Welcome to COLA Laboratory #
Computational Optimization for Learning and Adaptive Systems (COLA) laboratory has contributed the fundamental development of computational/artificial intelligence (CI/AI) for black-box optimization and decision-making (especially with multiple conflicting objectives), as well as applications in life sciences (including bioscience and healthcare) and software engineering. In particular, we have been enthusiastic about broad AI+X (integrating AI with application domains denoted by “X” to enhance, innovate, or transform the domain).
There is an interdisciplinary PhD studentship opportunity (for both UK and international students) in my group with a collaboration with GE Healthcare. Please do contact me about more detail. The application deadline is February 10, 2025.
We are constantly looking for talented and passionate people to join our lab. Please refer to vacancies for potential opportunities.
Recent News (Year 2024) #
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Our paper “Faster Configuration Performance Bug Testing with Neural Dual-level Prioritization” has been accepted to ICSE 2025. This work developed a predictive modeling tool to prioritize the test case generation for detecting configuration performance bugs, where some configuration options to unexpectedly degrade performance which deviates from their original expectations designed by the developers. This is a very interesting problem when tackling highly complex configurable software systems. Very well done, Youpeng! Jan 19
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There is an interdisciplinary PhD studentship opportunity (for both UK and international students) in my group with a collaboration with GE Healthcare. In this project, we will explore and design exciting explainable AI agentic framework for early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Please see the outline information as follows. Please contact with me if you are interested in this opportunity. The application deadline is February 10, 2025.
Previous news can be found from our news archive.
Contact #
Department of Computer Science
Room A1-D, Innovation Centre Phase 1
University of Exeter
Streatham Campus, North Park Road
Exeter, EX4 4RN, UK
E-mail: k.li AT exeter.ac.uk
Tel: +(44) 0139-272-4557