Chair holder

Professor
NameMr Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Pascal Kerschke
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Chair of Big Data Analytics in Transportation
Chair of Big Data Analytics in Transportation
Visiting address:
Bürozentrum Falkenbrunnen (FAL), Room 005a (Ground Floor) Würzburger Str. 35
01187 Dresden
Office hours:
by appointment
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Automated Algorithm Selection & Configuration
(Automated Machine Learning) -
Optimization:
- Continuous (Black-Box) Optimization
- Multi-Objective Optimization
- Vehicle Routing
- Benchmarking:
- Exploratory Landscape Analysis
- Visualization
- (Statistical) Performance Assessment
- Interpretability of Algorithmic (Search and/or Decisions) Behavior
(Interpretable Machine Learning, Explainable AI)
Coordinating founding member:
- Benchmarking Network
- COSEAL (Configuration and Selection of Algorithms)
Member and/or Supporter:
- ACM SigEVO (Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation der Association for Computing Machinery)
- CLAIRE (Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence Research in Europe)
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DStatG (German Statistical Society)
- ERCIS (European Research Center for Information Systems)
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GfKl (Data Science Society)
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GI (Computer Science Society)
- IEEE CIS Task Force on Benchmarking
2023
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Neural Networks as Black-Box Benchmark Functions Optimized for Exploratory Landscape Features , 30 Aug 2023, FOGA '23: Proceedings of the 17th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic Algorithms. 11 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Evaluation of Algorithms from the Nevergrad Toolbox on the Strictly Box-Constrained SBOX-COST Benchmarking Suite , 15 Jul 2023, GECCO 2023 Companion - Proceedings of the 2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. 4 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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GECCO 2023 Tutorial: Exploratory Landscape Analysis , 15 Jul 2023, GECCO '23 Companion: Proceedings of the Companion Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. p. 990–1007, 18 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Tools for Landscape Analysis of Optimisation Problems in Procedural Content Generation for Games , Mar 2023, In: Applied soft computing : the official journal of the World Federation on Soft Computing (WFSC). 136, 110121Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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A study on the effects of normalized TSP features for automated algorithm selection , Jan 2023, In: Theoretical computer science. 940, B, p. 123-145, 23 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Peak-A-Boo! Generating Multi-objective Multiple Peaks Benchmark Problems with Precise Pareto Sets , 2023, Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization - 12th International Conference, EMO 2023, Proceedings. Emmerich, M., Deutz, A., Wang, H., Kononova, A. V., Naujoks, B., Li, K., Miettinen, K. & Yevseyeva, I. (eds.).14 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
2022
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Mixture of Decision Trees for Interpretable Machine Learning , Dec 2022, 2022 21st IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Plotting Impossible? Surveying Visualization Methods for Continuous Multi-Objective Benchmark Problems , Dec 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 26, 6, p. 1306-1320Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Process-Oriented Stream Classification Pipeline: A Literature Review , 9 Sep 2022, In: Applied sciences. 12, 18, 9094Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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The objective that freed me: a multi-objective local search approach for continuous single-objective optimization , 5 Sep 2022, In: Natural computing : an innovative journal bridging biosciences and computer sciences ; an international journalElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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A collection of deep learning-based feature-free approaches for characterizing single-objective continuous fitness landscapes , 8 Jul 2022, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ConferenceElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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MOLE: Digging Tunnels Through Multimodal Multi-objective Landscapes , 8 Jul 2022, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation ConferenceElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Estimation of component reliability from superposed renewal processes by means of latent variables , Mar 2022, In: Computational statistics. 37, p. 355–379Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Automated Algorithm Selection in Single-Objective Continuous Optimization: A Comparative Study of Deep Learning and Landscape Analysis Methods , 2022, 17th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from NatureElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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BBE: Basin-Based Evaluation of Multimodal Multi-objective Optimization Problems , 2022, 17th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from NatureElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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HPO $\times$ ELA: Investigating Hyperparameter Optimization Landscapes by Means of Exploratory Landscape Analysis , 2022, 17th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from NatureElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XVII: 17th International Conference, PPSN 2022, Dortmund, Germany, September 10–14, 2022, Proceedings, Part I , 2022, Springer, ChamElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
2021
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Towards Feature-Free Automated Algorithm Selection for Single-Objective Continuous Black-Box Optimization , 5 Dec 2021, 2021 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Peeking beyond peaks: Challenges and research potentials of continuous multimodal multi-objective optimization , Dec 2021, In: Computers and Operations Research. 136, 105489Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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On the potential of normalized TSP features for automated algorithm selection , 6 Sep 2021, Proceedings of the 16th ACM/SIGEVO Conference on Foundations of Genetic AlgorithmsElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Lifting the Multimodality-Fog in Continuous Multi-objective Optimization , 2021, Natural Computing SeriesElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/anthology/report
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Multi$^3$: Optimizing Multimodal Single-Objective Continuous Problems in the Multi-objective Space by Means of Multiobjectivization , 2021, 11th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion OptimizationElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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To Boldly Show What No One Has Seen Before: A Dashboard for Visualizing Multi-objective Landscapes , 2021, 11th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion OptimizationElectronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
2020
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Multiobjectivization of Local Search: Single-Objective Optimization Benefits From Multi-Objective Gradient Descent , 1 Dec 2020, 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Per-Instance Configuration of the Modularized CMA-ES by Means of Classifier Chains and Exploratory Landscape Analysis , 1 Dec 2020, 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI)Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
- since 2021:
Chair for Big Data Analytics in Transportation,
"Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany - since 2019:
Lecturer in the Master Degree Program IT-Management,
WWU Weiterbildung, Münster, Germany - since 2019:
Lecturer in the Certificate Degree Program Data Science,
WWU Weiterbildung, Münster, Germany - 2017 - 2021:
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Data Science: Statistics & Optimization,
Department of Information Systems, University of Münster, Münster, Germany - 2017 - 2020:
Lecturer in the Degree Program Business Administration and Taxes,
University of Applied Sciences Münster, Münster, Germany - 2013 - 2017:
Research Associate at the Chair of Data Science: Statistics & Optimization,
Department of Information Systems, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- 2013 - 2017:
Doctoral Studies (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Department of Information Systems,
School of Business and Economics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany- Title of PhD Thesis: Automated and Feature-Based Problem Characterization and Algorithm Selection Through Machine Learning
- 2010 - 2013:
Data Science (M.Sc.), TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany - 2011:
Semester Abroad (ERASMUS) at the University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway - 2007 - 2010:
Data Analysis and Management (B.Sc.), TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
- 09/2021:
Runner-Up of the FOGA XVI Best Paper Award (2021),
FH Vorarlberg and Organizing Committee of FOGA XVI - 12/2018:
Dissertation Prize of the School of Business and Economics,
University of Münster, Münster, Germany - 09/2018:
Invited Young Researcher at the 6th Heidelberg Laureate Forum,
Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation - 09/2016:
PPSN XIV Best Paper Award (2016),
Edinburgh Napier University and Organizing Committee of PPSN XIV