Connectionists: 14th Metaheuristics International Conference, 11-14 July 2022, Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy

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MIC 2022 - 14th Metaheuristics International Conference
11-14 July 2021, Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy
https://www.ANTs-lab.it/mic2022/ <https://www.ants-lab.it/mic2022/>
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** Submission deadline: 30th March 2022 **


*Scope of the Conference
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The Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC) conference series was
established in 1995 and this is its 14th edition!

MIC is nowadays the main event focusing on the progress of the area of
Metaheuristics and their applications. As in all previous editions,
provides an opportunity to the international research community in
Metaheuristics to discuss recent research results, to develop new ideas and
collaborations, and to meet old and make new friends in a friendly and
relaxed atmosphere.

Considering the particular moment, the conference will be held in presence
and online mode. Of course, in case the conference will be held in
presence, the organizing committee will ensure compliance of all safety
conditions.

MIC 2022 is focus on presentations that cover different aspects of
metaheuristic research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact
and original applications, new research challenges, theoretical
developments, implementation issues, and in-depth experimental studies.
MIC 2022  strives a high-quality program that will be completed by a number
of invited talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions.


*Plenary Speakers
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+ Holger H. Hoos, Leiden University, The Netherlands
+ Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA),
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

More Plenary Speakers will be announced soon.


*Relevant Research Areas
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MIC 2022 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of metaheuristics.
Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:

   + Metaheuristic techniques such as tabu search, simulated annealing,
iterated local search, variable neighborhood search, memory-based
optimization, dynamic local search, evolutionary algorithms, memetic
algorithms, ant colony optimization, variable neighborhood search, particle
swarm optimization, scatter search, path relinking, etc.

   + Techniques that enhance the usability and increase the potential of
metaheuristic algorithms such as reactive search mechanisms for
self-tuning, offline metaheuristic algorithm configuration techniques,
algorithm portfolios, parallelization of metaheuristic algorithms, etc.

   + Empirical and theoretical research in metaheuristics including
large-scale experimental analyses, algorithm comparisons, new experimental
methodologies, engineering methodologies for metaheuristic algorithms,
search space analysis, theoretical insights into properties of
metaheuristic algorithms, etc.

   + High-impact applications of metaheuristics in fields such as
bioinformatics, electrical and mechanical engineering, telecommunications,
sustainability, business, scheduling and timetabling. Particularly welcome
are innovative applications of metaheuristic algorithms that have a
potential of pushing research frontiers.

   + Contributions on the combination of metaheuristic techniques with
those from other areas, such as integer programming, constraint
programming, machine learning, etc.

   + Contributions on the use of metaheuristic techniques in machine
learning and deep learning for finetuning and neural architecture search,
etc.

   + Challenging applications areas such as continuous, mixed
discrete-continuous, multi-objective, stochastic, or dynamic problems.


Important Dates
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Submission deadline           March 30th, 2022
Notification of acceptance    May 10th, 2022
Camera ready copy             May 25th, 2022
Early registration            May 25th , 2022


Submission Details
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We will accept submissions in three different formats.

S1) Original research contributions for publication in the conference
proceedings of a maximum of 10 pages

S2) Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers on an
important research aspect of a maximum of 3 pages

S3) High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last year, been
submitted or accepted for journal publication


Accepted contributions of categories S1 and S2 will be published in the MIC
2022 conference proceedings. Accepted contributions of category S3 will be
orally presented at the conference, but not be included into the conference
proceedings.
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