My Research

Main research areas

• Evolutionary computation
• Machine learning
• Artificial intelligence

Current research

• Design of robust and scalable optimization algorithms
• Efficiency enhancement of estimation of distribution algorithms
• Applications of estimation of distribution algorithms and other optimization techniques

Funding

• Grant, National Science Foundation, NSF CAREER Grant No. 0547013, 2006-2011.
• Grant, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, grant FA9550-06- 1-0096, 2006-2009 (PIs: David E. Goldberg and Kumara Sastry).
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, JapaneseMinistry of Education, Grant No. 16500143, 2004-2007 (PI: Shigeyoshi Tsutsui).
• Research Award, University of Missouri at St. Louis, 2004-2005.
• Research Award, University of Missouri at St. Louis, 2003-2004.
• Research Board Award, University of Missouri, 2003-2004.
• Grant, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, grant F49620-00-1-0163, 2000-2002 (PI: David E. Goldberg).
• Grant, VEGA 1/7654/20, Slovak Grant Agency (with others).