Starting from logging instruments for petroleum engineering, to microcontroller for embedded systems, I lost my heart in heuristic algorithms. Especially metaheuristic algorithm, the one originally invented by engineers but drew attention from theoreticians "struggling" to analyze the behavior rigorously. I am amazed how powerful the algorithm is capable of and willing to dig deep into the potential of building the theorems and proofs via experimental results.

Xiaoyue Sherry Li

Chair for Algorithm Engineering
Hasso Plattner Institute
 

Office: K-2.19/20
E-Mail: Xiaoyue.Li(at)hpi.de

Research Interests

  • Metaheuristics algorithms
  • Runtime analsyis via experimental results
  • Black-Box optimization

Educational Background

09/2013-07/2017:Xi’an Shiyou University, China
Measuring and Controlling Techniques and Instruments (B.Eng)
10/2017-07/2021:
 

Technische Universität Chemniz, Germany

Embedded Systems (M.Sc)

10/2021-present:

Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

Ph.D student, Algorithm Engineering

Publications

2025

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    Li, Xiaoyue; Kötzing, Timo; Baguley, Samuel Algorithm Performance Comparison of the (1+1) EA with Heavy-Tailed Mutators 2025

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2024

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    Harder, Jonathan Gadea; Kötzing, Timo; Li, Xiaoyue; Radhakrishnan, Aishwarya; Ruff, Janosch Run Time Bounds for Integer-Valued OneMax FunctionsGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO ’24) 2024

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    Li, Xiaoyue; Kötzing, Timo Algorithm Performance Comparison for Integer-Valued OneMaxGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO ’24 Companion) 2024: 407–410

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2023

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    Li, Xiaoyue; Kötzing, Timo Experimental Analyses of Crossover on JumpGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2023

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2022

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    Baguley, Samuel; Friedrich, Tobias; Timo, Kötzing; Li, Xiaoyue; Pappik, Marcus; Zeif, Ziena Analysis of a Gray-Box Operator for Vertex CoverGenetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2022: 1363–1371

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