THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CONFERENCE

PPSN 2026

Parallel Problem Solving from Nature

Partial roster coverageOfficial edition website ↗

Source-attributed rosters checked 2026-09-13. 28 collected records; 27 await identity review and remain visible as unlinked names. Affiliations are preserved as stated by each source. Source gaps: 8 named conference committee rows and 20 workshop organizer rows extracted; no separate PC/review/ERC roster published.

PPSN 2026 Conference Chair

1 service records

PPSN 2026 Conference Chair membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Giovanni Iacca	conference chair	University of Trento, Italy	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

PPSN 2026 Program Chairs

5 service records

PPSN 2026 Program Chairs membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Doina BucurIdentity not yet linked	program chairs	University of Twente, The Netherlands	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Antonio Della CioppaIdentity not yet linked	program chairs	University of Salerno, Italy	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Ting HuIdentity not yet linked	program chairs	Queen's University, Canada	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Eric MedvetIdentity not yet linked	program chairs	University of Trieste, Italy	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Sarah L. ThomsonIdentity not yet linked	program chairs	Napier University, Scotland	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

PPSN 2026 Tutorials Chair

1 service records

PPSN 2026 Tutorials Chair membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Yuri LavinasIdentity not yet linked	tutorials chair	University of Toulouse Capitole, France	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

PPSN 2026 Workshops Chair

1 service records

PPSN 2026 Workshops Chair membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Sarah L. ThomsonIdentity not yet linked	workshops chair	Napier University, Scotland	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

Bayesian and surrOgate-aSsisted Search and Optimisation (BOSS)

Workshop organizers 4 service records

Bayesian and surrOgate-aSsisted Search and Optimisation (BOSS) membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Tinkle ChughIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Alma RahatIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Paul KentIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
George de AthIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

Evolutionary Computation and Explainable AI (ECXAI)

Workshop organizers 6 service records

Evolutionary Computation and Explainable AI (ECXAI) membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Jaume BacarditIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Alexander BrownleeIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Stefano CagnoniIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Martin FyvieIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Giovanni IaccaIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
David WalkerIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

Nature-Inspired Computation on High-Performance Systems

Workshop organizers 4 service records

Nature-Inspired Computation on High-Performance Systems membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Mark ColettiIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Philippe CodognetIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
El-Ghazali TalbiIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Swetha VaradarajanIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

Quantum vs Classical Optimisation: Synergies and Boundaries

Workshop organizers 2 service records

Quantum vs Classical Optimisation: Synergies and Boundaries membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Zakaria Abdelmoiz DahiIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Pascal HalfmannIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13

Tailoring Optimization Approaches with Domain Knowledge

Workshop organizers 4 service records

Tailoring Optimization Approaches with Domain Knowledge membership and source references
Person	Role	Affiliation as listed	Evidence
Elena RaponiIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Vanessa VolzIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Carola DoerrIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13
Joshua KnowlesIdentity not yet linked	workshop organizer	Not stated in source	Conference website ↗Checked 2026-09-13