Growth Optimizer: A Powerful Metaheuristic Algorithm for Solving Continuous and Discrete Global Optimization Problems
ESI Highly Cited Paper. 204 citations (OpenAlex).

Associate Professor, School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Normal University. Interested in swarm intelligence, evolutionary computation, and learning-based optimization.
I am an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Shandong Normal University, and a Master’s Supervisor. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Shandong University in 2017, and was honored as an Outstanding Graduate of Shandong University and Outstanding Graduate of Shandong Province. In 2025, I was awarded a CSC Visiting Scholar Fellowship by the China Scholarship Council (expected to start in 2027).
My research focuses on swarm intelligence, evolutionary computation, and parallel intelligent computing, with an emphasis on fundamental theory, optimization algorithms, and engineering applications for high-dimensional, dynamic, noisy, and expensive black-box optimization problems.
我是山东师范大学计算机与人工智能学院副教授、硕士生导师。2017 年毕业于山东大学,获计算机科学与技术工学博士学位,获评山东大学优秀毕业生、山东省省级优秀毕业生。2025 年获得国家留学基金委(CSC)公派访问学者资助(预计 2027 年到岗)。
我的研究方向聚焦群体智能、演化计算与并行智能计算,重点面向高维、动态、噪声、昂贵黑箱优化问题,开展基础理论、优化算法与工程应用研究。
Awarded the CSC Visiting Scholar Fellowship by the China Scholarship Council (12 months, expected to start in 2027).
Promoted to Associate Professor at Shandong Normal University; two papers (Growth Optimizer, Alpha Evolution) selected as ESI Highly Cited Papers.
Alpha Evolution published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and later recognized as an ESI Highly Cited Paper.
Growth Optimizer published in Knowledge-Based Systems and recognized as an ESI Highly Cited Paper.
Received the Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology from Shandong University; honored as Outstanding Graduate of Shandong University and Shandong Province.
A selection of representative works from top-tier journals. See all on the Publications page.
ESI Highly Cited Paper. 204 citations (OpenAlex).
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