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Conferences and Workshops

If you are aware of interesting calls for papers please send e-mail to cscs@umich.edu.


  • 12th European Conference on Genetic Programming
    Date: April 15-17, 2009
    Location:Tubingen, Germany
    Submission deadline: November 5, 2008
    For more information: www.evostar.org

    Topics include but are not limited to:
      * Theoretical developments
      * Empirical studies of GP performance and behavior
      * Algorithms, representations and operators
      * Applications of GP to real-life problems
      * Hybrid architectures including GP components
      * Unconventional evolvable computation
      * Evolutionary design
      * Evolutionary robotics
      * Grammar-based GP
      * Evolvable hardware
      * Linear GP
      * Self-reproducing programs
      * Evolution of tree or graph structures
      * Evolution of various classes of automata or machines (e.g. cellular automata, finite state machines, pushdown automata, Turing machines)
      * Object-oriented genetic programming


  • Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009)
    Date: July 8-12, 2009
    Location: Montreal, Canada
    Paper Submission Deadline: January 14, 2009
    For more information: http://www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2009

    The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009) will present the latest high-quality results in the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation.

    Topics include: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, real-world applications, learning classifier systems and other genetics-based machine learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant colony optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications, evolutionary robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems, and more.



  • First IJCAI Workshop on Social Simulation
    Date: July 12, 2009
    Location: Pasadena, California
    Paper Submission Deadline: March 6, 2009
    For more information: http://ss-ijcai2009.de.fc.ul.pt

    The workshop will provide a forum for social scientists, agent researchers and developers and simulation researchers to assess the current state of the art in modeling and simulation of social systems, identify where existing approaches can be successfully applied, learn about new approaches and explore future research challenges.

    Topics include:

    (1) general issues (Agent and environment modeling; Standards for simulators including inter-operability; Self-organization, scalability, robustness in MABS; MABS applications; and Methodologies and techniques that link MAS and ABSS works)

    (2) MAS issues (Grid-computing for MABS; Visualization and analytic tools; Managing interactions in large-scale systems; Simulation languages and formalisms; and Complexity)

    (3) ABSS issues (Formal and agent-based models of social behavior and social order; Social structures and norms; Cognitive modeling and social simulation; The emergence of cooperation and coordinated action; and Agent-based experimental economics)


  • RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, 2009
    Enhancing Complex Social Simulations with Automata Systems

    Date: August 26-28, 2009
    Location: Royal Geographical Society, Manchester
    Deadline for abstracts: February 3, 2009
    For more information: www.rgs.org/AC2009

    A special issue of Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Journal has been secured based on the conference papers
      This session aims to bring together researchers to report on progress in diverse types of automata systems in social simulation. We encourage the submission of theoretical, experimental, methodological and application papers related to Cellular Automata (CA) and Agent-Based Modelling (ABM). Papers may include, but are not limited to:
      * Artificial social systems.
      * Agents and social networks.
      * Modelling complexity in social simulations.
      * Large scale social simulation.
      * Social behaviour, social actions and interactions.
      * Models of competition, cooperation and negotiation.
      * Multi-agent evolution: adaptation and learning.
      * Hybrid automata models.
      * Validation and verification of simulation results and simulation systems.
      * Novel applications of automata systems in ecology and economics.
      * Utilisation of automata systems in disaster management.


  • The 8th International Conference on Unconventional Computation
    Date: Sep 7-11, 2009
    Location: Ponta Delgada, Portugal
    Deadline for submissions: April 10th, 2009
    Notification: May 8th, 2009
    Final Versions Due: June 5th, 2009

    Original papers or posters are solicited in all areas of unconventional computation. Papers and posters dealing with theory as well as with experiments and applications are welcome.

    Please see the website for more details and examples of typical topics.
    http://www.uc09.uac.pt/



  • The 6th Conference of the European Social Simulation Association Conference
    Date: Sept. 14-18, 2009
    Location: University of Surrey, Guilford (just outside of London), UK
    Deadline for Submissions: April 14th, 2009
    For more information: http://cress.soc.surrey.ac.uk/essa2009

    Reasonably mature papers on all aspects of social simulation will be carefully and anonymously considered – however most papers will (1) describe an individual/agent-based computer simulation (2) exhibit the outcomes of running the simulation in more than a cursory way and (3) make some comparison of these with either: evidence from, or other models of, social phenomena (human, animal or artificial). If you are in doubt as to the relevance of a paper, you may email the Scientific Chair for his opinion (see below), however the decisions about relevance will be made by the Programme Committee. See the conference website for details as to submission procedure. All the accepted papers will be included in the ESSA 2009 electronic proceedings. The best accepted papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings


  • NAACSOS - North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences
    Date: October 23-24, 2009
    Location: Arizona State University
    Deadline for Submissions: July 15, 2009
    Notification: August 15, 2009

    Over the past decade simulating social processes has achieved some level of credibility -- and yet progress in this area is stifled because of the lack of agreement on several critical core features. The objective of the 2009 conference is to allow scientists the opportunity to present work in this area that extends and solidifies the legitimacy of this methodology. Specifically, the conference organizers are asking that presenters use their models to address some of the following:

      Platform selection
      Validation: using theoretical constructs or extant data
      Agent construction
      Designing social simulations experiments
      Integrating humans into simulations
      Integrating GIS and time into models
      Data reduction and analysis of simulation outcomes
      Integrating social network methods into simulation models
      Integrating feedback into agent behavior
      Agent and system evolution using agent cooperation and competition
      Integrating Individual based models from biology and ecology with agent based models
      Interfacing social simulation and social science theory construction

      All fields of social and organizational inquiry are encouraged, including disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary work. Integrative research in computational social and organizational sciences is particularly encouraged.

      For more information: http://www.casos.cs.cmu.edu/naacsos/


    • AAAI Fall Symposium on Complex Adaptive Systems and the Threshold Effect
      Date: Nov. 5-7, 2009
      Location: Arlington, VA
      For more information: http://sites.google.com/site/complexadaptivesystems/Home

      Most interesting phenomena in natural and social systems include transitions and oscillations among their various phases. Companies, societies, markets, and humans rarely stay in a stable, predictable state for long. Randomness, power laws, and human behavior ensure that the future is both unknown and challenging. How do events unfold? When do they take hold? Why do some initial events cause an avalanche while others do not? What are the characteristics of these threshold phenomena that differentiate a sea change from a non-event?

      Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) have proven to be a powerful tool for exploring threshold phenomena. We characterize a general CAS model as having a significant number of self-similar agents that:
        utilize one or more levels of feedback
        exhibit emergent properties and self-organization
        produce non-linear dynamic behavior

      Advances in modeling and computing technology have led to a deeper understanding of complex systems in many areas, and have raised the possibility that similar fundamental principles may be at work across these systems, even though the underlying principles may manifest themselves differently.

      We therefore invite submissions from the community of CAS researchers that address the threshold phenomena in any of the Natural, Physical, or Social Sciences. It is our belief that by bringing together researchers from diverse fields who study these complex systems, we can leverage a deep understanding of one domain to gain insight into others.



      Papers for Special Journal Issues

      If you are aware of interesting special issues, please send e-mail to cscs@umich.edu.

        • Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity
          http://www.asu.edu/clas/csdc/
          Over the past decade simulating social processes has achieved some level of credibility -- and yet progress in this area is stifled because of the lack of agreement on several critical core features. The objective of the 2009 conference is to allow scientists the opportunity to present work in this area that extends and solidifies the legitimacy of this methodology. Specifically, the conference organizers are asking that presenters use their models to address some of the following:

            Platform selection
            Validation using theoretical constructs or extant data
            Agent construction
            Designing social simulations experiments
            Integrating humans into simulations
            Integrating GIS and time into models
            Data reduction and analysis of simulation outcomes
            Integrating social network methods into simulation models
            Integrating feedback into agent behavior
            Agent and system evolution using agent cooperation and competition
            Integrating Individual based models from biology and ecology with agent based models
            Interfacing social simulation and social science theory construction


          All fields of social and organizational inquiry are encouraged, including disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary work. Integrative research in computational social and organizational sciences is particularly encouraged.

          Submission of Abstracts:
          Electronic submissions of abstracts (300 words maximum) will be through EasyChair http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2009naacsos
          . The abstract should articulate the objectives of the presenter, a brief but thorough description of the research, and the expected gain by those attending the talk. Specific details about submission will be posted on the conference website: href=" http://www.asu.edu/clas/csdc/events/naacsos.html"> http://www.asu.edu/clas/csdc/events/naacsos.html

          July 15, 2009: Deadline for submission of abstracts or proposed posters.
          August 15, 2009: Acceptance/Rejection notification.
          October 15, 2009: Final camera-ready abstracts due in electronic form. Accepted abstracts will be distributed to the conference participants.


        • Special issue on decision making in complex systems
          http://www.ijoqm.org/
          DEADLINE:
          May 31, 2009

        • Thematic Issue on 'Agent based computational memetics'
          Memetic Computing Journal, Springer
          Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to):
          -Novel frameworks of Agent based MAs (AMAs)
          -Analytical and/or theoretical studies that enhance our understanding of AMAs
          -Design of multi-agent architecture within AMAs
          -Design of agent communication and learning strategy
          -Analysing the affect of agent type, architecture, cooperation, communication and learning on the overall performance of AMAs
          -Convergence and complexity analysis of AMAs
          -AMAs for global, constrained, dynamic and learge scale optimization
          -Multi-objective AMAs
          -Multi-method local search in AMAs
          -Hybrid search strategies in AMAs
          -Real-world applications of AMAs
          All enquiries on this special issue should be sent to Dr. Ruhul Sarker: r.sarker@adfa.edu.au
          DEADLINES:
          Submission: July 2009
          Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: January 2010
          Publication: April 2010

        • Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines Special Issue on Parallel and Distributed Evolutionary Algorithms
          www.springer.com/10710
          DEADLINES:
          Submission: April 30, 2009
          Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2009
          Final Manuscript: August 31, 2009
          Submissions may be sent to Marco Tomassini at marco.tomassini@unil.ch

        • Product Innovation Management: "Agent based modeling of innovation diffusion"
          www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0737-6782&site=1
          Deadline has been extended to September 15, 2008
          issue will be published in 2009

        • Soft Computing Journal - Elsevier
          https://www.editorialmanager.com/soco/
          Special issue on Distributed Bioinspired Algorithms
          http://boinc.unex.es/dba/specialissue
          Deadline: Monday, October 2, 2007

        • JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION AND APPLICATIONS
          Special Issue: PARTICLE SWARMS: THE SECOND DECADE
          DEADLINES:
          Submission: 20 July 2007
          First round of reviews: 1 November 2007
          Publication date: 1 February 2008
          Submit Manuscript Here

        • New Journal Announcement:
          Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioformatics (JCIB)
          http://jcib.ujn.edu.cn/
          Instructions for Authors

        • New Journal Announcement:
          ACM Transactions on Autonomous Adaptive Systems

        • New Journal Announcement:
          Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems (INDECS)


          Special Issue on Soft Computing for Bioinformatics
          Author Instructions: http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00500/index.htm

        • Call for Papers
          Compumetrica is now accepting submissions of applications in computational methods, techniques, and algorithms.
          For details, see website: www.Compumetrica.com

        • There is no time limit for the submission of papers.
          JOURNAL OF APPLIED SYSTEMS STUDIES: Methodologies and Applications for Systems Approaches (JASS)

        • JASS announces that the Special Issue on : "Living, Evolutionary and Tailorable Information Systems: Development Issues and Advanced Applications."
          If you are interested in the above special issue title AND for the current issues, please visit JASS web site. For submission of papers consult the "Aims & Scope" of JASS.



      Book Chapters

      If you are aware of interesting book chapter requests, please send e-mail to cscs@umich.edu.


      Updated May 18, 2006