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Just received the following which might be of interest.
Julian Vincent
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> Call for Papers and Abstracts (Extended deadline !!!!)
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> GECCO - 07 Workshop on the Evolution of Natural and Artificial
> Systems -
> Metaphors and Analogies in Single and Multi-Objective Problems
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> (GECCO- ENAS- 2007)
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> to be held on July 7, 2007 as a part of the
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> 2007 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2007)
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> July 7-11, 2007 (Saturday-Wednesday)
> University College London
> Gower Street
> London WC 1E 6BT, UK
> Organized by ACM SIGEVO
> www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2007
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> Background and Motivation:
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> The aim of this workshop is to understand the similarities and
> dissimilarities between biological evolution and computational
> evolution.
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> Work on evolutionary computation (EC) has made extensive use of
> concepts
> from biology such as the notion of "the fittest" or "optimal"
> solution to an
> evolutionary problem. Other concepts from biology such as mutation,
> speciation, and co-evolution, have also been used in work on EC.
> There are
> two complementary views about the utility of analogy between
> natural and
> artificial systems. The first view is that the study of natural
> systems can
> lead to the development of better artificial systems. The second
> view is
> that the study of artificial systems can lead to new insights on the
> evolution of natural systems. While the former view is commonly
> accepted,
> especially in the EC community, the latter view has yet to be fully
> accepted
> and explored. Design, planning and analyses of man-made systems often
> involve the use of Pareto-optimality and the notion of non-
> dominancy. When
> studying biological systems these are not easily apparent.
> Computational
> tools, such as Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms, may be
> particularly
> useful in attempts to understand the nature of evolutionary
> tradeoffs and
> the degree to which evolution involves a "balance" between
> selection for
> multiple objectives.
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> Topics:
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> * Understanding of applied metaphors and analogies in EC
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> * New metaphors and analogies in EC
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> * Dissimilarities between natural and artificial evolution
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> * The adaptation/optimization debate and its relation to teleology
> and the
> notion of objectives
> * Tradeoffs in natural systems and how these arise
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> * The relationships between niches, species formation and
> objectives in
> natural and artificial systems
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> * The relationships between design concepts and "natural concepts"
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> * Co-evolution and its relationship to multi-objective optimization
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> * Other related topics
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> Application areas:
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> Papers on any application area of EC are welcome provided that a
> discussion
> is
> included on the use of metaphors and analogies in the study of
> natural and
> artificial systems
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> Organizers:
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> Amiarm Moshaiov
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> Steven Hecht Orzack
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> Joshua Knowles
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> Important Dates:
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> Paper/extended abstract submission deadline - 30 March, 2007
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> Notification of acceptance - 4 April, 2007
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> Camera-ready copy deadline - 11 April, 2007
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> Registration to the workshop - 11 April, 2007
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> Workshop - 7 July, 2007
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> Submission Instructions:
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> Please email a PDF of your paper or extended abstract by the
> deadline to
> [log in to unmask]
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> In your email please list name, affiliation, and contact details
> (including
> email) of all authors. Please, use the subject line "GECOO-ENAS-2007
> SUBMISSION"
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> Papers should not exceed the limit of 8 pages and must abide ACM
> formatting
> rules (for details, please visit
> http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html).
> Authors of accepted papers will submit their camera ready files
> through
> GECCO submission system.
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> A title page must be sent to [log in to unmask] by the 11th of
> April. By
> the same date, the copyright form must be sent to the conference
> organizers
> via fax or signed and scanned via email.
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