Second Call for Papers

Workshop on 'Real Life Evolutionary Design Optimisation'       
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Associated with:
6th International Conference on Parallel Problem 
   Solving from Nature (PPSN2000)

6th Int'l Conf. on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
  (SAB2000)


16 September 2000
College de France, Paris, France
  
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PPSN Webpage:
http://www.inria.fr/PPSN2000
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THE DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION: 30 April 2000 

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OVERVIEW:
Original papers are invited for the Workshop on Real Life 
Evolutionary Design Optimisation to be organised in association 
with the 6th International Conference on Parallel Problem 
Solving from Nature (PPSN2000). The aim of this workshop is to 
explore the use of evolutionary computation techniques 
for solving real life engineering design optimisation problems. 
This workshop aims to bring together researchers working in the 
area of industrial application of evolutionary based computation 
techniques like genetic algorithms, evolutionary programming, 
genetic programming, evolutionary strategies, simulated annealing 
and tabu search. It will provide a great opportunity for 
presenting and disseminating latest work in the fields of multi-objective, 
multi-modal and constraint optimisation. It will 
also provide a forum for identifying and exploring the key 
issues that affect the industrial application of evolutionary 
based computation techniques.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:
The scope of this workshop covers the following evolutionary 
based computation techniques and their application to real 
life optimisation problems:

Genetic Algorithms
Evolutionary Programming 
Genetic Programming 
Evolutionary Strategies 
Simulated Annealing 
Tabu Search 
Hybrid Techniques

The application areas of interest include but are not 
limited to:

Multi-objective Optimisation
Multi-modal Optimisation
Constrained Optimisation
Optimisation in Unknown Search Space
Optimisation of High Dimensional Problems
Integrating Qualitative Knowledge in Optimisation

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE AND PUBLICATION:

Full papers will be required in MS Word OR Postcript 
format. The organisers strongly recommend electronic 
submission (Email to: [log in to unmask]) of papers. 
The length of the papers should not be more than FOUR 
pages. The papers should be formatted strictly as per 
the PPSN2000 conf. instructions 
(http://www-syntim.inria.fr/fractales/PPSN2000/Submission.html).

Full papers will be reviewed by a panel of international 
referees prior to their acceptance. Authors are expected 
to make all necessary changes as suggested by the reviewers 
before the final submission of full paper manuscript. The papers will 
be published in a collective workshop 
pre-proceedings which will be distributed in the registration 
packages for both SAB and PPSN.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
All papers will be in English. Main texts in the MS Word 
and Postscript files should only include International 
Latin-2 character set, and Greek symbols for mathematical 
expressions.

WORKSHOP FORMAT:
The workshop format will be as follows:

* The workshop is proposed to be for half a day 
consisting of individual presentations and an open 
group discussion.
* Each individual presenter will be given 15 minutes 
to present his/her work and another 5 minutes for 
discussion.
* The last hour of the workshop will be utilised 
for discussing the issues related to the topic. 
This open group discussion will give the participants 
an opportunity to comment and express their views on 
the topic.

WORKSHOP ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

Dr. Rajkumar Roy, Cranfield University, UK (Chair)
Mr. Graham Jared, Cranfield University, UK
Mr. Ashutosh Tiwari, Cranfield University, UK
Mr. Olivier Munaux, Cranfield University, UK

PPSN2000 CONF. SPONSORS:

College de France 
European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary 
  Computation (EVONET) 
French National Institute for Research in Computer 
  Science and Control (INRIA)
International Society for Adaptive Behavior (ISAB)
International Society of Genetic Algorithms (ISGA)

IMPORTANT DATES:

Expression of Interest: NOW
Paper Submission (FOUR PAGES): April 30, 2000
Notification of Acceptance: May 30, 2000
Final Manuscript: June 30, 2000
Workshop: September 16, 2000

CONTACTS:

For the submission of papers and for further 
information and enquiries, please contact the 
workshop Chair:

Dr. Rajkumar Roy
Department of Enterprise Integration
School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science
Cranfield University
Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AL
United Kingdom
Tel. +44 (0)1234 750111 Ext. 2423 or +44 (0)1234 754072
Fax. +44 (0)1234 750852
Email: [log in to unmask]


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Dr. Rajkumar Roy  CEng
Lecturer
Department of Enterprise Integration
(formerly known as The CIM Institute) 
School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science,
Cranfield University,
Cranfield, Bedford,
MK43 0AL, United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 (0)1234 750111 Ext. 2423  
Fax: +44 (0)1234 750852
Email: [log in to unmask]  or  [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sims/cim/people/roy.htm

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