CALL FOR PAPERS
13th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications ECTA

website: http://www.ecta.ijcci.org

October 25 - 27, 2021 Online Streaming


In Cooperation with: AEPIA, AAAI and AI*IA.

Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by: SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, Microsoft Academic, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.


IMPORTANT DATES:

Regular Paper Submission: May 18, 2021
Authors Notification (regular papers): July 16, 2021
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: July 31, 2021


Position Paper Submission: June 25, 2021
Authors Notification (position papers): July 31, 2021
Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: September 7, 2021

Scope:
Considered a subfield of computational intelligence focused on combinatorial optimisation problems, evolutionary computation is associated with systems that use computational models of evolutionary processes as the key elements in design and implementation, i.e. computational techniques which are based to some degree on the evolution of biological life in the natural world. A number of evolutionary computational models have been proposed, including evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, the evolution strategy, evolutionary programming and swarm intelligence. These techniques form the basis of several disciplines such as artificial life and evolutionary robotics. This conference intends to be a major forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners interested in the study, analysis, design, modeling and implementation of evolvable systems, both theoretically and in a broad range of application fields. ECTA welcomes both theoretical research and practical applications. The conference also aims to foster hybrid approaches within evolutionary computation and also involving fuzzy computation and neural computation.

Conference Topics:
Area 1: ECTA - International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications
- Memetic Algorithms
- Evolutionary Search and Meta-Heuristics
- Representation Techniques
- Co-Evolution and Collective Behavior
- Genetic Algorithms
- Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization
- Swarm/Collective Intelligence
- Ant Colony Optimization
- Evolutionary Learning Systems
- Evolvable Computing
- Evolvable/Adaptive Hardware and Systems
- Applications: Games and Entertainment Technologies, Evolutionary Robotics, Evolutionary Art and Design, Industrial and Real World Applications, Computational Economics and Finance
- Hyperheuristics
- Bio-inspired Metaheuristics
- Artificial Life
- Genetic Programming
- Hybrid Neuro/Genetic, Fuzzy/Genetic Systems


ECTA KEYNOTE LECTURE
Susana Vieira, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Joseph Rynkiewicz, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Carlos Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Barbara Hammer, Bielefeld University, Germany


ECTA CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
Juan Julian Merelo, University of Granada, Spain
Kevin Warwick, University of Reading and Coventry University, United Kingdom

ECTA PROGRAM CHAIR:
Thomas Bäck, Leiden University, Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
http://www.ecta.ijcci.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

ECTA Secretariat
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