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******** APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES ******** *************************************************** The VII International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization - NICSO 2015 February 25th - 27th, 2015 Chamonix, France *************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * Full paper submission: September 28, 2014 Acceptance notification: November 15, 2014 Final camera ready: December 15, 2014 NICSO: February 25-27, 2015 NICSO 2015 will be the sixth edition of the International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization. This workshop aims at bringing together international researchers and practitioners from different disciplines in order to discuss recent advances and exchange ideas on the current state of the art of cooperative problem solving strategies. In this edition, NICSO will include topics related to the optimization, learning and adaptation for manufacturing and assembling systems. All submitted papers will be blind reviewed and are expected to provide original results, insights and experimental innovations in both research and industry. Selection criteria will be based on relevance, originality, significance, impact, technical soundness and quality of the presentation. As in previous editions, papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 12 pages, and will be published in the book series on Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer (TBC). The authors of a selection of the best accepted papers will be invited to revise and extend their contributions for publication in a special issue in the Journal of Memetic Computing, Springer (TBC). Target topics (but not limited to): Adaptive Behaviour Agent and Holon-based Manufacturing Amorphous Computing Artificial Life Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics Bio-inspired Architectures for Assembly and Manufacturing Systems Cloud Manufacturing Complex Systems Computer Integrated Manufacturing Data Analytics and Big Data in Manufacturing Design of Manufacturing Systems Distributed Computing Distributed and Collaborative Manufacturing Enterprise Modelling, Integration and Networking Evolutionary Algorithms Evolutionary Robotics Evolvable Manufacturing Evolvable Assembly Systems Flexible, Reconfigurable, Agile and Virtual Manufacturing Human-Machine Systems Hyperheuristics Industrial Applications of Manufacturing Systems Manufacturing Plant Control, Production Planning and Scheduling Maintainability, Reliability and Safety of Production Systems Modelling and Simulation of Manufacturing Processes Membrane Computing Quantum Computing Sensor Networks and Embedded Systems Systems Biology Systems Coevolution Swarm Intelligence Robotics and Robot Applications for Manufacturing * Workshop Organizers * German Terrazas, University of Nottingham, UK Daniele Scrimieri, University of Nottingham, UK Svetan Ratchev, University of Nottingham, UK * Steering Committee * Natalio Krasnogor, Newcastle University, UK David A. Pelta, University of Granada, Spain -- German Terrazas, Ph.D. Research Fellow URL: http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~gzt Tel: +44 (0)115 7484709 C32 Coates Building Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD United Kingdom Twitter: @NiscoSeries This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.