(apologies for multiple postings) We proudly announce the list of the scientists who have accepted to give a keynote speech at Wivace 2018. Professors Peter M.A. Sloot (University of Amsterdam) Roberto Serra (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) for the main track Professors Simone Montangero (University of Padua) Fabio Sciarrino (La Sapienza University, Rome) Ivano Tavernelli (IBM Research, Zurich) for the Special Session on Quantum Computing. ====================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS WIVACE 2018 XIII Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation featuring a special session on Quantum Computing Centro S.Elisabetta, University Campus Parma (Italy), 10-12 September 2018 http://wivace.org/2018/ ====================================================================== Submissions are now open for WIVACE 2018, the XIII Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, that will take place from 10 to 12 September 2018 in Parma (Italy). This year WIVACE will host a Special Session on Quantum Computing http://wivace.org/2018/specialSession.html * For updated and more detailed information, please visit http://wivace.org/2018 * Abstract/paper SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 June 2018 at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wivace2018 * Contributions may be submitted in one of the following forms: 1. Full research papers (maximum 12 pages). 2. Simple Abstracts (1-4 pages). Full research papers should present original unpublished works and must be prepared in the format used for Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. Simple abstracts should describe work in progress or a summary of a full paper (already published or submitted for publication). Abstracts will be accessible in the conference web site and distributed as a book at the conference. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three PC members and a selection will be made on the basis of significance, clarity and relevance for the track topics. Full research papers will be selected for a post-conference proceedings volume which Springer will publish in their Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics, including but not limited to: - Bioinformatics and computational biology - Bioinspired Algorithms, - Bioinspired Robotics, - Complex Systems, - Evolutionary Computation, - Genetic Algorithms, - Modeling and Simulation of Artificial and Biological Systems, - Modeling and Simulation of Social and Economical Systems, - Synthetic and Systems Biology, - Systems Chemistry, - Theories and Applications of Artificial Life.