2003 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) A recombination of the 8th Genetic Programming Conference (GP) and the 12th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA) www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003
July 12-16, 2003 (Saturday-Wednesday) Chicago, Illinois USA GECCO: One Conference - Many Mini-Conferences GECCO = GP + GA + ES + EP + EH + ER + DMQ + LCS + RWA + AAAA + ... The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2003) will present the latest high-quality results in the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation. Topics include, but are not limited to: genetic algorithms (GA), genetic programming (GP), evolution strategies (ES), evolutionary programming (EP), evolvable hardware (EH), evolutionary robotics (ER), real-world applications (RWA), learning classifier systems (LCS), DNA, molecular, and quantum computing (DMQ), artificial life, adaptive behavior, agents, and ant colony optimization (AAAA), genetic scheduling and routing (GSR), evolutionary computation in industry (ECI), search based software engineering (SBSE), Coevolution (COEV), and other areas to be announced. CONFERENCE CHAIR: James A. Foster PROCEEDINGS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Annie S. Wu CHAIRS OF PROGRAM POLICY COMMITTEES: Genetic Programming: Una-May O�Reilly Genetic Algorithms: Kalyanmoy Deb Evolution Strategies: Evolutionary Programming: Hans-Georg Beyer Real World Applications: Rajkumar Roy Learning Classifier Systems: Stewart Wilson Evolvable Hardware: Julian Miller BUSINESS COMMITTEE: David E. Goldberg, John Koza WORKSHOPS CHAIR: Alwyn Barry LATE BREAKING PAPERS CHAIR: Bart Rylander FREE TUTORIALS (others to be announced) Sunday, July 13, 2003 will be filled with dozens of free tutorials from some of the world�s foremost experts in several topics of interest to genetic and evolutionary computation researchers and practitioners. Introductory Tutorials Genetic Algorithms: Robert Heckendorn Genetic Programming: John Koza Evolution Strategies: Hans-Paul Schwefel Learning Classifier Systems: Stewart Wilson Artificial Life: Mark Bedau Genetics: Annie S. Wu Immune System Computing: TBA Ant Colony Optimization: Martin Middendorf Parallel Genetic Algorithms: Erick Cant�-Paz Advanced Tutorials Genetic Programming Theory I & II: W. Langdon and R. Poli Mathematical Theory of EC: Michael Vose Designing Innovation: Competent GAs: David E. Goldberg Visualization in Evolutionary Computation: Christian Jacob Testing & Evaluating EC Algorithms: Darrell Whitley Multiobjective Optimization with EC: Carlos Coello A Unified Approach to EC: Ken DeJong Anticipatory Classifier Systems: Wolfgang Stoltzman Computational Complexity and EC: Ingo Wegener Using Appropriate Statistics: TBA Tutorials on New Directions Creative Evolutionary Design: Tetsuya Higuchi Evolvable Hardware: Didier Keymeulen Evolutionary Robotics: Dario Floreano Bionics: Building on Biological Evolution: Ingo Rechenberg Quantum Computing for GP: Lee Spector Grammatical Evolution: C. Ryan and M. O�Neill Specialized Applications Tutorials Software Testing via EC: J. Wegener and M. Harman Evolutionary Scheduling and Routing: TBA Evolving Competitive Games: TBA Data Mining with EC: Hillol Kargupta Making a Living with EC: Yuval Davidor WORKSHOPS Several half-day workshops on a variety of EC-related topics will be held during GECCO-2003, on Saturday, July 12, 2003. See www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003/workshops for the latest list of topics and scheduling information, or suggest a workshop by contacting Alwyn Barry, [EMAIL PROTECTED] There will also be three full-day workshops on July 12: - Graduate Student Workshop - International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS), and - Evolutionary Computation in Industry (ECI). ABOUT CHICAGO The conference will be held in Chicago, Illinois. It will (tentatively) be held at downtown hotel with student housing at nearby universities. There is elevated rail service from directly inside O'Hare Airport to the downtown "loop" area of Chicago. The downtown area is also readily accessible by public transportation, shuttles, and taxi from both O�Hare and Midway international airports. The conference site is within easy walking distance of several famous museums and restaurants, Lake Michigan, and Grant Park. For Chicago tourist information, visit http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Tourism/ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For information concerning hotel reservations, travel discounts, student housing, student travel grants, graduate student workshop, proposals for workshops, proposals for additional tutorials, late-breaking papers, and other matters, visit www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003. For technical matters, email James A. Foster, GECCO-2003 General Chair: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For administrative matters, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] This conference is administered by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 445 Burgess Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA. Phone: 650-328-3123. Fax: 650-321-4457. It is operated by the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER TO THE GECCO CONFERENCE The deadline for ARRIVAL of submissions is WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003. Each paper submitted to GECCO will be rigorously reviewed, in a blind review process, by one of at least thirteen separate and independent program committees specializing in various aspects of genetic and evolutionary computation. These committees make their own final decisions on submitted papers for their areas, subject only to conference-wide space limitations and procedures. See www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003 for details on paper and electronic submissions, including procedures and formatting details. The conference proceedings will be published in book form and on CD-ROM and distributed at the conference. The GECCO review process is "double blind" meaning that reviewers should not be able to infer the identities of the authors of the papers that they are reviewing (and, of course, that authors will not know the identities of their reviewers). Each paper MUST identify a category under which it will be reviewed. Possible categories include: - Genetic Algorithms; - Genetic Programming; - Evolution Strategies; - Evolutionary Programming; - Learning Classifier Systems; - Evolvable Hardware; - Real-World Applications; - DNA, Molecular, and Quantum Computing; - Evolutionary Robotics; - Artificial Life, Adaptive Behavior, Agents, and Ant Colony Optimization; - Evolutionary Scheduling and Routing; - Search Based Software Engineering; and - Coevolution. Other categories may be subsequently added. Visit www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003 Review criteria will include significance of the work, novelty, clarity, writing quality, and sufficiency of information to permit replication (if applicable). The first-named author (or other corresponding author designated by the authors when submitting) will be notified of acceptance or rejection (on approximately the first week of March 2003).By submitting a paper, the author(s) agree that, if their paper is accepted, they will submit a final revised camera-ready version by the deadline for camera-ready papers (in early April, 2003), they will register at least one author by the deadline for camera-ready papers, and at least one author will attend and present the accepted paper at the conference. The material in papers must represent substantially new work that has not been previously published by conferences, journals, or edited books in the evolutionary computation field. GECCO permits a paper to be submitted that is substantially similar to a paper being submitted contemporaneously for review in another conference; however, if the submitted paper is accepted by the GECCO conference, the authors agree that substantially the same material will not be published by another conference in the evolutionary computation field. (Material may be later revised and submitted to a journal if permitted by the journal involved.)
