ACDM2004

["Ian Parmee" <iparmee@ad-comtech.co.uk>]

Sixth International Conference on

ADAPTIVE COMPUTING IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE
(ACDM 2004)
http://www.ad-comtech.co.uk/ACDM2004.htm
APRIL 20th - 22nd, 2004
at ENGINEERS HOUSE, BRISTOL, UK

CHAIR :
Professor Ian Parmee
Advanced Computation in Design and Decision-making
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
University of the West of England, UK

ACDM Lecture to be presented by:
Professor David E. Goldberg
Director, Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
To be announced

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS
The International Society of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ISGEC)
The European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computation (EVONET)
UK and US Professional Institutions to be confirmed

This sixth evolutionary / adaptive computing in design and manufacture
conference is sponsored by the University of the West of England and the UK
Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture Network. The Conference series
will be ten years old in 2004 and, as in previous years, the intention of
this well-established bi-ennial event is to explore the integration of
evolutionary / adaptive search, exploration and optimisation and associated
Computational Intelligence (CI) technologies (e.g. neural computing,
intelligent agent systems, fuzzy logic etc) across a wide spectrum of design
and manufacturing activities.
The Conference maintains a single stream format complemented by poster
sessions which promotes and supports a highly interactive meeting with ample
opportunity for discussion relating to underlying technologies and
application areas. The Conference attracts an international audience and
provides an opportunity for participants to discover new techniques and
concepts whilst discussing and improving existing technologies within an
informal and relaxed environment.
Typical application areas have range from design of engineering systems
/ components through architectural design and networkdesign to the design of
chemical compounds and food products. Manufacturing, areas of interest have
included scheduling and planning, facility layout, supply chain design and
robotics. Generic areas relating to multi-objective and constraint
satisfaction, support of innovation and creativity and the handling of
uncertainty and ill-definition also play a major role. Springer-Verlag will
again be publishing the associated book comprising those papers that have
been selected by the Scientific Committee for presentation.

Important Dates:

7th November 2003:           Submission of paper for review
15th December  2003:         Notification of acceptance
10th January   2004:            Camera-ready copy required

10th January 2004:              Submission of poster abstracts
10th February 2004:            Notification of acceptance
1st March 2004:                  Camera-ready copy required

Please visit:
http://www.ad-comtech.co.uk/ACDM2004.htm

for more details.