PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Juergen Branke

Juergen Branke is an operations researcher whose work connects evolutionary algorithms with dynamic optimization and multiobjective decision-making. After earning a PhD and Habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, he co-organized a Dagstuhl seminar in November 2004, co-edited a multiobjective volume in 2008, and joined Warwick Business School in 2009. His 2015 paper with Torsten Hildebrandt and Bernd Scholz-Reiter compared evolutionary dispatching-rule representations for manufacturing schedules. In December 2022, he co-edited Volume 2, Issue 4 of ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization; he is the journal's founding editor and Editor-in-Chief. In 2026, he held a Programme Chair / Co-Chair role for the Congress on Evolutionary Computation and became an IEEE Fellow; as of October 2026, he is Professor of Operational Research & Systems in Warwick Business School's ISM-Analytics Group.

Now at
Warwick Business School

Timeline

  1. November 2004

    A multiobjective seminar

    In November 2004, he co-organizes the First Dagstuhl Seminar on Practical Approaches to Multi-Objective Optimization with Kalyanmoy Deb, Kaisa Miettinen and Ralph E. Steuer.

  2. 2008

    A multiobjective book

    He co-edits Multiobjective Optimization: Interactive and Evolutionary Approaches with Kalyanmoy Deb, Kaisa Miettinen and Roman Slowinski.

  3. 2009

    Joining Warwick Business School

    After earning a PhD and Habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, he joins Warwick Business School in 2009.

  4. 2015

    Hyper-heuristic dispatching rules

    He coauthors the 2015 paper Hyper-heuristic Evolution of Dispatching Rules: A Comparison of Rule Representations with Torsten Hildebrandt and Bernd Scholz-Reiter. The paper compares numeric and symbolic representations for automated rule design in a dynamic stochastic job-shop scenario.

  5. December 2022

    An ACM journal issue

    In December 2022, he co-edits Volume 2, Issue 4 of ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization with Manuel López-Ibáñez. He is a founding editor and Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

  6. 2026

    CEC programme chair

    He holds a Programme Chair / Co-Chair role for the 2026 Congress on Evolutionary Computation.

  7. 2026

    An IEEE Fellowship

    IEEE elevates him to Fellow in 2026 for contributions to optimization in dynamic environments and multiobjective optimization.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor at Warwick

    As of October 2026, he is Professor of Operational Research & Systems in Warwick Business School's ISM-Analytics Group.

Career

  1. Since 2009Warwick Business SchoolProfessor of Operational Research & Systems

Education

  1. University of KarlsruhePhD

From the biography.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Warwick. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Warwick. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Warwick. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University of Warwick. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

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  1. Dagstuhl Seminar 06501: Practical Approaches to Multi-Objective Optimization dagstuhl.de. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Juergen Branke - Professor of Operational Research & Systems | People - Staff directory | Warwick Business School wbs.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Hyper-heuristic Evolution of Dispatching Rules: A Comparison of Rule Representations gpbib.pmacs.upenn.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Volume 16, Issue 1 – SIGEVOlution evolution.sigevo.hosting.acm.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Fellows Evaluation Committee - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society cis.ieee.org. Checked 20 October 2026.