Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?
1. Dedicated EC Conferences:
ICGA: International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
Major international conference held in North America in odd-numbered
years. Covers all aspects of EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION. The 1995
conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh on July
15--20. Details are in GA-Digest v8n32,
ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v8n32
. Further details from Larry Eshelman <lje@philabs.philips.com> or
from http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/icga95
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
(1985) J.J. Grefenstette (ed) [ICGA85]: and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1987) J.J. Grefenstette (ed) [ICGA87]:
available from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 365 Broadway,
Hillsdale, New Jersey, 07642, (800) 926-6579.
Proc. of the 3rd Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1989) J.D.
Schaffer (ed) [ICGA89]: and Proc. of the 4th Int'l Conf. on Genetic
Algorithms (1991) R.K. Belew and L.B. Booker (eds) [ICGA91]: and
Proc. of the 5th Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1993) S. Forrest
(ed) [ICGA93]: available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., San
Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>
FOGA: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms
Major international workshop focusing on theoretical aspects of EC,
that's usually limited to some 50 participants and is held somewhere
in North America.
FOGA 3 took place from July 30 to August 3 in 1994. Enquires to:
Darrell Whitley, Dept. of CS, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO 80523. <whitley@cs.colostate.edu>
Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (1991) G.J.E. Rawlins (ed)
[FOGA91]: and Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 2 (1993) L.D. Whitley
[FOGA93]: available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., San
Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>
PPSN: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
Major international conference held in Europe in even-numbered years.
Covers all aspects of problem solving inspired by natural processes.
The 1994 conference was held in Israel, October 9-14. For details
contact Yuval Davidor <yuval@weizmann.ac.il>.
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, (1990) H.-P. Schwefel and R.
Maenner (eds) [PPSN90]: published by Springer-Verlag, 175 5th Avenue,
New York, NY, 10010, (212) 460-1500. Parallel Problem Solving from
Nature 2, (1992) R. Maenner and B. Manderick (eds) [PPSN92]:
published by North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers, Sara
Burgerhartstraat 25, P.O. Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Parallel Problem Solving from Nature 3, (1994) Y.
Davidor, [PPSN94]:
EP: Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming
Major international annual conference held in San Diego, CA, USA.
Covers all aspects of EC with emphasis on EP related research. The
1995 conference was held on March 1-4. For details contact David
Fogel <fogel@sunshine.ucsd.edu>.
Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming,
(1992) D.B. Fogel and W. Atmar (eds), [EP92]:, and Proc. of the 2nd
Annual Conf. on Evolutionary Programming, (1993) D.B. Fogel and W.
Atmar (eds), [EP93]: published by the Evolutionary Programming
Society, 9363 Towne Centre Dr., San Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill
Porto, Treasurer (cf Q13). Proceedings of the Third Annual
Conference on Evolutionary Programming, (1994) A.V. Sebald and L.J.
Fogel (eds), [EP94]:, World Scientific Publishers, River Edge, NJ.
ICEC: IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation
Major international conference covering all aspects of EC. The first
took place in June 1994 at the World Congress on Computational
Intelligence, Florida. The second is on 29 Nov.--1 Dec. 1995 in
Perth, Australia. Details from <ec95@ee.uwa.edu.au> .
Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation,
(1994) D.B. Fogel (ed.) (2 Volumes). Published by IEEE, 445 Hoes
Lane, PO Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331. Also, talks from
invited speakers are published in "Computational Intelligence
Imitating Life" (1994) J.M. Zurada, R.J. Marks, C.J. Robinson (eds),
IEEE.
2. Related Conferences:
Alife: International Conference on Artificial Life
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on ARTIFICIAL LIFE,
(1989) C.G. Langton (ed), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences
of Complexity, Proc. Vol. VI, [ALIFEI]: and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
Conf. on Artificial Life II, (1992) C.G. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Doyne
Farmer and S. Rasmussen (eds), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the
Sciences of Complexity, Proc. Vol. X, [ALIFEII]: and Proc. of the 3rd
Int'l Conf. on Artificial Life III, (1993) C.G. Langton (ed),
[ALIFEIII]: published by Addison Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA.
ARTIFICIAL LIFE IV, was organized by Rodney Brooks, MIT AI Lab,
<alife@ai.mit.edu> and held on July 6-8, 1994. Proceedings edited by
R. Brooks and P. Maes. [ALIFEIV]:
ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life
Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on ARTIFICIAL LIFE, (1991)
F.J. Varela and P. Bourgine (eds), [ECAL91]: and Proc. of the 2nd
European Conf. on ALIFE: Self-organization and life, from simple
rules to global complexity, (1993), (? eds) (? pub) [ECAL93]:
published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.
ECML: European Conference on Machine Learning
Machine Learning: ECML-93, Proc. European Conf. on Machine Learning,
(1993) P.B. Brazil (ed), [ECML93]: published by Springer, New York,
NY, USA.
SAB: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
From Animals to Animats. Proceedings of the 1st International
Conference on SIMULATION of Adaptive Behavior, (1991) [SAB90]: J.-A.
Meyer and S.W. Wilson, ISBN 0-262-63138-5, and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
Conf. on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, (1993) [SAB92]:, J.-A.
Meyer, H. Roitblat and S.W. Wilson (eds) and Proc. of the 3rd Int'l
Conf. on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, [SAB94]:, P. Husbands,
J.-A. Meyer and S.W. Wilson (eds) published by MIT Press, Cambridge,
MA, USA.
SAB94 took place on August 8-12, 1994 in Brighton, UK.
3. Pointers to upcoming Conferences:
The Genetic Algorithm Digest
Aka "GA-Digest" always starts with a "Calendar of GA-related Events,"
i.e. a list of upcoming conferences, covering the complete field of
EAs. (cf Q15)
The Artificial Life Digest
Aka "Alife digest" always starts with a "Calendar of Alife-related
Events," that lists conferences, workshops, etc. (cf Q15)
The Evolutionary Programming Digest
Aka "EP-digest" doesn't list conferences explicitly, like the
previously mentioned ones, but carries most CFP's; that can be looked
at in the backissues folder as: magenta.me.fau.edu:/pub/ep-
list/digest/vX.YYY.Z (cf Q15)
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