PROGRAM
Days: Wednesday, April 23rd Thursday, April 24th Friday, April 25th
Wednesday, April 23rd
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11:00-13:15 Session 3A: EvoMUSART Image Making and Visual Art (i)
Chair:
Location: Room A
11:00 | Search-based Negative Prompt Optimisation for Text-to-Image Generation (abstract) |
11:25 | An Ensemble Approach to Music Source Separation: A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Hierarchical Stem Separation (abstract) |
11:50 | Evolving the Embedding Space of Diffusion Models in the Field of Visual Arts (abstract) PRESENTER: Marcel Salvenmoser |
12:00 | Generating Virtual Landscapes and Environmental Narratives with StyleGAN2 (abstract) |
12:10 | Aesthetic biases and opacity tactics in the training of visual artificial intelligence models (abstract) |
12:20 | Short video interestingness: a machine learning approach to determine creative cues in audiovisual production (abstract) |
12:30 | Towards the Automatic Evaluation of Legibility for Graphic Design Posters (abstract) |
12:40 | Steering Large Text-to-Image Model for Abstract Art Synthesis: Preference-based Prompt Optimization and Visualization (abstract) |
12:50 | Exploring Multi-Objective Evolution for Aesthetic & Abstract 3D Art (abstract) PRESENTER: Ritwik Murali |
11:00-13:15 Session 3B: EML
Chair:
Location: Room B
11:00 | Social Interpretable Reinforcement Learning (abstract) |
11:25 | EDCA - An Evolutionary Data-Centric AutoML Framework for Efficient Pipelines (abstract) |
11:50 | Generate more than one child in your co-evolutionary semi-supervised learning GAN (abstract) |
12:15 | Evolving RNNs for Stock Forecasting: A Low Parameter Efficient Alternative to Transformers (abstract) |
12:40 | Into the Black Box: Mining Variable Importance with XAI (abstract) |
13:05 | Micro-Step Time-Series Regression: Insights from System Identification Using Symbolic Regression (abstract) PRESENTER: Hengzhe Zhang |
11:00-13:15 Session 3C: EvoApplications: Misc Applications (i)
Chair:
Location: Room C
11:00 | A Coach-Based Quality-Diversity Approach for Multi-Agent Interpretable Reinforcement Learning (abstract) |
11:10 | Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning for Interpretable Decision-Making in Supply Chain Management (abstract) |
11:20 | Variable-Size Genetic Network Programming for Portfolio Optimization with Trading Rules (abstract) PRESENTER: Fabian Köhnke |
11:30 | Building Cross-Sectional Trading Strategies via Geometric Semantic Genetic Programming (abstract) ![]() PRESENTER: Kritpol Bunjerdtaweeporn |
11:40 | Facial Geometric Feature Extraction for Dimensional Emotion Analysis Using Genetic Programming (abstract) |
11:50 | Evolutionary Computation for Causality-Driven Feature Selection: A Preliminary Study (abstract) |
12:00 | Inferring Reaction Elasticities from Metabolic Correlations in Cells through Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization (abstract) |
12:10 | Optimizing the logistics operations of distribution network operators from a multinational electric utility company (abstract) |
12:20 | Hybrid Optimization of Horizontal Alignments in European Terrains: A Comparative Study (abstract) |
12:30 | Understanding trade-offs in classifier bias with quality-diversity optimization: an application to talent management (abstract) |
12:40 | Using Local Correlation Between Objectives to Detect Problem Modality (abstract) |
12:50 | Algorithm Selection with Probing Trajectories: Benchmarking the Choice of Classifier Model (abstract) |
11:00-13:15 Session 3D: Late-Breaking Abstracts (LBAs)
Chair:
Location: Room D
11:00 | Effect of Fitness Values Weighting on Clustering of Single-Objective Fitness Landscapes (abstract) |
11:10 | The Traveling Tournament Problem: Constraint Violations for Different MaxStreak Values (abstract) |
11:20 | The Traveling Tournament Problem: Valid Solutions are Very Different (abstract) |
11:30 | AI as Co-Creator: Reimagining Musical Authorship and Interaction in Human-AI Music Composition (abstract) |
11:40 | Statistical-Mechanical Approach to Music: A Nature-Inspired Model for Rule-Free Composition (abstract) |
11:50 | gem5/Z3/gcc/Clang/Redis glibc Heap Fitness Landscapes (abstract) |
12:00 | Testing Self-Organized Load Balancing in Distributed Systems (abstract) |
12:10 | Multi-objective particle swarm optimization for environmental risk/benefit analysis (abstract) |
12:20 | An Automated Financial Management System for Risk Budgeting Portfolio Optimization (abstract) |
12:30 | Extending Instance Space Analysis via Bipartite Network Communities (abstract) |
12:40 | Image classification by evolving bytecode (abstract) |
12:50 | Differential Evolution for Optimizing Ensemble Weights in Multiclass Sentiment Classification (abstract) |
13:00 | Using SHAP to visualize Pre-Match Outcome Prediction in Dota 2 (abstract) |
13:10 | Multi-Modal Fusion Techniques for Detecting Abnormal Events in Videos (abstract) |
13:15-14:15 Lunch
Location: Area Studio 5th floor
14:15-16:05 Session 4A: EuroGP Best Paper nominations
Chairs:
Bing Xue and Luca Manzoni
Location: Room A
14:15 | Designing Lookahead Relocation Rules for the Container Relocation Problem with Genetic Programming (abstract) |
14:40 | A Systematic Evaluation of Evolving Highly Nonlinear Boolean Functions in Odd Sizes (abstract) |
15:05 | Multi-Objective Evolutionary Design of Explainable EEG Classifier (abstract) PRESENTER: Martin Hurta |
15:30 | Population Diversity, Information Theory and Genetic Improvement (abstract) PRESENTER: David Clark |
15:55 | Unified Piecewise Symbolic Regression (abstract) |
14:15-16:05 Session 4B: EvoMUSART: Music and Sound (i)
Chair:
Location: Room B
14:15 | Towards Human-Quality Music Accompaniment using Deep Generative Models and Transformers (abstract) |
14:40 | Exploiting the Temporal Order of Sound Features for Onset Detection (abstract) |
15:05 | All YIN No YANG: Geometric abstraction of oil paintings with trained models, noise and self-reference (abstract) |
15:15 | Music Similarity Through Geometric Overlap (abstract) |
15:25 | Graph Neural Network vs Feature-based Folk Music Evolution Analysis (abstract) |
15:35 | Automated Selection and Ordering of Clip Sequences for Music Videos based on Tonal Tension and Visual Features (abstract) |
15:45 | EmotioNotes Dataset: Decoding emotions in classical music through Concert Program Notes (abstract) |
15:55 | SyMuRBench: Benchmark for symbolic music representations (abstract) |
14:15-16:05 Session 4C: EvoApplications: Computational Intelligence for Sustainability
Chair:
Location: Room C
14:15 | A Multi-Agent System for Optimal Train Scheduling in Single-Track Railways (abstract) |
14:40 | A Genetic Algorithm Approach for Aggregation of Residential Electricity Prosumers’ Flexibility (abstract) |
15:05 | A PSO-based MPPT with Dynamic Monitoring Reset for PV Systems (abstract) |
15:30 | Fair Ambulance Allocation via Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization (abstract) |
15:55 | An innovative approach for managing the water requirements of fig trees using artificial intelligence (abstract) |
14:15-16:05 Session 4D: EvoApplications: EvoLLMs
Chair:
Location: Room D
14:15 | Beyond the Hype: Benchmarking LLM-Evolved Heuristics for Bin Packing (abstract) |
14:40 | Evolutionary Bias Identification with Embeddings (abstract) |
15:05 | Controlling the Mutation in Large Language Models for the Efficient Evolution of Algorithms (abstract) |
15:30 | Open and Closed-source Models for LLM-generated Metaheuristics Solving Engineering Optimization Problem (abstract) |
15:40 | Probing LLMs on Optimization Problems: Can They Recall and Interpret Problem Features? (abstract) |
16:25-17:45 Session 5A: EvoMUSART Best Paper Nominations
Chairs:
Location: Room A
16:25 | Yin-Yang: Developing Motifs With Long-Term Structure And Controllability (abstract) |
16:50 | AI in Music and Healthcare: A Comparative Survey (abstract) |
17:15 | Large-image Object Detection for Fine-grained Recognition of Punches Patterns in Medieval Panel Painting (abstract) |
16:25-17:45 Session 5B: EvoApplications: Edge, fog &cloud + IASP&PR
Chair:
Location: Room B
16:25 | Multi-Purpose Image Filter Evolution Using Cellular Automata and Function-Based Conditional Rules (abstract) |
16:50 | A Communication-aware and Energy-efficient Genetic Programming based Method for Dynamic Resource Allocation in Clouds (abstract) |
17:15 | A Genetic Algorithm-Based Parameter Selection for Communication-Efficient Federated Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Mir Hassan |
16:25-17:45 Session 5C: EvoApplications: Advances in EC (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room C
16:25 | Trace-Elites: better Quality-Diversity with Multi-Point Descriptors (abstract) |
16:50 | Climbing the tower of meta-mutations - the role of higher-order mutations (abstract) |
17:15 | Stalling in Space: Attractor Analysis for any Algorithm (abstract) |
16:25-17:45 Session 5D: EuroGP (i)
Chair:
Location: Room D
16:25 | Introducing Crossover in SLIM-GSGP (abstract) |
16:50 | Exploring the Impact of Data Scale on Mutation Step Size in SLIM-GSGP (abstract) |
17:15 | Was Tournament Selection All We Ever Needed? A Critical Reflection on Lexicase Selection (abstract) |
17:25 | The Role of Stepping Stones in MAP-Elites: Insights from Search Trajectory Networks (abstract) |
17:35 | Evolved and Transparent Pipelines for Biomedical Image Classification (abstract) |
Thursday, April 24th
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09:00-11:00 Session 7A: EvoCOP: Applications
Chair:
Location: Room A
09:00 | Instance Space Analysis and Algorithm Selection for a Parallel Batch Scheduling Problem (abstract) |
09:25 | Generating (Semi-)Active Schedules for Dynamic Multi-mode Project Scheduling Using Genetic Programming Hyper-heuristics (abstract) |
09:50 | A Genetic Approach to the Operational Freight-on-Transit problem (abstract) |
10:15 | Healthcare Facility Location Problem and Fitness Landscape Analysis (abstract) |
10:40 | A Selective Vehicle Routing Problem for the Bloodmobile System (abstract) |
09:00-11:00 Session 7B: EvoApplications: Engineering
Chair:
Location: Room B
09:00 | Optimizing Camera Placement for Chicken Farm Monitoring (abstract) PRESENTER: Kyriacos Mosphilis |
09:25 | Evolving Dynamic Fault Mitigation Strategies in a Robot Swarm for Collective Transport (abstract) |
09:50 | Designing Hardware-Friendly Hash Functions for Network Security Using Cartesian Genetic Programming (abstract) |
10:15 | The Importance of Being Earnest: Multiple Heterogeneous Container Loading with a Simple Genetic Algorithm (abstract) |
09:00-11:00 Session 7C: EvoApplications: Bioinformatics and Health
Chair:
Location: Room C
09:00 | Methodology for Designing Injection Molds: Data Mining and Multi-Objective Optimization (abstract) |
09:25 | Analysis of Illicit Drug Mixtures at Festivals Using Portable Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Genetic Programming (abstract) |
09:50 | A Symbolic Regression Screening Approach within Peptide Optimisation (abstract) |
09:00-11:00 Session 7D: EvoApplications: Real World Systems
Chair:
Location: Room D
09:00 | Adaptive Local Search for Real-World Multi-Echelon Inventory Control (abstract) |
09:25 | Optimizing Dietary Plans Using Evolutionary Algorithms (abstract) |
09:50 | FedGP: Genetic Programming for Evolutionary Aggregation in Federated Learning with Non-IID data (abstract) |
10:15 | Greater AI Design Control Aids Evolution of Computational Materials (abstract) |
11:20-12:20 Session 8A: EvoApplications: Games
Chair:
Location: Room A
11:20 | Injecting Combinatorial Optimization into MCTS: Application to the Board Game boop. (abstract) |
11:45 | Robust search for the underlying objectives in black-box games with binary outcomes (abstract) |
11:20-12:20 Session 8B: EvoMUSART: Image Making and Visual Art (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room B
11:20 | Balancing Indeterminacy and Structure: Neural Text Generation for Artistic Inspiration (abstract) |
11:45 | Exploring Bridges Between Creative Coding and Visual Generative AI (abstract) |
11:20-12:20 Session 8C: EvoApplications: 30 years of PSO (i)
Chair:
Location: Room C
11:20 | A Survey of Modern Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms (abstract) |
11:45 | We are Sending you Back... to the Optimum! Fuzzy Time Travel Particle Swarm Optimization (abstract) |
11:20-12:20 Session 8D: EvoApplications: Misc applications (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room D
11:20 | Scalable Evolution of Logically Independent Polycomputational Materials (abstract) |
11:45 | Search Trajectory Networks Applied to a Real-world Parallel Batch Scheduling Problem (abstract) |
13:20-14:20 Lunch
Location: Area Studio 5th floor
14:20-16:00 Session 10A: EvoApplications Best Paper nominations
Chairs:
Location: Room A
14:20 | Genetic Programming with Co-operative Co-evolution for Feature Manipulation in Basal Cell Carcinoma Identification (abstract) |
14:45 | Emergent kin selection of altruistic feeding behaviour via non-episodic neuroevolution (abstract) |
15:10 | GPBus: Genetic Programming based Automated Machine Learning for Bus Delay Prediction (abstract) |
14:20-16:00 Session 10B: EvoMUSART: Music and Sound (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room B
14:20 | Foundations of LLCM: Labelled Lambek Calculus for Music Analysis (abstract) |
14:45 | Combining local search and directed mutation in evolutionary approaches to 4-part harmony (abstract) |
15:10 | Cellular Au-Tonnetz: A Unified Audio-Visual MIDI Generator Using Tonnetz, Cellular Automata, and IoT (abstract) |
15:35 | The Importance of Context in Image Generation: A Case Study for Video Game Sprites (abstract) |
14:20-16:00 Session 10C: EuroGP (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room C
14:20 | Exploring the Integration of Cellular Structures in Genetic Programming-based Methods (abstract) |
14:45 | Ghost Swarms: Learning Swarm Rules from Environmental Changes Alone (abstract) |
15:10 | On the Effectiveness of Crossover Operators in Cartesian Genetic Programming (abstract) |
15:35 | Ant-based Metaheuristics Struggle to Solve the Cartesian Genetic Programming Learning Task (abstract) |
14:20-16:00 Session 10D: EvoCOP: Seeds of Inspiration
Chair:
Location: Room D
14:20 | Price-and-branch Heuristic for Vector Bin Packing (abstract) PRESENTER: Ze Wang |
14:45 | Visualizing Pseudo-Boolean Functions: Feature Selection and Regularization for Machine Learning (abstract) |
15:10 | Mixed-Binary Problems Optimized with Fast Discrete Solver (abstract) PRESENTER: Aishwarya Radhakrishnan |
15:35 | Studies on Survival Strategies to Protect Expert Knowledge in Evolutionary Algorithms for Interactive Role Mining (abstract) |
16:20-18:00 Session 11A: EvoCOP Best Paper nominations
Chair:
Location: Room A
16:20 | Diversification through Candidate Sampling for a Non-Iterated Lin-Kernighan-Helsgaun Algorithm (abstract) |
16:45 | Evolutionary Anytime Algorithms (abstract) |
17:10 | LON/D — Sub-problem Landscapes in Multi-objective Decomposition (abstract) |
17:35 | A Runtime Analysis of the Multi-Valued Compact Genetic Algorithm on Generalized LeadingOnes (abstract) |
16:20-18:00 Session 11B: EvoApplications: Digital Healthcare and Personalised Medicine + Analysis of EC Methods
Chair:
Location: Room B
16:20 | Addressing Radiotherapy Scheduling with a Bin Packing Problem Formulation: A Comparative Study of Exact Solvers and Genetic Algorithms (abstract) |
16:45 | Grammatical Feature Construction for Enhanced Interpretability in Breast Cancer Classification (abstract) |
17:10 | Multi-Tree Genetic Programming for Dynamic Tugboat Scheduling (abstract) |
17:35 | Estimation of total body fat using symbolic regression and evolutionary algorithms. (abstract) |
16:20-18:00 Session 11C: EvoApplications: Advances in EC
Chair:
Location: Room C
16:20 | The More the Merrier: On Evolving Five-valued Spectra Boolean Functions (abstract) |
16:45 | Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization of Virtualized Fast Feedforward Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Renan Beran Kilic |
17:10 | Real Application Challenges in Evolutionary Optimization? People! (abstract) |
17:35 | Adjacent Distance Matrix-based Competitive Swarm Optimizer (abstract) |
16:20-18:00 Session 11D: EvoApplications: 30 years of PSO (ii)
Chair:
Location: Room D
16:20 | An Investigation of Structural Bias in Particle Swarm Optimization (abstract) |
16:45 | Proposal of Efficient Particle Swarm Optimization for Constrained Optimization Problems (abstract) |
17:10 | Geometric Particle Swarm Optimization in Program Trace Optimization (abstract) |
17:35 | Analyzing the Effects of Memetic Variations on Convergence in Overlapping Swarm Intelligence (abstract) |
Friday, April 25th
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09:30-11:00 Session 12A: EvoMUSART: Stories and Animation
Chair:
Location: Room A
09:30 | Future Sight: Fine-tuning Language Models for Dynamic Story Generation (abstract) |
09:55 | Exploring the Application of AIGC in Ink-Wash Animation Creation:A Case Study of Dragon Gate (abstract) |
10:20 | Perceptions of AI in Animation Production (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 12B: EvoCOP: Learning-Based Approaches
Chair:
Location: Room B
09:30 | Meta-learning of Univariate Estimation-of-Distribution Algorithms for Pseudo-Boolean Problems (abstract) |
09:55 | Feature-based Evolutionary Diversity Optimization of Discriminating Instances for Chance-constrained Optimization Problems (abstract) |
10:20 | Adaptive neighborhood search based on landscape learning: a TSP study (abstract) |
09:30-11:00 Session 12C: EvoApplications: Green computing & sustainable complex systems
Chair:
Location: Room C
09:30 | Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms (abstract) |
09:55 | Hybridization of techniques based on Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks to determine the water requirements of fig trees. (abstract) |
10:05 | Measuring energy consumption of BBOB fitness functions (abstract) |
13:30-14:15 Lunch
Location: Area Studio 5th floor