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Subject: CFP: Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for
Optimization (NICSO 2013) **Student scholarships offered**
From: "Antonio D. Masegosa" <admase@decsai.ugr.es>
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The VI International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies
for Optimization - NICSO 2013
September 2nd - 4th, 2013
Canterbury, United Kingdom
http://www.nicso2013.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS
* * * IMPORTANT DATES * * *
Full paper submission: April 15, 2013
Acceptance notification: May 15, 2013
Final camera ready: June 5, 2013
NICSO: September 2-4, 2013
NICSO 2013 will be the sixth edition of the International Workshop on
Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization. This workshop
aims at bringing together international researchers and practitioners
from different disciplines in order to discuss recent advances and
exchange ideas on the current state of the art of cooperative problem
solving strategies.
All submitted papers will be blind reviewed by at least two reviewers
from the Program Committee. Selection criteria will be based on
relevance, originality, significance, impact, technical soundness and
quality of the presentation. Contributions are expected to provide
original results, insights and experimental innovations. Manuscripts
must be in PDF, not exceeding 12 pages and conforming to the Latex
template at Instructions for Authors page for the book series Studies in
Computational Intelligence (http://www.springer.com/series/7092).
Contributions are welcome to submission through the system available at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nicso2013
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS: Successfully accepted postgraduate research
student papers will automatically enter a competition from where the
best will be chosen and offered a scholarship that offsets the student
registration fee. The selection process criteria will be based on
originality, technical soundness, positioning and writing style. More
information in http://www.nicso2013.org/scholarships_scheme.html
The accepted papers will be published in the book series on STUDIES IN
COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (Springer)
(http://www.springer.com/series/7092) indexed by ISI Web of Science
Conference Proceedings, DBLP, Ulrichs, SCOPUS, MathSciNet, Current
Mathematical Publications, Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt Math:
MetaPress and Springerlink. The authors of a selection of the best
accepted papers will be invited to revise and extend their contributions
for publication in a special issue in the JOURNAL OF MEMETIC COMPUTING
(Springer)
(http://www.springer.com/engineering/computational+intelligence+and+complexity/journal/12293).
* Plenary Speakers (more to confirm) *
- Automating the Design of Data Mining Algorithms with Genetic
Programming - Alex Freitas, University of Kent, UK
- TBC - Angel Goñi Moreno, National Center for Biotechnology, Spain
Target topics (but not limited to):
Adaptive Behaviour
Ants Colonies
Amorphous Computing
Artificial Life
Artificial Immune Systems
Bioinformatics
Bio-inspired architecture
Biological and Chemical IT
Complex Systems
Distributed Computing
Evolutionary Algorithms
Evolutionary Robotics
Evolvable Systems
Games and Game Theory
Genetic Algorithms
Genetic Programming
Hyperheuristics
Membrane Computing
Memetic Algorithms
Quantum Computing
Software Self-Assembly
Systems Biology
Systems Coevolution
Swarm Intelligence
* Workshop Organizers *
Fernando Esteban Barril Otero
German Terrazas
Antonio D. Masegosa
* Steering Committee *
Natalio Krasnogor
David A. Pelta
* Programme Committee *
Alex Freitas, University of Kent, UK
Andrés R. Masegosa, University of Granada, Spain
Belén Melian, University of La Laguna, Spain
Blas J. Galván, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Carlos Cruz Corona, University of Granada, Spain
Carlos García Martínez, Univeristy of Córdoba, Spain
Cecilio Angulo, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain
Christof Teuscher, Portland State University, US
Colin Johnson, University of Kent, UK
Davide Anguita, University of Genova, Italy
Enrique Onieva, University of Deusto, Spain
Evelyne Lutton, INRIA, France
Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain
Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling, UK
Gianluigi Folino, Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni, Italy
Gisele Pappa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Giuseppe Scollo, University of Catania, Italy
J. Marcos Moreno, University of La Laguna, Spain
Jaume Bacardit, University of Nottingham, UK
Jean-Louis Giavitto, Université d'Evry, France
Jim Smith, University of the West of England, UK
Jon Timmis, University of York, UK
Jorge Casillas, University of Granada, Spain
José A. Moreno, University of La Laguna, Spain
José Alejandro Castillo, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones
Nucleares, Mexico
José Luis Verdegay, University of Granada, Spain
José Manuel Cadenas, University of Murcia, Spain
Juan José Merelo, University of Granada, Spain
Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
María Teresa Lamata, University of Granada, Spain
Marian Gheorghe, University of Sheffield, UK
Mario Pavone, University of Catania, Italy
Oliver Korb, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK
Paolo Arena, University of Catania, Italy
René Doursat, Complex Systems Institute, France
Roberto Battiti, University of Trento, Italy
Shengxiang Yang, De Montfort University, UK
Stefano Pizzuti, Energy, New Technologies & Envir. Agency, Italy
Steven Gustafson, General Electric Global Research Center, US
Thomas Stibor, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Germany
Vincenzo Cutello, University of Catania, Italy
Vincenzo Manca, University of Verona, Italy
Vitorino Ramos, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Vittorio Maniezzo, University of Bologna, Italy
Xiao-Zhi Gao, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Kwang-Hyun Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST), korea