• Eisuke Kita, Nagoya University
• Kazuhiro Izui, Kyoto University
• Masatoshi Shimoda, Toyota Technological Institute
• Satoshi Kitayama, Kanazawa University
• Masayuki Nakamura, Shinshu University

The aim of this minisymposium is to provide an opportunity to exchange new ideas and results in the fields of optimization method and its application for structure, material, social system design and so on.