GECCO '09 2009 - GECCO '09: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference A recombination of the 18th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA) and the 14th Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP)

GECCO '09: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference A recombination of the 18th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA) and the 14th Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP)

2009 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Wednesday¨CSunday July 8¨C12, 2009 Montr¨¦al, Canada
Largest Conference in the Field of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
A recombination of the 18th International Conference on Genetic
Algorithms (ICGA) and the 14th Annual Genetic Programming
Conference (GP)
www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009
Free Tutorials and Workshops: Two days of free
tutorials and workshops (included with conference
registration) presented by some of the world's foremost
experts in topics of interest to genetic and evolutionary
computation researchers and practitioners.
Proceedings will be published and distributed to all
registered attendees.
Review Process
Each paper submitted to GECCO will be rigorously
reviewed, in a blind review process, meaning that
reviewers should not be able to infer the identities of the
authors of the papers under review, and, of course, that
authors will not know the identities of their reviewers.
One of at least 15 separate and independent program
committees specializing in various aspects of genetic
and evolutionary computation review submitted papers.
These committees make their own final decisions on
submitted papers for their areas, subject only to
conference-wide space limitations and procedures.
Review criteria includes significance of the work, novelty,
clarity, writing quality, and sufficiency of information to
permit replication, if applicable.
GECCO notifies the first-named author (or other
corresponding author designated by the authors at
submission) of acceptance or rejection by March 11,
2009.
About the Conference Venue Delta Centre-Ville hotel is
located in the heart of downtown, where Old Montreal
and new Montreal blend seamlessly, and adjacent to
vibrant nightlife, boutique shops and eclectic cuisine. For
more information on Delta Centre-Ville, please visit
www.deltahotels.com/hotels/hotels.php?hotelId=35.
Visiting GECCO-2009 will be a great opportunity to visit
the Montr¨¦al Jazz Festival (July 2-12, 2009).
Program Tracks: Three
days of presentations of
the latest high-quality
results in 15 separate and
independent program
tracks specializing in
var ious aspec t s of
genetic and evolutionary
computation.
Submit a final, revised, camera-ready version
to the publisher by April 22, 2009.
Register at least one author to attend the
conference by April 27, 2009.
Attend the conference (at least one author).
Present the accepted paper at the conference.
More Information
Visit www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009 for information
about deadlines, student travel grants, hotel
reservations, student housing, student workshop, the
latest list of topics, late-breaking papers, and more.
For matters of science and program content,
contact Conference Chair Franz Rothlauf at
rothlauf-AT-uni-mainz.de.
For general help and administrative matters contact
Support at gecco-admin-AT-tigerscience.com.
How to Submit a Paper
Meet the Submission Deadline: Wednesday,
January 14, 2009.
Submit substantially new work: The material in a
paper must represent substantially new work that has
not been previously published by conferences, journals,
or edited books in the genetic and evolutionary
computation field. GECCO allows submissions of
material that is substantially similar to a paper being
submitted contemporaneously for review in another
conference. However, if the submitted paper is accepted
by GECCO, 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.
Visit www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009 for detailed
instructions, including categories, keywords, and
formatting requirements. Be sure to check the web page
for changes that may appear as the paper submission
deadline approaches.
Accept author agreement: By submitting a paper, the
author(s) agree that, if their paper is accepted, they will:
One Conference ¨C Many Mini-Conferences
GECCO Organizers
Conference Chair: Franz Rothlauf
Editor-in-Chief: G¨?nther Raidl
Business Committee: Wolfgang Banzhaf
Erik Goodman
Publicity Chair: Martin Pelikan Una-May O'Reilly
Workshop Chair: Anna I. Esparcia
Competitions Chair: Pier Luca Lanzi
Tutorials Chair: Martin V. Butz
Late Breaking Papers Chair: Ying-ping Chen
Local Chair: Christian Gagn¨¦
Evolutionary Computation in Practice Chair: Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, David
Davis, Jörn Mehnen
Graduate Student Workshop Chair: Steve Gustafson
Undergraduate Student Workshop Chair:
Frank Moore
Clare Bates Congdon, Larry Merkle
and
Program Tracks and Chairs:
Artificial Life, Evolutionary Robotics, Adaptive Behavior,
Evolvable Hardware: Giovanni Squillero, Rolf Drechsler
Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: Thomas St¨?tzle,
Mauro Birattari
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: Clare Bates Congdon, Martin
Middendorf
Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics: Christian Blum,
Carlos Cotta
Estimation of Distribution Algorithms: Peter Bosman, Jörn Grahl
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization: Joshua Knowles,
David Corne
Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming: Hans-
Georg Beyer
Generative and Developmental Systems: Ken Stanley, Julian F. Miller
Genetic Algorithms: Jano van Hemert, Tom Lenaerts
Genetic Programming: Marc Ebner
Genetics-Based Machine Learning: Jaume Bacardit
Real World Applications: Michael O'Neill
Search Based Software Engineering: Massimiliano Di Penta
Theory: Benjamin Doerr, Thomas Jansen, Riccardo Poli
Parallel Evolutionary Systems: Enrique Alba
2009 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Wednesday¨CSunday July 8¨C12, 2009 Montr¨¦al, Canada
Largest Conference in the Field of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
A recombination of the 18th International Conference on Genetic
Algorithms (ICGA) and the 14th Annual Genetic Programming
Conference (GP)
www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009) will present the
latest high quality results in the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation. Topics
include: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary
programming, real-world applications, learning classifier systems and other genetics-based
machine learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant colony
optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications, evolutionary robotics, coevolution,
artificial immune systems, and more.
SIGEVO Officers
Chair: Darrell Whitley
Vice Chair: John R. Koza
Secretary: Una-May O'Reilly
Treasurer: Wolfgang Banzhaf
SIGEVO Executive Committee
Darrell Whitley (chair)
Wolfgang Banzhaf
Erick Cant¨?-Paz
Dave Davis
Kalyanmoy Deb
Kenneth DeJong
Marco Dorigo
David E. Goldberg
Erik D. Goodman
John H. Holland
John R. Koza
Una-May O'Reilly
Riccardo Poli
Franz Rothlauf
Marc Schoenauer
Lee Spector
Dirk Thierens
More Information Annie S. Wu
Visit www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009 for updates on tutorials and workshops,
as well as information about electronic submission procedures, formatting
details, student travel grants, hotel reservations, travel discounts, student
housing, graduate student workshop, the latest list of topics, late-breaking
papers, and more.
To Propose a Tutorial or Workshop
To propose a tutorial, contact Martin Butz at mbutz-AT-psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To propose a workshop, contact Anna I. Esparcia at anna-AT-iti.upv.es
Please include "GECCO" in your subject line.
Planned Free Tutorials
Introductory
Genetic Algorithms Erik Goodman
Genetic Programming Riccardo Poli,
Nic McPhee
Evolution Strategies Thomas Bäck
EC: A Unified Approach Kenneth De Jong
Financial Evolutionary Computation Christopher D. Clack
Ant Colony Optimization Christian Blum
Learning Classifier Systems Pier Luca Lanzi
Probabilistic Model Building GAs Martin Pelikan
Grammatical Evolution Conor Ryan
Statistical Analysis for Evolutionary Computation:
Introduction Mark Wineberg,
Steffen Christensen
Evolutionary Neural Networks Risto Miikkulainen,
Kenneth O. Stanley
Advanced
GA Theory Jonathan Rowe
GP Theory I&II William B. Langdon,
Riccardo Poli
No Free Lunch Darrell Whitley
Bioinformatics Jason Moore
Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Eckart Zitzl er
Constraint Handling Techniques Used with Eas Carlos Coello Coello
Statistical Analysis for Evolutionary Computation:
Advanced Techniques Mark Wineberg,
Steffen Christensen
Representations for Evolutionary Algorithms Franz Rohlauf
Computational Complexity and EC Thomas Jansen,
Frank Neumann
Experimental Research in EC Mike Preuss,
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein
Elementary Landscape Analysis for TSP,
Graph Coloring, Graph Partitioning, and MAXSAT Andrew Sutton,
Darrell Whitley
Specialized
A Billion Bits or Bust: Little Models and Efficiency
Enhancement for Fast , Effective Genetic Algorithms
on Extremely Large, Hard Problems David E. Goldberg
Accelerating Evolutionary Computation with
Graphics Processing Units Wolfgang Banzhaf
Evolving Quantum Computer Algorithms Lee Spector
Symbolic Regression Maarten Keijzer
An Information Perspective on EC Yossi Borenstein
Generative and Developmental Systems Kenneth O. Stanley
(Genetic and) Evolutionary Computer Vision Mengjie Zhang,
Stefano Cagnoni,
Gustavo Olague
Evolutionary Design Ian Parmee
Large scale data mining using
Genetics-Based Machine Learning Jaume Bacardit
Xavier Llor¨¤
Evolutionary Multiobjective Combinatorial
Optimization Rajeev Kumar
Applications of Evolutionary Neural Networks Risto Miikkulainen
Kenneth O. Stanley
GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO). SIG Services: 2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701, New York, NY, 10121-
0701, USA. Telephone: 1 800 342-6626 (US & Canada) +1 212 626-0500 (Global) Fax: +1 212-944-1318