David Hadka

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Hadka, D., Herman, J., Reed, P.M., Keller, K. An Open Source Framework for Many-Objective Robust Decision Making. Accepted to Environmental Modelling & Software. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.07.014.
  2. Kasprzyk, J., Reed, P.M., and Hadka, D. Battling Arrow's Paradox to Discover Robust Water Management Alternatives. Accepted to Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2015.
  3. Reed, P.M. and Hadka, D. Evolving Many-Objective Water Management to Exploit Exascale Computing. Water Resources Research, 50(10):8367-8373, 2014. View Online Accepted Manuscript (PDF)
  4. Hadka, D., and Reed, P.M. Large-scale Parallelization of the Borg MOEA for Many-Objective Optimization of Complex Environmental Systems. Accepted to Environmental Modelling & Software, 13 Oct 2014. View Online Accepted Manuscript (PDF)
  5. Hadka, D., Madduri, K., and Reed, P.M. Scalability Analysis of the Asynchronous, Master-Slave Borg Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm. 27th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Boston, MA, pp. 425-434, 2013. View Online Accepted Manuscript (PDF)
  6. Reed, P.M., Hadka, D., Herman, J.D., Kasprzyk, J.R., and Kollat, J.B. Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization in Water Resources: The Past, Present, and Future. (Editor Invited Submission to the 35th Anniversary Special Issue), Advances in Water Resources, 51:438-456, 2013. View Online PDF
  7. Hadka, D. and Reed, P. Borg: An Auto-Adaptive Many-Objective Evolutionary Computing Framework. Evolutionary Computation, 21(2):231-259, 2013. View Online PDF
  8. Hadka, D., Reed, P.M., and Simpson, T.W. Diagnostic Assessment of the Borg MOEA on Many-Objective Product Family Design Problems. WCCI 2012 World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 986-995, 2012. View Online Accepted Manuscript (PDF)
  9. Hadka, D. and Reed, P. Diagnostic Assessment of Search Controls and Failure Modes in Many-Objective Evolutionary Optimization. Evolutionary Computation, 20(3):423-452, 2012. View Online PDF
  10. Merdes, D.W., Suhan, J.M., Keay, J.M., Hadka, D.M., and Bradley, W.R. The Investigation of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Detection of Biological Contaminants on Surfaces. Spectroscopy, 23(4):28-38, 2007. View Online PDF

Presentations

  1. Hadka, D. Multiobjective Robust Decision Making with OpenMORDM. Lecture presented at the 2014 SCRiM Summer School, 15 August 2014.
  2. Hadka, D., Madduri, K., and Reed, P. Scalability Analysis of the Asynchronous, Master-Slave Borg Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm. 27th International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS), Boston, MA, 20-24 May 2013.
  3. Kasprzyk, J.R, Hadka, D., and Reed, P. Diagnostic Evaluation of Many Objective Search for Water Supply Portfolio Planning. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Cincinnati, Ohio, 19-23 May 2013.
  4. Hadka, D. The Foundations, Parallelization and Application of the Borg MOEA. Ph.D. Defense, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 23 February 2013.
  5. Hadka, D., Simpson, T.W., and Reed, P. Diagnostic Assessment of the Borg MOEA for Many-Objective Product Family Design Problems. INFORMS, Phoenix, Arizona, 16 October 2012.
  6. Kollat, J., Herman, J., Reed, P., Kasprzyk, J., and Hadka, D. Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization in Water Resources: The Past, Present, and Future. INFORMS, Phoenix, Arizona, 16 October 2012.
  7. Finke, D., Ligetti, C., and Hadka, D. Congestion Modeling in the Shipbuilding Industry. The Institute for Manufacturing and Sustainment Technologies Newsletter, No. 3, 2012. PDF
  8. Woodruff, M.J., Hadka, D.M., Reed, P.M., and Simpson, T.W. Auto-Adaptive Search Capabilities of the New Borg MOEA: A Detailed Comparison on Product Family Design Problems. 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference and 14th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, 17 September 2012. PDF
  9. Reed, P.M., Hadka, D., Herman, J.D., Kasprzyk, J.R., and Kollat, J.B. Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization in Water Resources: The Past, Present, and Future. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Leipzig, Germany, July 2012. PDF
  10. Hadka, D., Reed, P.M., and Simpson, T.W. "Diagnostic Assessment of the Borg MOEA for Many-Objective Product Family Design Problems." WCCI 2012 World Congress on Computational Intelligence, Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Brisbane, Australia, 10-15 June 10-15 2012. PDF
  11. Reed, P., Hadka, D., Herman, J., Kasprzyk, J., and Kollat, J. A Diagnostic Assessment of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization for Water Resources Systems. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April 2012.
  12. Hadka, D. The Foundations, Parallelization and Application of the Borg MOEA. Ph.D. Comprehensive Oral Exam, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 21 February 2012.
  13. Reed, P.M., Hadka, D., Herman, J., Kasprzyk, J., and Kollat, J., Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization in Water Resources: The Past, Present, and Future. Informal presentation at Aerospace Corporation, 10 January 2012. PDF
  14. Reed, P. and Hadka, D. Assessment of Search Controls and Failure Modes in Many-objective Evolutionary Optimization. INFORMS 2011 Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 14 November 2011.
  15. Reed, P. and Hadka, D. Diagnostic Assessment of Search Controls and Failure Modes in Many-Objective Evolutionary Optimization. ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Palm Springs, California, May 2011.
  16. Hadka, D. et al. Spectral Categorization for Effective Analysis of LIBS Surface-Deposited Biological Contaminant Data. Chemical and Biological Defense Physical Science and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA, 19 November 2008.
  17. Merdes, D.W. et al. Ablation Control Issues in LIBS Analysis of Biological Contaminants on Surfaces. Chemical and Biological Defense Physical Science and Technology Conference, New Orleans, LA, 19 November 2008.
  18. Merdes, D.W. et al. LIBS Discrimination of Surface Biological Contaminants at Two Different Excitation Wavelengths. North American Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, 10 October 2007.
  19. Hadka, D. et al. Recognition Parameters for LIBS Discrimination of Surface Biological Contaminants. North American Symposium on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, 9 October 2007.
  20. Merdes, D.W. et al. LIBS Discrimination of Biological Contaminants on Surfaces. Pittcon 2006, Orlando, FL, 15 March 2006.
  21. Merdes, D.W. et al. LIBS Detection of Biological Contaminants on Surfaces. 2005 Scientific Conference on Chemical & Biological Defense Research, Timonium, MD, 14 November 2005.

Books and Manuals

  1. Hadka, D. MOEA Framework User Manual. Version 2.3, updated 5 Oct 2014. PDF

Patents

  1. Hadka, D. and Reed, P. Evolutionary Computing Based Optimization. US Patent 8,856,054, Issued 7 Oct 2014.
  2. Hadka, D. and Reed, P. Large-Scale Parllelization of the Borg MOEA for Addressing the Design of Complex Engineered Systems. US Patent Application 14/184,192.

Service

  • Peer-reviewed articles for
  • IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR)
  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • 11th Annual College of Engineering Research Symposium at Penn State
  • IEEE 10th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications

News and Press Releases

  1. Many Problems, Many Objectives - National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 28 October 2014.