José Firmino Aguilar Madeira

Coordinator Professor at ADM/ISEL/IPL | Integrated Researcher at IDMEC/IST/ULisboa | Optimization & Decision Sciences

Selected Invited Presentations (since 2016)

  1. Directional Direct Search Strategies within Global and Local Optimisation
    Invited Speaker, ISASET 2024 — International Summit on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology, Florence, Italy, March 2024.
    Keywords: global optimization, direct search methods, derivative-free optimization, Decision Sciences
  2. Exploring Derivative-Free Optimization Methods for Challenging Optimization Scenarios
    Invited Speaker, PCF 2024 — Portuguese Conference on Fracture, Setúbal, Portugal, February 2024.
    Keywords: derivative-free optimization, challenging optimization, direct search methods
  3. Métodos de procura direta direcional na otimização global e local
    Invited Seminar, Departamento de Física, ISEL/IPL, Lisboa, Portugal, January 2023.
    Keywords: directional direct search, global optimization, local optimization, Decision Sciences
  4. Noise attenuation in composite laminated structures using SGUF and DMS
    Invited Speaker, DeMEASS 2020 — 10th International Conference on Design, Modelling and Experiments of Advanced Structures and Systems, Sicily, Italy, May 2022.
    Keywords: DMS algorithm, noise attenuation, composite structures, multi-objective optimization
  5. Shunted damping configurations for noise reduction in laminated composite sandwich panels
    Keynote, MECHCOMP7 — 7th International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Porto, Portugal, September 2021.
    Keywords: noise reduction, shunted damping, composite sandwich panels, optimization
  6. Recent developments in optimization with Direct Search Methods
    Invited Speaker, 1st International Conference on Computations for Science and Engineering, Porto, Portugal, July 2021.
    Keywords: direct search methods, derivative-free optimization, recent developments, Decision Sciences
  7. Optimization methods with direct search in composite structures
    Invited Speaker, SEMC 2019 — The Seventh International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, Cape Town, South Africa, September 2019.
    Keywords: direct search methods, composite structures, structural optimization
  8. MultiGLODS: Clever Multistart in Multiobjective Directional Direct Search
    Invited Speaker, EngOpt 2018, Lisboa, Portugal, 2018.
    Keywords: MultiGLODS algorithm, multi-objective optimization, global optimization, Decision Sciences
  9. Recent Applications in Multiobjective Optimization with Direct Search
    Keynote, WCCM XIII — 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, New York, USA, 2018.
    Keywords: multi-objective optimization, direct search methods, DMS, engineering applications
  10. Applications in Multiobjective Optimization with DMS and MultiGLODS
    Keynote, CMN 2017 — Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Valencia, Spain, 2017.
    Keywords: DMS algorithm, MultiGLODS algorithm, multi-objective optimization, Decision Sciences
  11. Multiobjective Optimization for Active Vibration Attenuation in Laminated Composite Panels
    Invited Speaker, DeMEASS 2017, Moscow, Russia, 2017.
    Keywords: multi-objective optimization, vibration attenuation, composite panels
  12. Computing Global and Local Pareto front with direct search
    Keynote, ECCOMAS 2016, Crete, Greece, 2016.
    Keywords: Pareto front, global optimization, direct search methods, multi-objective Decision Sciences
  13. Global and local multiobjective optimization using direct search
    Keynote, ENGOPT 2016 — 5th International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, 2016.
    Keywords: GLODS algorithm, MultiGLODS algorithm, global optimization, multi-objective optimization

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