We invite submissions of extended abstracts for the tenth Founda-
tions of Genetic Algorithms, sponsored by ACM SIGEVO. FOGA fo-
cuses on theoretical foundations of evolutionary computation. It will be
held from Friday, January 9 until Sunday January 11, 2009 in Orlando,
Florida in the USA. Attendance will be limited to individuals who have
submitted papers, or those requesting attendance in advance. Students
are particularly encouraged to participate.

Submissions should address theoretical issues in evolutionary com-
putation. Papers that consider foundational issues, place analysis in the
context of the wider community of theoretical computer science, or fo-
cus on bridging the gap between theory and practice are particularly
encouraged. These topics do not preclude the acceptance of papers that
use an experimental approach, but such work should be directed toward
validation of suitable hypotheses concerning foundational matters.

Extended abstracts should be between 10-12 pages long. To submit,
please email a compressed postscript or a PDF �?le to
foga09@ist.ucf.edu no later than Monday, August 18, 2008. In
their submission message, authors should provide the title of the paper,
as well as the name, address and affliation of the author(s). Submitted
papers should use standard spacing and margins, with 11pt or 12pt font
for the main text. Authors using LTEX should either use the standard
article style �?le or the FOGA style �?le which can be found at the confer-
ence web-site. A double-blind reviewing process will be employed, so
authors are asked to remove references to themselves from their paper.

Noti�?cation will be in early November, and drafts of the full paper
will be due one month after noti�?cation. These drafts will be distributed
as part of a preprint to participants at FOGA. Authors of papers pre-
sented at the FOGA workshop will be asked to contribute �?nal versions
of their papers (based on discussion/feedback at the meeting) as part of
the �?nal volume.

Extended abstracts due September 1, 2008
Requests for attendance due September 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance early November, 2008
Full papers due early December, 2008
FOGA Workshop January 9-11, 2009