I have attached a second call for papers for the upcoming 1999 Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99) to be held 13-17
July 1999 in Orlando, Florida. Plans for the conference are moving
along nicely with 25 free tutorials arranged and 18 open workshops in
the works. These activities plus over 200 papers and presentations by
some of the top genetic and evolutionary computation researchers in
the world will make this a worthwhile event to schedule on your
conference calendar.
Papers for the main conference are due January 27, 1999. I hope to
see you in Orlando in July.
Dave Goldberg
GECCO-99 Conference Chair
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GECCO-99
2nd Call for Papers and Participation
1999 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE
http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/
13-17 July, 1999
Omni Rosen Hotel, Orlando, Florida USA
A Joint Meeting
of the Eighth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99)
and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP-99)
The 1999 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99)
combines the longest running conference in evolutionary computation
(ICGA) and the world's two largest GEC conferences (GP and ICGA) to
create a unique opportunity to bring together the best in research in
the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation (GEC). The
1999 GECCO Conference continues the tradition of the GP and ICGA
conferences of bringing together researchers from the entire spectrum
of research in genetic and evolutionary computation, including genetic
algorithms, classifier systems, genetic programming, evolvable
hardware, DNA and molecular computing, evolutionary strategies,
evolutionary programming, artificial life, adaptive behavior, agents,
as well as real-world applications of all of these areas.
Papers submitted to the GECCO conference will be peer-reviewed in one
of seven independent committees or "demes" to ensure that the review
process respects the diverse traditions and norms of the various
facets of genetic and evolutionary computation at the same time it
guarantees the acceptance of work of the highest caliber. In
addition, work that runs across the boundaries of two or more demes is
also encouraged.
Mark your calendars now for what promises to be the largest,
high-quality GEC event ever held.
GENERAL CHAIR: David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, deg@uiuc.edu
PROGRAM CHAIRS & POLICY COMMITTEES:
Evolution Strategies/Evolutionary Programming (ES/EP). A. E. Eiben
(ES/EP Editor & Chair ES/EP Committee), Leiden University,
gusz@wi.leidenuniv.nl. Program Policy Committee: Thomas Baeck,
Hans-Georg Beyer, Michael Conrad, Ingo Rechenberg, Guenter Rudolph,
Hans-Michael Voigt.
Genetic Algorithms/Classifier Systems (GA/CS). Robert E. Smith (GA/CS
Editor & Chair GA/CS Committee), University of Alabama (on sabbatical
at the University of West England), rsmith@btc.uwe.ac.uk.
Program Policy Committee: Bir Bhanu, Bill P. Buckles, Runwei Cheng,
Marco Colombetti, Yuval Davidor, Herbert Dawid, Marco Dorigo, Emanuel
Falkenauer, Mitsuo Gen, Randy L. Haupt, Sue Ellen Haupt, John
H. Holland, Kim F. Man, Dirk C. Mattfeld, Zbigniew Michalewicz,
Melanie Mitchell, K. S. Tang, Michael D. Vose.
Genetic Programming/Evolvable Hardware (GP/EH). Wolfgang Banzhaf
(Proceedings Editor-in-Chief , GP/EH Editor, & Chair GP/EH Committee),
University of Dortmund, banzhaf@LS11.informatik.uni-dortmund.de.
Program Policy Committee: David Andre, Vladan Babovic, Forrest H
Bennett III, Tobias Blickle, Dimitris C. Dracopoulos, Frank
D. Francone, Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Wolfgang A. Halang, Hitoshi Iba,
Christian Jacob, Martin Keane, Robert E. Keller, John R. Koza, Sam
Kwong, W. B. Langdon, Peter Nordin, Thomas S. Ray, Moshe Sipper, Adrian
Thompson.
Artificial Life, Adaptive Behavior, and Agents (AAA). Vasant Honavar
(Editor & Chair AAA Committee) Iowa State University,
honavar@cs.iastate.edu.
Program Policy Committee: Christoph Adami, Randall D. Beer, Richard
K. Belew, Stan Franklin, Thomas S. Ray, Sandip Sen, Katia Sycara,
Stewart W. Wilson.
DNA and Molecular Computing (DNA/MC). Max H. Garzon, (Editor & Chair DNA/MC
Committee), University of Memphis, mgarzon@memphis.edu.
Program Policy Committee: Michael Conrad, Russell Deaton, Masami
Hagiya, Stephen Karl, Giancarlo Mauri, John McCaskill, Grzegorz Rozenberg.
Real-World Applications & Software (RWAS). Mark Jakiela, (Chair &
Editor RWAS Committee),Washington University (St. Louis),
mjj@mecf.wustl.edu.
Program Policy Committee: L. Davis, Terrence Fogarty, Bill Fulkerson,
David Leinweber, Frieder Lohnert, E. Michielssen,
David Montana, David Noever, David Powell, Nicholas Radcliffe, Peter
Ross, David Schaffer, Steve Smith, Gil Syswerda, Steven A. Ward.
Methodology, Pedagogy, and Philosophy (MPP). Jason Daida (Editor),
University of Michigan, daida@eecs.umich.edu
COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS, CONFERENCES, AND WORKSHOPS
GECCO-99 is a joint meeting of the Eighth International Conference on
Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-99) and the Fourth Annual Genetic Programming
Conference (GP-99) and is held in cooperation with the European
Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing (EvoNet), Evolution
Artificielle, the International Conference on Evolvable Systems
(ICES), International Society for Adaptive Behavior, International
Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization (ANTS 98), Parallel Problem
Solving from Nature (PPSN) Steering Committee, and the American
Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI).
TUTORIALS (Confirmed to date)
Rik Belew, Artificial Life, Adaptive Behavior, and Agents
Forrest H Bennett III, Analog Circuit Design via Genetic Programming
Erick Cantu-Paz, The Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Parallel
Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms
Lawrence Davis, Real World Applications of GEC
Russell Deaton and Stephen Karl, Introduction to DNA Computing
Kalyanmoy Deb, Messy Genetic Algorithms and Linkage Learning
Ken DeJong, GEC: Comparing and Contrasting the Different Methodologies
Marco Dorigo, Introduction to Ant Colony Optimization
Stephanie Forrest, Computer Immunology
Tetsuya Higuchi, Evolvable Hardware
John R. Koza, Introduction to Genetic Programming
W. B. Langdon, Genetic Programming Data Structures
Jean-Arcady Meyer, Introduction to Adaptive Behavior
Peter Nordin, Machine Code Genetic Programming
I. C. Parmee, Genetic and Evolutionary Computation in Design
Tom Ray, Tierra Tutorial
Justinian Rosca, Characteristics and Biases of Evolution in GP
Guenter Rudolph, Theory of Evolution Strategies and Programming
Hans-Paul Schwefel, Introduction to Evolution Strategies
Moshe Sipper, Cellular Programming
Lee Spector, Quantum Computation
Leigh Tesfatsion & David McFadzean, Agent-Based Computational Economics
Michael Vose, Genetic Algorithm Theory
Darrell Whitley, Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks
Stewart Wilson, Classifier Systems
BUSINESS COMMITTEE
David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, deg@uiuc.edu
John R. Koza, Stanford University, koza@cs.stanford.edu
PRE-CONFERENCE GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP
Graduate students working on GEC dissertations will be given the
opportunity to submit their work for presentation at a workshop on
Tuesday, July 13, 1999. Contact Una-May O-Reilly (unamay@ai.mit.edu),
MIT AI Lab, Graduate Student Workshop Chair, for information.
BIRD-OF-A-FEATHER WORKSHOPS
Thematic workshops on a variety of topics will be held on
Tuesday, July 13, 1999. Annie Wu (aswu@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil), Naval
Research Laboratory AI Center, will chair the workshops and is seeking
proposals for workshop topics.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Thus far we have scheduled a number of other special events:
Ingo Rechenberg has agreed to give an invited talk: "Artificial
Evolution in Action."
John Holland has agreed to give an intimate workshop "A Conversation
with John Holland." Current plans are to choose participants in the
workshop room randomly, and others may witness the workshop by remote
video. Also, come join us and celebrate John Holland's 70th birthday at
a special reception.
Other special events are in the works. Further information will be
posted on the web site http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/ as it
becomes available.
SUBMITTING PAPERS
The deadline for arrival at the physical address of the AAAI of eight
(8) paper copies of each submitted paper is Wednesday, January 27,
1999. Papers are to be in single-space, 10-point type on 8 1/2" x 11"
paper with 1" margin at the top and 3/4" margin at left, right, and
bottom. A4 paper may be used. Papers may not be submitted by e-mail
or fax.
Each paper is to contain all of the following 9 items, contained
entirely within a maximum total of eight (8) pages, IN THIS ORDER: (1)
the paper's category (chosen from one of the following alternatives:
genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolvable hardware,
classifier systems, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming,
DNA and molecular computing, real-world applications, software,
artificial life, adaptive behavior, agents, education, methodology,
and philosophy), (2) title of paper, (3) author name(s), (4) author
physical address(es), (5) author e-mail address(es), (6) author phone
number(s), (7) a 50-200 word abstract of the paper at the beginning of
the paper, (8) the text of the paper (including all figures, tables,
acknowledgments, and appendices, if any), and (9) bibliography.
Review criteria will include significance of the work, novelty,
clarity, writing quality, and sufficiency of information to permit
replication (if applicable). The first-named author (or other
corresponding author designated by the authors at the time of
submission) will be notified of acceptance or rejection (on
approximately March 3, 1999). To avoid future problems and
misunderstandings, it is preferred (but not required) that the format
of submitted papers roughly follow the required format for final
camera-ready papers. The required style for the final camera-ready
papers will be posted on the GECCO WWW page (and will be substantially
similar to that of the ICGA-97 and GP-98 conferences). Different
numbers of pages may be allocated to accepted papers based on the
policies of the various separate program committees of the conference.
The deadline for final camera-ready version of accepted papers will be
announced (and will be approximately April 7, 1999). There will be two
volumes for the conference proceedings books. By submitting a paper,
the author(s) agree that, if their paper is accepted they will submit
a final revised camera-ready version and that at least one author will
attend and present each accepted paper at the conference. The
material in papers must represent substantially new work that has not
been previously published by conferences, journals, or edited books in
the field of genetic and evolutionary computation. GECCO permits a
paper to be submitted to the GECCO conference that is substantially
similar to a paper being contemporaneously submitted for review to
another conference; however, by submitting a camera-ready final paper
to the GECCO conference, the authors agree that substantially the same
material will not be published by another conference in the field
(however, material may conceivably be later revised and submitted to
an EC journal or material may be submitted to a non-GEC conference,
such as an applications conference).
ORLANDO AND HOTEL INFORMATION
Orlando is served by a major international airport and features
numerous tourist attractions, including Disney World, EPCOT Center,
Sea World Orlando, Universal Studios, and much more. For further
information about Orlando or Central Florida click
http://www.cfdc.org/tourism or http://www.goflorida.com/orlando.
The GECCO conference will be held at the Omni Rosen Hotel in Orlando.
Special rates for GECCO attendees are as follows:
Singles/doubles: $119
Additional person: $20
Club level: $20 additional (based on
availability)
Reservations can be made directly with the hotel by calling
1-800-THE-OMNI. Request the group rate for Genetic and Evolutionary
Computation.
The Omni Rosen requires that all reservations be secured by a
deposit equal to one night's room and tax. Credit cards, checks, and
money orders are acceptable forms of deposit funds.
Secured reservations are due by June 15, 1999, after which all
remaining rooms will be released to the Hotel for resale. Reservations
after June 15, 1999 will be accepted based on availability at the
group rate.
Omni Rosen Hotel
9480 International Drive
Orlando, FL 32819
800-204-7234
407-354-9840
Fax: 407-351-2659
WWW: http://www.omnirosen.com/
A CO-LOCATED CONFERENCE
AAAI-99 starts Sunday, July 18, 1999 in Orlando at the Omni Rosen
Hotel. A number of cooperative activities are being planned between
the two conferences. More information will be available on the GECCO
web site as it becomes available.
ADMINISTRATION
The conference is administered by the conference staff of the American
Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 445 Burgess Drive,
Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA. Phone: 650-328-3123. FAX: 650-321-4457.
E-MAIL: gecco@aaai.org.
OPERATION
The conference is operated by the International Society for
Genetic Algorithms, Inc., a Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation
and Genetic Programming Conferences Inc., a California not-for-profit
corporation.
SUPPORT
The conference is supported with major contributions from the
American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and i2
Technologies, a leader in the use of genetic and evolutionary
computation. For career opportunities see www.i2.com. Support has
also been received from First Quadrant, L. P. (www.firstquadrant.com)
and from Philips Laboratories, Philips North America Corporation
(www.research.philips.com), and Schema Ltd. (www.schema.co.il).
IMPORTANT DATES
January 27, 1999 Paper submission
March 3. 1999 Notification of acceptance (tentative date)
April 7, 1999 Camera-ready version due (tentative date)
July 13-17, 1999 GECCO-99
July 13, 1999 Graduate student workshop
July 13, 1999 Bird-of-feather workshops
July 14, 1999 Tutorials
July 15-17, 1999 Invited speakers, papers, and posters
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR GECCO-99
http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/