Shahin Jalili is a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen working on renewable energies. His research interests focus on problems that link engineering, computer and mathematical sciences, with particular emphasis on optimization methods and numerical algorithms. He has developed a series of numerical approaches for various optimization problems in different branches of engineering science, ranging from the optimum design of skeletal and composite structures to optimum scheduling of offshore wind operations and performance optimization of transportation networks. He has also worked on the mathematical aspects of finite element analysis and developed a set of new structural and sensitivity reanalysis formulations based on the polynomial vector extrapolation methods to reduce the computational complexity of structural optimization.

• Introduction to Culture.- Introduction to optimization.- Cultural Algorithms (CAs).- Applications of Engineering.

Shahin Jalili is a Research Fellow in the School of Engineering at the University of Aberdeen working on renewable energies. His research interests focus on problems that link engineering, computer and mathematical sciences, with particular emphasis on optimization methods and numerical algorithms. He has developed a series of numerical approaches for various optimization problems in different branches of engineering science, ranging from the optimum design of skeletal and composite structures to optimum scheduling of offshore wind operations and performance optimization of transportation networks. He has also worked on the mathematical aspects of finite element analysis and developed a set of new structural and sensitivity reanalysis formulations based on the polynomial vector extrapolation methods to reduce the computational complexity of structural optimization.

• Introduction to Culture.- Introduction to optimization.- Cultural Algorithms (CAs).- Applications of Engineering.