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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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EVO* 2009

including

EuroGP, EvoCOP, EvoBIO and EvoWorkshops

15-17 April, 2009
Eberhard Karls University
Tübingen, Germany

http://www.evostar.org

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The EuroGP, EvoCOP and EvoBIO conferences and the workshops
collectively entitled EvoWorkshops compose EVO*: Europe’s premier
co-located events in the field of Evolutionary Computing. Featuring the
latest advances in theoretical and applied research, EVO* topics include
recent genetic programming challenges, evolutionary and other 
meta-heuristic
approaches for combinatorial optimization, evolutionary computation,
machine learning and data mining techniques in biosciences, use of
evolutionary algorithms in numerical optimization, in music and art
domains, in image analysis and signal processing, in hardware
optimization and in a wide range of applications to scientific,
industrial, financial and other real-world problems.

EuroGP: 12th European Conference on Genetic Programming:
high quality papers are sought on topics strongly related to the
evolution of computer programs, ranging from theoretical work
to innovative applications.

EvoCOP: 9th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation
in Combinatorial Optimization: practical and theoretical contributions
are invited, related to evolutionary computation techniques and other
meta-heuristics for solving combinatorial optimization problems.

EvoBIO: 7th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation,
Machine Learning and Data Mining in Bioinformatics: the emphasis
is on evolutionary computation and other advanced techniques
addressing important problems in molecular biology, proteomics,
genomics and genetics, that have been implemented and tested in
simulations and on real-life datasets.

EvoWorkshops: The twelve workshops which make up this event
are focused on the use of Evolutionary Computation in different
application areas:
• EvoCOMNET: Telecommunication networks and other
parallel and distributed systems
• EvoENVIRONMENT: Environmental issues
• EvoFIN : Finance and economics
• EvoGAMES: Games
• EvoHOT: Design automation
• EvoIASP: Image analysis and signal processing
• EvoINTERACTION: Interactive evolution and humanized
computational intelligence
• EvoMUSART: Music, sound, art and design
• EvoNUM: Continuous parameter optimization
• EvoPHD: Graduate student workshop on evolutionary computation
• EvoSTOC: Stochastic and dynamic environments (EvoSTOC has
organized the “yellow submarine challenge” competition for dynamic
optimization, further information can be found in the workshop page)
• EvoTRANSLOG: Transportation and logistics

In 2009, the event will take place in Tübingen, a traditional university
town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on a ridge between
the Neckar and Ammer rivers in the southwest of the country, about
30 km southwest of Stuttgart. EVO* 2009 will be hosted at Eberhard
Karls University in Tübingen, founded in 1477 and one of the oldest
universities in Germany.

Important Dates for all events are:
*** Submission deadline: 5 November 2008 ***
Conference: 15-17 April 2009

Evo* 2009 proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.
The website http://www.evostar.org offers information relevant to all 
events,
including calls for papers, deadlines, organizing committees, submission
requirements, local information and links to the previous Evo* editions.