IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Michael Sampels IRIDIA  Université Libre de Bruxelles Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50 CP 194/6 1050 Brussels Belgium Phone: +32-2-650-2711 Fax: +32-2-650-2715 Email: msampels at ulb.ac.be

My main research interests are:

• Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Optimization (I was a member of the Metaheuristics Network, a Research Training Network of the European Commission),
• Optimization of Interconnection Networks,
• Mean Distance and Transmission in Graphs.

I co-organized

• the First International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2004) in Valencia, Spain,
• the Second International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2005) in Barcelona, Spain,
• the Third International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2006) in Gran Canaria, Spain,
• the Fourth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2007) in Dortmund, Germany,
• the Fifth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2008) in Málaga, Spain,
• the Sixth International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2009) in Udine, Italy,
• and the Seventh International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2010) in Vienna, Austria.

My main private interests are:

• Julian (up, down), Carlotta,
• Concerts,
• Organ music (favorite composers: Alain, Bach; favorite interprets: Naji Hakim, Ton Koopman, Harald Vogel, Wolfgang Seifen),
• Piano music.

• Algebraic Construction of Efficient Interconnection Networks
  (in German: Algebraische Konstruktion effizienter Verbindungsnetzwerke)
  Michael Sampels
  Logos-Verlag, Berlin, 1998
  ISBN 3-89722-051-2