Call for participation
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)
12-16 July 2003 (Saturday-Wednesday), Chicago, Illinois
www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003
I am happy to invite you again to attend and submit your best work for
publication at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
(GECCO-2003) from 12-16 July (Saturday--Wednesday) in Chicago
Illinois. Since my last invitation, we have added two new tracks,
finalized our workshop schedule (see below), and I am very happy to
announce that our first plenary session speaker will be John Holland.
The deadline for manuscript submission is 22 January. We have
introduced two new tracks, on Coevolution (Coev) and Artificial Immune
Systems (AIS), and have expanded the track on DNA and molecular
computing to include quantum computing (DMQ). See
www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003 for a complete list of program tracks.
Paper submission details are at: www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003/submitting.html
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2003) will
present the latest high-quality results selected by rigorous blind
reviews from a distinguished program committee. There will be three
days of technical sessions with papers from 13 different program
tracks, two invited speakers, 32 tutorials by internationally
acclaimed experts, and a poster session. There will be 13 workshops on
special interest topics (see below for list), including a Graduate
Student workshop, and Undergraduate Student Workshop, Late Breaking
Papers, Evolutionary Computation in Industry, the International
Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems, and more. All this is
included for a single registration fee. Participants will receive
proceedings in print and on CD. All papers and posters are rigorously
reviewed by independent program committees of specialists.
A significant number of student travel and housing grants are
available for student participants (332 in 2002).
To Submit a Paper: papers should be submitted electronically to AAAI
by 22 January. Details on formatting and submission are available in
the conference website: www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003
Free Tutorials: GECCO will host 32 tutorials, free of charge for to
participants, on a wide range of topics, presented by top experts from
around the world. See the end of this email for a list of tutorials,
or see www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003/free-tutorials.html
Free Workshops: GECCO will host 13 workshops, free of charge for to
participants, on a wide variety of topics of interest to academics,
students, and users of evolutionary computation. This will include a
special Graduate Student Workshop, a workshop on Evolutionary
Computation in Industry, the International Workshop on Learning
Classifier Systems, and a host of others. See the end of this email
for a list of workshops or see www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003/workshops
About Chicago: The conference will be held in downtown Chicago, with
nearby student housing available at significantly reduced rates. The
venue will be readily accessible to both O'Hare and Midway
international airports by inexpensive, safe, public transportation, as
well as shuttles and taxi services. O'Hare is a major international
airport served by many carriers, and Midway is a particularly
attractive for flights from the northeastern US. There are several
Chicago attractions nearby, including museums, music, theater,
shopping, Lake Michigan, and Grant Park. There will be ready access to
dining for every budget and taste.
Additional Information: For further information, please visit
www.isgec.org/GECCO-2003. 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.
WORKSHOPS & ORGANIZERS (*=?new?):
* Application of Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithms to NP-complete Problems, Francisco
Baptista Pereira, Ernesto Costa, G?nther Raidl
* Evolutionary Algorithms for Dynamic Optimization Problems, Juergen Branke
* Evolvable Hardware, John C. Gallagher
* Learning, Adaptation, and Approximation in Evolutionary Computation, Sibylle
Mueller, Petros Koumoutsakos, Marc Schoenauer, Yaochu Jin, Sushil Louis, and Khaled
Rasheed
* Undergraduate Student Workshop, Mark M. Meysenburg
* Workshop on Memetic Algorithms 2003 (WOMA-IV), Peter Merz, William E. Hart, Natalio
Krasnogor, Jim E. Smith
- Analysis and Design of Representations and Operators (ADoRo'2003), Franz Rothlauf
and Dirk Thierens
- Biological Applications for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (BioGEC'2003),
Wolfgang Banzhaf and James Foster
- Challenges in Real World Optimization Using Evolutionary Computing, Rajkumar Roy
and Ashutosh Tiwari
- Graduate Student Workshop, Maartin Keitzer, Sean Luke
- Grammatical Evolution Workshop (GEWS'2003), Michael O'Neill and Conor Ryan
- Interactive Evolutionary Search and Exploration Systems, Ian Parmee
- International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems, Wolfgang Stolzmann,
Pier-Luca Lanzi, Stewart Wilson
TUTORIALS & PRESENTERS (*=?new?)
Introductory Tutorials
- Genetic Programming, John Koza
- Genetic Algorithms, Robert Heckendorn
- Evolution Strategies, Hans-Paul Schwefel
- Learning Classifier Systems, Stewart Wilson
- Immune System Computing, Stephanie Forrest
- Ant Colony Optimization, Martin Middendorf
- Parallel Genetic Algorithms, Erick Cant?-Paz
* Data Mining and Machine Learning, Hillol Kargupta
- Genetics, Annie S. Wu
Advanced Tutorials
* The Design of Innovation & Competent GAs, David E. Goldberg
- A Unified Approach to EC , Ken DeJong
* Testing & Evaluating EC Algorithms, Darrell Whitley
- Genetic Programming Theory I & II, William Langdon, Riccardo Poli
- Mathematical Theory of EC, Michael Vose
- Multiobjective Optimization with EC, Carlos Coello
* Evolvable Hardware, Didier Keymeulen
* Computational Complexity and EC, Ingo Wegener
* Using Appropriate Statistics, Steffen Christensen
* Neutral Evolution in EC, Tina Yu
* Representations, Franz Rothlauf
Tutorials on Specialized Techniques & Applications
- Bionics: Building on Biological Evolution, Ingo Rechenberg
* Evolving Neural Network Ensembles, Xin Yao
* Evolutionary Robotics, Dario Floreano
* Anticipatory Classifier Systems, Wolfgang Stolzman
* Evolvable Hardware Applications, Tetsuya Higuchi
- Quantum Computing, Lee Spector
- Grammatical Evolution, Conor Ryan, Michael O?Neill
- Visualization in Evolutionary Computation, Christian Jacob
- Software Testing via EC, Joachim Wegener, Mark Harman
* Making a Living with EC, Yuval Davidor
* Bioinformatics with EC, Daniel Howard
ORGANIZERS:
CONFERENCE CHAIR: James A. Foster
CHAIRS OF CONFERENCE TRACKS:
Genetic Programming: Una-May O'Reilly
Genetic Algorithms: Kalyanmoy Deb
Evolution Strategies, Evolutionary Programming: Hans-Georg Beyer
Real World Applications: Rajkumar Roy and David Davis
Learning Classifier Systems: Stewart Wilson
Evolvable Hardware: Julian Miller
A-Life, Adaptive Behavior, Agents, & Ant Colony Opt.: Russell Standish
DNA, Molecular, and Quantum Computing: Natasha Jonoska
Evolutionary Robotics: Alan Schultz, Mitch Potter
Evolutionary Scheduling and Routing: Kath Dowsland
Search Based Software Engineering: Mark Harman, Joachim Wegener
Coevolution: Graham Kendall
Artificial Immune Systems: Dipankar Dasgupta
WORKSHOPS CHAIR: Alwyn Barry
PROCEEDINGS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Erick Cantu-Paz
LATE BREAKING PAPERS CHAIR: Bart Rylander
BUSINESS COMMITTEE: David E. Goldberg, John Koza, James A. Foster
ISGEC EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Erik D. Goodman (chair)
David Andre John R. Koza
Wolfgang Banzhaf Una-May O?Reilly
Kalyanmoy Deb Ingo Rechenberg
Kenneth De Jong Marc Schoenauer
Marco Dorigo Lee Spector
David E. Goldberg Darrell Whitley
John H. Holland Annie Wu
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