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Accepted Competition Entries

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List of Accepted Competition Entries

Track (full name)	Title	Authors
COMP ML4VRP	Autonomous Multi-Agent Algorithm Evolution for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows	Nuwan Ganganath (Independent Researcher)
COMP FJSSP-WU	A Self-adaptive Genetic Algorithm with Tabu Search for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Worker Flexibility	Jiahang Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Xinchen Du (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Qihao Liu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Youjie Yao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Xinyu Li (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Liang Gao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
COMP LLM-EA	Coding agents for automated metaheuristic design	Jan Iłowski (AGH University of Krakow), Marcin Małek (AGH University of Krakow), Wojciech Achtelik (AGH University of Krakow), Maciej Smołka (AGH University of Krakow)
COMP ML4VRP	A Hybrid CVRP Framework with RL-Based Neural Guidance	Nguyen Van Phu Thai (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Bui Trong Duc (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Do Tuan Anh (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), Huynh Thi Thanh Binh (Hanoi University of Science and Technology)
COMP SpOC	Solving the SpOC 4 Challenge 2 with a Multi-Step Permutation Encoding for the Keplerian Traveling Salesperson	Thomas Weise (Hefei University), Sina Abdipoor (Sunway University), Mingxuan Li (Queen Mary University of London), Zhize Wu (Hefei University)
COMP ML4VRP	An LLM-Driven Beam Search Framework for Automated Heuristic Design for Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem	Wenjie Yi (Shenzhen University), Di Wei (Shenzhen University), Haisheng Xu (Shenzhen University)
COMP LLM-EA	LLM-Guided Discovery of Complementary Metaheuristic Operators with Adaptive Composition on the GNBG Benchmark	Paweł Kolendo (AGH University of Krakow), Michal Pluhacek (AGH University of Krakow)
COMP BDCCO	A GNBG-Inspired Multi-Component Benchmark Suite with Controlled Difficulty Axes for the IOH BenchDesign Challenge	Rohit H. Salgotra (AGH University of Krakow, University of Technology Sydney), Kalyanmoy Deb (Michigan State University), Amir H. Gandomi (University of Technology Sydney)
COMP ML4VRP	AutoHeuristic-CVRP: Evolving Mutation Operators for Hybrid Genetic Search via Large Language Models	Xihui He (Beijing Jiaotong University), Jidong Yuan (Beijing Jiaotong University)
COMP FJSSP-WU	A Late Acceptance Hill-Climbing Algorithm for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problems with Worker Flexibility	Eduard Iorga (Jönköping University), Ben Bekir Ertugrul (Jönköping University), Alexandros Tzanetos (Jönköping University)
COMP SpOC	SpOC 4 Challenges 1 Beginner: Permutation Encodings and Challenge 3: Simulated Annealing for the Luna Tomato Advertising	Mingxuan Li (Queen Mary University of London), Thomas Weise (Hefei University), Sina Abdipoor (Sunway University), Zhize Wu (Hefei University)
COMP ML4VRP	GNN-PopHGS: Learned Population Diversity for Hybrid Genetic Search in the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem	Maria Taleb Rooeintan (University of Sharjah), Joud Yasser Elghobashi (University of Sharjah), Sumaia Ghazwan Al-Fahad (University of Sharjah), Zainab Imtiaz Mohammed (University of Sharjah), Yara Faris Zaben (University of Sharjah), Ayad Turky (University of Sharjah)
COMP LLM-EA	Claude and Gemini Design Metaheuristics: A Cooperative Multi-LLM Approach	Michal Pluhacek (AGH University of Krakow), Pawel Kolendo (AGH University of Krakow), Krzysztof Tylka-Suleja (AGH University of Krakow), Rohit Salgotra (AGH University of Krakow)
COMP BDCCO	Optimizing for Difference: LLM-Driven Benchmark Design for Maximum Solver Discriminability	Ananta A. Shahane (Leiden University), Niki van Stein (Leiden University)
COMP ML4VRP	ML-Enhanced ALNS for the CVRP: Operator Design, Neural Selection, and Learned Acceptance	Mariam Alhosani (University of Sharjah), Jawaher Almheiri (University of Sharjah), Aysha Aldarmaki (University of Sharjah), Sarah Alrumaithah (University of Sharjah), Ayad Turky (University of Sharjah)
COMP LLM-EA	EASE for LLM-Designed Evolutionary Algorithms: A GECCO 2026 Competition Entry	Tomas Kadavy (Tomas Bata University in Zlin), Jozef Kovac (Tomas Bata University in Zlin), Adam Viktorin (Tomas Bata University in Zlin), Roman Senkerik (Tomas Bata University in Zlín)