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GECCO-2001 registration and final call, late-breaking papers
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Call for PARTICIPATION
and FINAL CALL for LATE-BREAKING PAPERS
GECCO-2001, July 7-11, 2001
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**** SEE A COMPLETE LISTING OF TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS BELOW ****
*************** www.isgec.org/GECCO-2001 **************
(see web page for REGISTRATION form and Call for Late-Breaking Papers)
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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
(A recombination of the Sixth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-2001)
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and the International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-2001))
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Co-Sponsored by AAAI (American Association for Artificial Intelligence)
July 7-11, 2001 (Saturday - Wednesday)
San Francisco, California USA
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway Hotel
***(a block from the cable car, a mile from the heart of San Francisco)***
(Get your hotel reservations EARLY!!! See web page for details)
GECCO-2001
One Conference: Many "Mini-Conferences":
GECCO = GP + GA + ES + EP + EH + ER + DNA + CS + RWA + AAA + ACO + ...
#### GOOD NEWS! #### The 352 REGULAR PAPER SUBMISSIONS to GECCO were up
35% over last year, paving the way for a spectacular conference! With 24
tutorials, 15 workshops, over 100 poster presentations, three days of
parallel sessions presenting 169 high-quality papers (acceptance rate < 50%),
up-to-the-minute results in Late-Breaking Papers sessions, and two
outstanding keynoters, the conference promises to be the best ever in
evolutionary computation! You will see the latest in your favorite area,
and can also explore developments in other, related tracks.
Topics in the conference include genetic algorithms (GA); genetic programming
(GP); evolution strategies (ES); evolutionary programming (EP); evolvable
hardware (EH); evolutionary robotics (ER); real-world applications (RWA);
classifier systems (CS); DNA and molecular computing (DNA); artificial life,
adaptive behavior and agents (AAA); ant colony optimization (ACO);
evolutionary design of engineered structures; methodology, pedagogy, and
philosophy (MPP); and evolutionary scheduling and routing (SCH). The many
"tracks" and grouping of papers by topic area make it easy for you to
find the papers in which you are most interested.
LATE-BREAKING PAPERS
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Late-Breaking Papers, presenting the very latest work in the field, are being
accepted in camera-ready form through May 28, 2001. These papers will be
included in a special Late-Breaking Papers volume to be distributed to all
GECCO-2001 registrants, and presented in special sessions at the conference.
See www.isgec.org/GECCO-2001 for details!
TUTORIALS
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Twenty-four tutorials are planned for presentation on Sunday, July 8,
2001 (see below). Tutorials and the tutorials notes book are free to all
registered GECCO-2001 attendees. As you can see, the tutorials will be
presented by outstanding leaders in each field. If you want to "brush up"
on a topic, or for an introduction by a top researcher in a new field, the
tutorials (and tutorial notes volume) are a wonderful resource!
"Introductory Tutorials in Evolutionary Computation":
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Design of Competent GA's: Toward a Computational Theory of Innovation --
Dave Goldberg
Introduction to Genetic Algorithms -- Darrell Whitley
Introduction to Genetic Programming -- John Koza
Introduction to Evolution Strategies -- Ingo Rechenberg
Introduction to Classifier Systems -- Pier Luca Lanzi
Immune System Computing -- Steven Hofmeyr
Evolutionary Computation: A Unified View -- Ken DeJong
Data Mining with Evolutionary Algorithms -- Alex Freitas
Ant Colony Optimization -- Marco Dorigo
Parallel Genetic Algorithms -- Erick Cantu-Paz
"Tutorials on Advanced Topics in EC":
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Tutorial on "No Free Lunch" Theorem -- Darrell Whitley
Introduction to GA Theory -- Michael Vose
Foundations of GP Theory, I -- Bill Langdon and Riccardo Poli
Foundations of GP Theory, II -- Bill Langdon and Riccardo Poli
Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms -- Kalyanmoy Deb
Evolutionary Scheduling and Routing -- Peter Ross
"Tutorials on New Directions in EC":
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Evolvable Hardware -- Tetsuya Higuchi
On-chip Evolvable Hardware -- Adrian Stoica
Introduction to Evolutionary Robotics -- Takeshi Gomi
GP with Linear/Machine Code Genomes -- Wolfgang Banzhaf
"Tutorials on Specialized Applications of EC":
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Introduction to Adaptive Geno-Fuzzy Systems -- Chuck Karr
Evolutionary Design of Engineered Structures -- Don Grierson
Digital Organisms for Study of Biological Evolution -- Charles Ofria and
Claus Wilke
Introduction to DNA Computing -- Junghuei Chen and Russell Deaton
OVER 60 STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS ALREADY AWARDED!
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Travel grants to assist graduate students to attend GECCO to present a paper
have already been awarded, enabling many students to participate in GECCO.
Sponsors of student travel grants this year included I2 Technologies, the
Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Third Millennium
Venture Capital, AAAI, and Philips. Employers seeking well-qualified students
in evolutionary computation will find a GOLD MINE at GECCO-2001!
WORKSHOPS
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Thirteen "Birds-of-a-Feather" Workshops, a Graduate Student Workshop, and the
two-day Third International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems will all
be presented at GECCO-2001! A book of workshop presentations will be
distributed to all GECCO registrants. The half-day workshops, all scheduled
for SATURDAY, JULY 7, include:
Coevolution: Turning Adaptative Algorithms upon Themselves
Evolutionary Algorithms for Dynamic Optimization Problems
Optimal Structural Design using Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
The Next Ten Years of Scheduling Research
Second Workshop on Memetic Algorithms (2nd WOMA)
Computation in Gene Expression
Optimization by Building and Using Probabilistic Models (OBUPM) 2001
Evolution of sensors in nature, hardware, and simulation
Non-Routine Design with Evolutionary Systems
Representations and Operators for Network Problems
Real-life Evolutionary Design Optimisation
Evolutionary COmputation and Multi-Agent Systems (ECOMAS)
Dynamics of Evolutionary Algorithms
Graduate Student Workshop (full day)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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LOTFI ZADEH:
"From Computing with Numbers to Computing with Words -- from Manipulation
of Measurements to Manipulations of Perceptions"
JOHN KOZA:
"Routine Human-Competitive Machine Intelligence"
BONUS
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A special bonus for GECCO attendees makes it possible for you to register for
GECCO-2001 and become a member of ISGEC (the International Society for
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation) for only $20 more than the
non-member conference registration fee. Then, as an ISGEC member, you
will receive a one-year (2002) subscription to two journals at no
additional cost: Evolutionary Computation, and the new Genetic
Programming and Evolvable Machines Journal. These journals, together
with the GECCO proceedings, Late-Breaking Papers volume, workshop
volume, and tutorial volume, provide you a solid foundation for
tracking the latest work in evolutionary computation in 2001-2002.
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Erik Goodman (goodman@egr.msu.edu)
PROCEEDINGS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Lee Spector
CHAIRS OF CORE PROGRAM POLICY COMMITTEES:
GA & Classifier Systems - Annie Wu GP & Evolvable Hardware - Bill Langdon
ES & EP - Hans-Michael Voigt Real-World Applications - Mitsuo Gen
CHAIRS OF SPECIAL PROGRAM COMMITTEES:
ALife, Adaptive Behavior, and Agents: Sandip Sen
Ant Colony Optimization: Marco Dorigo
DNA, Quantum & Molecular Computing: Max Garzon
Evolutionary Design of Engineered Structures: Shahram Pezeshk
Evolutionary Scheduling and Routing: Edmund Burke
Fourth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems:
Pier Luca Lanzi, Wolfgang Stolz, Stewart Wilson
Optimal Design of Engineered Structures: Shahram Pezeshk
BUSINESS COMMITTEE: David Goldberg and John Koza
GECCO-2001 is presented in affiliation with the following organizations:
- The American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
- The International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems.
- Evonet: The European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computation
- The Third NASA/DoD Workshop on Evolvable Hardware (EH-2001)
- Parallel Problem-Solving From Nature Conferences (PPSN)
- Journal of Scheduling
- International Journal of Hydroinformatics
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For information concerning hotel reservations, travel discounts, student
housing, student travel grants, graduate student workshop, late-breaking
papers, and other matters, visit www.isgec.org/GECCO-2001. For technical
matters, email: Erik Goodman, GECCO-2001 Gen. Chair, goodman@egr.msu.edu.
For administrative matters, email: gecco@aaai.org. Conference administered
by the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, 445 Burgess Drive,
Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA. Phone: 650-328-3123. Fax 650-321-4457.
Conference operated by the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary
Computation, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation.
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION, see the web site, www.isgec.org/GECCO-2001
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Erik Goodman, General Chair, GECCO-2001
Genetic Algorithms Research and Applications Group (GARAGe)
Michigan State University