Thomas Jansen

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Thomas Jansen

@jansen_th

Reader in the CS department at Aberystwyth University, also Head of Department

Aberystwyth, Wales Katılım Nisan 2009

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·25 Ara

@Inevitablewest As everybody who knows anything about Germany knows, CDU (standing everywhere but not in Bavaria) and CSU (standing only in Bavaria) are always counted together. In case you need help: 22+7=29, that’s more than 23. Just in case this was actually posted in good faith.

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·22 Ara

@MartinDaubney The equivalent to a mosque is a church, not a Christmas market. Hard to believe I have to explain that.

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Martin Daubney 🇬🇧@MartinDaubney·22 Ara

TIME FOR A CRASH COURSE IN REALITY? The media & politicians continually obsess with the mythical "Far Right" So why are there no anti-terror crash barriers at mosques? Yet they are now a shameful part & parcel of every Christmas market in Europe?

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·11 Ara

@RussCote @thearnabsarkar @therabbithole Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. (UDHR, Article 3)

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Russ Cote@RussCote·11 Ara

@thearnabsarkar @therabbithole No. Safety is not a human right. Hope that helps.

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The Rabbit Hole@TheRabbitHole·11 Ara

Seems like a good time to remind people:

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·30 Kas

@BritLad95 Would you also agree that you should be able to speak Welsh if you live in Wales?

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·24 Kas

@jongaunt @Keir_Starmer No. I’ve seen a petition to revoke article 50 and remain in the EU with >6 million signatures. It accomplished nothing.

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Jon Gaunt@jongaunt·24 Kas

This petition about a General Election is interesting. I normally take the view that these petitions are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard BUT....this feels a bit different to me. If the numbers get into millions then @Keir_Starmer has a problem. Do you agree?

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@Ambassador_Wales@AmbassadorWales·28 Haz

Wales Ambassador Dr Christine Zarges shares her experience of bringing a leading European event to Aberystwyth in our latest case study. 👉🏻 ow.ly/E9ON50Sp3q8 #MeetInWales #yournextbestdestination #associations #eventprofs #events #evostar @SPECIESsociety @AberUni

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Mosab Bazargani@mbazargani·25 Haz

Exciting day at @MathsCU!🎓 Engaging discussions with academics and practitioners from across the country on “Wales Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Network” funded by @WIN_Cymru. Innovation and collaboration at its finest! #Wales #Optimisation @AberUni @BangorUni @SwanseaUni

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·12 Haz

We want to host Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellows in Randomised Optimisation Heuristics. Work with Christine Zarges and me on theory of these. Send informal enquiries to Christine (c.zarges@aber.ac.uk), applications to europe@aber.ac.uk by 6 July. More info: bit.ly/4bUiOJR

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·30 May

@jimfinnis Do you have ambitions? I've heard that the term of the current HoD ends later this year, so there should be an opening in the not too distant future...

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Jim Finnis@jimfinnis·30 May

Contrary to how it looks, I'm not the head of department!

Aber Uni Comp. Sci.@AberCompSci

We recently took our annual Comp Sci Department Photo @AberUni , with this year’s finalists and staff. Rain meant that we couldn’t take this in our usual spot, so this is the second time we have had an indoor photo. Thank you to @John_Gilbey for taking the photo.

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·3 May

Things people in @AberCompSci do on a Friday when teaching ends… (Part 2)

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·3 May

Things people in @AberCompSci do on a Friday when teaching ends…

Mosab Bazargani@mbazargani

Kicking off the Wales Randomised Optimisation Algorithms Network funded by @WIN_Cymru in @AberUni! With Christine & @jansen_th leading the way, today's meeting sparked productive conversations paving the path for nationwide collaboration in #Optimisation @BangorUni @SwanseaUni

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·5 Nis

After #Evostar2024, kicking the bar for a happy return to Aberystwyth

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·4 Nis

#EvoStar2024 conference dinner, just after the starters

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·19 Oca

@douglasbulloch @thenickpepper @nationaltrust I would call it 'moderately sneaky', having 'you should be a member of the National Trust' followed by 'sign up at restoretrust'. There is a community note now which clarifies it, making it more clear.

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Douglas Bulloch@douglasbulloch·19 Oca

@thenickpepper @nationaltrust It’s not a sneaky ad. It’s entirely clear. Restore Trust want people to join the NT in order to restore trust by voting in a new board. They have a lot of public support. But the Dir of Comms is clearly opposed to their campaign, and uses her position to denigrate them.

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Douglas Bulloch@douglasbulloch·19 Oca

Where the Director of Communications of the National Trust advises people not to join the National Trust. Have to protect the NGO fiefdom for the right sort of people... @nationaltrust

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·22 Eki

The obligatory group photo before returning to @AberCompSci from a memorable weekend at @glan_llyn

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·21 Eki

@AberCompSci @glan_llyn Can you spot our students in this picture?

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Aber Uni Comp. Sci.@AberCompSci·21 Eki

Starting the First Year Activity Weekend. We are back at ⁦@glan_llyn⁩ for the first time since 2019. Two days of activities ahead 🥳

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·11 Eki

@BogdanFilipic People with editorial responsibilities for journals really should look out for this and make responsible decisions.

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Bogdan Filipič@BogdanFilipic·10 Eki

Sadly, all too many "novel" metaphor-based metaheuristics are still being published. Just some recent examples: doi.org/10.1016/j.knos… doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc… doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc… doi.org/10.1016/j.enga… doi.org/10.1016/j.enga… doi.org/10.1007/s42235… doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

Benjamin Doerr@BenjaminDoerr1

To those who still invent metaphor-based heuristics (e.g. arxiv.org/abs/2310.04020): This time has passed and no serious journal will publish such works link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·12 Eyl

We have an open senior lecturer position in our computer science department in Aberystwyth. If you want to join our friendly team and contribute to our research and teaching, please, apply! jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/sen…

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·8 Ağu

@Graham_Kendall I'm sure many researchers feel the same. See this more recent paper (2022) that was signed by many people who are active in metaheuristic research. doi.org/10.1007/s11721…

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Professor Graham Kendall@Graham_Kendall·8 Ağu

1) In 2015 Sorensen said that the tsunami of #metaheuristics threatens the rigour of research in this area. 2) & 3) Just a few of the algorithms (the tip of the iceberg). Not sure about you, but I feel that there are too many metaheuristic algorithms. buff.ly/44vawnQ

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Thomas Jansen@jansen_th·18 Tem

If you are looking for an excuse to come to Aberystwyth…

Evostar@EvostarConf

Evostar is updated for the next year! This is the first call for papers for evo*2024! Deadline: November 1st 2023 Follow the updates at: evostar.org/2024/ #evostar2024 #evostar

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@Inevitablewest @MartinDaubney @RussCote @thearnabsarkar @therabbithole @BritLad95 @jongaunt @Keir_Starmer