CFP for 5th Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming

[Peter J. Angeline]

--------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------

				     EP'96

	    THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING

	       SPONSORED BY THE EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING SOCIETY

			 February 29 to March 3, 1996

			 Sheraton Harbor Island Hotel

			      San Diego, CA, USA

			       General Chairman:
		  Lawrence J. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc.

			 Technical Program Co-Chairs:
		   Peter J. Angeline, Loral Federal Systems
		   Thomas Baeck, Informatik Centrum Dortmund
		     Thomas M. English, Texas Tech University


    The Fifth Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming will serve as a
forum for researchers investigating applications and theory of evolutionary
programming and other related areas in evolutionary and natural
computation. Authors are invited to submit papers which describe original
unpublished research in evolutionary programming, evolution strategies, genetic
algorithms and genetic programming, artificial life, cultural algorithms, and
other models that rely on evolutionary principles.  Specific topics include but
are not limited to the use of evolutionary simulations in optimization, neural
network training and design, automatic control, image processing, and other
applications, as well as mathematical theory or empirical analysis providing
insight into the behavior of such algorithms. Of particular interest are
applications of simulated evolution to problems in biology.

    Hardcopies of manuscripts must be received by one of the technical program
co-chairs by September 26, 1995. Electronic submissions cannot be accepted.
Papers should be clear, concise, and written in English.  Papers received after
the deadline will be handled on a time- and space-available basis.  The
notification of the program committee's review decision will be mailed by
November 30, 1995.  Papers eligible for the student award must be marked
appropriately for consideration (see below). Camera ready papers are due at the
conference, and will be published shortly after its completion.  Submissions
should be single-spaced, 12 pt. font and should not exceed 15 pages including
figures and references. Send five (5) copies of the complete paper to:

		In Europe:
		Thomas Baeck
		Informatik Centrum Dortmund
		Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Str. 20
		D-44227 Dortmund
		Germany
		Email: baeck at home.informatik.uni-dortmund.de

		In US:
		Peter J. Angeline
		Loral Federal Systems
		1801 State Route 17C
		Mail Drop 0210
		Owego, NY 13827
		Email: pja at lfs.loral.com
	
		     -or-
	
		Thomas M. English
		Computer Science Department
		Texas Tech University
		Lubbock, Texas 79409-3104
		Email: english at cs.ttu.edu

Authors outside Europe or the United States may send their paper to any of the
above technical chairmen at their convenience.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT DATES
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September 26, 1995	Submissions of papers
November  30, 1995	Notification sent to authors
February  29, 1996	Conference Begins


Evolutionary Programming Society Award for Best Student Paper 
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In order to foster student contributions and encourage exceptional scholarship
in evolutionary programming and closely related fields, the Evolutionary
Programming Society awards one exceptional student paper submitted to the
Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming. The award carries a $500 cash
prize and a plaque signifying the honor.

To be eligible for the award, all authors of the paper must be full-time
students at an accredited college, university or other educational
institution. Submissions to be considered for this award must be clearly marked
at the top of the title page with the phrase "CONSIDER FOR STUDENT AWARD." In
addition, the paper should be accompanied by a cover letter stating that (1)
the paper is to be considered for the student award (2) all authors are
currently enrolled full-time students at a university, college or other
educational institution, and (3) that the student authors are responsible for
the work presented. Only papers submitted to the conference and marked as
indicated will be considered for the award. Late submissions will not be
considered. Officers of the Evolutionary Programming Society, students under
their immediate supervision, and their immediate family members are not
eligible.

Judging will be made by officers of the Evolutionary Programming Society or by
an Awards Committee appointed by the president.  Judging will be based on the
perceived technical merit of the student's research to the field of
evolutionary programming, and more broadly to the understanding of
self-organizing systems. The Evolutionary Programming Society and/or the Awards
Committee reserves the right not to give an award in any year if no eligible
student paper is deemed to be of award quality. Presentation of the Student
Paper Award will be made at the conference.


Program Committee:
J. L. Breeden, Santa Fe Institute
M. Conrad, Wayne State University
K. A. De Jong, George Mason University
D. B. Fogel, Natural Selection, Inc.
G. B. Fogel, University of California at Los Angeles
R. Galar, Technical University of Wroclaw
P. G. Harrald, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
K. E. Kinnear, Adaptive Systems
J. R. McDonnell, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
Z. Michalewicz, University of North Carolina
F. Palmieri, University of Connecticut
R. G. Reynolds, Wayne State University
S. H. Rubin, Central Michigan University
G. Rudolph, University of Dortmund
N. Saravanan, Ford Research
H.-P. Schwefel, University of Dortmund
A. V. Sebald, University of California at San Diego
W. M. Spears, Naval Research Labs
D. E. Waagen, TRW Systems Integration Group

Finance Chair: V. W. Porto, Orincon Corporation
Local Arrangements: W. Page, Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center