Organizing Committee

EMO 2027 is organized by a dedicated team of researchers from around the world. We are committed to making this conference a memorable and productive experience for all attendees.

General Chairs

Jonathan Fieldsend University of Exeter, UK j.e.fieldsend@exeter.ac.uk
Ke Li University of Exeter, UK k.li@exeter.ac.uk
Hisao Ishibuchi Southern University of Science and Technology, China hisao@sustech.edu.cn

Programme Chairs

Oliver Schutze CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico schuetze@cs.cinvestav.mx
Tea Tusar Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia tea.tusar@ijs.si

Industry Session Chairs

Ed Keedwell University of Exeter, UK e.c.keedwell@exeter.ac.uk
TBC To be confirmed

MCDM Chairs

Tinkle Chugh University of Exeter, UK t.chugh@exeter.ac.uk
Qingfu Zhang City University of Hong Kong

Proceedings Chairs

Alma Rahat Swansea University, UK
David Walker University of Exeter, UK d.j.walker2@exeter.ac.uk

Conflict of Interest Chairs

Sanaz Mostaghim Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Marcella Scoczynski Ribeiro Martins Federal University of Technology of Parana, Brazil

Local Arrangement & Finance Chairs

Aishwaryaprajna University of Exeter, UK aishwaryaprajna@exeter.ac.uk
Richard Everson University of Exeter, UK r.m.everson@exeter.ac.uk

Tutorial Chair

Alberto Moraglio University of Exeter, UK a.moraglio@exeter.ac.uk

Publicity Chairs

Yaochu Jin Westlake University, China
Arnaud Liefooghe Universite du Littoral Cote d'Opale, France
Mengjie Zhang Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Gary Yen Oklahoma State University, USA
Nelishia Pillay University of Pretoria, South Africa

Web Chair

George De Ath University of Exeter, UK g.de.ath@exeter.ac.uk

EMO Steering Committee

The EMO conference series is guided by a distinguished steering committee:

Carlos Coello Coello CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Kalyanmoy Deb Michigan State University, USA
Hisao Ishibuchi Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Programme Committee

To Be Announced

The full programme committee will be announced in mid-2026.

Contact

For general inquiries about EMO 2027, please contact:

Email: emo2027@exeter.ac.uk

Specific Inquiries

Topic Contact
Paper Submissions Programme Chairs
Registration Local Arrangement & Finance Chairs
Sponsorship General Chairs
Website Web Chair
General Questions emo2027@exeter.ac.uk

Host Institution

EMO 2027 is proudly hosted by the University of Exeter, a Russell Group university consistently ranked among the top 15 universities in the UK.

The university's Department of Computer Science is home to leading research groups in computational intelligence, machine learning, and optimization.

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