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11th International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems
to be held as part of the
2008 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2008)
July 12-16, 2008 (Saturday-Wednesday)
Renaissance Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sponsored by ACM SIGEVO
www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2008
PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: March 26th, 2008
Workshop Website:
http://www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/i3pages/butz/IWLCS2008
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The Eleventh International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems IWLCS
2008) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Sunday, July 13, 2008
during the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008),
July 12-16, 2008.
Originally, Learning Classifier Systems (LCSs) were introduced by John
H. Holland as a way of applying evolutionary computation to machine
learning and adaptive behavior problems. Sine then, the LCS paradigm has
broadened greatly into a framework that encompasses many
representations, rule discovery mechanisms, and credit assignment
schemes. Current LCS applications range from data mining, to automated
innovation and the on-line control of cognitive systems. LCS research
includes various actual system approaches: While Wilson's accuracy-based
XCS system (1995) has received the highest attention and gained the
highest reputation, studies and developments of other LCSs are
usually discussed and contrasted.
Advances in machine learning, and reinforcement learning in particular,
as well as in evolutionary computation have brought LCS systems the
necessary competence and guaranteed learning properties. Novel insights
in machine learning and evolutionary computation are being integrated
into the LCS framework.
Thus, we invite submissions that discuss recent developments in all
areas of research on, and applications of, Learning Classifier Systems.
IWLCS is the event that brings together most of the core researchers in
classifier systems.
Moreover, a free introductory tutorial on LCSs is presented the day
before the workshop at GECCO 2008. Tutorial and IWLCS workshop thus also
provide an opportunity for researchers interested in LCSs to get an
impression of the current research directions in the field as well as a
guideline for the application of LCSs to their problem domain.
Submissions and Publication
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Submissions will be short-papers up to 8 pages in ACM format. Please see
the GECCO 2008 information for authors for further details.
All accepted papers will be presented at IWLCS 2008 and will appear in
the GECCO workshop volume. Proceedings of the workshop will be published
on CD-ROM, and distributed at the conference. Authors will be invited
after the workshop to submit revised (full) papers for publication in
the next post-workshop proceedings volume (scheduled for 2009), in the
Springer LNCS/LNAI book series.
All papers should be submitted in PDF format and e-mailed to:
esterb[at]salle.url.edu.
Important dates
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* Paper submission deadline: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
* Notification to authors: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
* Submission of camera-ready material: by Friday, April 18, 2008
* Conference registration by Monday, April 21, 2008
* Workshop date: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Committees
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- Organizing Commitee
* Jaume Bacardit, University of Nottingham (UK). E-mail:
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* Ester Bernad-Mansilla, Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain). E-mail:
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* Martin V. Butz, Universitat Wurzburg (Germany). E-mail:
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- Advisory Committee
* Tim Kovacs, University of Bristol (UK)
* Xavier Llor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)
* Pier Luca Lanzi, Politechnico de Milano (Italy)
* Wolfgang Stolzmann, Daimler Chrysler AG (Germany)
* Keiki Takadama, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
* Stewart Wilson, Prediction Dynamics (USA)
Further information
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For more details, please visit the workshop website at:
http://www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/i3pages/butz/IWLCS2008
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