><i><span
lang="EN-GB"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Thomas
Stützle</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1"> (</span></i></b><b><i><span
lang="EN-GB"
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Université
libre de Bruxelles (ULB)</span></i></b><b><i><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">) </span></i></b><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Abstract: </span></strong><span
lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">The
design and development of algorithms is very
time-consuming and difficult for a number of reasons,
including the complexity of the problems being
tackled, the large number of degrees of freedom when
designing an algorithm and setting its numerical
parameters, and the difficulties of algorithm analysis
due to heuristic biases and stochasticity.
Fortunately, for some time, advances in automatic
algorithm configuration and design methods have made
this a more "straightforward" process.</span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="moz-quote-pre"><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">In
this talk, I will discuss some of the advances we have
achieved over the past 25 years and highlight
techniques of automatic configuration of algorithms,
the automatic configuration of multi-objective
algorithms, the automatic configuration for anytime
algorithms, and the automatic design of SLS algorithms
via the EMILI framework. Towards the end of the talk I
will discuss some aspects of the large language models
and how they have changed and will continue to change
our perspective on automatic configuration and design
of the algorithms. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1"> <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Details</span></strong></span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">📅</span></strong><strong><span
lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">
Date: 13 October 2026</span></strong><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">⏰</span></strong><strong><span
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Time</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">: <strong><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">16:00-17:00
CEST (17:00-18:00 Greek time)</span></strong></span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">💻</span></strong><strong><span
lang="EN-US"
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<a
href="https://authgr.zoom.us/j/97523363413?pwd=7M50tBhkhtRV0lKbaNi0LUsj1cCjbi.1"
moz-do-not-send="true">Zoom link</a></span></strong><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Meeting
ID: 975 2336 3413</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Passcode:
141540</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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For more information, click </span></strong><span
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<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1"> Lecturer
Short CV:</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1"> </span></strong><span
lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">Thomas
Stützle is with the Belgian F.R.S.-FNRS (National Fund
for Scientific Research) and works at the IRIDIA
laboratory of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB),
Belgium. He received the Diplom (German equivalent of
an MSc degree) in business engineering from
Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Germany, in 1994, and his
PhD degree and habilitation in computer science, both
from the Computer Science Department of Technische
Universität Darmstadt, Germany, in 1998 and 2004,
respectively. He joined the F.R.S.-FNRS as a
researcher in October 2005 and is currently a research
director.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#236FA1">He
has co-authored three books among which are
“Stochastic Local Search: Foundations and
Applications” (Morgan Kaufmann) and “Ant Colony
Optimization” (MIT Press), both of which have become
standard references in their respective areas. His
other publications include more than 250 articles in
journals, international conferences or edited books
many of which are highly cited. In fact, his research
contributions received so far more than 73,000
citations in Google Scholar and his h-index is 93. His
main research interests are in stochastic local search
algorithms, multi-objective optimization, large-scale
benchmark studies and automatic configuration and
design of algorithms.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
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Academy (AIDA)</span></strong></a> is very
pleased to offer you top quality scientific lectures </span><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">in
the framework of <a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">AIDA AI Excellence Lecture Series</a> on
several current hot AI topics.</span><span
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<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
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regards</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Prof.
Enrique Alba</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University
of Málaga (SPAIN) and Visiting Professor UCL (UK)</span></i><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="v1v1msonormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AIDA
AI Excellence Lecture Series Committee Chair</span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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