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CALL FOR PAPERS
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GECCO 2003 - Graduate Student Workshop
Organising Committee :
Maarten Keijzer, Free University Amsterdam
Sean Luke, George Mason University.
Deadline for Submissions: Friday, March 7, 2003.
Submissions: Submissions may be made by email ONLY, in either
postscript or pdf format to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Selection of the presenting students and final decisions concerning
the workshop will be made shortly after submission.
DETAILS
This single day workshop will involve approximately 12 selected
students researching any aspect of Evolutionary Algorithms presenting
a 15-20 minute synopisis of their current research to a mentor panel,
other students and other selected participants. Each presentation
will be followed by questions and discussion prompted by the mentor
panel. A limited number of other students will be invited to attend
the workshop where they will have an opportunity to join in
discussions.
This format is intended to offer feedback from the panel to the
presenters regarding their results, methodology, future directions and
presentation style. It should benefit other attendees in terms of
learning about the work of others, engaging in technical discussions
and meeting researchers with related interests. Workshops with
approximately the same goals and format was held at previous GP/Gecco
events and were strongly endorsed by both faculty and student
participants.
To be eligible to present at this workshop you must submit a paper up
to four pages long describing your thesis work involving any area of
Evolutionary Algorithms including existing intermediate results. Your
submission should be authored solely by you (and your advisor or
supervisor if protocol demands).
The group of presenting students will be chosen by the panel with the
intent of creating a diverse group of students working on a broad
range of topic areas. You are an ideal candidate if your thesis topic
has already been approved by your university and you have been working
on your thesis for between 6 and 18 months.
Importantly, even if you are not chosen to present, you will be
considered for invitation to the workshop and you can expect to derive
a lot of benefit from attending. Participation will be limited to
preserve the discussion quality of the workshop but students who
submit a paper will receive highest consideration.
The papers submitted by students who participate in the workshop
and/or presentation sessions will be printed in the GECCO Workshop
Papers book.
ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
- this workshop is entirely distinct from submitting to the GECCO
conference. You can do both!
- your paper can overlap with any paper you've submitted anywhere else
- your paper *must* relate some aspect of your thesis
- there is a strong possibility of travel grants to authors of
accepted submissions. Our goal is a high level of participation by
students.
- all topics acceptable in the original GECCO cfp are eligible for
consideration at the workshop. See the main GECCO page for a list of
topics.
For additional information or questions, contact Maarten
Keijzer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
See also the GECCO main page:
http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu:8080/GECCO-2003/
in particular the Graduate Student Workshop page:
http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu:8080/GECCO-2003/gradstud_workshops.html
