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Deadline extension: 27 March 2007
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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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Graduate Student Workshop
to be held as part of the
2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2007)
7-11 July 2007
University College London
Gower Street
London WC 1E 6BT, UK
Organized by ACM SIGEVO
www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2007
EXTENDED PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: 27 March 2007
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The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2007) will present
the latest high quality results in the growing field of genetic and
evolutionary computation. Topics include: genetic algorithms, genetic
programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, real-world
applications, learning classifier systems and other genetics-based machine
learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant colony
optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications, evolutionary
robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems and more.
This full day workshop will take place on the 8 July 2007 and will involve
presentations by approximately 12 selected graduate students conducting
research in some aspect of evolutionary computation. Students will make 15-20
minute presentations to an audience that will include a 'mentor' panel of
established researchers in evolutionary computation. Presentations will be
followed by a 10 minute question and discussion period led by the mentor panel.
The goal of this workshop is to assist students regarding their research:
research methodology, goals, and plans. Students will also receive feedback on
their presentation style. Other attendees will benefit by learning about
current research, engaging in technical discussions and meeting researchers
with related interests. Other students are encouraged to attend as a means of
strengthening their own research.
The group of presenting students will be chosen with the intent of creating a
diverse group of students working on a broad range of topic areas. You are an
ideal candidate if your thesis topic has already been approved by your
university and you have been working on your thesis or dissertation for between
6 and 18 months.
Submissions should follow the general format of GECCO submission (see author
guidelines on the main GECCO page
http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html). In addition, submissions should
be accompanied by a brief cover letter including the student's current
enrollment status (MSc or PhD student) and information regarding the extent of
their research to date (e.g. number of months on the project, whether they have
completed a proposal defense, or some similar indication of progress). Accepted
papers will be included with the other workshop papers on the GECCO workshops
CD-ROM. Awards will be presented for best work and best presentation.
Presenters should plan to present both their current research results and their
future research goals and plans, keeping in mind that the goal is to receive
advice and suggestions on both the current status of their research and on
their planed future research directions.
Information for students including details about travel grants can be found on
http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/students.html
Organizer: Aniko Ekart
Submissions should be made electronically to ekarta from aston.ac.uk with the
subject "GECCO 2007 Graduate Student Workshop Submission".
Important dates:
Tuesday, 27 March 2007: Extended paper submission deadline
Friday, 30 March 2007: Accepted papers notification
Wednesday, 11 April 2007: Camera-ready files submission deadline
Wednesday, 11 April 2007: Conference registration deadline for authors
presenting workshop papers
