Genetic Algorithms Digest Wednesday, September 18 1991 Volume 5 : Issue 29 - Send submissions to GA-List@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL - Send administrative requests to GA-List-Request@AIC.NRL.NAVY.MIL Today's Topics: - re: GA Journal Status - Neuro-evolution digest information - CFP: PPSN II in 1992, Brussels ********************************************************************** CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference) First European Conference on Artificial Life (v5n10) Dec 11-13, 1991 Canadian AI Conference, Vancouver, (CFP 1/7) May 11-15, 1992 10th National Conference on AI, San Jose, (CFP 1/15) Jul 12-17, 1992 ECAI 92, 10th European Conference on AI (v5n13) Aug 3-7, 1992 Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Brussels, (CFP 4/15) Sep 28-30, 1992 (Send announcements of other activities to GA-List@aic.nrl.navy.mil) ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kurt Thearling Date: Thu, 12 Sep 91 16:07:03 EDT Subject: re: GA Journal Status Doesn't the new journal ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR cover much of what a GA-specific journal would? There are also plans for an artificial life journal. Add in the GA publishing record of COMPLEX SYSTEMS and I'm not so sure that a new journal is necessary. I think one of the problems with the neural networks field is that there are just too many individual journals. It seems like a new one pops up every other day. Unless there is agreement that good GA work is going unpublished due to a lack of journals, I can't see that adding a new journal would improve the field. Kurt Thearling Thinking Machines Corp. kurt@think.com 245 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 ------------------------------ From: schultz@aic.nrl.navy.mil Date: Mon, 16 Sep 91 14:37:03 EDT Subject: Neuro-evolution digest information [Ed's Note: The following was seen by Helen Gigley on the connectionist digest and she sent it to John Grefenstette who passed it on to GA-list.] Neuro-evolution is a forum for discussion of technical issues relating to using genetic algorithms (GAs) and evolutionary approachs for the design of artificial neural networks. Other GA/ANN topics are also welcome. Postings of abstracts, notices of availability of tech reports and papers, references, general discussion, and the like are welcome. Send requests to have your name added to the distribution list to neuro-evolution-request@cse.ogi.edu. Mike Rudnick ------------------------------ From: UIN005%DDOHRZ11.BITNET@YALEVM.YCC.Yale.Edu Date: Mon, 16 Sep 91 14:13:52 SET Subject: CFP: PPSN II in 1992, Brussels Would you be so kind as to include the following Call for Papers into the next newsletter (LaTeX format). Thank you in advance for your courtesy. Hans-Paul Schefel, U of Dortmund, Germany % % call.tex Ma, 05.Sep.'91 LaTeX 2.09 % % call-for-papers to PPSN II in 1992 in Brussels, Belgium % \documentstyle{article} \pagestyle{empty} \makeatletter \def\deadline#1#2{% \par\@hangfrom{\hbox to 9em{\it #1\/\hfil}}#2\par } \def\committee#1#2{% \par\@hangfrom{\hbox to 15.5em{\bf #1\hfil}}#2\par } \makeatother \iffalse \topmargin -2.5cm \textwidth 15cm \textheight 25.5cm \else % % dinA4.sty Ho, 14.Dec.'89 LaTeX 2.09 % % LaTeX style modifications to change the paper size to DIN A4 \setlength{\textheight}{8.9in} % 22.6cm \setlength{\textwidth}{6.5in} % 16.5cm \setlength{\headheight}{12pt} % max.possible line heigth \setlength{\headsep}{25pt} \setlength{\footheight}{12pt} \setlength{\footskip}{25pt} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.10in} % + 1in \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.10in} % + 1in \setlength{\marginparwidth}{0.08in} \setlength{\marginparsep}{0.001in} % 0.1in + 0.08in + 0.001in = 3.0cm \setlength{\marginparpush}{0.4\parindent} \setlength{\topmargin}{-0.54cm} % 1in - 0.54cm = 2.0cm \setlength{\columnsep}{10pt} \setlength{\columnseprule}{0pt} % EOF dinA4.sty \fi \makeatletter % % myList.sty Ho, 14.Feb.'91 LaTeX 2.09 % % private variants of standard LaTeX lists %{ % % \begin{myList}{listname}{topsep}{parsep}{itemsep} % % \item ... % % \end{myList} % % base construct to realize re-defined standard lists % the seperation measures may be also given as \default. % \newenvironment{myList}[4]{% \edef\@myList{#1}% % \edef\@@myList{#2}% \ifx\@@myList\relax \else \setlength{\topsep}{\@@myList} \fi % \edef\@@myList{#3}% \ifx\@@myList\relax \else \setlength{\parsep}{\@@myList} \fi % \edef\@@myList{#4}% \ifx\@@myList\relax \else \setlength{\itemsep}{\@@myList} \fi % \begin{\@myList} }% {% \end{\@myList} }% \newcommand{\default}{} % % \begin{Itemize} % % \item ... % % \end{Itemize} % % single spaced, itemized list % \newenvironment{Itemize}{% \begin{myList}{itemize}{0.5\baselineskip}{0pt}{0pt} }% {% \end{myList} }% % % \begin{Enumerate} % % \item ... % % \end{Enumerate} % % single spaced, enumerated list % \newenvironment{Enumerate}{% \begin{myList}{enumerate}{\parskip}{0pt}{0pt} }% {% \end{myList} }% % % \begin{enumerate} % % \item ... % % \end{enumerate} % % own enumeration style (1) ... (2) ... % which is a modification of LaTeX's enumerate. % \def\enumerate{% \def\labelEnumi{(\theenumi)}% \def\labelEnumii{(\theenumii)}% \def\labelEnumiii{(\theenumiii)}% \def\labelEnumiv{(\theenumiv)}% % \ifnum \@enumdepth > 3 \@toodeep \else \advance\@enumdepth \@ne \edef\@enumctr{\romannumeral\the\@enumdepth}% \list{% \csname labelEnum\@enumctr\endcsname }{% \usecounter{enum\@enumctr}% \def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{##1}}% }% \fi } \def\endenumerate{% \endlist \@ignoretrue } % EOF myList.sty %} \makeatother \parskip=0.5\baselineskip \parindent=0pt \begin{document} {\large\em\centerline{Call for Papers}} \bigskip {\large\bf\centerline{PPSN~92}} {\large\bf\centerline{Parallel Problem Solving from Nature}} {\large\bf\centerline{Free University of Brussels, Belgium}} {\large\bf\centerline{28--30 September 1992}} \bigskip \normalsize The unifying theme of the PPSN-conference is ``natural computation'', i.e. the design, the theoretical and empirical understanding, and the comparison of algorithms gleaned from nature as well as their application to real-world problems in science, technology, etc. Characteristic for natural computation is the metaphorical use of concepts, principles, and mechanisms explaining natural systems. Examples are genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, algorithms based on neural networks, immune networks, and so on. A first focus of the conference is on problem solving in general, and learning and adaptiveness in particular. Since natural systems usually operate in a massively parallel way, a second focus is on parallel algorithms and their implementations. The conference {\em scope\/} includes but is not limited to the following topics: \begin{Itemize} \item Physical metaphors such as simulated annealing, \item Biological metaphors such as evolution strategies, genetic algorithms, immune networks, classifier systems and neural networks insofar problem solving, learning and adaptability are concerned, and \item Transfer of other natural metaphors to artificial problem solving. \end{Itemize} {\em Objectives\/} of this conference are 1)~to bring together scientists and practitioners working with these algorithms, 2)~to discuss theoretical and empirical results, 3)~to compare these algorithms, 4)~to discuss various implementations on different parallel computer architectures, 5)~to discuss applications in science, technology, administration, etc., and 6)~to summarize the state of the art. For practical reasons, there will be both oral and poster presentations. The way of presentation of a paper does not say anything about its quality. \medskip \committee{Conference Chair:}% {B. Manderick (VUB, Belgium) and H. Bersini (ULB, Belgium)} \committee{Conference Address:}% {PPSN - p/a D. Roggen - Dienst WEIN - Vrije Universiteit Brussel -- Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium -- {\bf tel.} +32/2/641.35.75 -- \\ {\bf fax} +32/2/641.28.70 -- {\bf email} ppsn@arti.vub.ac.be} \committee{Organizing Committee:}% {D. Keymeulen, D. Roggen, P. Spiessens, J. Toreele (all VUB)} \committee{Program Co-chairpersons:}% {Y. Davidor (Israel) and H.-P. Schwefel (Germany)} {\bf Program Committee:} \\ \begin{tabular}{@{}lll} E.M.L. Aarts (The Netherlands) & R.K. Belew (USA) & K.A. de Jong (USA) \\ J. Decuyper (Belgium) & M. Dorigo (Italy) & W. Ebeling (Germany) \\ D.E. Goldberg (USA) & M. Gorges-Schleuter (Germany) & J.J. Grefenstette (USA) \\ A.W.J. Kolen (The Netherlands) & R. M\"{a}nner (Germany) & J.-A. Meyer (France) \\ H. M\"{u}hlenbein (Germany) & F. Varela (France) & H.-M. Voigt (Germany) \\ \end{tabular} \medskip \begingroup \deadline{\bf Important Dates:}{} \parskip=0pt \deadline{April 1, 1992:}{Submission of papers (four copies) not exceeding 5000 words to be sent to the conference address.} \deadline{May 15, 1992:}{Notification of acceptance or rejection.} \deadline{June 15, 1992:}{Camera ready revised versions due.} \deadline{Sept.~28-30, 1992:}{PPSN-Conference.} \endgroup The proceedings will be published by Elsevier Publishing Company and will be available at the time of the conference. \end{document} ------------------------------ End of Genetic Algorithms Digest ******************************