[Socbin] CfP PPSN 2012 - 12th Int. Conf. on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, 1-5 September, 2012 Taormina, Italy

[Giuseppe Nicosia]

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12th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
- PPSN 2012
http://www.dmi.unict.it/ppsn2012/index.php
ppsn2012 at dmi.unict.it

1-5 September, 2012
Taormina, Italy


CALL FOR PAPERS

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AIMS & SCOPE


Natural Computing is the study of computational systems which use
ideas and get inspiration from natural systems, including biological,
ecological, physical, chemical, and social systems. It is a fast-
growing interdisciplinary field in which a range of techniques and
methods are studied for dealing with large, complex, and dynamic
problems with various sources of potential uncertainties.

PPSN XII will be a showcase of a wide range of topics in Natural
Computing including, but not restricted to: Evolutionary Computation,
Neural Computation, Molecular Computation, Quantum Computation,
Artificial Life, Swarm Intelligence, Artificial Ant Systems,
Artificial Immune Systems, Self-Organizing Systems, Emergent
Behaviors, and Applications to Real-World Problems.
PPSN XII will also feature workshops and tutorials covering advanced
and fundamental topics in the field of natural computation.

Submissions should present significant contributions. All accepted
papers will be presented during poster sessions and will be included
in the proceedings.
Following the tradition of PPSN, we plan to publish the proceedings in
the Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) by Springer.

The preceding symposia were held in Dortmund, Brussels,  Jerusalem,
Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, Granada, Birmingham, Reykjavik, Dortmund,
and  Krakow.



TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

                   Ant Algorithms
                   Artificial Immune Systems
                   Artificial Life
                   Biocomputing
                   Cellular Automata
                   Cellular Neural Networks
                   Classifier Systems
                   DNA Computing
                   Estimation of Distribution Algorithms
                   Evolutionary Programming
                   Evolutionary Robotics
                   Evolution Strategies
                   Evolvable Hardware
                   Fuzzy Systems
                   Genetic Algorithms
                   Genetic Programming
                   Memetic algorithms
                   Multi-agent Systems
                   Nature-Inspired Engineering
                   Nature-Inspired Machine Learning
                   Neural Networks
                   Particle Swarms
                   Quantum Computing
                   Swarm Intelligence
                   Adaptation - Self-adaptation
                   Basic working principles
                   Co-evolution
                   Constraint Handling
                   Dynamic Environments - Dynamic Optimisation
                   Evolutionary Algorithms Specification
                   Evolution Dynamics
                   Fitness Landscape
                   GUI-Visualisation
                   Hardware Realization
                   Heuristics & Metaheuristics
                   Hybridization
                   Interactive Evolution
                   Mathematical Models
                   Multi-objective Optimization
                   Parallel Evolutionary Algorithms
                   Parameter Tuning
                   Performance Analysis
                   Performance Measures Local/Global
                   Philosophical Aspects
                   Representations
                   Theory of Evolutionary Computing


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: March 15, 2012
Author notification: June 1, 2012
Camera-ready submission: June 20, 2012


PROCEEDINGS


Accepted papers will appear in the PPSN 2012 proceedings published by
Springer Verlag in the LNCS series.


SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts reporting
original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics
related to the symposium. Simultaneous submission to other conferences
or workshops with published proceedings is not allowed.

Submissions must not exceed 10 pages formatted according to LNCS style.
All papers will be peer reviewed and comments will be provided to the authors.


The submission system can be accessed via
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ppsn2012


KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, UK
Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA

More Keynote Speakers to be Announced


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs

Vincenzo Cutello, University of Catania, Italy
Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy

Honorary Chair
Hans-Paul Schwefel, Dortmund University of Technology, Germany

Programme Chairs
Carlos A. Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Kalyanmoy Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Stephanie Forrest, University of New Mexico & Santa Fe Institute, USA
Giuseppe Nicosia,  University of Catania, Italy


CONTACT

For further information, please send an email to ppsn2012 at dmi.unict.it



-- 
Giuseppe Nicosia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Mathematics & Computer Science  P +39 095 7383048
University of Catania                                 F +39 095   330094
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