The GOAL research group, standing for Graphical Methods, Optimization And Learning, focusses on the design of innovative methods based on artificial intelligence and graphical models, as well as their application to solve complex real world problems. Our activity is currently mainly focussed on optimization (continuous, combinatorial, dynamic and static, single- and multi-objective, exact algorithms, metaheuristics, parallelism,..), machine learning (SVMs, deep learning, neural networks, regression techniques), cybersecurity, IoT, fractal geometry, mobile and dynamic networks, sustainable computing (autonomous programming, automatic generation of energy-efficient SW, efficient resources management), and intelligent transportation systems.

Conferences Organization

• The Eighth International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (META2021)
  Marrakech (Morroco), April 5th-8th 2021
  Submission deadline: October 16th, 2020
  
• The Fourth International Conference on Optimization and Learning (OLA2021)
  Catania (Italy), March 1st-3rd 2021
  Submission deadline: November 16th, 2020
• The Third International Conference on Optimization and Learning (OLA2020)
  Cádiz (Spain), February 17th-19th 2020
• 10th IEEE Workshop Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2020)
  New Orleans, USA, May 2020
• 9th IEEE Workshop Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2019)
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2019
• International Workshop on the Synergy of Parallel Computing, Optimization and Simulation (PaCOS 2019)
  Dublin, Ireland, July 2019
• 8th IEEE Workshop Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2018)
  Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2018
• 8^th Interantional Supercomputing Summer Camp 2017 (SC-CAMP)
  Cadiz, Spain, October, 2017
• 7th IEEE Workshop Parallel / Distributed Computing and Optimization (PDCO 2017)
  Orlando, FL, USA, May 2017
• Local organizer at BusinessClouds 2016
  Cádiz, Spain, 25-29 July 2016
• Jornadas sobre Algoritmos Evolutivos y Metaheurísticas (JAEM)
  Congresos de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial (CAEPIA)
  Albacete, Spain, 2015

Special Issues Open for Submission

• Applied Soft Computing (IF 4.873)
  Deadline November 15th 2020
  “Intelligent solutions for efficient logistics and sustainable transportation”
• Applied Sciences (IF 2.474)
  Deadline November 30th 2020
  “Optimization, Processing, and Visualization of Data for Sustainability”
• Algorithms
  Deadline June 30th 2021
  “Optimization Algorithms and Applications”
• Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  Deadline October 14th 2020
  “Multi-Swarms of Unmanned Autonomous Systems”