Prof. Ofer M. Shir

I am interested in learning and optimization questions related to systems within the Natural Sciences. Specifically, my fields of interest encompass Statistical Learning within Optimization and Deep Learning in Practice, Self-Supervised Learning, Algorithmically-Guided Experimentation, Combinatorial Optimization and Benchmarking (White/Gray/Black-Box), Quantum Optimization and Quantum Machine Learning.

Currently:
Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Mathematics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Principal Investigator, Computational Intelligence Group, Migal-The Galilee Research Institute.

Previously:


Teaching:
  • The C++ Programming Language (121503; Fall)
  • Introduction to Computational Intelligence (199811; Fall)
  • Advanced Topics in Object-Oriented Programming (199414; Spring)
  • Workshop on Operations Research and Optimization Methods (199833; Spring)

Algorithmically-Guided Scientific Discoveries (Migal's Talk, 2021):



Series of lectures on Evolutionary Computation (in Hebrew; taught in 199811 Fall 17-18):



Recent meetings:

GECCO'22 Boston MA, USA, July 2022                      GECCO'21 VIRTUAL Lille, France, July 2021
GECCO-2022 GECCO-2021