CALL FOR PAPERS

18th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications (ECTA)
Submission Deadline: May 19, 2026


In Cooperation with:
ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
International Neural Network Society
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology

Proceedings will be submitted for evaluation for indexation by:
DBLP
Google Scholar
EI-Compendex
INSPEC
Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
Mathematical Reviews
SCImago
Scopus
zbMATH
Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index

The event will be of hybrid nature, in the sense that online presentations of accepted papers will be possible for those authors that are unable to travel to the venue.

https://ecta.scitevents.org
October 28 - 30, 2026
Angers, France
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Scope:
Considered a subfield of computational intelligence focused on global 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, evolution strategies, 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 is organized in 2 major tracks:
Theory and Methods
Applications

Conference Chair(s)
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy

Program Chair(s)
Niki van Stein, Leiden University, Netherlands

Program Committee
https://ecta.scitevents.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

ECTA Secretariat
ecta.secretariat@insticc.org

Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C, Setubal 2900-616, Portugal
Tel:+351 265 520 184
Web: https://ecta.scitevents.org