NewsInstitute of Applied Optimizationhttp://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news2024-03-19T03:53:45+00:00Joomla! - Open Source Content ManagementProf. Weise attends the 2024 Hefei City Spring Festival Celebration [合肥市春节团拜会]2024-02-06T02:40:05+00:002024-02-06T02:40:05+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/301-prof-weise-attends-the-2024-hefei-city-spring-festival-celebration-he-fei-shi-chun-jie-tuan-bai-huiThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2024/20240206_spring_festival/captionheader.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="155" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, on 2024-02-06, I had the great honor of being invited to take part in the Spring Festival celebration [春节团拜会] of our city Hefei [合肥市]. In this event, in which I also took part in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130&catid=24">2018</a> and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233&catid=31">2020</a>, people from literally all walks and stages of life take part to celebrate the new year. On my table alone, there were seated a religious man, a member of an ethnic minority, politicians, a policeman, a school principal, businessmen, a fire fighter, a scientist, a model worker, a driver, and me, if I remember correctly. There were 55 tables, so the event represented a very broad spectrum of the Chinese society coming together.</p>
<p>The meeting, presided by the Major of Hefei, Mr. Yunfeng LUO [市长罗云峰] started with a warm welcome speech of the Party Secretary of our City, Mr. Aihua YU [市委书记虞爱华], who emphasized that achievements of our city in the past years. After this inspiring introduction, the actual celebration program started with an opening group dance performed by the Anhui Women and Children's Activity Center of Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团安徽省妇女儿童活动中心]. While the dance was very nice, I especially liked the endearing and impressive performance of the children. The dance was followed by a comedic act by the Hefei Quyi Troupe [合肥市曲艺团] — while my Chinese is insufficient to understand the comedic nuances, I did enjoy the bit on how everybody is taking photos and selfies all the time — and did make photos of it, of course. I could not agree more with third performance, the song "Hefei Invites You" [合肥请您来] presented by Xiaojie GU [顾小洁] and the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团]. Then, the team of the Lujiang County Cultural Museum [庐江县文化馆] gave their cultural heritage-based presentation "闹花船," which does not translate well to English, but which was indeed very nice. While it certainly represented a very traditional Chinese art, it did not feel dated at all. Maybe the presenters did combine it with modern elements and updated it, or maybe I am just too uncultured to realize that traditional opera-ish presentations never feel dated anyway — but I did really like it. Even more modern was the presentation of the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团] who used traditional folk music instruments to play their very catchy song "春风堆绣图" whose title again does not translate very well to English. This was followed by an incredibly impressive physical performance, the "Shoulder Ballet" [肩上芭蕾] by Wentong Yang [杨文通] and Wanxia Tan [谭婉霞] of the Linquan County Hero Acrobatic Art School [临泉县豪杰杂技艺术学校]. All acts of this afternoon were incredible, with perfect craftsmanship, choreographies, tunes, timing, and you could just feel the countless hours, days, and years of practice and work that all the artists put into their, well, art. Nevertheless, if I had to pick a favorite, then it might would be the opera performances, Lu Opera "Looking at the Appearance" [庐剧《瞧相》] and Huangmei Opera "Making Flower Lanterns" [黄梅戏《闹花灯》]. Finally, the great show ended with the song and dance "Spring Blossoms" by Yunlong Zhuang [庄云龙] and Niangnian Wang [王思念] with the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团], again an outstanding performance.</p>
<h3>Photos</h3>
<p>{gallery}events/2024/20240206_spring_festival{/gallery}</p>
<h3>Programme in Chinese</h3>
<ul>
<li>原创开场组舞《龙翔瑞雪迎春来》 表演:张 磊、宣寅寅、范超一、种瑶瑶、李春燕等 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团安徽省妇女儿童活动中心</li>
<li>原创曲艺表演唱《暖心那些事儿》 表演:孙铭泽(一级演员、中国曲艺“牡丹奖”获得者) 张盛迪、程鸿征、皮 婷、张翼飞 演出单位:合肥市曲艺团</li>
<li>情景歌曲《合肥请您来》 演唱:顾小洁 表演:合肥市歌舞团</li>
<li>非遗小调《闹花船》 表演: 王本荣、姚中能、王 平、何显聪等 演出单位:庐江县文化馆</li>
<li>民乐合奏《春风堆绣图》 表演:李 华、费莉莉、黄 洁、王 燕、陶博文、黄维伟 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团</li>
<li>杂技《肩上芭蕾》(安徽省民间杂技艺术节金奖节目) 表演: 杨文通、谭婉霞 演出单位:临泉县豪杰杂技艺术学校</li>
<li>庐剧《瞧相》\黄梅戏《闹花灯》 庐剧表演:牛 静、滕 亚、杨 敏、李海燕、朱傲雪等 黄梅戏表演:张小威(一级演员)、魏瑜遥(一级演员) 徐镭洋、朱维芳</li>
<li>歌舞《春暖花开》 演唱:庄云龙(中国音乐“金钟奖”获得者)、王思念 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团</li>
</ul><p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2024/20240206_spring_festival/captionheader.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="155" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, on 2024-02-06, I had the great honor of being invited to take part in the Spring Festival celebration [春节团拜会] of our city Hefei [合肥市]. In this event, in which I also took part in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130&catid=24">2018</a> and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233&catid=31">2020</a>, people from literally all walks and stages of life take part to celebrate the new year. On my table alone, there were seated a religious man, a member of an ethnic minority, politicians, a policeman, a school principal, businessmen, a fire fighter, a scientist, a model worker, a driver, and me, if I remember correctly. There were 55 tables, so the event represented a very broad spectrum of the Chinese society coming together.</p>
<p>The meeting, presided by the Major of Hefei, Mr. Yunfeng LUO [市长罗云峰] started with a warm welcome speech of the Party Secretary of our City, Mr. Aihua YU [市委书记虞爱华], who emphasized that achievements of our city in the past years. After this inspiring introduction, the actual celebration program started with an opening group dance performed by the Anhui Women and Children's Activity Center of Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团安徽省妇女儿童活动中心]. While the dance was very nice, I especially liked the endearing and impressive performance of the children. The dance was followed by a comedic act by the Hefei Quyi Troupe [合肥市曲艺团] — while my Chinese is insufficient to understand the comedic nuances, I did enjoy the bit on how everybody is taking photos and selfies all the time — and did make photos of it, of course. I could not agree more with third performance, the song "Hefei Invites You" [合肥请您来] presented by Xiaojie GU [顾小洁] and the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团]. Then, the team of the Lujiang County Cultural Museum [庐江县文化馆] gave their cultural heritage-based presentation "闹花船," which does not translate well to English, but which was indeed very nice. While it certainly represented a very traditional Chinese art, it did not feel dated at all. Maybe the presenters did combine it with modern elements and updated it, or maybe I am just too uncultured to realize that traditional opera-ish presentations never feel dated anyway — but I did really like it. Even more modern was the presentation of the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团] who used traditional folk music instruments to play their very catchy song "春风堆绣图" whose title again does not translate very well to English. This was followed by an incredibly impressive physical performance, the "Shoulder Ballet" [肩上芭蕾] by Wentong Yang [杨文通] and Wanxia Tan [谭婉霞] of the Linquan County Hero Acrobatic Art School [临泉县豪杰杂技艺术学校]. All acts of this afternoon were incredible, with perfect craftsmanship, choreographies, tunes, timing, and you could just feel the countless hours, days, and years of practice and work that all the artists put into their, well, art. Nevertheless, if I had to pick a favorite, then it might would be the opera performances, Lu Opera "Looking at the Appearance" [庐剧《瞧相》] and Huangmei Opera "Making Flower Lanterns" [黄梅戏《闹花灯》]. Finally, the great show ended with the song and dance "Spring Blossoms" by Yunlong Zhuang [庄云龙] and Niangnian Wang [王思念] with the Hefei Song and Dance Troupe [合肥市歌舞团], again an outstanding performance.</p>
<h3>Photos</h3>
<p>{gallery}events/2024/20240206_spring_festival{/gallery}</p>
<h3>Programme in Chinese</h3>
<ul>
<li>原创开场组舞《龙翔瑞雪迎春来》 表演:张 磊、宣寅寅、范超一、种瑶瑶、李春燕等 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团安徽省妇女儿童活动中心</li>
<li>原创曲艺表演唱《暖心那些事儿》 表演:孙铭泽(一级演员、中国曲艺“牡丹奖”获得者) 张盛迪、程鸿征、皮 婷、张翼飞 演出单位:合肥市曲艺团</li>
<li>情景歌曲《合肥请您来》 演唱:顾小洁 表演:合肥市歌舞团</li>
<li>非遗小调《闹花船》 表演: 王本荣、姚中能、王 平、何显聪等 演出单位:庐江县文化馆</li>
<li>民乐合奏《春风堆绣图》 表演:李 华、费莉莉、黄 洁、王 燕、陶博文、黄维伟 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团</li>
<li>杂技《肩上芭蕾》(安徽省民间杂技艺术节金奖节目) 表演: 杨文通、谭婉霞 演出单位:临泉县豪杰杂技艺术学校</li>
<li>庐剧《瞧相》\黄梅戏《闹花灯》 庐剧表演:牛 静、滕 亚、杨 敏、李海燕、朱傲雪等 黄梅戏表演:张小威(一级演员)、魏瑜遥(一级演员) 徐镭洋、朱维芳</li>
<li>歌舞《春暖花开》 演唱:庄云龙(中国音乐“金钟奖”获得者)、王思念 演出单位:合肥市歌舞团</li>
</ul>The First Joint Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Hefei University Student Workshop on Optimization2024-01-26T04:00:20+00:002024-01-26T04:00:20+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/300-the-first-joint-vrije-universiteit-amsterdam-and-hefei-university-student-workshop-on-optimizationThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2024/20240126_symposium/captionheader.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, <em>"First Hefei-VU-Napier zoomposium on FFA, optimization, and other stuff we like"</em> took place online, thanks to the fabulous organization ability of Mr. Daan van den Berg of the VU Amsterdam. We had seven really interesting talks and very nice discussions. First, our students Mr. Xiang CAO [曹翔] and Mr. Jiayang CHEN [陈嘉阳] introduced their initial works on the <em>The Traveling Tournament Problem</em> and the <em>The Quadratic Assignment Problem</em> (QAP), respectively. Then, Lecturer Mrs. Dr. Sarah THOMSON of the Edinburgh Napier University picked up on the QAP and showed her results on <em>FFA on the Quadratic Assignment Problem: First Results and Ideas</em>. After a short break, our student Mr. Rui ZHAO [赵睿] gave a talk on his results on the <em>Two-Dimensional Bin Packing Problem</em>, followed by the analysis of Mr. Jonathan KOUTSTAAL (VU and UvA Universities) on <em>Using Frequency Fitness Assignment in Protein Folding</em>. After yet another short break, our student Mr. Tianyu LIANG [梁天宇] showed his work on <em>Solving the Traveling Salesperson Problem using Frequency Fitness Assignment,</em> which recently got accepted by the Soft Computing Journal. The symposium concluded by Mrs. Iris PIJNING (VU and UvA Universities) and her presentation on <em>FFA for Job Shop Scheduling Problem with More and More Jobs and More and More Machines</em>.</p>
<h3>Screenshots</h3>
<p>{gallery}events/2024/20240126_symposium{/gallery}</p>
<h3>Frequency Fitness Assignment</h3>
<p>As a small aside: Several of these talks were related to Frequency Fitness Assignment (FFA, see <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=291&catid=31">here</a> and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290&catid=24">here</a>), a technique developed by our team and published <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2022.3191698">here</a>, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2020.3032090">here</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI51031.2022.10022296">here</a>, and <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2013.2251885">here</a>, for example. It is nice to see that other researchers have become interested in FFA.</p><p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2024/20240126_symposium/captionheader.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="224" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, <em>"First Hefei-VU-Napier zoomposium on FFA, optimization, and other stuff we like"</em> took place online, thanks to the fabulous organization ability of Mr. Daan van den Berg of the VU Amsterdam. We had seven really interesting talks and very nice discussions. First, our students Mr. Xiang CAO [曹翔] and Mr. Jiayang CHEN [陈嘉阳] introduced their initial works on the <em>The Traveling Tournament Problem</em> and the <em>The Quadratic Assignment Problem</em> (QAP), respectively. Then, Lecturer Mrs. Dr. Sarah THOMSON of the Edinburgh Napier University picked up on the QAP and showed her results on <em>FFA on the Quadratic Assignment Problem: First Results and Ideas</em>. After a short break, our student Mr. Rui ZHAO [赵睿] gave a talk on his results on the <em>Two-Dimensional Bin Packing Problem</em>, followed by the analysis of Mr. Jonathan KOUTSTAAL (VU and UvA Universities) on <em>Using Frequency Fitness Assignment in Protein Folding</em>. After yet another short break, our student Mr. Tianyu LIANG [梁天宇] showed his work on <em>Solving the Traveling Salesperson Problem using Frequency Fitness Assignment,</em> which recently got accepted by the Soft Computing Journal. The symposium concluded by Mrs. Iris PIJNING (VU and UvA Universities) and her presentation on <em>FFA for Job Shop Scheduling Problem with More and More Jobs and More and More Machines</em>.</p>
<h3>Screenshots</h3>
<p>{gallery}events/2024/20240126_symposium{/gallery}</p>
<h3>Frequency Fitness Assignment</h3>
<p>As a small aside: Several of these talks were related to Frequency Fitness Assignment (FFA, see <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=291&catid=31">here</a> and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=290&catid=24">here</a>), a technique developed by our team and published <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2022.3191698">here</a>, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2020.3032090">here</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI51031.2022.10022296">here</a>, and <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2013.2251885">here</a>, for example. It is nice to see that other researchers have become interested in FFA.</p>Prof. Weise attends 2023 "Charming City Hefei Tour" of the Central Media Interview Team and the Hefei Foreign Expert Research Symposium2023-04-17T04:15:19+00:002023-04-17T04:15:19+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/293-prof-weise-attends-2023-charming-city-hefei-tour-of-the-central-media-interview-team-and-the-hefei-foreign-expert-research-symposiumThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2023/20230417_hefei_international/caption.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="134" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, on 2023-04-17, I attended the 2023 "Charming City Hefei Tour" of the Central Media Interview Team <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[2023“魅力城市合肥行”央媒采访团]</span> followed by the Hefei Foreign Expert Research Symposium <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[合肥市外国专家调研座谈活动]</span> in the Hefei Municipal Government Conference Center <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[合肥市政府会议中心]</span>, together with twelve experts from nine different countries who work in Hefei. The first event was hosted by the Director of Hefei Science and Technology Bureau, Mr. Jin FAN <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[范进,合肥市科技局局长]</span>, who opened it with a short opening introduction. This was followed by a warm welcome speech by Mr. Fei YUAN, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hefei Municipal Committee <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[袁飞,合肥市委常委]</span>, who emphasized on the importance of internationalization and the impressive progress that our city Hefei has made during the past decade. The second speaker was Mrs. Qingqun XU, Chief Editor of "International Talent Exchange" and "Expert Work Newsletter" of the Foreign Talent Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[徐庆群,科技部国外人才研究中心《国际人才交流》《专家工作通讯》总编辑]</span>, who had already visited our city with her team back in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=215&catid=24">2019</a>. She, too, emphasized the importance of international experts. She also praised Hefei for its good work in increasing the internationalization.</p>
<p>In the following two sessions, presided over by Mr. Daqun LIANG, the Director-general of the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[梁大群 ,市科技局党组成员、外专局局长]</span>, the international experts commented on their experiences in Hefei and noted potential fields of improvements. It was interesting to see that basically all experts, me in included, had nothing but positive words and praise for our city. The general agreement is that life in Hefei and the working conditions are outstanding. Indeed, several experts noted that it is a pity that our city’s achievements and the good environment that it offers are not well-known abroad and recommended that they should be advertised more both at home and abroad. I believe that the meeting was quite successful: All foreign experts were keen to contribute ideas and suggestions (so much that most of us exceeded our allotted talking time) and the governmental representatives were receptive and really appreciated the openness and constructiveness of the comments.</p>
<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2023/20230417_hefei_international/caption.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="134" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, on 2023-04-17, I attended the 2023 "Charming City Hefei Tour" of the Central Media Interview Team <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[2023“魅力城市合肥行”央媒采访团]</span> followed by the Hefei Foreign Expert Research Symposium <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[合肥市外国专家调研座谈活动]</span> in the Hefei Municipal Government Conference Center <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[合肥市政府会议中心]</span>, together with twelve experts from nine different countries who work in Hefei. The first event was hosted by the Director of Hefei Science and Technology Bureau, Mr. Jin FAN <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[范进,合肥市科技局局长]</span>, who opened it with a short opening introduction. This was followed by a warm welcome speech by Mr. Fei YUAN, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hefei Municipal Committee <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[袁飞,合肥市委常委]</span>, who emphasized on the importance of internationalization and the impressive progress that our city Hefei has made during the past decade. The second speaker was Mrs. Qingqun XU, Chief Editor of "International Talent Exchange" and "Expert Work Newsletter" of the Foreign Talent Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[徐庆群,科技部国外人才研究中心《国际人才交流》《专家工作通讯》总编辑]</span>, who had already visited our city with her team back in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=215&catid=24">2019</a>. She, too, emphasized the importance of international experts. She also praised Hefei for its good work in increasing the internationalization.</p>
<p>In the following two sessions, presided over by Mr. Daqun LIANG, the Director-general of the Hefei Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts <span lang="zh_HANS" style="color: gray; font-size: 80%;">[梁大群 ,市科技局党组成员、外专局局长]</span>, the international experts commented on their experiences in Hefei and noted potential fields of improvements. It was interesting to see that basically all experts, me in included, had nothing but positive words and praise for our city. The general agreement is that life in Hefei and the working conditions are outstanding. Indeed, several experts noted that it is a pity that our city’s achievements and the good environment that it offers are not well-known abroad and recommended that they should be advertised more both at home and abroad. I believe that the meeting was quite successful: All foreign experts were keen to contribute ideas and suggestions (so much that most of us exceeded our allotted talking time) and the governmental representatives were receptive and really appreciated the openness and constructiveness of the comments.</p>
Welcome to Dr. Bing AI2023-04-15T06:48:39+00:002023-04-15T06:48:39+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/299-welcome-to-dr-bing-aiThomas Weise<p>The Institute of Applied Optimization welcomes <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=294&catid=47">Dr. Bing AI</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[艾兵博士]</span>, who today has officially joined our team as researcher. Before joining our institute, he finished his PhD research at the School of Computer Science and Engineering <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[计算机科学与工程学院]</span> of <a href="https://www.seu.edu.cn/english/main.htm">Southeast University</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="https://www.seu.edu.cn/">东南大学</a>]</span> in Nanjing <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[南京]</span>, Jiangsu <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[江苏]</span>, China <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[中国]</span>. Dr. AI is an expert in Multi-Objective Optimization, Game Theory, Multi-Agent Path Finding and Reinforcement Learning.</p>
<p>It is really great that Dr. AI has chosen to join our team. His expertise will help to make the optimization side of our team even stronger and we are very much looking forward to working with him on interesting and challenging research topics.</p><p>The Institute of Applied Optimization welcomes <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=294&catid=47">Dr. Bing AI</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[艾兵博士]</span>, who today has officially joined our team as researcher. Before joining our institute, he finished his PhD research at the School of Computer Science and Engineering <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[计算机科学与工程学院]</span> of <a href="https://www.seu.edu.cn/english/main.htm">Southeast University</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="https://www.seu.edu.cn/">东南大学</a>]</span> in Nanjing <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[南京]</span>, Jiangsu <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[江苏]</span>, China <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[中国]</span>. Dr. AI is an expert in Multi-Objective Optimization, Game Theory, Multi-Agent Path Finding and Reinforcement Learning.</p>
<p>It is really great that Dr. AI has chosen to join our team. His expertise will help to make the optimization side of our team even stronger and we are very much looking forward to working with him on interesting and challenging research topics.</p>Prof. Weise gives Keynote Speech "Frequency Fitness Assignment" (频率适应度分配) at the 2023 International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Machine Vision and Intelligent Algorithms (PRMVIA)2023-03-25T04:59:45+00:002023-03-25T04:59:45+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/290-prof-weise-gives-keynote-speech-frequency-fitness-assignment-pin-lu-shi-ying-du-fen-pei-at-the-2023-international-conference-on-pattern-recognition-machine-vision-and-intelligent-algorithms-prmviaThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2023/20230325_prmvia/prmvia_logo.png" alt="" width="186" height="182" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&catid=15">I</a> presented the keynote speech <em>Frequency Fitness Assignment</em> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[频率适应度分配]</span> on 2023-03-25 at the 2023 International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Machine Vision and Intelligent Algorithms (<a href="http://www.prmvia.org">PRMVIA</a>) conference. The conference took place online and was very well attended, very well organized, and had an <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/events/2023/20230325_prmvia/20230325_prmvia_programme.pdf">exciting program</a> that offered several interesting talks and workshops. The keynote focuses on Frequency Fitness Assignment (FFA), an algorithm module that can be plugged into existing optimization algorithms. FFA prevents premature convergence to local optima and makes algorithms invariant under all injective transformations of the objective function value. This interesting feature is explained in comparison to the invariance properties of the (1+1) EA, Simulated Annealing, and Genetic Algorithms. Several results of FFA are presented. The talk is also available on our website, both as <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/publications/weise_ffa_2023_spring.pdf">slides pdf</a> and as <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/publications/weise_ffa_2023_spring.mp4">forty-minute video</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2023/20230325_prmvia/prmvia_logo.png" alt="" width="186" height="182" loading="lazy"></p><p>Today, <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&catid=15">I</a> presented the keynote speech <em>Frequency Fitness Assignment</em> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[频率适应度分配]</span> on 2023-03-25 at the 2023 International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Machine Vision and Intelligent Algorithms (<a href="http://www.prmvia.org">PRMVIA</a>) conference. The conference took place online and was very well attended, very well organized, and had an <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/events/2023/20230325_prmvia/20230325_prmvia_programme.pdf">exciting program</a> that offered several interesting talks and workshops. The keynote focuses on Frequency Fitness Assignment (FFA), an algorithm module that can be plugged into existing optimization algorithms. FFA prevents premature convergence to local optima and makes algorithms invariant under all injective transformations of the objective function value. This interesting feature is explained in comparison to the invariance properties of the (1+1) EA, Simulated Annealing, and Genetic Algorithms. Several results of FFA are presented. The talk is also available on our website, both as <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/publications/weise_ffa_2023_spring.pdf">slides pdf</a> and as <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/images/publications/weise_ffa_2023_spring.mp4">forty-minute video</a>.</p>
Prof. Weise Attends the Fifteenth Sino German Seminar on Applied Higher Education [15. Deutsch-Chinesisches Symposium zur Anwendungsorientierten Hochschulausbildung, 第五届中德应用型高等教育研讨会暨]2022-09-28T22:18:31+00:002022-09-28T22:18:31+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/288-prof-weise-attends-the-fifteenth-sino-german-seminar-on-applied-higher-education-15-deutsch-chinesisches-symposium-zur-anwendungsorientierten-hochschulausbildung-and-the-second-international-seminar-on-cooperation-in-dual-education-in-the-yangtze-river-delta-2-symposium-zur-internationalen-zusammenarbeit-der-dualen-ausbildung-der-jangtze-delta-regionThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220928_symposium/symposium_20220928_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>On 2022-09-28, I attended the Fifteenth Sino German Seminar on Applied Higher Education <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[15. Deutsch-Chinesisches Symposium zur Anwendungsorientierten Hochschulausbildung]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[第五届中德应用型高等教育研讨会暨]</span> combined with the Second International Seminar on Cooperation in Dual Education in the Yangtze River Delta <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[2. Symposium zur Internationalen Zusammenarbeit der Dualen Ausbildung der Jangtze-Delta-Region]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[第二届长三角双元制教育国际合作研讨会]</span>. This event takes place every two years in our city Hefei (e.g., this year and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&catid=24">2020</a>) and every other year in the German city Osnabrück. It is co-organized by Hefei University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院]</span> and the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and presented as well as strongly supported by the Ministry of Education of the Chinese Province Anhui and the Ministry of Science and Culture of the German province Lower Saxony. It is always a pleasure to attend and full of exciting talks by high-level professionals in applied education, offering deep insights, inspirations, and great networking opportunities. Like in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&catid=24">2020</a>, it was a hybrid event with both presence and online talks. This year, it was a two-day symposium, taking place in a beautiful lakeside location. The attendance was very high – both physically and online – with delegates from many universities, the industry, politics, as well as other education organizations.</p>
<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220928_symposium/symposium_20220928_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>On 2022-09-28, I attended the Fifteenth Sino German Seminar on Applied Higher Education <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[15. Deutsch-Chinesisches Symposium zur Anwendungsorientierten Hochschulausbildung]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[第五届中德应用型高等教育研讨会暨]</span> combined with the Second International Seminar on Cooperation in Dual Education in the Yangtze River Delta <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[2. Symposium zur Internationalen Zusammenarbeit der Dualen Ausbildung der Jangtze-Delta-Region]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[第二届长三角双元制教育国际合作研讨会]</span>. This event takes place every two years in our city Hefei (e.g., this year and <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&catid=24">2020</a>) and every other year in the German city Osnabrück. It is co-organized by Hefei University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院]</span> and the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück and presented as well as strongly supported by the Ministry of Education of the Chinese Province Anhui and the Ministry of Science and Culture of the German province Lower Saxony. It is always a pleasure to attend and full of exciting talks by high-level professionals in applied education, offering deep insights, inspirations, and great networking opportunities. Like in <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&catid=24">2020</a>, it was a hybrid event with both presence and online talks. This year, it was a two-day symposium, taking place in a beautiful lakeside location. The attendance was very high – both physically and online – with delegates from many universities, the industry, politics, as well as other education organizations.</p>
Prof. Weise Attends the Hefei National Day Tea Party for People from All Walks of Life [合肥市各界人士迎国庆茶话会]2022-09-26T22:04:55+00:002022-09-26T22:04:55+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/287-prof-weise-attends-the-hefei-national-day-tea-party-for-people-from-all-walks-of-life-2022Thomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220926_national_holiday/20220926_national_holiday_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Today, on September 26, 2022, I attended the National Day Tea Party for People from All Walks of Life <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥市各界人士迎国庆茶话会]</span> in the city hall of <a href="http://www.hefei.gov.cn/english/">Hefei</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥市]</span>. Like <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279&catid=24">every</a> <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=240&catid=24">year</a>, was a very nice event, attended by people with many different professions and ranks. There were religious representatives, minorities, foreign experts, business leaders, political representatives from different parties, people from many different fields ranging from elder care to car manufacturing, and so on. I am always looking forward to this event.</p>
<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220926_national_holiday/20220926_national_holiday_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>Today, on September 26, 2022, I attended the National Day Tea Party for People from All Walks of Life <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥市各界人士迎国庆茶话会]</span> in the city hall of <a href="http://www.hefei.gov.cn/english/">Hefei</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥市]</span>. Like <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279&catid=24">every</a> <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=240&catid=24">year</a>, was a very nice event, attended by people with many different professions and ranks. There were religious representatives, minorities, foreign experts, business leaders, political representatives from different parties, people from many different fields ranging from elder care to car manufacturing, and so on. I am always looking forward to this event.</p>
Cooperation Agreement Signed between Hefei University and the DHIK, a Consortium of German Universities2022-06-10T09:04:41+00:002022-06-10T09:04:41+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/289-cooperation-agreement-signed-between-hefei-university-and-the-dhik-a-consortium-of-german-universitiesThomas Weise<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220610_dhik/20220610_dhik_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>On June 10, 2022, Hefei University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院]</span> and the Deutsches Hochschulkonsortium für Internationale Kooperationen (<a href="https://www.dhik.org/en/">DHIK</a>) [德国高校国际合作联合会] signed a framework cooperation contract <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[Kooperationsvereinbarung zwischen der Universität Hefei und dem Deutschen Hochschulkonsortium für Internationale Kooperation (DHIK)]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院和德国高校国际合作联合会合作协议]</span>.</p>
<p>The DHIK is a group of more than <a href="https://www.dhik.org/ueber-uns/netzwerk/">30 universities in Germany and Switzerland</a> with focus on internationalizing study programmes in Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and Technology. In China, the DHIK already cooperates with the Tongji University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[同济大学]</span> – and now also with our Hefei University. The main goal of the framework contract is to construct several joint curricula and double-degree programmes, which allow for the bi-directional exchange of students. In these programmes, German professors will teach classes in China and the Chinese students will get the chance to study for two semesters in Germany. Vice versa, German students will be able to study at our Hefei University as well.</p>
<p><img src="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn//images/events/2022/20220610_dhik/20220610_dhik_thumb.jpg" alt=""></p><p>On June 10, 2022, Hefei University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院]</span> and the Deutsches Hochschulkonsortium für Internationale Kooperationen (<a href="https://www.dhik.org/en/">DHIK</a>) [德国高校国际合作联合会] signed a framework cooperation contract <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[Kooperationsvereinbarung zwischen der Universität Hefei und dem Deutschen Hochschulkonsortium für Internationale Kooperation (DHIK)]</span> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[合肥学院和德国高校国际合作联合会合作协议]</span>.</p>
<p>The DHIK is a group of more than <a href="https://www.dhik.org/ueber-uns/netzwerk/">30 universities in Germany and Switzerland</a> with focus on internationalizing study programmes in Mathematics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, and Technology. In China, the DHIK already cooperates with the Tongji University <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[同济大学]</span> – and now also with our Hefei University. The main goal of the framework contract is to construct several joint curricula and double-degree programmes, which allow for the bi-directional exchange of students. In these programmes, German professors will teach classes in China and the Chinese students will get the chance to study for two semesters in Germany. Vice versa, German students will be able to study at our Hefei University as well.</p>
Welcome to Dr. Pei XU2021-12-21T02:00:00+00:002021-12-21T02:00:00+00:00http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/news/24-news/286-xu-pei-welcomeThomas Weise<p>The Institute of Applied Optimization warmly welcomes <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=281&catid=46">Dr. Pei XU</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[许培博士]</span> as a new member of our team. Before joining our team, Dr. XU was a teaching assistant at Chuzhou University (CHZU) <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="https://www.chzu.edu.cn/">滁州学院</a>]</span> from 2014 to 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Anhui University (<a href="http://en.ahu.edu.cn/">AHU</a>) <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="http://www.ahu.edu.cn/">安徽大学</a>]</span> last year. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things. This research nicely fits to the work on wireless sensor network routing already conducted in our institute.</p>
<p>We are very happy that Dr. XU joined our team. We are looking forward to working and conducting exciting research together.</p><p>The Institute of Applied Optimization warmly welcomes <a href="http://iao.hfuu.edu.cn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=281&catid=46">Dr. Pei XU</a> <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[许培博士]</span> as a new member of our team. Before joining our team, Dr. XU was a teaching assistant at Chuzhou University (CHZU) <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="https://www.chzu.edu.cn/">滁州学院</a>]</span> from 2014 to 2017. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from Anhui University (<a href="http://en.ahu.edu.cn/">AHU</a>) <span lang="zh_HANS" style="font-size: 90%; color: gray;">[<a href="http://www.ahu.edu.cn/">安徽大学</a>]</span> last year. His research interests include Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things. This research nicely fits to the work on wireless sensor network routing already conducted in our institute.</p>
<p>We are very happy that Dr. XU joined our team. We are looking forward to working and conducting exciting research together.</p>