Randomized Optimization
An Equipe-projet, joint with INRIA Saclay-Ile de France.
Head: Anne Auger, Chargée de Recherche INRIA
Permanent Members:
Dimo Brockhoff, Chargé de Recherche INRIANikolaus Hansen, Directeur de Recherche INRIA
PhD students :
Alann CheralMarie-Ange DahitoPaul DufosséEugénie MarescauxCheikh TouréKonstantinos Varelas
Alumni :
Asma Atamna, postdoc Dejan Tušar, ingénieur Umut Batu, ingénieur
Research activities:
The RandOpt team is specialized in numerical optimization without derivatives (also known as blackbox optimization) in particular with stochastic algorithms. We are interested by theory, algorithm design, and applications in several areas (such as energy, biology, medicine) in both academia and industry. We are especially known for the CMA-ES algorithm (Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy) of which Nikolaus Hansen is one of the main inventor and we also develop the benchmarking plaform COCO (COmparing Continuous Optimizers). Lately, we are focusing our research on expensive optimization, constrained optimization, large-scale optimization, and multiobjective optimization.