User:Mmax
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Max Manfrin (born 29 August 1973)
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[edit] Research interests
- Metaheuristics for tackling discrete combinatorial optimization problems, in particular ACO (Ant Colony Optimization);
- Design, implementation, and tuning of parallel computer programs.
[edit] Research
From May 2003 until March 2004 he has done research in the Metaheuristics Network project, a Marie Curie Research Training Network sponsored by the Improving Human Potential program of the European Community (HPRN-CT-1999-00106). The main goal of the project was to achieve a better understanding of the different metaheuristics and to learn more about the behavior of the different methods on different combinatorial optimization problems.
Starting from April 2004 he is doing research within the COMP2SYS project, a Marie Curie Early Stage Training Site funded by the European Commission through the Human Resources and Mobility activity (MEST-CT-2004-505079). This project focuses on the training of early stage researchers to the use of COMPutational Intelligence techniques for the treatment of COMPlex SYStems in science and engineering. The program aims at developing the knowledge and skills necessary to solve complex problems using the powerful emergent methods and tools of Computational Intelligence. Five main research topics are supported by the COMP2SYS programme:
- Ant colony optimization
- Artificial chemistry and biological networks
- Evolutionary computation
- Swarm intelligence and swarm robotics
- Theoretical and applied machine learning
[edit] Current Position
- Early-stage researcher at IRIDIA (Institut de Recherches Interdisciplinaires et de Développements en Intelligence Artificielle), Brussels, Belgium, funded by a Marie Curie EST fellowship.
- Max Manfrin enrolled in academic year 2004/2005 as PhD student in Sciences Appliquées at ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Brussels, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. M. Dorigo and Dr. M. Birattari.
