Publications
2026
Frugal Algorithm Selection for Combinatorial Search doi
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, vol. 86
Deep Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Algorithm Configuration: A Case Study on Optimizing OneMax with the (1+(λ,λ))-GA doi
ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization
Towards Automated Generation of Benchmark Instances with Diverse Solver Performance pdf
The 25th workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
Discovering Interpretable Multi-Parameter Control Policies for Evolutionary Algorithms Using Deep Reinforcement Learning arXiv
arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.10129
On the Effect of Training Data Selection in Automated Algorithm Selection doi
The 32nd International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2026)
Towards Generating Discriminating Instances for Multi-Agent Pathfinding: A Case Study with Shelf-Based Warehouse Scenarios pdf
UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group (UK PlanSIG 2026)
2025
Constraint Models for Klondike
The 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)
Transformer-Based Feature Learning for Algorithm Selection in Combinatorial Optimisation
The 31st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2025)
On the Importance of Reward Design in Reinforcement Learning-based Dynamic Algorithm Configuration: A Case Study on OneMax with (1+(λ,λ))-GA arXiv doi
🏆 Best paper award (L4EC track)
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2025)
Multi-parameter Control for the (1+(λ,λ))-GA on OneMax via Deep Reinforcement Learning arXiv
The 18th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA XVIII)
Athanor: Local search over abstract constraint specifications doi
Artificial Intelligence Journal
2024
Automatic Feature Learning for Essence: a Case Study on Car Sequencing
The 23rd workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
Frugal Algorithm Selection
The 30th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024)
Constraint models for relaxed Klondike variants
The 23rd workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
2023
Automated streamliner portfolios for constraint satisfaction problems
Artificial Intelligence Journal
Using Automated Algorithm Configuration for Parameter Control arXiv doi
⭐ Nominated for best paper award, FOGA 2023
The 17th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA XVII)
2022
A Framework for Generating Informative Benchmark Instances
The 28th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2022)
Theory‑inspired Parameter Control Benchmarks for Dynamic Algorithm Configuration
🏆 Best paper award (GECH track)
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2022)
A portfolio-based analysis method for competition results arXiv
The 21st workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
2020
Discriminating Instance Generation from Abstract Specifications: A Case Study with CP and MIP pdf
CPAIOR’2020
Towards Portfolios of Streamlined Constraint Models: A Case Study with the Balanced Academic Curriculum Problem pdf
The 20th workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
Exploring Instance Generation for Automated Planning pdf
The 20th workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
Efficient Incremental Modelling and Solving pdf
The 20th workshop on Constraint Modelling and Reformulation (ModRef)
2019
The Second International Nurse Rostering Competition
Annals of Operations Research
A Combined Approach for Analysing Heuristic Algorithms
Journal of Heuristics
Instance Generation via Generator Instances
The 25th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2019)
Automatic detection of at-most-one and exactly-one relations for improved SAT encodings of pseudo-boolean constraints
The 25th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2019)
Automatic Streamlining for Constrained Optimisation
The 25th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2019)
Hyper‑parameter tuning for the (1 + (λ, λ)) GA
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2019)
Athanor: High‑Level Local Search Over Abstract Constraint Specifications in Essence
The 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2019)
2018
Analysis of Algorithm Components and Parameters: Some Case Studies
The 12th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION 2018)
2017
Configuring irace using surrogate configuration benchmarks doi
🏆 Best paper award (ECOM track)
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2017)
2016
Solving the multi-stage nurse rostering problem
The 11th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2016)
Characterization of Neighborhood Behaviours in a Multi‑neighborhood Local Search Algorithm
The 10th International Conference on Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION 2016)
A Metaheuristic Approach to computing (approximate) Pure Nash Equilibria
META’2016
2011
A multi-stage local search for a real-world vehicle routing problem
IEEE ICNC’2011
An Approximation Approach for a Real–World Variant of Vehicle Routing Problem
New Challenges for Intelligent Information and Database Systems