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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=
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-=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----------------------------------------=
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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=
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