Various group members have had publications accepted in recent months:

• Prof Gabriela Ochoa has “Understanding ant colony optimization search through local optima networks” accepted in Applied Soft Computing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2026.115549
• Hiba Ahmed has “Optimizing Appliance Scheduling for Solar Energy Management Using Metaheuristic Algorithms” accepted as a poster at the GECCO conference
• Dr Simona Hapca has “Preliminary evidence that greater usage of digital exercise and music resources relates to fewer incidents of distress among older care home residents.” accepted in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing
• Dr Sandy Brownlee has “What Do AI Agents Actually Change? An Empirical Taxonomy of Mutation Patterns in Performance-Improving Pull Requests” accepted to the SSBSE Challenge Track 2026