Prof. Yi Mei

Prof. Yi Mei

Fellow, Engineering NZ IEEE Senior Member

Professor researching evolutionary computation, machine learning and optimisation

  • Location Wellington, New Zealand
  • Positions Professor
    Programme Director (Computer Science and Computer Graphics)
    School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS)
    Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (CDSAI)
    Victoria University of Wellington (VUW)
  • Research groups Evolutionary Computation for Combinatorial Optimisation Group (ECCO)
    Evolutionary Computation and Machine Learning Research Group (ECRG)
    IEEE CIS Taskforce on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation (TESCO)
  • Connect
  • yi.mei@ecs.vuw.ac.nz
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Services

7editor / associate editor roles
3×Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE TEVC
ChairIEEE New Zealand Council
General ChairAJCAI 2026

Editorship

  • Editor of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Newsletter, 2026-2027
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Computational Intelligence Letters
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (ARC/CORE Tier A*)
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Scheduling
  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation
  • Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Automation and Control
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Evolutionary Machine Learning in Business Optimisation, Memetic Computing, 2025
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Advancing Computational Intelligence in Autonomous Learning and Optimization Systems, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 2024
  • Guest Editor, Special Issue on Automated Design and Adaptation of Heuristics for Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 2016

Conference Organisation

  • Special Session Chair, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2027
  • RWA Track Chair, ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2027
  • General Chair, Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2026
  • Publication Chair, IEEE International Conference on Computer Engineering and Intelligent Control (ICCEIC) 2026
  • Special Session Chair, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) 2026
  • Publicity Chair, International Conference on Data-driven Optimization of Complex Systems (DOCS) 2026
  • RWA Track Chair, ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2026
  • J2C Coordination Chair, World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2026
  • Program Chair, Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) 2025
  • ECOM Track Chair, ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2025
  • Area Chair, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2025
  • Chair, CDSAI Workshop on AI for Optimisation and Decision Making, Victoria University of Wellington, 20 February 2025
  • Technical Chair, CI for Energy, Transport and Environmental Sustainability Symposium, SSCI 2025
  • Program Chair, International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) 2025
  • Publicity Chair, International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO) 2025
  • Chair, CDSAI Workshop on Evolutionary Machine Learning and Optimisation, Victoria University of Wellington, 11-12 July 2024
  • ECOM Track Chair, ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2024
  • J2C Papers Chair, World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI) 2024
  • Finance Chair, Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ) 2020
  • Proceedings Chair, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2019
  • Tutorial Chair, Pacific Rim International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) 2019
  • Sponsorship Chair, Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2018
  • Technical Chair, International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS) 2018
  • Organisational Committee Member, International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE) 2018
  • Chair, IEEE Symposium on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, in IEEE SSCI 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Chair, Special Session on Evolutionary Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimisation, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
  • Chair, Special Session on Evolutionary Computation for Service-Oriented Computing, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025
  • Chair, Special Session on Evolutionary Multi-Objective Automated Machine Learning (EMO-AutoML), IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2024, 2025
  • Chair, Special Session on Exploring Advanced Techniques and Applications in AutoML, IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) 2025
  • Chair, Special Session on Transfer Learning in Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2016
  • Chair, Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Scheduling and Combinatorial Optimization, Asia-Pacific Symposium on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems (IES) 2016

Conference Program Committee Member

  • Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2026
  • International Conference in Machine Learning (ICML) 2026 Gold Reviewer
  • International Conference in Learning Representation (ICLR) 2025
  • European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP) 2026
  • European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (EvoCOP) 2026
  • AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026, 2027 (SPC)
  • European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) 2025
  • International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (SPC)
  • ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation (EvoAPPS) 2024
  • World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) 2023
  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
  • International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO) 2021, 2022, 2025
  • International Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (SEAL) 2014, 2017
  • Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AJCAI) 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI) 2018, 2020, 2021
  • International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI) 2019
  • International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI) 2018, 2022
  • International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data (DMBD) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
  • International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS) 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024
  • International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI) 2018
  • International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) 2018, 2019, 2020
  • International Conference on Data Intelligence and Security (ICDIS) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
  • Australasian Conference on Artificial Life and Computational Intelligence (ACALCI) 2016, 2017
  • Asia-Pacific Symposium on Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems (IES) 2016, 2017
  • International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA) 2015, 2016, 2017
  • International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS) 2016
  • International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR) 2015, 2016
  • International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA) 2016
  • World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC) 2016
  • BRICS Congress on Computational Intelligence (BRCIS-CCI) 2015
  • International Workshop on Evolutionary Computation and Its Applications (ECIA) 2018
  • Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ) 2020, 2022

Journal Reviewer

Reviewer for 67 international journals, including Nature Communications, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, ACM Computing Surveys and European Journal of Operational Research.

Show all 67 journals
  1. Nature Communications, Springer Nature
  2. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE (ARC/CORE Tier A*, Q1)
  3. ACM Computing Surveys, ACM (ARC/CORE Tier A*, Q1)
  4. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE (ARC/CORE Tier A*, Q1)
  5. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE (ARC/CORE Tier A*, Q1)
  6. Evolutionary Computation Journal, MIT Press (ARC/CORE Tier A, Q1)
  7. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE (ARC/CORE Tier A, Q1) Outstanding Reviewer 2018
  8. European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier (ARC/CORE Tier A, Q1)
  9. Future Generation Computer Systems, Elsevier (ARC/CORE Tier A, Q1)
  10. Information Sciences, Elsevier (ARC/CORE Tier A, Q1)
  11. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, IEEE (Q1)
  12. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE (Q1)
  13. IEEE Transactions on Intelligence Transportation Systems, IEEE (Q1)
  14. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE (Q1)
  15. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE (Q1)
  16. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier (Q1)
  17. Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE (Q1)
  18. Computers and Operations Research (Q1)
  19. Transportation Research: Part C, Elsevier (Q1)
  20. Transportation Research: Part D, Elsevier (Q1)
  21. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE (Q1)
  22. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE (Q1)
  23. Journal of the Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis (Q1)
  24. International Transactions in Operational Research, Blackwell Publishing (Q1)
  25. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence, IEEE (Q1)
  26. IEEE Software, IEEE (Q1)
  27. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, Elsevier (Q1)
  28. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE
  29. ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization, ACM
  30. Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier (Q1)
  31. International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis (Q1)
  32. Waste Management, Elsevier (Q1)
  33. Computers and Industrial Engineering, Elsevier (Q1)
  34. Pervasive and Mobile Computing, Elsevier (Q1)
  35. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Oxford University Press (Q1)
  36. Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier (Q1) Outstanding Reviewer 2015, 2017
  37. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier (Q1)
  38. Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier (Q1)
  39. Knowledge-based Systems, Elsevier (Q1)
  40. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Elsevier (Q1)
  41. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, Elsevier (Q1)
  42. Journal of Computational Science, Elsevier (Q1)
  43. NeuroComputing, Elsevier (Q1)
  44. Journal of Scheduling, Springer (Q1)
  45. Journal of Heuristics, Springer
  46. Complexity, Hindawi (Q1)
  47. World Wide Web, Springer (Q2)
  48. Swarm Intelligence, Springer
  49. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, Springer
  50. IEEE Access, IEEE
  51. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, IEEE
  52. Journal of Systems Architecture, Elsevier (Q1)
  53. Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi
  54. Journal of Information Technology & Software Engineering, Longdom Publishing SL
  55. Applied Sciences, MDPI
  56. Soft Computing, Springer
  57. Complex & Intelligent Systems, Springer
  58. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, Hindawi
  59. Computational Optimization and Applications, Springer
  60. Memetic Computing, Springer
  61. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, Taylor & Francis
  62. Journal of Computer Science and Technology
  63. Natural Computing, Springer
  64. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Springer
  65. PLOS ONE Journal
  66. Frontiers in Computer Science, Frontiers
  67. Frontier of Engineering Management, Frontiers

Membership

Internal (VUW)

  • Programme Director, BSc in Computer Science, October 2024-present
  • Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering, June 2023-May 2026
  • PhD Scholarship Committee Member, School of Engineering and Computer Science, 2025
  • Teaching and Learning Committee Member, School of Engineering and Computer Science, 2025
  • Postgraduate Coordinator (Science), School of Engineering and Computer Science, June 2022-June 2023
  • Red-Folder Committee Member (Admission for Masters of COMP/AI/CGRA, PGDipSc COMP/AI/CGRA), 2020-2022
  • ENGR/COMP489 (Honours Project) Committee Member, 2019, 2020