MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Please distribute=0A(Apologies for multiple posting)=0A=0A=0A--------------= ---------------------------------------------------------=0ALAST CALL FOR P= APERS=0A=0AEvoMUSART 2009=0A=0A7th European Workshop on Evolutionary and Bi= ologically Inspired Music,=0ASound, Art and Design=0A=0A15-17 April, 2009, = Tubingen, Germany=0A=0Ahttp://evostar.na.icar.cnr.it/EvoWorkshops/EvoMUSART= /EvoMUSART.html=0Ahttp://www.evostar.org=0A=0A-----------------------------= -----------------------------------------=0AINTRODUCTION=0A----------------= ------------------------------------------------------=0A=0AEvoMUSART 2009 = is the seventh workshop of the EvoNet working group on=0AEvolutionary Music= and Art. Following the success of previous events=0Aand the growth of inte= rest in the field, the main goal of EvoMUSART=0A2009 is to bring together r= esearchers who are using biologically=0Ainspired techniques for artistic ta= sks, providing the opportunity to=0Apromote, present and discuss ongoing wo= rk in this area.=0A=0AThe workshop will be held from 15-17 April, 2009 in T= ubingen, Germany=0Aas part of the EvoStar event.=0A=0AAccepted papers will = be presented orally at the workshop and included=0Ain the EvoWorkshops proc= eedings, published by Springer Verlag in the=0ALecture Notes in Computer Sc= ience series.=0A=0A=0AEvoMUSART 2009 important dates are:=0A=0ASubmission = deadline: November 5, 2008=0AConference: April 15-17, 2009=0A=0ATo submit= a paper you can directly access the page:=0Ahttp://myreview.csregistry.org= /evoworkshops09/=0A=0Aor otherwise find all instructions and information ab= out the=0AEvoStar 2009 events at the page:=0Ahttp://www.evostar.org=0A=0A= =0A=0A---------------------------------------------------------------------= -=0ATOPICS OF INTEREST=0A--------------------------------------------------= --------------------=0A=0AThe papers should concern the use of bio-inspired= techniques -=0Ae.g. Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Life, Artificial= Neural=0ANetworks, Swarm Intelligence, etc. - in the scope of the generati= on,=0Aanalysis and interpretation of art, music, design, architecture and= =0Aother artistic fields. Topics of interest include, but are not=0Alimited= to:=0A=0A- Generation=0A o Biologically Inspired Design and Art-Systems= that create=0A drawings, images, animations, sculptures, poetry, text= , objects,=0A designs, webpages, buildings, etc.;=0A o Biologically= Inspired Sound and Music - Systems that create=0A music, sounds, inst= ruments, voices, sound effects, sound=0A analysis, etc.;=0A o Robot= ic Based Evolutionary Art and Music;=0A o Other related generative techn= iques;=0A- Theory=0A o Computational Aesthetics, Emotional Response, Sur= prise, Novelty;=0A o Representation techniques;=0A o Surveys of the s= tate-of-the-art in the area; identification of=0A weaknesses and stren= gths; comparative analysis and =0A classification;=0A o Validation = methodologies;=0A o Studies on the applicability of these techniques to = related areas;=0A o New models designed to promote the creative potentia= l of =0A biologically inspired computation;=0A- Computer Aided Creativ= ity=0A o Systems in which biologically inspired computation is used to= =0A promote the creativity of a human user;=0A o New ways of integr= ating the user in the evolutionary cycle;=0A o Analysis and evaluation o= f: the artistic potential of biologically=0A inspired art and music; t= he artistic processes inherent to these=0A approaches; the resulting a= rtifacts;=0A o Collaborative distributed artificial art environments;=0A= - Automation=0A o Techniques for automated fitness assignment;=0A o S= ystems in which an analysis or interpretation of the artworks=0A is us= ed in conjunction with biologically inspired techniques to=0A produce = novel objects;=0A o Systems that exploit biologically inspired computati= on to=0A perform the analysis of image, music, sound, sculpture, or so= me=0A other types of artistic object;=0A=0A---------------------------= -------------------------------------------=0AADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SU= BMISSION DETAILS=0A--------------------------------------------------------= --------------=0A=0ASubmit your manuscript, at most 10 A4 pages long, in Sp= ringer LNCS=0Aformat no later than November 5, 2008. Formatting instruction= s=0Aavailable at:=0A=0Ahttp://www.springer.com/dal/home/computer/lncs?SGWID= =3D1-164-7-72376-0&teaserId=3D45515&CENTER_ID=3D73062)=0A=0AThe papers will= be peer reviewed by at least three members of=0Athe program committee. Aut= hors will be notified via email on the=0Aresults of the review by December = 20, 2008.=0A=0AThe authors of accepted papers will have to improve their pa= per on the=0Abasis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a c= amera=0Aready version of their manuscripts, along with text sources and=0Ap= ictures, by January 8, 2009. The accepted papers will appear in the=0Aworks= hop proceedings, published in Springer LNCS Series, which will be=0Aavailab= le at the workshop.=0A=0AFurther information, including the Online Submissi= on Details, can be=0Afound on the following pages:=0A Evo*2009: http://w= ww.evostar.org=0A EvoMUSART2009: http://evostar.na.icar.cnr.it/EvoWorksh= ops/EvoMUSART/EvoMUSART.html=0A=0A=0A--------------------------------------= --------------------------------=0AIMPORTANT DATES=0A----------------------= ------------------------------------------------=0A=0ASubmission: 5= November 2008=0ANotification: 20 December 2008=0ACamera ready: = 8 January 2009=0AWorkshop: 15-17 April 2009=0A=0A---------------= -------------------------------------------------------=0APROGRAMME COMMITT= EE=0A----------------------------------------------------------------------= =0A=0AAlain Lioret, Paris 8 University, France=0AAlan Dorin, Monash Univers= ity, Australia=0AAlejandro Pazos, University of A Coruna, Spain=0AAmilcar C= ardoso, University of Coimbra, Portugal=0AAndrew Gildfind, Google, Inc., Au= stralia=0AAndrew Horner, University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong=0AAn= na Ursyn, University of Northern Colorado, USA=0AAntonino Santos, Universit= y of A Coruna, Spain=0AArtemis Sanchez Moroni, Renato Archer Research Cente= r, Brazil=0ABill Manaris, College of Charleston, USA=0ABrian Ross, Brock Un= iversity, Canada=0ACarla Farsi, University of Colorado, USA=0AChristian Jac= ob , University of Calgary, Canada=0AColin Johnson, University of Kent, UK= =0ADavid Hart, Independent Artist, USA=0AEleonora Bilotta, University of Ca= labria, Italy=0AErwin Driessens, Independent Artist, Netherlands=0AGary Gre= enfield, University of Richmond, USA=0AGary Nelson, Oberlin College, USA=0A= Gerhard Widmer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria=0AHans Dehlinger, = Independent Artist, Germany=0AJames McDermott, University of Limerick, Irel= and=0AJohn Collomosse, University of Bath, UK=0AJon Bird, University of Sus= sex, UK=0AJonatas Manzolli , UNICAMP, Brasil=0AJorge Tavares, INRIA Lille -= Nord Europe, France=0AJuan Romero, University of A Coruna, Spain=0ALuigi P= agliarini, Pescara Electronic Artists Meeting & University of Southern Denm= ark, Italy=0AMaria Verstappen, Independent Artist, Netherlands=0AMatthew Le= wis, Ohio State University, USA=0AMauro Annunziato, Plancton Art Studio, It= aly=0ANicolas Monmarch=E9, University of Tours, France=0APablo Gerv=E1s, Un= iversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain=0APaul Brown, University of Sussex, = UK=0APaulo Urbano, Universidade de Lisboa , Portugal=0APeter Bentley, Unive= rsity College London , UK=0APhilip Galanter, Texas A&M College of Architect= ure, USA=0ARafael Ramirez, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain=0ARodney Waschka = II, North Carolina State University, USA=0ARuli Manurung, University of Ind= onesia, Indonesia=0ASimon Colton, Imperial College, UK=0ASomnuk Phon-Amnuai= suk, Multimedia University, Malaysia=0AStefano Cagnoni, University of Parma= , Italy=0AStephen Todd, IBM, UK=0ASteve DiPaola, Simon Fraser University, C= anada=0ATim Blackwell, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK=0AWill= iam Latham, Art Games Ltd, UK=0A=0A----------------------------------------= ------------------------------=0ASTEERING COMMITTEE=0A---------------------= -------------------------------------------------=0A=0APenousal Machado=0AU= niversity of Coimbra, Portugal=0AMachado AT dei DOT uc DOT pt=0A=0AJuan Rom= ero=0AUniversity of A Coruna, Spain=0Ajj AT udc DOT es=0A=0AJon McCormack= =0AMonash University=0AJon DOT McCormack AT infotech DOT monash DOT edu DOT= au=0A=0A------------------------------------------------------------------= ----=0AWORKSHOP CHAIRS=0A--------------------------------------------------= --------------------=0A=0APenousal Machado=0AUniversity of Coimbra, Portuga= l=0AMachado AT dei DOT uc DOT pt=0A=0AJon McCormack=0AMonash University=0AJ= on DOT McCormack AT infotech DOT monash DOT edu DOT au=0A=0A=0A____________= ______________________________________=0ADo You Yahoo!?=0ATired of spam? 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