Connectionists: Preliminary CFP --> 2021 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation --> Kraków; June 2021

[Marcin Paprzycki]

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2021 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation
Krakow, Poland
June 28 - July 1, 2021
http://cec2021.mini.pw.edu.pl/

On behalf of the IEEE CEC 2021 Organizing Committee, it is our great 
pleasure to invite you to the annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary 
Computation (CEC), which is one of the leading events in the area of 
evolutionary computation. The IEEE CEC 2021 will be held at Auditorium 
Maximum of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The city of 
Krakow is regarded as one of Europe's most beautiful cities

*** Call for Papers
Papers for IEEE CEC 2021 should be submitted electronically through the 
Congress website at http://cec2021.mini.pw.edu.pl, and will be refereed 
by experts in the fields and ranked based on the criteria of 
originality, significance, quality and clarity.

*** Call for Special Sessions
Special session proposals are invited to IEEE CEC 2021. A special 
session proposal should include the title, aim and scope (including a 
list of main topics), and the names of the organizers of the special 
session, together with short biographies of all organizers. A list of 
potential contributors would be helpful.
All special sessions proposals should be submitted to the Special 
Session Chairs: Sung-Bae Cho (sbcho at yonsei.ac.kr) and Jaroslaw Arabas 
(jaroslaw.arabas at pw.edu.pl).

*** Call for Workshops
IEEE CEC 2021 will host a few pre-Congress workshops, focusing on 
discussing contemporary topics in Evolutionary Computation. Workshops 
may include tutorials, keynote / invited lectures, contributed papers 
and presentations, or panel discussions. A workshop proposal should 
include a workshop title and a short introduction to the topic, a short 
description of aims and relevance of the proposed workshop to IEEE CEC 
2021, a list of potential speakers, the expected length of the workshop 
(half a day or a full day), the workshop tentative form and structure, 
names, affiliations, websites and bios of the organizers.
Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit their proposals to 
the Workshop Chair: Maria Ganzha (m.ganzha at mini.pw.edu.pl).

*** Call for Competitions
IEEE CEC 2021 will host competitions to stimulate research in 
Evolutionary Computation, promote fair evaluations, and attract congress 
participants. The proposals for competitions should include descriptions 
of the problems addressed, motivations and expected impact on 
evolutionary computation, data description, evaluation procedures and 
established baselines, schedules, anticipated number of participants, 
and short biographies of the main organizers.
Prospective competition organizers are invited to submit their proposals 
to the Competition Chairs: Simon Lucas (simon.lucas at qmul.ac.uk) and 
Julian Togelius (julian at togelius.com).

*** Call for Tutorials
The IEEE CEC 2021 solicits proposals for tutorials aimed at researchers, 
students and practicing professionals. A tutorial proposal should 
include the title, short introduction to the topic, an outline of the 
tutorial, expected length of the tutorial (two, four or six houres), the 
level of the tutorial (introductory or advanced), and names, 
affiliations, websites, and bios of presenters.
If you are interested in proposing a tutorial, would like to recommend 
someone who might be interested, or have questions about tutorials, 
please contact the Tutorial Chair: Mengjie Zhang 
(mengjie.zhang at ecs.vuw.ac.nz).

*** Important Dates
Special Session Proposal Deadline: 19 November 2020
Workshop Proposal Deadline: 19 November 2020
Competition Proposal Deadline: 17 December 2020
Tutorial Proposal Deadline: 17 December 2020
Paper Submission Deadline: 31 January 2021
Paper Acceptance Notification Date: 22 March 2021
Final Paper Submission Deadline: 7 April 2021
Early Registration Deadline: 7 April 2021
IEEE CEC 2021 dates: June 28 - July 1, 2021

For more information on the congress, please visit: 
http://cec2021.mini.pw.edu.pl

We can also be reached on the social media platforms:
https://www.facebook.com/cec2021
https://www.twitter.com/CEC2021
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cec2021

and by email:
cec2021 at mini.pw.edu.pl

We look forward to welcoming you in Krakow next year!

Best regards,
Jacek Mandziuk and Hussein Abbass
IEEE CEC 2021 General Co-Chairs

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