CFP: EvoSTIM 2000

[Emma Hart <emmah@dai.ed.ac.uk>]

2nd Call for papers - EvoStim2000 - Extended Deadline
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About the workshop
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Scheduling and Timetabling are amongst the most successful applications of
evolutionary techniques.

EvoStim2000 is the first European event specifically dedicated to the
applications of evolutionary computation to scheduling and timetabling.
It gives European and non-European researchers in those fields an
opportunity to present their latest research and discuss current
developments and
applications. It is also an opportunity to meet with other researchers
and industrialists working in the same field.

Topics (Including but not limited to):

Dynamic Scheduling
Distributed Scheduling
Scheduling in industrial environments including transport and distribution
Educational courses and exam timetabling
Employee and workforce scheduling
Organisation and resource scheduling
Algorithm comparisons


Submission procedure
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Electronic submissions are stongly encouraged.

Papers in postscript format should be emailed to the programme chair (see
below)
with the subject line "SUBMISSION EVOSTIM2000". If submitting by post send
4 paper copies to the programme chair at the address below.

Papers should be submitted in the Springer Verlag LNCS style, 10 pages
recommended including figures and bibliography. Accepted papers will
be published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
series.

Demonstrations:

Computer and video demonstrations are also invited for submission.

Contact the programme chair and indicate equipment requirements.

Important dates
Submission deadline, 15 December 1999
Notification of acceptance, 15 January 2000
Camera-ready copy due, 31 January 2000

Note that the submission deadline for EvoStim 2000 has been extended
and is 1 month later than for the other EvoWorkshops2000.

Programme chair
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Emma Hart
emmah@dai.ed.ac.uk
Division of Informatics
University of Edinburgh
80 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 2QL, UK

Programme committee
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Agoston E Eiben, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Ben Paechter, Napier University, UK
Peter Swann, Rolls Royce plc, UK
Andrea G B Tettamanzi, Genetica, Italy


Web Site
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EvoStim2000 is part of the EvoWorkshops2000 event. You can visit the website
at:

http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/evoworkshops/