COSEAL Workshop 2014

Overview and Location

The second COSEAL Workshop will take place at the University of Freiburg on the 29 and 30th of September.

  • Room 01-016, Building 101
  • Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
  • 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
  • September 29-30, 2014
  • E-mail: Frank Hutter <fh@cs.uni-freiburg.de>, Marius Lindauer <lindauer@cs.uni-freiburg.de>

Schedule

(Tentative Titles)

Monday
Start, 10:15 Welcome
10:30 – 11:10 Joaquin Vanschoren: OpenML: opportunities for algorithm selection
11:15 – 11:55 Lars Kotthoff and Bernd Bischl: Algorithm Selection Library
12:00 – 13:55 Lunch
13:55 – 14:00 Group Photo
14:00 – 14:40 Marius Lindauer: Selection, Schedules and Configuration on ASlib
14:50 – 15:30 Jendrik Seipp: Automatic Configuration of Sequential Planning Portfolios
15:30 – 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:10 Kevin Tierney: Structure-based Instance Generation
17:15 – 17:55 Heike Trautmann and Mike Preuss: Current research on Exploratory Landscape Analysis
19:00 Social Dinner: Paradies
Tuesday
10:30 – 11:10 Thomas Stützle: Automatically configuring Algorithms from frameworks
11:10 – 11:50 Matthias Feurer: Using Meta-Learning to Initialize Bayesian Optimization of Hyperparameters
11:50 – 12:30 Kevin Tierney and Patrick De Causmaecker: EURO Working Group (Discussion)
12:30 Official End
12:30 – evening Optional social event (see below)

Participants

  • Bernd Bischl
  • Patrick De Causmaecker
  • Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang
  • Matthias Feurer
  • Holger Hoos
  • Frank Hutter
  • Aaron Klein
  • Lars Kotthoff
  • Marius Lindauer
  • Mike Preuss
  • Jendrik Seipp
  • Thomas Stützle
  • Kevin Tierney
  • Heike Trautmann
  • Joaquin Vanschoren

Organization

Directions to the campus (from Freiburg mainstation): Take the S-Bahn (SBS) to Freiburg Messe/Universität (direction: Breisach)

Social Program

  • On Monday evening, 29th of September: Dinner at “Paradies”
  • On Tuesday afternoon, 30th of September:
    • 13:00 Lunch at “Haus der lieben Hand” in the old town of Freiburg
    • 15:00 guided Sightseeing Tour at old town of Freiburg
    • 16:00 “Climbing up” the Schlossberg to have a great view over Freiburg
    • 18:30 Wine and Flammenkuchen (speciality in Freiburg) at “Alte Wache”

Contact

Mail to Marius Lindauer