Genetic Algorithms Digest Tuesday, May 22, 1997 Volume 11 : Issue 17 - Do NOT send email or reply to gadistr@aic.nrl.navy.mil (GA List Moderator) - Send submissions (articles) to GA-List@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL - Send administrative (subscribe, unsubscribe, change of address, etc.,) requests to GA-List-Request@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL ****************************************************************************** - You can access back issues, GA code, conference announcements, etc., either through the WWW at URL http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ or through anonymous ftp at ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.25] in /pub/galist. ****************************************************************************** Today's Topics: - Research Assistant Position at UEA, Norwich, UK - GA Track at SAC'98 - Announcement and CFP: New e-journal on Memetic Modelling ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) EAs: Theory to Applications Wrkshp, Marseille, France (v11n12) Jun 19-20, 97 ISMB97 Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology,Greece(v10n42) Jun 21-25, 97 WSC2 Online World Conf on Soft Computing, on the Internet(v11n2)Jun 23-27, 97 MENDEL97 Intl Mendel Conference on GAs, etc, Brno, Czech (v11n3)Jun 25-27, 97 GP97 Genetic Programming Conference, Stanford, CA (v10n45) Jul 13-16, 97 ICGA97 Intl Conf on Genetic Algorithms, East Lansing MI(v10n35) Jul 19-23, 97 MIC97 Metaheuristic Intl Conf, Sophia-Antipolis France (v10n47) Jul 21-24, 97 ECAL97 4th European Conf on Artificial Life, England (v10n36) Jul 28-31, 97 3NWGA 3rd Nordic Workshop on GAs, Helsinki, Finland (v10n43) Aug 18-20, 97 PATAT97 Intl Conf on Automated Timetabling, Toronto (v11n6) Aug 20-22, 97 IJCAI97 Workshop on Evolvable Systems, Nagoya, Japan (v11n5,6) Aug 23, 97 IMACS97 Scientific Comp, Modelling & App Math, Germany (v10n42) Aug 24-29, 97 IMACS97 Evolutionary Computation, Berlin, Germany (v10n45) Aug 24-29, 97 SNAC97 School on Natural Computation, Turku, Finland (v11n12) Aug 25-29, 97 BCEC97 Bio-Computing and Emergent Computation, Sweden (v10n44) Sep 1-2, 97 GALESIA97 Conf on GAs in Engineering Systems, Glasgow UK (v10n36) Sep 2-4, 97 EUROMICRO97 Euromicro Wrkshp on Comp Intel, Hungary (v10n47) Sep 3-4, 97 EUFIT97 Intelligent Techniques & Soft Computing, Aachen (v10n41) Sep 8-12, 97 SOCO97 Intl ICSC Symposium on Soft Computing, France (v10n40) Sep 17-19, 97 EA97 Evolution Artificielle, EMA-EERIE, Nimes, France (v11n10), Oct 21-24, 97 Evol Computation for Industrial Applications,New Zealand (v11n3)Nov 24-28, 97 EuroGen97 Short course GAs & ESs / Comp Sci & Eng (v11n5) Nov 28 - Dec 5, 97 SAC98 GAs and Optimization Track, Atlanta, Georgia (v11n17) Feb 27- Mar 1, 98 ACDM98 Adaptive Comp in Design & Manufacture, Plymouth (v11n3) Apr 21-23, 98 ISORA98 Learning Cyclic Control/Behavior in Robots,Alaska(v11n8)May 10-14, 98 HIC98 Intl Conf on Hydroinformatics, Copenhagen, Denmark(v11n13)Aug 24-26, 98 ICES98 Intl Conf on Evolvable Systems, Lausanne, Switz (v11n11) Sep 24-26, 98 PPSN98 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature,Amsterdam(v11n16)Sep 27-Oct 1, 98 http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/info/conferences/CONFERENCES.html has more information on the above conference activities. Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil. ------------------------------ From: gds@sys.uea.ac.uk (George Smith) Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 14:21:17 +0100 (BST) Subject: Research Assistant Position at UEA, Norwich, UK The School of Information Systems, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England has a vacancy for a Research Assistant to work on a project entitled "Datamining in the Telecommunications Sector". A computer graduate with at least a 2(I) degree in computing or allied subject is sought for a two year post starting August 1st, 1997, or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointee will work within a leading telecommunications company, Nortel plc, on a day-to-day basis but will be an employee of the University of East Anglia. Opportunities will exist for registration for a part-time higher degree at the University. A successful applicant will be expected to have a high degree of numeracy and a strong computing background. Preference will be given to those who, in addition, have some knowledge (and expertise) in one or more of the following: evolutionary computation, operations research, artificial intelligence or telecommunications. The research is sponsored jointly by the Teaching Company Scheme and by Nortel plc and involves the development and application of various inference and heuristic techniques, including genetic algorithms, simulated annealing and tabu search, to elicit knowledge from large scale data sets generated within the telecommunications industry. Initial salary to be determined but expected to be around 16K UK pounds. Applicants are invited to telephone Dr George D Smith (+44 (0) 1603 593260) or email gds@sys.uea.ac.uk for further information. Applications in the form of a covering letter plus three copies of a CV, including the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent to: Dr George D Smith School of Information Systems University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ on or before Friday 6th June 1997. Dr. George D Smith Computing Science Sector School of Information Systems University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK Tel: + 44 (0)1603 593260 FAX: + 44 (0)1603 593344 Email: gds@sys.uea.ac.uk www: http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Teaching/Staff/gds.html ICANNGA97 WWW page http://www.sys.uea.ac.uk/Research/ResGroups/MAG/ICANNGA97/Default.html ------------------------------ From: rogerw@penguin.mcs.utulsa.edu (Roger Wainwright) Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:16:26 -0500 Subject: GA Track at SAC'98 ============================================================= | | | CALL FOR PAPERS | | =============== | | | | 13th ANNUAL ACM SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC '98) | | February 27-March 1, 1998 | | Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia U. S. A. | | | | ################################################## | | ++Genetic Algorithms and Optimization Track++ | | ################################################## | | | | http://www.acm.org/conferences/SAC98/ | ============================================================= Over the past twelve years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing has become a primary forum for applied computer scientists and application developers from around the world to interact and present their work. SAC '98 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups SIGAda, SIGAPP, SIGBIO, and SIGCUE. ################################################################# +++ SPECIAL TRACK ON GENETIC ALGORITHMS AND OPTIMIZATION +++ Applications using genetic algorithms, genetic programming and other optimization techniques is one of the major tracks in SAC'98. This particular track has had enormous success in past years, and we anticipate another set of excellent papers for this conference. The purpose of this track is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas, research, development activities, and applications among academicians and practitioners in the areas related to genetic algorithms and other optimization techniques in applications. GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION (must be strictly followed): Original unpublished papers dealing with any aspect of computing applications will be considered for presentation and publication in the SAC'98 Proceedings. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM/SAC'98 Conference Proceedings to be printed by the ACM Press. In order to facilitate the blind external review process, submission guidelines must be strictly adhered to: - Submit 6 copies of your manuscript to the Genetic Algorithms Track Chair, (address is given below). The manuscript must clearly indicate that the paper is to be submitted to the GA Track. - Author names and addresses MUST NOT appear in the body of the paper, self-reference must be in the third person, attribution to the author(s) must be in the form of "author", and bibliographical entries by the author(s) must also be in the form of "author". - The body of the paper should not exceed 4,000 words (approximately 15 double-spaced pages). - A separate cover sheet should be attached to one of the copies, containing the title of the paper, the author(s) and affiliation(s), and the address (including e-mail address and fax number, if available) to which correspondence should be sent. - All submissions must be received by AUGUST 15, 1997. PANELS AND WORKSHOPS Panel proposals are encouraged. Panels and workshops dealing with the state of the art in any aspect of Applied Computing are welcomed. Please send a brief abstract of the topic and the resume/vita of the moderator to the Program Chair by AUGUST 15, 1997. ------------------------------------------------- | | | IMPORTANT DATES | | | | AUGUST 15, 1997 PAPER SUBMISSION | | OCTOBER 15, 1997 AUTHOR NOTIFICATION | | DECEMBER 1, 1997 CAMERA-READY COPY DUE | | FEBRUARY 27, 1998 CONFERENCE BEGINS | | | ------------------------------------------------- SAC-98 GENETIC ALGORITHMS TRACK CHAIR: Roger L. Wainwright Track Editor SAC'98, Genetic Algorithms Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences University of Tulsa 600 South College Ave. Tulsa, OK USA 74104-3189 Ph: (918) 631-3143 Fax: (918) 631-3077 rogerw@penguin.mcs.utulsa.edu ------------------------------ From: Bruce Edmonds Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 10:53:41 +0100 Subject: Announcement and CFP: New e-journal on Memetic Modelling *********************************************************************** JOURNAL OF MEMETICS - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission (JOM-EMIT) *********************************************************************** JOM-EMIT is a new scientific journal published exclusively on the Web, at URL: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit The journal has no subscription fee. JOM-EMIT is the first peer-reviewed journal devoted to the development of the memetic perspective. This perspective looks at culture, communication and information transmission as evolutionary phenomena, governed by the mechanisms of variation, replication and selection. The concept of "meme" was proposed by Richard Dawkins as 'a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation'. The vagueness of this initial description may explain the present diversity of views on what a meme really is, and how the memetic model can be used. JOM-EMIT wishes to clarify these issues, by stimulating a constructive dialogue between the active researchers in the field. More specifically JOM-EMIT seeks to discuss the following topics related to memetics: - Comparisons of different mechanisms and models of evolutionary processes, possibly in distinct fields of inquiry. - Philosophical or theoretical issues concerning epistemology and evolution - Boundaries of the evolutionary approach - Empirical research on memetic processes - Models of meme generation and meme spread - Fundamental approaches aimed at structuring the field of memetics as a science Editorial Board: Gary Boyd, Bruce Edmonds (also publisher), Liane Gabora, Francis Heylighen, Mark Mills, Hans-Cees Speel (managing editor), and Mario Vaneechoutte. Advisory Board: Gary Cziko, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, David Hull, and Aaron Lynch. The JOM-EMIT site contains two mailing lists: an announcement list for the distribution of abstracts of new papers to all subscribers, and a discussion list for open debate on the submitted papers, and other memetics related issues. You can subscribe to these lists via the Journal's home page. CONTENTS The first issue (May-September) of JOM-EMIT is now online. It contains four papers and one book review: "The Six Essentials? Minimal Requirements for the Darwinian Bootstrapping of Quality" by William H. Calvin "Cultural R/K Selection" by Agner Fog "The Origin and Evolution of Culture and Creativity" by Liane Gabora "Macromemetics and the Re-unification of Philosophy" by Derek Gatherer Book review: "Evolutionary Paradigms in the Social Sciences. Special Issue, International Studies Quarterly 40, (September, 1996)" by Francis A. Beer. New papers will appear continuously when they are accepted for publication. CALL FOR PAPERS We invite interested authors to submit papers for the journal, along with information on the author, his/her address and affiliations, at the journal's email address: jom-emit@sepa.tudelft.nl All submitted papers will be anonymously reviewed. They will only be accepted for publication if approved by at least two referees. Controversial papers of high quality can be followed by commentaries by request of the author after they are published (similar to the commentary structure the "Brain and Behavioral Sciences" uses, although JOM-EMIT uses commentary only as an option after a paper is already published). This means that a number of peers write a short comment, to which the author can reply in a concluding short paper. We also wish to invite letters which criticize published papers, and book reviews relevant to the journal's aims. Further information for authors can be found at the web address: http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/jom-emit/ifa.html Bruce Edmonds, Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Bldg., Aytoun St., Manchester, M1 3GH. UK. Tel: +44 161 247 6479 Fax: +44 161 247 6802 http://www.cpm.mmu.ac.uk/~bruce ------------------------------ End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ******************************