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LIACS Thesis Repository

Leiden University

These webpages contain theses and reports by students affiliated with the various bachelor and master programmes offered at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), the computer science and artificial intelligence department of Leiden University.

Note: the overview per supervisor is likely partially incomplete.


Year Student ThesisSupervisorsProgrammeContent
2026Vonk, M.C. (Maarten)Inference and Influence: Bringing Causal Game Theory to Complex Securi...Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W., Kononova, dr. A.V., dr. T. SweijsPhD
2024‑2025Bergsma, C. (Chris)CMA-ES and Bayesian Optimization for Noisy, Mixed-Integer Optimization...Raponi, dr. E., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2024‑2025Zacharia, K. (Katherina)Optimizing Office Lighting In Terms Of Energy and Uniformity Based on ...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2024‑2025Zeeuw, M. de (Matthijs)Adapting and Applying Evolutionary Algorithms to Variable Length Repre...Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2024‑2025Hermanus, P. (Per)Portfolio Selection in Adaptive Operator Selection for Differential Ev...Kononova, dr. A.V., Stein van, dr. N.CS
2024Nguyen, D.A. (Anh)Efficient Tuning of Automated MAchine Learning PipelinesBäck, prof.dr. T.H.W., Prof. Dr. B. Sendhoff, Kononova, dr. A.V.PhD
2024Thomaser, A. (André)Algorithm Design for Mixed-Integer Black-Box Optimization Problems wit...Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W., Kononova, dr. A.V.PhD
2023‑2024Kogia, V. (Vasiliki)f-AnoGAN with Transformers and Vector Quantisation for Unsupervised An...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V., A. ZeiserCS
2023‑2024Steffens, B. (Benjamin)Generating Art using Genetic ProgrammingStein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V., VermettenCS
2023‑2024Sun, Q. (Qinshan)Application of Multimodal Optimization Metaheuristics to Training of A...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2023‑2024Boel, M. (Marc)Online Mutation Strategy Selection in Differential Evolution through D...Kononova, dr. A.V., Moerland, dr. T.CS
2023‑2024Bouwman, K. (Koen)Solving multi-agent reinforcements learning problems using Differentia...Kononova, dr. A.V., Plaat, prof.dr. A.CS
2023‑2024Spoel, I. van der (Ivar)Illuminating the EC-bestiary: Conceptual Analysis and Benchmarking of ...Kononova, dr. A.V., H. Yin MScInf
2022‑2023Li, YingjieApplication of Automated Machine Learning Pipeline for the Classificat...Dr. Furong Ye, Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2022‑2023Gao, YaqiongCross-Modal Food Retrieval with Vision-Language Pre-trainingKononova, dr. A.V., Verberne, prof.dr. S.CS
2022‑2023Vanmosuinck, ErnestSubpopulations with adaptive population size and search space partitio...Kononova, dr. A.V., Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W.CS
2022‑2023Woerdings, VirgilNetwork-driven analysis of evolving populations in genetic algorithmsKononova, dr. A.V., Takes, prof.dr. F.W.CS
2022‑2023Yin, H. (Haoran) Landscape Analysis of CEC’ 2022 Basic Benchmark Problems - CONFIDENT...Kononova, dr. A.V., Dr. F. Ye, D.L. VermettenCS
2022‑2023Reijalt, P. (Petter)Effect of Initial Sampling on Short-term Behaviour of Differential Evo...Kononova, dr. A.V., VermettenInf
2021‑2022Rooij, L. vanExplainable AI for ship design analysis with AIS and static ship dataStein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2021‑2022Huang, Q.Multi-surrogate Assisted Efficient Global Optimization: A Positional S...Kononova, dr. A.V., Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W.CS
2021‑2022Li, H.Standardizing Nature-inspired Algorithms — a unified framework UNIOA...Kononova, dr. A.V., Carola DoerrCS
2021‑2022Nouweland, L. (Luuk) van denAutomating the Process of Defining the Aesthetic Quality of an Image i...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V., D. VermettenInf
2021‑2022Stoffels, L. (Luca)Autolayout of UML Diagrams using Metaheuristic Algorithms and Natural ...Ramackers, dr. G.J., Kononova, dr. A.V.Inf
2020‑2021Piaskowski, BartoszBenchmarking for Efficient Global Optimization Algorithms on Mixed-Int...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2020‑2021Santamaria Hernandez, PedroAutomated Regression Pipeline for Time-Series problems with Real-World...Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W., Kononova, dr. A.V.CS
2020‑2021Boks, RickDynamic Configuration of Operators and Parameters in Differential Evol...Kononova, dr. A.V., Wang, dr. H.CS
2020‑2021Zeng, ShutongLocating multiple local minima in the “optical lens deign problem”...Kononova, dr. A.V., Bäck, prof.dr. T.H.W.CS
2020‑2021Ponse, K.Automated Rotational and Localised Symmetry Detection from Global Refl...Stein van, dr. N., Kononova, dr. A.V.I&E
2020‑2021Honert, N. (Nils) van derBenchmarking default implementations of pseudorandom number generators...Kononova, dr. A.V., D. VermettenInf