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Speaker I: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanne,
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland
(July 22, 12:00 - 13:00 GMT)

Title: Computational Intelligence in Supply Chain Management

Abstract: We provide a brief introduction into Computational
Intelligence (CI). After this, some selected hard-to-solve problems in
supply chain management will be discussed including mathematical
formulations: vehicle routing problems, capacitated lot-sizing
problems, and facility location problems. We also give a brief
overview of solving such problems with CI techniques, especially
approaches from the field of metaheuristics. In addition, future
trends and open issues in practice regarding a better solution of
considered supply chain management problems will be discussed.

Biography: Thomas Hanne received master's degrees in Economics and
Computer Science, and a PhD in Economics. From 1999 to 2007 he worked
at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) as
senior scientist. Since then he is Professor for Information Systems
at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern
Switzerland and Head of the Competence Center Systems Engineering
since 2012. Thomas Hanne is author of more than 140 journal articles,
conference papers, and other publications and editor of several
journals and special issues. His current research interests include
multicriteria decision analysis, evolutionary algorithms,
metaheuristics, optimization, simulation, systems engineering,
software development, logistics, and supply chain management.

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Speaker II: Prof. Dr. Lucian Busoniu,
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
(July 22, 13:00 - 15:00 GMT)

Title: Fundamentals of reinforcement learning

Abstract: In this talk, we describe the class of problems tackled by
reinforcement learning and some essential algorithms. We start with
dynamic programming foundations, and build on them to cover some
representative model-free, reinforcement learning approaches, touching
on essential points like exploration. We pay special attention to
function approximation, which is essential in practice, and use it to
build some representative approximate RL algorithms. Several
applications are pointed out along the way.

Biography: Lucian Busoniu received his Ph.D. degree \emph{cum laude}
from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, in 2009. He
is a full professor with the Department of Automation at the Technical
University of Cluj-Napoca, where he leads the group on Robotics and
Nonlinear Control. He has previously held research positions in the
Netherlands and in France. His research interests include nonlinear
optimal control using artificial intelligence and reinforcement
learning techniques, robotics, and multiagent systems. His
publications include among others several influential review articles
and a book on reinforcement learning. He serves on the editorial board
of the Elsevier journal Engineering Applications of Artificial
Intelligence, and was the recipient of the 2009 Andrew P. Sage Award
for the Best Paper in the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics.


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Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you during the Webinars.
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Yours sincerely,


Yours sincerely,

Prof. (Dr.) Ajith Abraham
Director - Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs)
Scientific Network for Innovation and Research Excellence
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