Aymeric Blot

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I joined the University of Rennes in 2023 as a tenured lecturer in the ISTIC faculty, where I teach Software Engineering and Operational Research courses. I am also a member of the IRISA research centre within the joint Inria/IRISA DiverSE group.

My research focuses on genetic improvement, building on previous work at University College London on software specialisation and a doctorate from the University of Lille on automated algorithm design for multi-objective combinatorial optimisation. More broadly, I am interested in evolving and optimising software using techniques from automated machine learning, algorithm configuration, and evolutionary computation. To this end, I develop and maintain Magpie, an automated software improvement framework.

My name is typically pronounced [ɛm.(ə.)ʁik] [blo] in French. For English speakers, "Aymeric" sounds like the beginning of "emerald" followed by the name "Rick," whilst "Blot" rhymes with "go," with a silent "t." 日本語では「エムリック・ブロ」と発音されます。

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Office
Bâtiment 12F — F337 (green)
IRISA UMR 6074 / Inria Rennes
Campus de Beaulieu
35042 RENNES CEDEX, FRANCE
Email
aymeric.blot (at) univ-rennes.fr
DBLP
138/0351
ORCID
0000-0003-0485-5279
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