Machine lEarning and Operations Research (MEmORy) Lab
The MEmORy Lab is in the Division of Natural and Applied Sciences at Duke Kunshan University, China. Its aim is developing automated approaches for solving all kinds of computational search problems both from academia and industry, utilizing:
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Automated Algorithm Design, Machine Learning, Automated Machine Learning (AutoML), Data Science / Analytics, Operations Research, Evolutionary Algorithms, Computational Intelligence, Meta/Hyper-heuristics, Adaptive/Reactive/Autonomous Search, Algorithm Portfolios (Selection), Algorithm Configuration (Hyper-parameter Tuning / Optimization + Control), Meta-learning, Empirical Algorithmics, Design of Experiments, Recommender Systems (Collaborative Filtering), Boolean Satisability, Constraint Programming, Combinatorial Optimisation, Data Mining (Knowledge Discovery), Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems |
News
- Looking for under/-graduate students and postdocs to work on several research projects. Please contact. (招收计算机科学/数据科学方向的本科/研究生和博士后研究人员。 研究方向为机器学习、自动化机器学习、算法设计、数据科学和计算研究。 有兴趣的学生和研究人员可以联系我: mustafa.misir [at] dukekunshan.edu.cn)
- A tutorial on Automated Algorithm Design (AAD) will be delivered in IEEE CEC, Hangzhou, China, 06/2025
- A work on Algorithm Selection will be presented in IEEE CEC, Hangzhou, China, 06/2025
- Two special sessions on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) will be organized in IEEE CEC and IJCNN, 06/2025
- An article on Deep Reinforcement Learning was accepted to EJOR, Elsevier, 04/2025
- A paper on AutoML will appear in OLA, Dubai, UAE, 04/2025
- An invited speech was given on AAD in Southeast University, China, 02/2025
- An invited talk was delivered on AAD in IS-AII, Guiyang, China, 01/2025
- A keynote speech was given on AAD in ISAICS, Changsha, China, 12/2024
- A study on GNN-based Algorithm Selection for Docking appeared in AIDrugX, NeurIPS, Vancouver, Canada, 10/2024
- Two papers on Algorithm Selection on Cheminformatics are published in ICCBB, Kyoto, Japan, 10/2024
- A paper on Algorithm Selection on Molecular Docking were presented in CSAI, Beijing, China, 10/2024
- A keynote talk on AAD was given in ISCC, Zhengzhou, China, 08/2024
- An invited talk on AAD was given in Wuhan University, China, 07/2024
- An article on Deep Learning for 16S rRNA GCN prediction is published in Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio, 06/2024
- A paper on Robust AutoML is accepted to IJCAI/DSO Workshop, South Korea, 06/2024
Achievements / Awards
- Mustafa Misir was granted COST STSM (Short-Term Scientific Misssions) Grant by Cost Action CA15140, for his research visit to University College Dublin, 09/2019
- Mustafa Misir was given COST ITC Conference Grant for Early Career Investigators (ECI) by Cost Action CA15140, 09/2019
- Mustafa Misir got TUBITAK 2224-A Support to Participate in International Scientific Activities, 09/2019
- Mustafa Misir was awarded TUBITAK 2232 Reintegration Research Fellowship, 08/2018
- Mustafa Misir was nominated for the China Thousand Young Talents Program, 05/2016