Meta-Heuristic Hybrid Optimization

Status: Completed

General Objective: Train researchers and professionals from Ecuadorian Universities that are members of CEDIA in the application and design of hybrid metaheuristics to solve complex combinatorial optimization problems.

Participants:

Christian Blum

  • Doctorate (PhD) 2004 Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium, DEA 2002 Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium, Master in Mathematics 1998 Universität Kaiserslautern Germany, Degree in Mathematics 1994 Universität Mainz Germany
  • Post-doctoral position “Juan de la Cierva”, UPC, Barcelona
  • “Ramon y Cajal” Square, UPC, Barcelona
  • “Interim Full Professor”, UPC, Barcelona
  • «Ikerbasque Research Professor», UPV/EHU, San Sebastián (indefinite)
  • "Scientific Researcher" (career civil servant), IIIA-CSIC in Bellaterra
  • Between 2006 and 2012 I had the normal teaching load of a Spanish university professor (7-8 hours per week). Since then I have been teaching specialized courses (like the proposed course) on metaheuristics and hybrid algorithms.

Organizers:

  • UCUENCA
  • UCACUE
  • A CH

Research areas:

  • optimization
  • Applied Mathematics