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CALL FOR PAPERS


EvoNUM2008

First European Workshop on Bio-inspired Algorithms for Continuous
Parameter Optimisation

incorporated in Evo* 2008

Napoli, Italy, 26-28 March 2008


__Introduction__

"The main application areas of EC techniques [in industry] are
multi-objective optimization, classification, data mining and
numerical optimization". [1]

Many engineering problems of both theoretical and practical interest
involve choosing the best configuration of a set of parameters to
achieve a specified objective. Numerical optimisation refers to the
case when these parameters take continuous real values, as opposed to
combinatorial optimisation, which deals with discrete values. Examples
include designing production processes for maximum efficiency, optimal
parameter adjustment for controllers and many others. EvoNUM focuses
on such problems.

We seek high quality papers involving the application of bio-inspired
algorithms (genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution
strategies, differential evolution, particle swarm optimization,
evolutionary programming, simulated annealing... and their hybrids) to
continuous optimisation problems in engineering. We also welcome
cross-fertilisation between Nature-inspired algorithms and more
classical numerical optimisation algorithms.

EvoNUM deals with engineering applications where continuous parameters
or functions have to be optimised, in fields such as control,
chemistry, agriculture, electricity, building and construction,
energy, aerospace engineering, design optimisation...

__Topics of Interest__

EvoNUM aims to cover areas that include but are not limited to:

- Local learning of parameters
- Mechanisms to incorporate constraints
- Theoretical developments
- Performance measures and performance analysis
- Benchmark problems [2]


The workshop will be part of Evo* 2008, a joint event which will
incorporate EuroGP 2008, the 11th European Conference on Genetic
Programming, EvoCOP 2008, the 8th European Conference on Evolutionary
Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation, EvoBIO 2008, the 6th
Conference on Evolutionary Bioinformatics, and EvoWorkshops 2008, a
set of ten thematic workshops on the theory and applications of
Evolutionary Computation.


__EvoNUM chairs__

Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar, Instituto Tecnológico de Informática, Spain
Anikó Ekárt, Aston University, United Kingdom

__EvoNUM Programme Committee__

Eva Alfaro, Instituto Tecnologico de Informatica, Spain,
Anne Auger, INRIA, France
Wolfgang Banzhaf, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Hans-Georg Beyer, FH Vorarlberg, Austria
Xavier Blasco, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Ying-ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Carlos Cotta, Universidad de Málaga, Spain,
Kalyanmoy Deb, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Marc Ebner, Universität Würzburg, Germany
Francisco Fernández, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
Nikolaus Hansen, INRIA, France
W.B. Langdon, University of Essex, UK
JJ Merelo, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Boris Naujoks, University of Dortmund, Germany
Gabriela Ochoa, University of Nottingham, UK
Una-May O'Reilly, MIT, USA
Mike Preuss, University of Dortmund, Germany
Günter Rudolph, University of Dortmund, Germany
Marc Schoenauer, INRIA, France
P. N. Suganthan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ke Tang, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Darrell Whitley, Colorado State University, USA


__Submission details and additional information__


Submit your manuscript, at most 10 A4 pages long, in Springer LNCS
format (instructions are downloadable from:

http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html)
using the online submission service no later than 1 November 2007.

The papers will be peer reviewed by at least two members of the
program committee. Authors will be notified via email on the results
of the review by 15 December 2007.

The authors of accepted papers may have to improve their paper on the
basis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera
ready version of their manuscripts, including all source files (text
and images), by 8 January 2008. All accepted papers will appear in the
workshop proceedings, published in the Springer LNCS series, which
will be available at the workshop.

The authors of papers that receive the best reviews will be nominated
for the 'Best paper Award'.


__Important Dates__

Submission deadline: 1 November 2007
Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2007 Camera ready papers due:
8 January 2008
Workshop: 26-28 March 2008



__Web Addresses__

Conference web page

http://www.evostar.org

Workshop web page

http://evostar.iti.upv.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid\
=55



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[1] GS Hornby & T Yu, "EC Practitioners: Results of the First Survey",
SIGEVOlution, Newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 2(1), Spring 2007 www.sigevolution.org

[2] Authors are also invited to submit their best algorithms to
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/ecb/