Scholar
Rong Qu
Google Scholar ID: ErszCRMAAAAJ
University of Nottingham
Citations & Impact
Citations
7,793
H-index
42
i10-index
100
Publications
20
Co-authors
8
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Listed in Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists (2020–2024)
- Paper 'A Graph-Based Hyper-Heuristic for Educational Timetabling Problems' (EJOR, 2007) recognized as a Top Cited Article (2007–2011) and among top 0.1% cited by Web of Science
- Published 'The General Combinatorial Optimisation Problem - Towards Automated Algorithm Design' (IEEE CI Magazine, May 2020)
- Guest Editor for the Special Issue on 'Machine Learning Assisted Evolutionary Computation', IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (May 2025)
- Contributed to Special Issues on 'Automation in AI and Machine Learning', IEEE Trans. Pattern Anal. Mach. Intell (2021)
- Contributed to Special Issues on 'Automated Design of Machine Learning and Search Algorithms', IEEE CI Magazine (May 2018)
- Awarded 'Outstanding' KTP project for 'Routing and Rostering in Healthcare Workforce Management'
Background
- Research interests in real-world applications: Transport Logistic Scheduling, Maritime Port Operations, Vehicle Routing, Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
- Personnel Scheduling, Portfolio Optimization, Multicast Network Routing, Timetabling
- AI algorithms/techniques: Automated Algorithm Design, Hyper-heuristics, Evolutionary Computation
- Machine Learning, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Intelligent Decision Support
- Combinatorial Optimisation, Constraint Programming, Integer Programming
