| 2026 | AAAI | Center-Outward q-Dominance: A Sample-Computable Proxy for Strong Stochastic Dominance in Stochastic Multi-Objective Optimisation. | Robin van der Laag, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck, Yingjie Fan |
| 2026 | GECCO | EvoHIIT: Preference-Based Selection in LLM-Assisted Evolutionary Design of Natural Language Solutions. | Johana Chen, Niki van Stein, Robert Cabri, Thomas Bck, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2026 | GECCO | Structural Bias in Multi-objective Optimization. | Jakub Kudela, Niki van Stein, Thomas Bck, Anna Kononova |
| 2026 | GECCO | LLaMEA-BO: A Large Language Model Evolutionary Algorithm for Automatically Generating Bayesian Optimization Algorithms. | Wenhu Li, Niki van Stein, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi |
| 2026 | GECCO | Does Dimensionality Reduction via Random Projections preserve Landscape Features? | Ivn Olarte Rodrguez, Anja Jankovic, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi |
| 2026 | GECCO | Assessing Reproducibility in Evolutionary Computation: A Case Study using Human- and LLM-based Assessment. | Francesca Da Ros, Tarik Zaciragic, Aske Plaat, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2026 | GECCO | Large Language Models for Metaheuristic Design: Exploring Challenges, Limitations, Tools, Benchmarking and Future Opportunities. | Roman Senkerik, Niki van Stein, Adam Viktorin, Michal Pluhacek, Thomas Bck |
| 2026 | GECCO | Block-Bench: A Framework for Controllable and Transparent Discrete Optimization Benchmarking. | Furong Ye, Frank Neumann, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2026 | GECCO | Landscape-aware Automated Algorithm Design: An Efficient Framework for Real-world Optimization. | Haoran Yin, Shuaiqun Pan, Zhao Wei, Jian Cheng Wong, Yew-Soon Ong, Anna Kononova, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2026 | PPSN | Objective-Induced Bias and Search Dynamics in Multiobjective Unsupervised Feature Selection. | Mathieu Cherpitel, Thomas Bck, Martijn Tannemaat, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2026 | PPSN | Sampling on Random Subspaces Under Limited Data in the Context of Exploratory Landscape Analysis. | Ivn Olarte Rodrguez, Anja Jankovic, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi |
| 2025 | CEC | Transfer Learning of Surrogate Models via Domain Affine Transformation Across Synthetic and Real-World Benchmarks. | Shuaiqun Pan, Diederick Vermetten, Manuel Lpez-Ibez, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2025 | EMO | Comparative Analysis of Indicators for Multi-objective Diversity Optimization. | Ksenia Pereverdieva, Andr H. Deutz, Tessa Ezendam, Thomas Bck, Hrm Hofmeyer, Michael T. M. Emmerich |
| 2025 | EMO | MO-IOHinspector: Anytime Benchmarking of Multi-objective Algorithms Using IOHprofiler. | Diederick Vermetten, Jeroen Rook, Oliver Ludger Preu, Jacob de Nobel, Carola Doerr, Manuel Lpez-Ibez, Heike Trautmann, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Benchmarking single- and multi-objective optimization algorithms: how to make your experimental data more valuable. | Carola Doerr, Diederick Vermetten, Jacob de Nobel, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Abnormal Mutations: Evolution Strategies Don't Require Gaussianity. | Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Hao Wang, Anna V. Kononova, Gnter Rudolph, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Evolving Hard Maximum Cut Instances for Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithms. | Shuaiqun Pan, Yash J. Patel, Aneta Neumann, Frank Neumann, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2025 | GECCO | Transfer Learning of Surrogate Models: Integrating Domain Warping and Affine Transformations. | Shuaiqun Pan, Diederick Vermetten, Manuel Lpez-Ibez, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2025 | GECCO | LLaMEA: Automatically Generating Metaheuristics with Large Language Models. | Niki van Stein, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Code Evolution Graphs: Understanding Large Language Model Driven Design of Algorithms. | Niki van Stein, Anna V. Kononova, Lars Kotthoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | BLADE: Benchmark suite for LLM-driven Automated Design and Evolution of iterative optimisation heuristics. | Niki van Stein, Anna V. Kononova, Haoran Yin, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Explainable Benchmarking for Iterative Optimization Heuristics. | Niki van Stein, Diederick Vermetten, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck |
| 2025 | GECCO | Optimizing Photonic Structures with Large Language Model Driven Algorithm Discovery. | Haoran Yin, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2025 | IJCCI | Mechanistic Interpretability for Transformer-Based Time Series Classification. | Matiss Kalnare, Sofoklis Kitharidis, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2025 | IJCCI | Multi-subspace SVD Generators for Continual Learning. | Christiaan Lamers, Ahmed Nabil Belbachir, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2025 | IJCCI | Optimization Is Not Enough: Why Problem Formulation Deserves Equal Attention. | Ivn Olarte Rodrguez, Gokhan Serhat, Mariusz Bujny, Fabian Duddeck, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi |
| 2025 | IJCCI | Behaviour Space Analysis of LLM-Driven Meta-Heuristic Discovery. | Niki van Stein, Haoran Yin, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck, Gabriela Ochoa |
| 2025 | IJCNN | Why Are You Wrong? Counterfactual Explanations for Language Grounding with 3D Objects. | Tobias Preintner, Weixuan Yuan, Qi Huang, Adrian Knig, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi, Niki van Stein |
| 2025 | ICTAI | EvoCAD: Evolutionary CAD Code Generation with Vision Language Models. | Tobias Preintner, Weixuan Yuan, Adrian Knig, Thomas Bck, Elena Raponi, Niki van Stein |
| 2024 | CEC | Cluster-Centric Local Search Strategies for Enhanced Multi-Objective Logistics Optimization. | Wei Liu, Thomas Bck, Yingjie Fan |
| 2024 | ECCV | Enhancing Plausibility Evaluation for Generated Designs with Denoising Autoencoder. | Jiajie Fan, Amal Trigui, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2024 | GECCO | Evolving Reliable Differentiating Constraints for the Chance-constrained Maximum Coverage Problem. | Saba Sadeghi Ahouei, Jacob de Nobel, Aneta Neumann, Thomas Bck, Frank Neumann |
| 2024 | GECCO | A Functional Analysis Approach to Symbolic Regression. | Kirill Antonov, Roman Kalkreuth, Kaifeng Yang, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2024 | GECCO | Benchmarking and Analyzing Iterative Optimization Heuristics with IOHprofiler. | Carola Doerr, Diederick Vermetten, Jacob de Nobel, Thomas Bck |
| 2024 | GECCO | A Critical Analysis of Raven Roost Optimization. | Martijn Halsema, Diederick Vermetten, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2024 | GECCO | CGP++ : A Modern C++ Implementation of Cartesian Genetic Programming. | Roman Kalkreuth, Thomas Bck |
| 2024 | GECCO | Transfer Learning of Surrogate Models via Domain Affine Transformation. | Shuaiqun Pan, Diederick Vermetten, Manuel Lpez-Ibez, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2024 | GECCO | Large-Scale Benchmarking of Metaphor-Based Optimization Heuristics. | Diederick Vermetten, Carola Doerr, Hao Wang, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck |
| 2024 | GECCO | Modular Optimization Framework for Mixed Expensive and Inexpensive Real-World Problems. | Roy de Winter, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2024 | GECCO | Hot off the Press: Parallel Multi-Objective Optimization for Expensive and Inexpensive Objectives and Constraints. | Roy de Winter, Bas Milatz, Julian Blank, Niki van Stein, Thomas Bck, Kalyanmoy Deb |
| 2024 | GECCO | What Performance Indicators to Use for Self-Adaptation in Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms. | Furong Ye, Frank Neumann, Jacob de Nobel, Aneta Neumann, Thomas Bck |
| 2024 | IPMU | Optimizing Causal Interventions in Hybrid Bayesian Networks - A Discretization, Knowledge Compilation, and Heuristic Optimization Approach. | Maarten C. Vonk, Diederick Vermetten, Jacob de Nobel, Sebastiaan Brand, Ninoslav Malekovic, Thomas Bck, Alfons Laarman, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2024 | PPSN | Landscape-Aware Automated Algorithm Configuration Using Multi-output Mixed Regression and Classification. | Fu Xing Long, Moritz Frenzel, Peter Krause, Markus Gitterle, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2024 | PPSN | Avoiding Redundant Restarts in Multimodal Global Optimization. | Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Anna V. Kononova, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2024 | PPSN | Empirical Analysis of the Dynamic Binary Value Problem with IOHprofiler. | Diederick Vermetten, Johannes Lengler, Dimitri Rusin, Thomas Bck, Carola Doerr |
| 2023 | CEC | Benchmarking Algorithms for Submodular Optimization Problems Using IOHProfiler. | Frank Neumann, Aneta Neumann, Chao Qian, Anh Viet Do, Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Saba Sadeghi Ahouei, Furong Ye, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | EMO | Real-World Airline Crew Pairing Optimization: Customized Genetic Algorithm Versus Column Generation Method. | Divyam Aggarwal, Dhish Kumar Saxena, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2023 | EMO | The Prism-Net Search Space Representation for Multi-objective Building Spatial Design. | Ksenia Pereverdieva, Michael Emmerich, Andr H. Deutz, Tessa Ezendam, Thomas Bck, Hrm Hofmeyer |
| 2023 | EMO | Transfer of Multi-objectively Tuned CMA-ES Parameters to a Vehicle Dynamics Problem. | Andr Thomaser, Marc-Eric Vogt, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | FM | A Decision Diagram Operation for Reachability. | Sebastiaan Brand, Thomas Bck, Alfons Laarman |
| 2023 | FOGA | Curing ill-Conditionality via Representation-Agnostic Distance-Driven Perturbations. | Kirill A. Antonov, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2023 | FOGA | General Boolean Function Benchmark Suite. | Roman Kalkreuth, Zdenek Vascek, Jakub Husa, Diederick Vermetten, Furong Ye, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | GECCO | Benchmarking and analyzing iterative optimization heuristics with IOHprofiler. | Carola Doerr, Hao Wang, Diederick Vermetten, Thomas Bck, Jacob de Nobel, Furong Ye |
| 2023 | GECCO | Towards a General Boolean Function Benchmark Suite. | Roman Kalkreuth, Zdenek Vascek, Jakub Husa, Diederick Vermetten, Furong Ye, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | GECCO | DoE2Vec: Deep-learning Based Features for Exploratory Landscape Analysis. | Bas van Stein, Fu Xing Long, Moritz Frenzel, Peter Krause, Markus Gitterle, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | GECCO | When to be Discrete: Analyzing Algorithm Performance on Discretized Continuous Problems. | Andr Thomaser, Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Furong Ye, Thomas Bck, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2023 | GECCO | Modular Differential Evolution. | Diederick Vermetten, Fabio Caraffini, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck |
| 2023 | IJCCI | MA-VAE: Multi-Head Attention-Based Variational Autoencoder Approach for Anomaly Detection in Multivariate Time-Series Applied to Automotive Endurance Powertrain Testing. | Lucas Correia, Jan-Christoph Goos, Philipp Klein, Thomas Bck, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2023 | IJCCI | Challenges of ELA-Guided Function Evolution Using Genetic Programming. | Fu Xing Long, Diederick Vermetten, Anna V. Kononova, Roman Kalkreuth, Kaifeng Yang, Thomas Bck, Niki van Stein |
| 2023 | IJCCI | Real-World Optimization Benchmark from Vehicle Dynamics: Specification of Problems in 2D and Methodology for Transferring (Meta-)Optimized Algorithm Parameters. | Andr Thomaser, Marc-Eric Vogt, Thomas Bck, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2023 | IJCCI | Optimizing CMA-ES with CMA-ES. | Andr Thomaser, Marc-Eric Vogt, Thomas Bck, Anna V. Kononova |
| 2023 | QCE | Application of quantum-inspired generative models to small molecular datasets. | Charles Moussa, Hao Wang, Mauricio Araya-Polo, Thomas Bck, Vedran Dunjko |
| 2023 | QCE | Benchmarking Adaptive Quantum Circuit Optimization Algorithms for Quantum Chemistry. | Waheeda Saib, Xavier Bonet-Monroig, Vedran Dunjko, Ivano Tavernelli, Thomas Bck, Hao Wang |
| 2022 | DIS | Hyperparameter Importance of Quantum Neural Networks Across Small Datasets. | Charles Moussa, Jan N. van Rijn, Thomas Bck, Vedran Dunjko |
| 2022 | GECCO | Benchmarking and analyzing iterative optimization heuristics with IOH profiler. | Carola Doerr, Hao Wang, Diederick Vermetten, Thomas Bck, Jacob de Nobel, Furong Ye |
| 2022 | GECCO | Quantum-enhanced selection operators for evolutionary algorithms. | David Von Dollen, Sheir Yarkoni, Daniel Weimer, Florian Neukart, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | Learning the characteristics of engineering optimization problems with applications in automotive crash. | Fu Xing Long, Bas van Stein, Moritz Frenzel, Peter Krause, Markus Gitterle, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | One-shot optimization for vehicle dynamics control systems: towards benchmarking and exploratory landscape analysis. | Andr Thomaser, Anna V. Kononova, Marc-Eric Vogt, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | Analyzing the impact of undersampling on the benchmarking and configuration of evolutionary algorithms. | Diederick Vermetten, Hao Wang, Manuel Lpez-Ibez, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | IOHanalyzer: Detailed performance analyses for iterative optimization heuristics: hot-off-the-press track @ GECCO 2022. | Hao Wang, Diederick Vermetten, Furong Ye, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | Multi-point acquisition function for constraint parallel efficient multi-objective optimization. | Roy de Winter, Bas van Stein, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | GECCO | Automated configuration of genetic algorithms by tuning for anytime performance: hot-off-the-press track at GECCCO 2022. | Furong Ye, Carola Doerr, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | ISVC | Saliency Can Be All You Need in Contrastive Self-supervised Learning. | Veysel Kocaman, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck, Ahmed Nabil Belbachir |
| 2022 | PPSN | A Systematic Approach to Analyze the Computational Cost of Robustness in Model-Assisted Robust Optimization. | Sibghat Ullah, Hao Wang, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2022 | PPSN | Non-elitist Selection Can Improve the Performance of Irace. | Furong Ye, Diederick Vermetten, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | ANT | Requirements towards optimizing analytics in industrial processes. | Alexander Zeiser, Bas van Stein, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | CEC | Exploiting Local Geometric Features in Vehicle Design Optimization with 3D Point Cloud Autoencoders. | Thiago Rios, Bas van Stein, Patricia Wollstadt, Thomas Bck, Bernhard Sendhoff, Stefan Menzel |
| 2021 | DSAA | Improved Automated CASH Optimization with Tree Parzen Estimators for Class Imbalance Problems. | Duc Anh Nguyen, Jiawen Kong, Hao Wang, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Anna V. Kononova, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | EMO | SAMO-COBRA: A Fast Surrogate Assisted Constrained Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm. | Roy de Winter, Bas van Stein, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Expressivity of parameterized and data-driven representations in quality diversity search. | Alexander Hagg, Sebastian Berns, Alexander Asteroth, Simon Colton, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Addressing the multiplicity of solutions in optical lens design as a niching evolutionary algorithms computational challenge. | Anna V. Kononova, Ofer M. Shir, Teus Tukker, Pierluigi Frisco, Shutong Zeng, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Explorative data analysis of time series based algorithm features of CMA-ES variants. | Jacob de Nobel, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Tuning as a means of assessing the benefits of new ideas in interplay with existing algorithmic modules. | Jacob de Nobel, Diederick Vermetten, Hao Wang, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | A new acquisition function for robust Bayesian optimization of unconstrained problems. | Sibghat Ullah, Hao Wang, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Is there anisotropy in structural bias? | Diederick Vermetten, Anna V. Kononova, Fabio Caraffini, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | GECCO | Leveraging benchmarking data for informed one-shot dynamic algorithm selection. | Furong Ye, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | ISVC | The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Final Batch Normalization Layer. | Veysel Kocaman, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2021 | QCE | Multi-car paint shop optimization with quantum annealing. | Sheir Yarkoni, Alex Alekseyenko, Michael Streif, David Von Dollen, Florian Neukart, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | CEC | Can Single Solution Optimisation Methods Be Structurally Biased? | Anna V. Kononova, Fabio Caraffini, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | GECCO | A modular hybridization of particle swarm optimization and differential evolution. | Rick Boks, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | GECCO | Towards dynamic algorithm selection for numerical black-box optimization: investigating BBOB as a use case. | Diederick Vermetten, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck, Carola Doerr |
| 2020 | GECCO | Integrated vs. sequential approaches for selecting and tuning CMA-ES variants. | Diederick Vermetten, Hao Wang, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | GECCO | Benchmarking and analyzing iterative optimization heuristics with IOHprofiler. | Hao Wang, Carola Doerr, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | GECCO | Improving NSGA-III for flexible job shop scheduling using automatic configuration, smart initialization and local search. | Yali Wang, Bas van Stein, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2020 | ICPR | Norm Loss: An efficient yet effective regularization method for deep neural networks. | Theodoros Georgiou, Sebastian Schmitt, Thomas Bck, Wei Chen, Michael S. Lew |
| 2020 | ICPR | Comparison of deep learning and hand crafted features for mining simulation data. | Theodoros Georgiou, Sebastian Schmitt, Thomas Bck, Nan Pu, Wei Chen, Michael S. Lew |
| 2020 | ICPR | Improving Model Accuracy for Imbalanced Image Classification Tasks by Adding a Final Batch Normalization Layer: An Empirical Study. | Veysel Kocaman, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | IJCNN | Feature Visualization for 3D Point Cloud Autoencoders. | Thiago Rios, Bas van Stein, Stefan Menzel, Thomas Bck, Bernhard Sendhoff, Patricia Wollstadt |
| 2020 | IJCNN | Exploring Clinical Time Series Forecasting with Meta-Features in Variational Recurrent Models. | Ullah Ullah, Zhao Xu, Hao Wang, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | PAKDD | On the Performance of Oversampling Techniques for Class Imbalance Problems. | Jiawen Kong, Thiago Rios, Wojtek Kowalczyk, Stefan Menzel, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | PPSN | Designing Air Flow with Surrogate-Assisted Phenotypic Niching. | Alexander Hagg, Dominik Wilde, Alexander Asteroth, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | PPSN | Improving Imbalanced Classification by Anomaly Detection. | Jiawen Kong, Wojtek Kowalczyk, Stefan Menzel, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | PPSN | Can Compact Optimisation Algorithms Be Structurally Biased? | Anna V. Kononova, Fabio Caraffini, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | PPSN | Improving Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms by Means of Edge-Rotated Cones. | Yali Wang, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2020 | PPSN | Benchmarking a (μ +λ ) Genetic Algorithm with Configurable Crossover Probability. | Furong Ye, Hao Wang, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2020 | VEHITS | Towards Data-driven Services in Vehicles. | Milan Koch, Hao Wang, Robert Brgel, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | CEC | Hyper-Parameter Optimization for Improving the Performance of Grammatical Evolution. | Hao Wang, Yitan Lou, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | CEC | Vehicle Fleet Maintenance Scheduling Optimization by Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms. | Yali Wang, Steffen Limmer, Markus Olhofer, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | CEC | Interpolating Local and Global Search by Controlling the Variance of Standard Bit Mutation. | Furong Ye, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | EMO | Diversity-Indicator Based Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm: DI-MOEA. | Yali Wang, Michael Emmerich, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | On the potential of evolution strategies for neural network weight optimization. | Hao Wang, Thomas Bck, Aske Plaat, Michael Emmerich, Mike Preuss |
| 2019 | GECCO | Solving optimization problems with high conditioning by means of online whitening. | Samineh Bagheri, Wolfgang Konen, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Bayesian performance analysis for black-box optimization benchmarking. | Borja Calvo, Ofer M. Shir, Josu Ceberio, Carola Doerr, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck, Jos Antonio Lozano |
| 2019 | GECCO | Benchmarking discrete optimization heuristics with IOHprofiler. | Carola Doerr, Furong Ye, Naama Horesh, Hao Wang, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Multi-objective genetic algorithms for reducing mark read-out effort in lithographic tests. | Pierluigi Frisco, Timo Bootsma, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Modeling user selection in quality diversity. | Alexander Hagg, Alexander Asteroth, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Predict or screen your expensive assay: DoE vs. surrogates in experimental combinatorial optimization. | Naama Horesh, Thomas Bck, Ofer M. Shir |
| 2019 | GECCO | A tabu search-based memetic algorithm for the multi-objective flexible job shop scheduling problem. | Marios Kefalas, Steffen Limmer, Asteris Apostolidis, Markus Olhofer, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | GECCO | Online selection of CMA-ES variants. | Diederick Vermetten, Sander van Rijn, Thomas Bck, Carola Doerr |
| 2019 | GECCO | A multi-point mechanism of expected hypervolume improvement for parallel multi-objective bayesian global optimization. | Kaifeng Yang, Pramudita Satria Palar, Michael Emmerich, Koji Shimoyama, Thomas Bck |
| 2019 | ICDM | Learning Time-Series Data of Industrial Design Optimization using Recurrent Neural Networks. | Sneha Saha, Thiago Rios, Stefan Menzel, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck, Xin Yao, Zhao Xu, Patricia Wollstadt |
| 2019 | IJCNN | Automatic Configuration of Deep Neural Networks with Parallel Efficient Global Optimization. | Bas van Stein, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | CEC | Cooling Strategies for the Moment-Generating Function in Bayesian Global Optimization. | Hao Wang, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | CEC | First Results Solving Arbitrarily Structured Maximum Independent Set Problems Using Quantum Annealing. | Sheir Yarkoni, Aske Plaat, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | ECMS | Algorithms for Simulation-Based Optimization Problems. | Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Ranking empirical cumulative distribution functions using stochastic and pareto dominance. | Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | A new foraging-based algorithm for online scheduling. | Koen van der Blom, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Towards a theory-guided benchmarking suite for discrete black-box optimization heuristics: profiling (1 + λ) EA variants on onemax and leadingones. | Carola Doerr, Furong Ye, Sander van Rijn, Hao Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Multi-objective aerodynamic design with user preference using truncated expected hypervolume improvement. | Pramudita Satria Palar, Kaifeng Yang, Koji Shimoyama, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Multi-fidelity surrogate model approach to optimization. | Sander van Rijn, Sebastian Schmitt, Markus Olhofer, Matthijs van Leeuwen, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | GECCO | Compiling a benchmarking test-suite for combinatorial black-box optimization: a position paper. | Ofer M. Shir, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | ICMLA | Machine Learning for Predicting the Impact Point of a Low Speed Vehicle Crash. | Milan Koch, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | IJCNN | Learning Fluid Flows. | Theodoros Georgiou, Sebastian Schmitt, Markus Olhofer, Yu Liu, Thomas Bck, Michael S. Lew |
| 2018 | IPMU | A Novel Uncertainty Quantification Method for Efficient Global Optimization. | Bas van Stein, Hao Wang, Wojtek Kowalczyk, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | PPSN | Prototype Discovery Using Quality-Diversity. | Alexander Hagg, Alexander Asteroth, Thomas Bck |
| 2018 | PPSN | Towards an Adaptive CMA-ES Configurator. | Sander van Rijn, Carola Doerr, Thomas Bck |
| 2017 | CEC | Configuring advanced evolutionary algorithms for multicriteria building spatial design optimisation. | Koen van der Blom, Sjonnie Boonstra, Hrm Hofmeyer, Thomas Bck, Michael T. M. Emmerich |
| 2017 | EMO | Hypervolume Indicator Gradient Ascent Multi-objective Optimization. | Hao Wang, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2017 | GECCO | Time complexity reduction in efficient global optimization using cluster kriging. | Hao Wang, Bas van Stein, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2017 | GECCO | Algorithm configuration data mining for CMA evolution strategies. | Sander van Rijn, Hao Wang, Bas van Stein, Thomas Bck |
| 2017 | GECCO | Sequential experimentation by evolutionary algorithms. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck, Joshua D. Knowles, Richard Allmendinger |
| 2017 | SMC | A new acquisition function for Bayesian optimization based on the moment-generating function. | Hao Wang, Bas van Stein, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2016 | CEC | Equality constraint handling for surrogate-assisted constrained optimization. | Samineh Bagheri, Wolfgang Konen, Thomas Bck |
| 2016 | CEC | Balancing risk and expected gain in kriging-based global optimization. | Hao Wang, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2016 | CEC | Truncated expected hypervolume improvement: Exact computation and application. | Kaifeng Yang, Andr H. Deutz, Zhiwei Yang, Thomas Bck, Michael T. M. Emmerich |
| 2016 | GECCO | Selection of a DFO Method for the Efficient Solution of Continuous Constrained Sub-Problems within a Memetic Algorithm for Chemical Process Synthesis. | Maren Urselmann, Christophe Foussette, Tim Janus, Stephen Tlatlik, Axel Gottschalk, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Sebastian Engell, Thomas Bck |
| 2016 | ICNC | Preference-based multiobjective optimization using truncated expected hypervolume improvement. | Kaifeng Yang, Longmei Li, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2016 | ICNC | SMS-EMOA with multiple dynamic reference points. | Zhiwei Yang, Hao Wang, Kaifeng Yang, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2016 | IPMU | Analysis and Visualization of Missing Value Patterns. | Bas van Stein, Wojtek Kowalczyk, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | CEC | User-derived mutation in highly constrained Truck Loading Optimization. | Joost Leuven, Michael Emmerich, Edgar Reehuis, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | CEC | Reducing complexity in many objective optimization using community detection. | Asep Maulana, Zhongzhou Jiang, Jing Liu, Thomas Bck, Michael T. M. Emmerich |
| 2015 | CEC | Optimizing Highly Constrained Truck Loadings Using a Self-Adaptive Genetic Algorithm. | Sander van Rijn, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Edgar Reehuis, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | CEC | Ant based solver for dynamic vehicle routing problem with time windows and multiple priorities. | Zhiwei Yang, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | CEC | Expected hypervolume improvement algorithm for PID controller tuning and the multiobjective dynamical control of a biogas plant. | Kaifeng Yang, Daniel Gaida, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2015 | CEC | Towards robustness optimization of complex networks based on redundancy backup. | Xiaoke Zhang, Jun Wu, Cuiying Duan, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | GECCO | A New Repair Method For Constrained Optimization. | Patrick Koch, Samineh Bagheri, Wolfgang Konen, Christophe Foussette, Peter Krause, Thomas Bck |
| 2015 | IDA | Optimally Weighted Cluster Kriging for Big Data Regression. | Bas van Stein, Hao Wang, Wojtek Kowalczyk, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2015 | IWINAC | Multicriteria Inventory Routing by Cooperative Swarms and Evolutionary Algorithms. | Zhiwei Yang, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck, Joost N. Kok |
| 2014 | GECCO | Introduction to evolution strategies. | Thomas Bck |
| 2014 | PPSN | Power Distribution Network Reconfiguration by Evolutionary Integer Programming. | Kaifeng Yang, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Rui Li, Ji Wang, Thomas Bck |
| 2014 | SAC | Mirrored orthogonal sampling with pairwise selection in evolution strategies. | Hao Wang, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2013 | GECCO | Evolution strategies: basic introduction. | Thomas Bck |
| 2013 | GECCO | Novelty and interestingness measures for design-space exploration. | Edgar Reehuis, Markus Olhofer, Michael Emmerich, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2013 | IDEAL | Learning-Guided Exploration in Airfoil Optimization. | Edgar Reehuis, Markus Olhofer, Bernhard Sendhoff, Thomas Bck |
| 2013 | IWINAC | Ant Colony Algorithms for the Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. | Barry D. Van Veen, Michael Emmerich, Zhiwei Yang, Thomas Bck, Joost N. Kok |
| 2012 | CEC | A meta-genetic algorithm for solving the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem. | Stefan Wink, Thomas Bck, Michael T. M. Emmerich |
| 2012 | GECCO | Evolution strategies: basic introduction. | Thomas Bck |
| 2012 | ICSE | What is the value of your software? | Jelle de Groot, Ariadi Nugroho, Thomas Bck, Joost Visser |
| 2011 | GECCO | Evolution strategies: basic introduction. | Thomas Bck |
| 2011 | GECCO | Evolutionary strategies for identification and validation of material model parameters for forming simulations. | Thomas Bck, Lutz Keler, Ingo Heinle |
| 2011 | GECCO | On the log-normal self-adaptation of the mutation rate in binary search spaces. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Rui Li, Edgar Reehuis, Jeroen Eggermont, Thomas Bck |
| 2011 | GECCO | Using the uncertainty handling CMA-ES for finding robust optima. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Edgar Reehuis, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck, Michael Emmerich |
| 2010 | CEC | A robust optimization approach using Kriging metamodels for robustness approximation in the CMA-ES. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck |
| 2010 | GECCO | Experimental optimization by evolutionary algorithms. | Thomas Bck, Joshua D. Knowles, Ofer M. Shir |
| 2010 | GECCO | Evolution strategies: basic introduction. | Thomas Bck |
| 2010 | GECCO | Mixed-integer evolution strategy using multiobjective selection applied to warehouse design optimization. | Edgar Reehuis, Thomas Bck |
| 2010 | PPSN | An Archive Maintenance Scheme for Finding Robust Solutions. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2010 | PPSN | Exploiting Overlap When Searching for Robust Optima. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Michael Emmerich, Andr H. Deutz, Thomas Bck |
| 2009 | EMO | Combining Aggregation with Pareto Optimization: A Case Study in Evolutionary Molecular Design. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck, Andreas Bender, Adriaan P. IJzerman, Eelke van der Horst |
| 2009 | GECCO | Enhancing search space diversity in multi-objective evolutionary drug molecule design using niching. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Alexander Aleman, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Adriaan P. IJzerman, Andreas Bender, Thomas Bck, Eelke van der Horst |
| 2009 | GECCO | On the limitations of adaptive resampling in using the student's t-test evolution strategies. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2009 | IWINAC | How to Do Recombination in Evolution Strategies: An Empirical Study. | Juan Chen, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Rui Li, Joost N. Kok, Thomas Bck |
| 2008 | CEC | Metamodel-assisted mixed integer evolution strategies and their application to intravascular ultrasound image analysis. | Rui Li, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Jeroen Eggermont, Ernst G. P. Bovenkamp, Thomas Bck, Jouke Dijkstra, Johan H. C. Reiber |
| 2008 | CEC | On the evolution of laser pulses under a dynamic Quantum Control environment. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck, Herschel Rabitz, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2008 | GECCO | Evolution strategies: basic introduction. | Thomas Bck |
| 2008 | GECCO | Self-adaptive mutation rates in genetic algorithm for inverse design of cellular automata. | Ron Breukelaar, Thomas Bck |
| 2008 | GECCO | Evolutionary algorithms for automated drug design towards target molecule properties. | Johannes W. Kruisselbrink, Thomas Bck, Adriaan P. IJzerman, Eelke van der Horst |
| 2008 | GECCO | Performance analysis of derandomized evolution strategies in quantum control experiments. | Ofer M. Shir, Jonathan Roslund, Thomas Bck, Herschel Rabitz |
| 2008 | PPSN | Niche Radius Adaptation with Asymmetric Sharing. | Vincent van der Goes, Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2008 | PPSN | Mixed-Integer Evolution Strategies with Dynamic Niching. | Rui Li, Jeroen Eggermont, Ofer M. Shir, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Thomas Bck, Jouke Dijkstra, Johan H. C. Reiber |
| 2007 | CEC | Self-Adaptive Niching CMA-ES with Mahalanobis Metric. | Ofer M. Shir, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck |
| 2007 | CEC | The application of evolutionary multi-criteria optimization to dynamic molecular alignment. | Ofer M. Shir, Michael Emmerich, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2007 | GECCO | Performance analysis of niching algorithms based on derandomized-ES variants. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2007 | GECCO | The second harmonic generation case-study as a gateway for es to quantum control problems. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2007 | GECCO | On the scalability of evolution strategies in the optimization of dynamic molecular alignment. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2007 | IWINAC | Gaining Insights into Laser Pulse Shaping by Evolution Strategies. | Ofer M. Shir, Joost N. Kok, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2006 | CEC | Evolutionary Algorithms in the Optimization of Dynamic Molecular Alignment. | Ofer M. Shir, Christian Siedschlag, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2006 | GECCO | The complete-basis-functions parameterization in ES and its application to laser pulse shaping. | Ofer M. Shir, Christian Siedschlag, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2006 | IDEAL | Learning the Complete-Basis-Functions Parameterization for the Optimization of Dynamic Molecular Alignment by ES. | Ofer M. Shir, Joost N. Kok, Thomas Bck, Marc J. J. Vrakking |
| 2006 | PPSN | Mixed-Integer NK Landscapes. | Rui Li, Michael T. M. Emmerich, Jeroen Eggermont, Ernst G. P. Bovenkamp, Thomas Bck, Jouke Dijkstra, Johan H. C. Reiber |
| 2006 | PPSN | Niche Radius Adaptation in the CMA-ES Niching Algorithm. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2005 | CEC | Dynamic niching in evolution strategies with covariance matrix adaptation. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2005 | GECCO | Using a genetic algorithm to evolve behavior in multi dimensional cellular automata: emergence of behavior. | Ron Breukelaar, Thomas Bck |
| 2005 | GECCO | Niching in evolution strategies. | Ofer M. Shir, Thomas Bck |
| 2005 | IDA | Reliable Hierarchical Clustering with the Self-organizing Map. | Elena V. Samsonova, Thomas Bck, Joost N. Kok, Adriaan P. IJzerman |
| 2005 | UC | Using Genetic Algorithms to Evolve Behavior in Cellular Automata. | Thomas Bck, Ron Breukelaar |
| 2003 | CEC | Comparing neural networks and Kriging for fitness approximation in evolutionary optimization. | Lars Willmes, Thomas Bck, Yaochu Jin, Bernhard Sendhoff |
| 2003 | EMO | Multi-criteria Airfoil Design with Evolution Strategies. | Lars Willmes, Thomas Bck |
| 2003 | IDA | Combining and Comparing Cluster Methods in a Receptor Database. | Elena V. Samsonova, Thomas Bck, Margot W. Beukers, Adriaan P. IJzerman, Joost N. Kok |
| 2002 | GECCO | Multi Objective Airfoil Design Using Single Parent Populations. | Boris Naujoks, Werner Haase, Jrg Ziegenhirt, Thomas Bck |
| 2002 | PPSN | Metamodel-Assisted Evolution Strategies. | Michael Emmerich, Alexios Giotis, Mutlu zdemir, Thomas Bck, Kyriakos C. Giannakoglou |
| 2002 | PPSN | Measuring the Searched Space to Guide Efficiency: The Principle and Evidence on Constraint Satisfaction. | Jano I. van Hemert, Thomas Bck |
| 2002 | PPSN | Evaluating Multi-criteria Evolutionary Algorithms for Airfoil Optimisation. | Boris Naujoks, Lars Willmes, Thomas Bck, Werner Haase |
| 2001 | CEC | Thresholding-a selection operator for noisy ES. | Sandor Markon, Dirk V. Arnold, Thomas Bck, Thomas Beielstein, Hans-Georg Beyer |
| 2000 | CEC | A Distributed Resource Evolutionary Algorithm Machine (DREAM). | Ben Paechter, Thomas Bck, Marc Schoenauer, Michle Sebag, goston E. Eiben, Juan Julin Merelo, Terence C. Fogarty |
| 2000 | PPSN | An Empirical Study on GAs "Without Parameters". | Thomas Bck, A. E. Eiben, Nikolai A. L. van der Vaart |
| 1999 | CEC | Generalizations of intermediate recombination in evolution strategies. | Thomas Bck, goston E. Eiben |
| 1999 | CEC | Cross-fertilization between evolutionary computation and DNA-based computing. | Thomas Bck, Joost N. Kok, Grzegorz Rozenberg |
| 1996 | ICEC | Evolutionary Algorithms Support Refueling of Pressurized Water Reactors. | Thomas Bck, Jochen Heistermann, Cornelia Kappler, Michele Zamparelli |
| 1996 | ICEC | Evolutionary Computation: An Overview. | Thomas Bck, Hans-Paul Schwefel |
| 1996 | ISMIS | Intelligent Mutation Rate Control in Canonical Genetic Algorithms. | Thomas Bck, Martin Schtz |
| 1996 | PPSN | Modeling Urban Growth by Cellular Automata. | Thomas Bck, Holger Drnemann, Ulrich Hammel, Pierre Frankhauser |
| 1996 | PPSN | Refueling of a Nuclear Power Plant: Comparison of a Naive and a Specialized Mutation Operator. | Cornelia Kappler, Thomas Bck, Jrgen Heistermann, A. Van der Velde, Michele Zamparelli |
| 1994 | FOGA | Order Statistics for Convergence Velocity Analysis of Simplified Evolutionary Algorithms. | Thomas Bck |
| 1994 | ICEC | Selective Pressure in Evolutionary Algorithms: A Characterization of Selection Mechanisms. | Thomas Bck |
| 1994 | ICEC | Evolution Strategies Applied to Perturbed Objective Functions. | Thomas Bck, Ulrich Hammel |
| 1994 | ICEC | An Evolutionary Heuristic for the Maximum Independent Set Problem. | Thomas Bck, Sami Khuri |
| 1994 | PPSN | Parallel Optimization of Evolutionary Algorithms. | Thomas Bck |
| 1994 | PPSN | Evolution Strategies on Noisy Functions: How to Improve Convergence Properties. | Ulrich Hammel, Thomas Bck |
| 1994 | SAC | The zero/one multiple knapsack problem and genetic algorithms. | Sami Khuri, Thomas Bck, Jrg Heitktter |
| 1992 | PPSN | The Interaction of Mutation Rate, Selection, and Self-Adaptation Within a Genetic Algorithm. | Thomas Bck |
| 1990 | PPSN | Genetic Algorithms and Evolution Strategies - Similarities and Differences. | Frank Hoffmeister, Thomas Bck |