A huge honor for us in Málaga today! We are delighted to host Roman Šenkeřík, who is delivering a captivating talk on LLM-driven automated algorithm discovery. A fantastic full house turnout! #AI #LLMs

"AI models are evolving rapidly. If the scientific community fails to fully understand their motivations and drives, it will be impossible to guarantee their safety and control." es.wired.com/articulos/la... #ai #safeai #friendlyai #FAI

"In the future, the skill will be deciding which AI should do the trading for you." www.criptonoticias.com/mercados/int...

Cotta, C., Mathieson, L., Moscato, P. (2025). Memetic Algorithms. In: Martí, R., Pardalos, P.M., Resende, M.G. (eds) Handbook of Heuristics. Springer, Cham. DOI:10.1007/978-3-032-00385-0_29 doi.org/10.1007/978-...

The Bio4Res crew was totally there for GECCO 2025! 🙌 #GECCO2025 #Bio4Res caesium.lcc.uma.es/Bio4Res/bio4...

GECCO 2025: A Scientific Success in Málaga #Bio4Res #GECCO2025 caesium.lcc.uma.es/Bio4Res/gecc...

So proud of all #GECCO2025 organizers, supporters and volunteers. Your dedication and hard work were key to the success of the conference. Thank you very much.

Our keynote speaker today at #GECCO2025 🦎 is Amparo Alonso, who is talking about sustainable AI.

Special thanks to our sponsors and supporters! #GECCO2025 @univmalaga.bsky.social

GECCO 2025 is officially open! 🎉 Kicking things off with @bogdanf.bsky.social, our General Chair, welcoming an amazing community of researchers in evolutionary computation 🧬. #GECCO2025 🦎

GECCO 2025 🦎 officially kicks off tomorrow, right here in Málaga, Spain! We're incredibly excited to welcome all of you for a week packed with groundbreaking research, insightful discussions, and fantastic networking opportunities in evolutionary computation.

We were at EvoStar 2025 presenting #Bio4Res research on hysteretic phenomena in energy consumption when using EAs, caesium.lcc.uma.es/Bio4Res/bio4... #ResearchPaper #EnergyConsumption #EvolutionaryAlgorithms #GreenAI #Sustainability

I just presented our #Bio4Res work on the compiler impact on the energy consumption of EAs at the #MAEB2025 conference.

The submission deadline for the upcoming ERCIM News issue dedicated to Swarm Computing is fast approaching! Don't miss this great opportunity to showcase your cutting-edge research to a wider audience.

Want to highlight your #SwarmComputing research? The next issue of ERCIM News will focus on it! Submit your work and gain visibility. More information and submission guidelines: ercim-news.ercim.eu/call

I just presented our work on hysteretic energy consumption in evolutionary algorithms at the EvoStar conference. Great attendance and many interesting questions! The paper is available at doi.org/10.1007/978-... @caesium-research.bsky.social #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Evaluating the Impact of Hysteretic Phenomena and Implementation Choices on Energy Consumption in Evolutionary Algorithms, EvoApplications 2025, LNCS 15613, pp. 227-239, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2025, doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

The data instances used in the experiments are also available in the @cos.io Open Science Framework at doi.org/10.17605/OSF... #Bio4Res #OpenScience

The code used in the experimentation on the Aircraft Landing Scheduling Problem is available at github.com/Bio4Res/airc... #Bio4Res #OpenScience

Our paper "Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide" is now available with open access in @springer1842.bsky.social TOP journal. Check it out at doi.org/10.1007/s117... #Bio4Res #ResearchPaper

F. Glover, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An overview of Meta-Analytics: The Promise of Unifying Meta-heuristics and Analytics, New Ideas in Business and Customer Analytics, de Vries and Moscato (eds.), pp. 693-702, Springer @springer1842.bsky.social, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

P. Moscato, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, An Accelerated Introduction to Memetic Algorithms, Handbook of Metaheuristics, M. Gendreau, J.-Y. Potvin (eds.), pp. 275-309, Springer, 2019 #ResearchPaper doi.org/10.1007/978-...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J. Martínez-Cruz, Energy Consumption Analysis of Batch Runs of Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '24 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 87-88, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3638... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

I got a mention there 😊 www.diariosur.es/universidad/...

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Tackling Adversarial Faults in Panmictic Evolutionary Algorithms, GECCO '23 Companion: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion Proceedings, pp. 59-60, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2023 doi.org/10.1145/3583... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

D. Bueno, C. Cotta, J.E. Gallardo, Using an Agent-Based Cellular Automaton for Emergency Evacuation Simulation, Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, P. Mathieu and F. De la Prieta (eds.), pp. 324-329, LNCS 15157, Springer, 2024 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Navigating the Aisles: Evolutionary Algorithms for Supermarket Evacuation Planning, GECCO '24 Companion, pp. 89-90, ACM, New York, NY, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3638... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Enhancing Evolutionary Optimization Performance under Byzantine Fault Conditions, Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. HAIS 2023, García Bringas, P. et al. (eds.), pp. 341–351, LNCS 14001, Springer, Cham, 2023 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Optimization-Driven Workplace Evacuation using Evolutionary Algorithms and Derivative-Free Methods, 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence, pp. 86-91, ACM, Singapore, 2024 doi.org/10.1145/3665... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, G. Olague @gustavo-olague.bsky.social, Resilient Bioinspired Algorithms: A Computer System Design Perspective, Applications of Evolutionary Computation - EvoApplications 2022, LNCS 13224, pp. 619-631, Springer, Cham, 2022 doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper #Bio4Res

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J.E. Gallardo, New perspectives on the optimal placement of detectors for suicide bombers using metaheuristics, Natural Computing 18, 249-263, 2019 doi.org/10.1007/s110... #ResearchPaper

D. Rodríguez Rueda, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, A.J. Fernández Leiva, Memetic collaborative approaches for finding balanced incomplete block designs, Computers & Operations Research 144:104804, 2020 doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #ResearchPaper

P. García Sánchez, A. Tonda, A.J. Fernández Leiva, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, Optimizing Hearthstone Agents using an Evolutionary Algorithm, Knowledge-Based Systems 188:105032, 2020 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kn... #ReseachPaper

On the impacts of Generative AI upon Open Science. A very interesting read: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... #OpenScience #GenAI

F. Colomine, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, A.J. Fernández-Leiva, Epoch-Based Application of Problem-Aware Operators in a Multiobjective Memetic Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization, EvoApplications 2023, LNCS 13989:210-222, Springer, Cham doi.org/10.1007/978-... #ResearchPaper

C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, J.E. Gallardo, Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Emergency Exit Placement in Indoor Environments, Applications of Evolutionary Computing-EvoApplications 2024, S. Smith, J. Correia, C. Cintrano (eds.), LNCS 14634, pp. 194-208, Springer, 2024 doi.org/10.1007/978-...

D. Rodríguez Rueda, C. Cotta @ccottap.bsky.social, A.J. Fernández Leiva, Metaheuristics for the Template Design Problem: Encoding, Symmetry and Hybridisation, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 32(2):559–578, 2021 doi.org/10.1007/s108... #ResearchPaper

The CAESIUM research group is in Bluesky!

The CAESIUM research group focuses in evolutionary and memetic computing to face the challenges of Society, with special emphasis on combinatorial optimization, video games and gamification, emerging computing, and multidisciplinary optimization. 👇 caesium.lcc.uma.es