research output

awards

  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference (UKSim). Apr 2016 (shared with 3 others from 60 papers).
  • Best Poster Prize (from 35 posters), STAR Conference, Nottingham Trent University. May 2015.
  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Conference (UKSim). Mar 2015. (shared with 8 others from 98 papers).
  • Best MSc Project Prize, Nottingham Trent University (2011).
  • Nottingham Trent University International Scholarship (2009/2010).

patent

Title: Method of efficient stacking items and packing a box using simulation.

Details:

  • Inventor: Remi-Omosowon, Ayodeji Folayemi
  • Date Lodged: 14 March 2014
  • Publication number: GB2524952
  • Publication date: 14 Oct 2015 (IPO Journal 6595).
  • Status: Pending

Description: Patent application for novel guided process of selecting, stacking, and packing items satisfying several specific practical constraints. Process can be used to automate manual packing by humans, or automated packing by machines.

publications, posters, and presentations

As a direct result of my research, I have given the following talks and presentations and produced the following articles, publications, and posters.

Journal Articles

  • An Entropy guided Monte-Carlo method for generating optimal Container Loading Layouts. Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon, Richard Cant, Caroline Langensiepen. (unpublished; in progress)

Refereed Conference Papers

  • Remi-Omosowon A, Cant R, Langensiepen C. Applying Gamification Principles to Container Loading in a Warehouse Environment. IEEE UKSim-AMSS 18th Int. Conf. Comput. Model. Simulation, UKSim2016, Cambridge, United Kingdom: 2016, p. 79-86. 1

  • Remi-Omosowon A, Cant R, Langensiepen C. Deriving an Entropy Measure for 2D Container Layouts. IEEE UKSim-AMSS 17th Int. Conf. Comput. Model. Simulation, UKSim2015, Cambridge, United Kingdom: 2015, p. 103–8. 2

  • Remi-Omosowon A, Cant R, Langensiepen C. Hybridization and the Collaborative Combination of Algorithms. UKSim-AMSS 16th Int. Conf.Comput. Model. Simul., Cambridge, United Kingdom: 2014, p. 40–4. doi:10.1109/UKSim.2014.60.

Posters

Formal Presentations and Talks

  • Applying Gamification Principles to Container Loading in a Warehouse Environment. Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon. UKSim-AMSS 18th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 06 April 2016.

  • Applying Computational Intelligence to Optimisation Problems in a Warehouse Environment. Case Study: The Container Loading Problem. Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon. 2015 Science & Technology Annual Research Conference, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 07 May 2015.

  • Deriving an Entropy Measure for 2D Container Layouts. UKSim-AMSS 17th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation Cambridge, United Kingdom, 25 March 2015.

  • Load Optimisation Project Report. Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon. Project Progress Presentation at NSK Europe Ltd. Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom, 15 January 2015.

  • Hybridization and the Collaborative Combination of Algorithms. Case Study: The Container Loading Problem. UKSim-AMSS 16th International Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 26 March 2014.

  • Computational Optimisation for Practical Applications. Remi-Omosowon Ayodeji, NTU Physical Sciences, Engineering and Computing Research Centre Seminar Series. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 22 January 2014.

  • Computational Optimisation for Practical Applications. Prof Dr Lars Nolle; Giovanna Martinez Arellano; Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon. Workshop at the AI2013 33rd SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Cambridge. 10 December 2013.

Technical Reports

  • Load Optimisation Project: Project Summary. Ayodeji Remi-Omosowon. NSK Europe Ltd. Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom, 11 May 2015.

Published Software Packages

  • pyeasyga: A simple and easy-to-use implementation of a Genetic Algorithm library in Python. https://github.com/remiomosowon/pyeasyga. Published June 2014.


  1. Awarded a joint Best Paper Award along with 3 other papers out of 60 papers. 

  2. Awarded a joint Best Paper Award along with 8 other papers out of 98 papers. 

  3. Awarded the first prize for the Best Poster on display.