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CALL FOR PAPERS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS **Apologies for cross-posting**

12th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems - ICARIS 2013 August 27-29, 2013 - University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

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http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013


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* EXTENDED DEADLINE: 18th May 2013

* Proceedings in LNCS, Springer (only for regular papers of 2nd track)

* Special issue in NATURAL COMPUTING

* STUDENT BURSARIES for the most competitive students from any country

* KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Pietro Lio', University of Cambridge, UK
- Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
- Benedict Seddon, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
- Alan Winfield, University of the West of England, UK
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* Important Dates:
- Extended paper submission:  18th May 2013
- Author notification:        18th June 2013
- Camera Ready submission:    28th June 2013


* Keynote Speakers:
- Pietro Lio', University of Cambridge, UK
- Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
- Benedict Seddon, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
- Alan Winfield, University of the West of England, UK


* Student Bursaries:
ICARIS 2013 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that it is making available a limited number of student bursaries, which will be awarded on a competitive basis to PhD students from any country.  
Details will be published shortly in ICARIS 2013 website.
http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/


* Special Session in NATURAL COMPUTING:
We are pleased to announce a special issue in Natural Computing by Springer. All accepted papers, and best abstracts are invited to submit the extended versions of their works to this special issue. The special issue will begin in December 2013 to conclude all processes around June/July 2014.


* Submission Guidelines:
As the previous editions, ICARIS 2013 is divided into two main tracks http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/submit.html

Please submit your manuscript for any tracks using the following link:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013

- Track on Computational Immunology (Oral & Posters submission) This track aims is to attract researchers from computer science, information science, engineering, biomathematics, biomedicine, bioinformatics, systems biology, and immunology to share and exchange their knowledge of state-of-the-art research issues, methodologies, ideas, and challenges.
Authors are requested to submit an abstract up to 500 words in length, one figure and references. All abstracts will undergo a quick review process for relevance to the conference and technical accuracy. All accepted abstracts will be published in a book of abstracts.

- Track on Immune-inspired Engineering (Regular Paper - Oral & Posters
submission)
This track is for research into the development and application of artificial immune systems. Authors may submit their manuscripts as EITHER an abstract paper or regular paper, both of which may qualify for an oral or poster presentations.
All papers and abstracts will undergo a double blind peer-review process. Authors are requested to submit a PDF file following the LNCS formatting instructions:  
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013

Regular Papers should be a maximum of fourteen (14) pages. All accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer.
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, include no more than one figure and include appropriate references. All accepted abstracts will be published in a book of abstracts.

If you wish to present a poster and do not wish to be considered for oral presentation, then please indicate this when you submit the abstract. We reserve the right to allocate poster presentation slots to submissions that have requested oral presentation.

During the submission authors must make clear which track the paper should to be considered for.


* Conference Location:
This conference is hosted by the University of Nottingham, and will be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, situated on the University Park Campus. New for 2013, onsite hotel accommodation will be available at a competitive delegate rate. The University of Nottingham is easily accessible by public transport, 15 minutes from Nottingham City Centre. Nottingham is located in central England, 25 minutes taxi from Nottingham East Midlands Airport, and 1 hr 45 mins from London St Pancras on the Midland Mainline. For further details please refer to the conference website.


We look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham in August 2013 !!
Uwe Aickelin, Julie Greensmith, Mario Pavone and Jon Timmis.