Dr. Michael Affenzeller

He has published several papers and journal articles dealing with theoretical aspects of evolutionary computation and genetic algorithms. In 1997 he received his MSc in mathematics and in 2001 his PhD in computer science, both from JKU Linz, Austria. He is professor at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (Campus Hagenberg) and associate professor at the Institute of Formal Models and Verification at JKU Linz since his habilitation in 2004. His professional activities include the organization of workshops at several conferences as well as reviewing for a number of well known journals.

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Dr. Stephan Winkler

He received his MSc in computer science in 2004 and his PhD in technical sciences in 2008, both from JKU Linz, Austria. His research interests include genetic programming, nonlinear model identification and machine learning. He is research associate at the Research Center Hagenberg of the Upper Austrian University of Applied Sciences, working on the research program L284-N04 “GP-Based Techniques for the Design of Virtual Sensors”, a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

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Dr. Stefan Wagner

He received his MSc in computer science in 2004 and his PhD in technical sciences in 2009, both from the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. At the moment he holds the position of an associate professor for software project engineering at the Department of Software Engineering at the School of Informatics, Communications and Media - Hagenberg at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences. His research interests include evolutionary computation and heuristic optimization, theory and applications of genetic algorithms, machine learning, parallel and distributed computing, and generative methods of software engineering.

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Andreas Beham, MSc

He received his MSc in computer science in 2007 from Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz, Austria. His research interests include heuristic optimization methods and simulation-based as well as combinatorial optimization. Currently he is a research associate at the Research Center Hagenberg at the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences.

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