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EuroGP 2001 18-20 April 2001 Lake Como (Milan), Italy
EuroGP2001 -- 4th European Conference on Genetic Programming
Workshop proposal deadline 14 September 2000
Paper submission deadline 16 November 2000
Genetic programming:(noun) 1. a means of automatically generating
computer programs to perform certain tasks, in which the principles of
Darwinian natural selection are used to drive adaptation and
learning. 2. a robust and flexible automated procedure ideally suited
for design, pattern recognition and control problems.
EuroGP2001:(noun) 1. the largest European event entirely devoted to
Genetic Programming. 2. an annual conference frequented by a lively
and diverse population of researchers and practitioners. 3. a forum
for intellectual exchange - a breeding ground, where ideas recombine
and mutate, and where new developments are presented. 4. the next
iteration of the GP meta-algorithm.
GP applications areas:(phrase) 1. those areas of human activity in
which theoretical research into genetic programming has been
successfully applied, as for example: financial data mining, robotic
and engineering control, signal and image processing, electronic
circuit synthesis, bio-informatics, engineering design, music and
art. 2. areas that broadly mirror the range of current scientific
endeavour - from gene sequencing to satellite imaging and the design
of control systems for humanoid robots.
human competitive results:(phrase) 1. in the case of genetic
programming, results that offer the best available solution, or are
equivalent or superior to results produced by humans. 2. for genetic
programming an informal benchmark used to establish the effectiveness
and utility of the technique.
topics of interest:(phrase) 1. fundamental issues within the field of
genetic programming, as for example: scalability, code bloat,
performance measures, automatic modularisation and code reuse. 2. new
theoretical findings. 3. novel applications.
previous events:(phrase)
1. EuroGP98 in Paris.
2. EuroGP99 in Goteburg.
3. EuroGP2000 in Edinburgh.
www site http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2001/
Important dates:
Workshop proposals 14 September 2000
Submission of papers 16 November 2000
Notification of acceptance 20 December 2000
Final copy due 25 January 2001
Conference+workshops 18-20 April 2001
Contacts:
Programme co-chairs
Julian Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marco Tomassini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Local co-chairs
Pier Luca Lanzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Andrea Tettamanzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Submissions
Papers should be no longer than ten A4 pages and should be sent by
email in compressed Postscript (gzip or winzip) format. Since the
refereeing process is double blind, it is ESSENTIAL that all
occurrences of authors' names should be removed from the text of the
paper, including the reference section, and replaced by question
marks. The email accompanying the submission should state ALL authors
and include their email addresses. Send papers by email to either of
the programme co-chairs:
Julian Miller
School of Computer Science
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 3710
Fax: +44 (0)121 414 4281
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marco Tomassini
University of Lausanne
Science Faculty, Computer Science Institute
Lausanne 1015
Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)21 693 2658
Fax: +41 (0)21 693 3705
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The papers will be peer reviewed by at least two members of the
program committee in a double-blind process. Authors will be notified
via e-mail on the results of the review by 20 December 2000. Authors
will be given the opportunity to comment on the standard and length of
their reviews. The material in papers must represent substantially new
work that has not been previously published by conferences, journals,
or edited books etc. in the field of evolutionary computation. By
submitting a camera-ready final paper to the conference, the authors
agree that substantially the same material will not be published by
another conference in the field (however, material may conceivably be
later revised and submitted to an EC journal or material may be
submitted to a non-EC conference, such as an applications conference).
As with previous years (1998, 1999, 2000) the proceedings will be
published both in book form and electronically. Therefore accepted
camera ready papers must be accompanied by electronic (machine
readable) source documents.
Formatting instructions, templates etc can be found at
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
By submitting a camera-ready paper, the author(s) agree that at least
one author will attend and present each accepted paper at the
conference.
