Genetic Algorithms Digest Tuesday, October 23, 2001 Volume 15 : Issue 37 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: GA-List@gmu.edu LIST INFORMATION: http://ga-digest.research.ucf.edu/ LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom af this email -------------------------------- Today's Topics: - Machine Learning journal - GA-List searchable database updated - Research position - London - Computer Science Faculty Positions at Univ of Vermont - CFP: Special Issue on Self-Reconfigurable Robots. - FINAL CFP: EvoIASP2002/Special Issue of EURASIP JASP -------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) IAT2001 2nd Asia Pac Conf on Intell Agent Tech, Japan Oct 23-26, 01 (v14n14) EA01 VOLUTION ARTIFICIELLE 2001, Le Creusot, France Oct 29-31, 01 (v15n5) ICDM01 IEEE Int Conf on Data Mining, Silicon Valley, Nov 29-Dec 2, 01 (v14n14) ANNIE 2001 Smart Eng. Systems Design Conf, StL, MO, USA Nov 4-7, 01 (v15n5) FUZZ-IEEE01 10th IEEE Int Conf on Fuzzy Systems, Austr Dec 2- 5, 01 (v14n20) AL'01 1st Workshop on Art. Life Adelaide, Australia Dec 11, 01 (v15n25) HIS 2001 Int Wkshp on Hybrid Intel. Sys, Adelaide, Austr Dec 11-12, 01 (v15n31) SAGA2001 1st Symp on Stoch Alg..., Berlin, Germany Dec 13-14, 01 (v15n25) AMT01 6th Int Conf Active Media Tech, Hong Kong, China Dec 18-20, 01 (v15n16) NF2002 1st Int ICSC Congress on Neuro-Fuzzy, Cuba Jan 15-18, 02 (v14n18) WSES-EC2002 3rd Int Conf on EC Interlaken, Switzerland Feb 11-15, 02 (v15n26) ICAIS2002 1st ICSC on Aut. Int. Sys., Geelong, Australia Feb 12-15, 02 (v15n22) FEA2002 4th Int. WS on the Frontiers of EAs, NC, USA Mar 8-13, 02 (v15n34) IAS-7 7th Int. Conf. on Int. Aut. Sys., Marina..., Calif Mar 25-27, 02 (v15n33) EVOLANG2002 4th Int Conf on Evolution of Language, USA Mar 27-30, 02 (v15n21) EvoSTIM/EvoPLAN2002 WS EC on schedu..., Kinsale, Ireland Apr 3-5, 02 (v15n26) EvoCOP2002 2nd Euro WS EC on Combin..., Kinsale, Ireland Apr 3-4, 02 (v15n26) EVOIASP2002 4th Euro WS EC on Image..., Kinsale, Ireland Apr 3, 02 (v15n26) EuroGP2002 5th Euro Conference on GP , Kinsale, Ireland Apr 3-5, 02 (v15n28) BioSP3-IPDPS2002 Bio-Inspired..,Fort Lauderdale, Florida Apr 15, 02 (v15n34) Local Search Workshop, City University, London, UK Apr 16-17, 02 (v15n27) ACDM2002 5th Int. Conf. on Adaptive Comp...Devon, UK Apr 16-18, 02 (v15n25) MICAI2002 Mexican Int. Conf. on AI, Mexico, Apr 22-26, 02 (v15n32) CCSS 1st Conf. Comp. Soc. Sci..., Lake Arrowhead, CA USA May 9-12, 02 (v15n26) CEC2002 Congress on Evolutionary Comput., Honolulu, HI May 12-17, 02 (v15n23) ICMLA02 Int. Conf. on Mach. Learn...., Las Vegas, NV USA Jun 24-27, 02 (v15n35) ICML02 19th Int. Conf. on Mach. Learn., Sydney, Australi Jul 8-12, 02 (v15n33) GECCO2002 Genetic and Evolutionary Comp. Conf, NY, USA Jul 9-13, 02 (v15n30) PATAT 2002 4rth Int. Conf. ... Auto. Timetbl., Belgium Aug 21-23, 02 (v15n10) FOGA VII Foundations of GA's., Torremolinos, Spain Sep 4-6, 02 (v15n30) PPSN VII 7th Int Conf on Parallel Prob.., Granada, Spain Sep 7-11, 02 (v15n21) ICSC-NAISO 3rd ICSC on Eng of Int. Sys., Malago, Spain Sep 24-27, 02 (v15n24) AI'02 15th Australian Joint Conf. on AI, Canberra, Aust. Dec 2-6, 02 (v15n28) Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@gmu.edu -------------------------------- Sender: Robert Holte Subject: Machine Learning journal Dear colleagues, In response to the widely circulated letter of resignation of some members of the Machine Learning journal (MLJ), I would like to make two points: - MLJ articles *are* universally electronically accessible - MLJ seeks your support and input to continue serving the community The accessibility of MLJ papers has been dramatically improved in the past 12 months. The main changes are these: - the copyright agreement gives the author the right to distribute individual copies of an MLJ paper to students and colleagues, physically and electronically, including making the paper available from the author's personal web site. - all MLJ papers are freely available online at Kluwer's web page http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/MACHFCP from the time of acceptance until the paper appears in print. - the individual MLJ subscription price has been dramatically reduced. It is excellent value for money: for $120 Kluwer prints, binds, and mails to your door around 1350 pages. As a consequence of the first two points, MLJ articles are universally accessible -- from Kluwer's home page in the first six months or so, and at any time from the author's home page. The primary purpose of paid subscriptions, in this new distribution model, is to enable an individual or institution to obtain a bound archival copy of the journal printed on high-quality paper -- exactly the same role served by the printed version of JMLR sold by MIT Press. Turning to the second point, all members of both editorial boards have the interests of the machine learning community at heart. Our job is to serve you. The current members of the MLJ board, and the new members we are in the process of adding, believe it is in the best interests of the research community to keep MLJ alive and strong at this time. This is not to say we hope JMLR will fail. There is ample excellent research to support two high-quality journals, so it is not necessary for one of the journals to be destroyed in order for the other to succeed. If you agree that MLJ is useful to the community and has a role to play in the future, I would like to hear from you - feedback from the community is the very best way for me to know how to steer MLJ's course so it best serves the community. -- Robert Holte holte@cs.ualberta.ca Executive Editor Machine Learning -------------------------------- Sender: "Ariel Dolan" Subject: GA-List searchable database updated The online searchable database for GA-List messages has been updated, and currently covers messages up to and including August 22, 2001 (digests v15n16 - v15n29 have been added to the database). The GA-List database Url is: http://arieldolan.com/maillists/mlmain_ga.asp Ariel Dolan === Ariel Dolan aridolan@netvision.net.il -------------------------------- Sender: "Dr J.E. Beasley" Subject: Research position - London Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to work on an EPSRC sponsored project concerned with algorithms for the scheduling of aircraft landings and takeoffs. The post is for three years and is based at the Imperial College Management School in South Kensington London. The assistant will work with Dr J E Beasley (http://mscmga.ms.ic.ac.uk/jeb/jeb.html), who has an international reputation in Operations Research, and the work will involve mathematical optimisation techniques (both exact and metaheuristic techniques). Applicants should have a background that will enable them to apply such techniques to the particular problem of the scheduling of aircraft landings/takeoffs considered. More details of the proposed work can be seen at http://mscmga.ms.ic.ac.uk/jeb/epsrc.html. If the assistant does not have a PhD then the salary will be in the RA1B range UK pounds 17451-19486 plus 2134 London Allowance per annum. If the assistant wishes to register for a research degree then a substantial contribution to fees will also be made. For an assistant with a PhD the salary will be in the RA1A range: UK pounds 17451-26229 plus 2134 London Allowance per annum. Additional benefits are UK pounds 1500 for the purchase of an appropriate pc and a travel/conference allowance of UK pounds 1700 per annum. An application form is available from Mrs Afrey Edes, Imperial College Management School, 53 Prince's Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PG, or (preferably) email: a.edes@ic.ac.uk. Closing date: 23rd November 2001 -------------------------------- Sender: Xindong Wu Subject: Computer Science Faculty Positions at Univ of Vermont University of Vermont Faculty Positions in Computer Science After a successful search for two faculty members in 2001, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Vermont invites applications for two additional tenure-track faculty (pending final funding approval). These positions commence with the 2002-03 academic year. The University of Vermont, one of the top public national universities (http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/natudoc/natudoc_pubs.htm), is located in Burlington, Vermont. It offers a supportive research environment in a relatively small city that repeatedly has drawn national attention for offering a high quality of life. The greater Burlington area includes 125,000 people, and is situated on the shores of Lake Champlain between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Burlington and the surrounding area provide an environment rich in cultural, family, and sporting activities. The Department of Computer Science offers programs in the College of Engineering and Mathematics and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a joint program with the School of Business Administration. Position 1: Associate or Assistant Professor. Candidates in networking and systems, software engineering, programming languages, human-computer interaction or parallel/distributed computing are most sought. Candidates in any area of computer science will be considered seriously. Our faculty are involved in the forefront of research in knowledge and data engineering, software engineering, and computational sciences. We are seeking to complement and further strengthen our existing research and teaching activities in these areas. Position 2: Assistant Professor in COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY. A new concentration in computational biology has been established in the Colleges of Medicine, Agricultural and Life Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics, and Arts and Sciences. Candidates with research interests or experience in computational biology or bioinformatics are invited to apply. Through a major Department of Energy grant that commenced in July 2000, the startup package includes summer support, seed research grant, and reduced teaching obligations. Candidates for either position should have a strong research record, hold a doctorate in Computer Science or a closely related field, and have broad teaching abilities and interests. Current teaching responsibilities typically consist of three computer science courses per year with average enrollments of 25 students. These responsibilities will be reduced to two courses per year for the first two years for successful position 2 candidates. Please send a letter of interest indicating the position sought, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching experience and interests, a statement of research interests and aspirations to, and arrange for at least three letters of reference to be sent to Chair, Faculty Search, Position (1 or 2), Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. Complete applications received by January 21, 2002 will be fully considered. For more information about the Department and the University please see http://www.cs.uvm.edu or send email to cssearch@cs.uvm.edu. The University of Vermont is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and members of minority groups. -------------------------------- Sender: Wei-Min Shen Subject: CFP: Special Issue on Self-Reconfigurable Robots. === Call for Papers Self-Reconfigurable Robots and Systems A Special Issue of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics === Self-reconfigurable robots are robots that can autonomously change their shape and size to accomplish diverse tasks in complex environments. Typically, such robots consist of swarms of autonomous and configurable modules that can dynamically rearrange their physical connectivity to form structures and capabilities that are beyond those of conventional, fixed-shape robots. These metamorphic robots are ideal for applications such as search and rescue in rubble or unstructured areas, inspection and repair in hazardous environments, fire fighting, space exploration, remote intelligence gathering, or reconnaissance. Due to their potential applications and interesting research challenges, self-reconfigurable robots have attracted in the recent years many researchers in robotics, artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, and related fields. The goal of this special issue is to bring together all updated and related research results, define new challenging tasks and applications, review the history of the field, and discuss the future of self-reconfigurable robots. We welcome papers in all aspects of self- reconfigurable robots, including representations, control theory, novel hardware design, innovative applications and demonstrations. Topics: The papers submitted to this Special Issue should include, but may not be limited to, the investigation of the following research challenges: -- how modules communicate in a network whose topology may change, -- how actions are synchronized without assuming any global real-time clocks, -- how modules use their weak local actions to accomplish global effects that require strong and precise actuators, -- how to design and build connectors so that modules can reconfigure effectively and efficiently, -- how to evaluate, select, plan, and execute configurations for a given task and environment, -- how reconfigurable robots repair themselves, -- how to distribute global control to reconfigurable modules to avoid single point breakdown, -- how to control reconfigurable robots so that they are robust to single point breakdown, -- how self-reconfiguration is accomplished in other types of natural systems such as biological organisms. All manuscripts should include a title page containing the title of the paper, full names and affiliations, complete postal and electronic addresses, phone and fax numbers, an abstract, and a list of keywords. The contacting author should be clearly identified. Important Dates: October 2001: Call for Papers March 31, 2002: Deadline for Paper Submission June 15, 2002: Completion of First Review September 15, 2002: Completion of Final Review December, 2002: Publication Guest Editors: Dr. Mark Yim Xerox Palo Alto Research Center 3333 Coyote Hill Rd, Palo Alto CA, 94304 Phone: 650-812-4806 Fax: 650-812-4334 email: yim@parc.xerox.com Prof. Wei-Min Shen Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA Phone: 310-448-8710 Fax: 310-822-0751 email: shen@isi.edu Submission of Papers: Electronic submissions in PDF, postscript, or zipped postscript form are strongly encouraged, and will expedite the review and publication process. Please email to the guest editors at shen@isi.edu or yim@parc.xerox.com. Please include the name of the file, paper type (Regular or Short), and mention that it is for the Special Issue on Self-Reconfigurable Robots. Submission in paper form will still be acceptable, although the reviewing process may be longer. In this case, please send four copies to: Prof. Wei-Min Shen Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California Marina del Rey, CA 90292, USA Phone: 310-448-8710 Fax: 310-822-0751 email: shen@isi.edu The format of the papers and submission procedures can be obtained from the web site http://www.ieee.org/organizations/pubs/transactions/tmech.htm -------------------------------- Sender: Stefano Cagnoni Subject: FINAL CFP: EvoIASP2002/Special Issue of EURASIP JASP FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS EVOIASP2002 Fourth European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Image Analysis and Signal Processing Kinsale, Ireland, April 3, 2002 EvoIASP is the first European event specifically dedicated to the applications of evolutionary computation (EC) to image analysis and signal processing (IASP) and gives European and non-European researchers in those fields, as well as people from industry, an opportunity to present their latest research and to discuss current developments and applications, besides fostering closer future interaction between members of the three scientific communities. The previous editions of the Workshop were held in Goteborg, Sweden (1999), Edinburgh, UK (2000) and in Como, Italy (2001). The workshop is sponsored by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing, and is one of the activities of EvoIASP, the EvoNet working group on Evolutionary Computation for Image Analysis and Signal Processing. It will be part of EvoWorkshops2002 and will be held in conjunction with EuroGP2002, the European Conference on Genetic Programming. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: applications of evolutionary computation to real-life IASP problems, evolvable vision and signal processing hardware, evolutionary pattern recognition, hybrid architectures for machine vision and signal processing including evolutionary components, theoretical developments, comparisons between different evolutionary techniques and between evolutionary and non-evolutionary techniques in IASP applications, financial time series analysis by means of EC techniques. The workshop Proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series and will be available at the workshop. Authors of the best papers submitted to EvoIASP2002 will be invited to submit an extended version of their work for publication in a special issue on Evolutionary Image Analysis and Signal Processing of the "EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing" (http://asp.hindawi.com). Important Dates: Submission deadline: 4 November 2001 Notification of acceptance: 1 December 2001 Camera ready papers for workshop: 20 December 2001 Workshop: 3 April 2002 For full details about submissions and updated news about the workshop please visit the workshop web pages: http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2002/evoiasp.html http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2002/ For previous EvoWorkshops Proceedings: EvoWorkshops2001 http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3-540-41920-9 EvoWorkshops2000 http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/search_book.pl?isbn=3-540-67353-9 -------------------------------- (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: - Send submissions (articles) to GA-List@gmu.edu. 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