Evolutionary Computation Digest - Friday, 04 March 2016, Volume 30: Issue 3 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] LIST INFORMATION: http://ec-digest.research.ucf.edu/ NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=EC-DIGEST-L (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom of this email ************************************************************ ******************** Today's Topics: Announcements --- - Postdoctoral Position Optimization and datamining @ Inria Lille & University of Lille 1 - Postdoc & PhD opportunities at UCD Dublin, Ireland - Master internship positions in optimization, IA and image processing - PhD scholarships in operations research/evolutionary computation/computational intelligence/optimisation/simulation (UK/EU only) - PhD offer "Integration of machine learning methods in metaheuristics" - LMIA - bibtex EvoStar 2016 EuroGP-2016 EvoCOP CFPs (with submission deadline) ---- - 07 March: International Workshop on Parallel Optimization using/for Multi and Many-core High Performance Computing (POMCO 2016) - 13 March: 11th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2016) - 13 March: International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2016) (extended deadline) - 15 March: International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - 28 March: International Symposium on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA 2016) - 31 March: IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (extended deadline) - 02 April: GECCO Workshop CfPs - 30 April: Special Session on Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering @ CIBCB 2016 - 30 April: International Symposium on Computational and Business Intelligence - 06 May: META 2016 Special Sessions - 23 May: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation: Special Issue on Search-Based Software Engineering - 18 July: 2016 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments - International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR ************************************************************ ******************** CALENDAR OF EC-RELATED ACTIVITIES: 23–27 May, 2016, Chicago, IL: 19th International Workshop on Nature Inspired Distributed Computing (NDISC) 08–10 June, 2016, Plymouth, UK: 10th International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics 20–24 July, 2016, Denver, Colorado: 2016 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 25–29 July, 2016, Vancouver, Canada: 2016 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC—held as part of WCCI 2016) 17–21 September, 2016, Edinburgh, Scotland: 14th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN) ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Laetitia Jourdan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Postdoctoral Position Optimization and datamining @ Inria Lille & University of Lille 1 Postdoctoral Position Optimization and datamining Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position at CRIStAL laboratory (www.cristal.univ-lille1.fr<http://www.cristal.univ-lille1.fr/>) within the ANR project ClinMine (www.cristal.univ-lille1.fr/clinmine < http://www.cristal.univ-lille1.fr/clinmine>). This will be a one-year appointment. Location: Lille-Villeneuve d'Ascq (France) Laboratory: CRIStAL, Université Lille 1 (Common research team with Inria) Type of contract: 12 months contract Starting: 01/04/2016 (to be discussed) Salary: From 32 000 € to 37 000 € per year regarding experience (between 1500 € and 1750 € / month). Contact: Clarisse Dhaenens ([log in to unmask] <mailto: [log in to unmask]>) Context The ClinMine project (ANR TECSAN 2014-2017 - http://www.cristal.univ-lille.fr/Clinmine < http://www.cristal.univ-lille.fr/Clinmine>) brings together six partners (academic, hospital and company). It aims to develop innovative methods to analyze, from data available in hospitals, typologies of patient trajectories. A general approach is proposed, then different 'case-studies' are studied in order to validate the approach. The final product will be to develop a functional software platform, based on open license products. Description The candidate will join the Dolphin < https://www.cristal.univ-lille.fr/?rubrique27&eid=8> team, common research team with lille 1 university, CNRS and Inria, in order to develop methods hybridizing optimization methods and statistical approaches. Indeed, the problems relating to this partner, as part of the ANR project, concern the implementation of a prediction engine to identify patient profiles through classification, clustering, bi-clustering and the identification of prediction rules. Several optimization approaches are being finalized, and we wish now to hybridize these approaches with statistical approaches to refine the obtained profiles. Profile The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic and creative individual with a PhD in Operations Research, Mathematics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or a related discipline completed by December 2015. Expertise in one or more of optimization software and scientific computing languages such as C/C++ or R is desirable. Application Interested candidates should send the following material to Pr Clarisse Dhaenens ([log in to unmask]<mailto: [log in to unmask]>): - A cover letter outlining their experience and qualifications as they relate to this position, - CV that includes a list of publications, - One or two research papers, - the contact details (name, email, telephone) of two or three individuals willing to supply confidential reference letters. Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled. ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: "Michael O'Neill" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Postdoc & PhD opportunities at UCD Dublin, Ireland Colleagues, We have openings for postdoc (x2) and PhD (x2) researchers in our Natural Computing Research & Applications Group at University College Dublin. The postdoc positions are associated with Lero (http://www.lero.ie) and involve the application of Genetic Programming and Semantics to Search-based Software Engineering (e.g., program synthesis, and program improvement). Both positions are for an initial period of 2 years (depending on funding may be extended beyond this). More details and the application portal can be found at http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies/ (Job Ref: 008114). First Round Deadline 4 March. The PhD positions are fully funded (EU fees and stipend for 4 years) and include some conference travel support. One is associated with Lero in the domain of Genetic Programming for Search-based Software Engineering. The second is associated with the Applications of Evolutionary Design project funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Applications for the PhD posts can be emailed directly to myself (please include a cv and one page letter of motivation). All posts are based in our group in Dublin and open to start immeadiately so please apply early. For additional details on any of the opportunities please don't hesitate to contact me directly. Many thanks, Mike. ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Julien Lepagnot <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Master internship positions in optimization, IA and image processing Dear colleagues, I send you two offers for Master internship positions in computer science: - "Optimizing the placement of surveillance cameras", fully described there: http://www.lmia.uha.fr/Internship1.pdf - "Design of an Automatic Hazardous Situations Detection Method", fully described there: http://www.lmia.uha.fr/Internship2.pdf Feel free to distribute this offer around you, I thank you. I wish you a nice day With best regards, -- Julien LEPAGNOT ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: "Nguyen, Trung Thanh" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: PhD scholarships in operations research/evolutionary computation/computational intelligence/optimisation/simulation (UK/EU only) Dear Colleagues, NOTE: For UK/EU candidates only. My apologies for cross-posting. Thanks to an arisen opportunity Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom) may be able to offer some PhD scholarships (full or tuition-fees-only depending on the quality of the candidate) for UK/EU students in a number of subjects, including operations research or evolutionary computation or combinatorial optimisation or simulation or other computational intelligence subjects. The full scholarships include: full tuition fees and living expenses + running cost cover of £15,363/year (for 2015/16 entrants). The tuition-fees-only scholarships will cover tuition fees each year. Interested candidates please contact Dr. Trung Thanh Nguyen [log in to unmask] with your full CV and transcripts. Could you please forward this to any interested UK/EU candidates? Thank you very much Best regards Thanh ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Julien Lepagnot <[log in to unmask]> Subject: PhD offer "Integration of machine learning methods in metaheuristics" - LMIA Dear colleagues, I send you an offer for a funded PhD thesis in computer science entitled: Integration of machine learning methods in metaheuristics A description of the subject is available there: http://www.lmia.uha.fr/PhDEN.pdf ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: w langdon <[log in to unmask]> Subject: bibtex EvoStar 2016 EuroGP-2016 EvoCOP BibTeX describing papers at next month's EuroGP http://www.evostar.org/2016/cfp_eurogp.php has been incorporated into the genetic programming bibliography http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/gp-html/changes_.html Also bibtex describing EvoCOP, the 16th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation, co-located in Portugal may be down loaded from http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/evowscop2016.bib Both are incorporated into the collection of computer science bibliographies http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/Ai/ ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: imen chakroun <[log in to unmask]> Subject: HPCS/POMCO'2016 Intl. Workshop + Special issue in A*-ranked journal CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Parallel Optimization using/for Multi and Many-core High Performance Computing (POMCO 2016) http://hpcs2016.cisedu.info/2-conference/workshops---hpcs2016/workshop20-pomm As part of The International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2016) July 18 – July 22, 2016 The University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, Austria Submission Deadline: March 07, 2016 This workshop seeks to provide an opportunity for the researchers to present their original contributions on the joint use of advanced (discrete or continuous, single or multi-objective, static or dynamic, deterministic or stochastic, hybrid) optimization methods and distributed and/or parallel multi/many-core computing, and any related issues. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submissions: ---------------------------------------- March 07, 2016 Acceptance Notification: ---------------------------------- April 07, 2016 Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due by: ------- May 01, 2016 Conference Dates: ---------------------------------------- July 18 – 22, 2016 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Ender Ozcan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Final Call for Papers - PATAT 2016 (Extended Submission Deadline): The 11th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 11th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling PATAT 2016 23-26 August, 2016 in Udine, Italy http://www.patatconference.org/patat2016/ *Extended deadline for submissions: 13 March 2016* The International Series of Conferences on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT) is held biennially as a forum for both researchers and practitioners of timetabling to exchange ideas. PATAT 2016 which is the eleventh in the conference series will be held in Udine, Italy. Topics of interest and themes of the conference include, but not limited to: - Educational Timetabling - Artificial Intelligence - Timetabling in Transport - Graph Colouring - Employee Rostering - Resource Capacity Planning - Sports Timetabling - Parallel/Distributed Computing - Timetabling in Healthcare - Hybrid Methods (e.g., Memetic - Mathematical Programming Computing, Matheuristics) - Constraint-Based Methods - Machine Learning (e.g., Data Mining, - Expert Systems - Classifier Systems, Neural Networks) - Knowledge Based Systems - Multi-objective Approaches - Fuzzy Systems - Multi-criteria Decision Making - Heuristic Search - Foundational Studies (e.g., - Metaheuristics (e.g., Evolutionary Complexity Issues) Computation, Simulated Annealing, - Timetabling Tools and Applications Tabu Search, Ant Colony Methods) (e.g., Interactive - Systems to Build Systems (e.g., and Batch Systems, Hyper-heuristics, - Standard Data Formats, Algorithm Portfolios) Ontologies, Experiences) IMPORTANT DATES ---------------- * Paper Submission *Extended* Deadline: 13 March, 2016 (final) * Notification of Acceptance: 29 April, 2016 * Early Registration Closes: 1 July, 2016 * Conference: 23-26 August, 2016 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Carlo Pinciroli <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ANTS 2016 - New submission deadline: March 14, 2016 ANTS 2016 Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence September 7-9, 2016. Brussels, Belgium Call for papers prepared on March 2, 2016 More details and up-to-date information at http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016 Relevant Research Areas ======================= ANTS 2016 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of swarm intelligence. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are: Behavioral models of social insects or other animal societies that can stimulate new algorithmic approaches. Empirical and theoretical research in swarm intelligence. Application of swarm intelligence methods, such as ant colony optimization or particle swarm optimization, to real-world problems. Theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems. Important Dates =============== Submission deadline March 14, 2016 (extended) Notification of acceptance May 4, 2016 Camera ready copy May 18, 2016 Conference September 7-9, 2016 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: IDS Research Group Newsletter <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Extended deadline until March 15, 2016; International Symposium on Distributed Computing (IDC 2016) Second Call for Papers 10th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing (IDC 2016) Paris, France, October 10-12, 2016 http://idc2016.lip6.fr/ While Intelligent Computing develops methods and technology ranging from classical artificial intelligence, computational intelligence and multi-agent systems to game theory, Distributed Computing develops methods and technology to build systems that are composed of collaborating components. The emergent field of Intelligent Distributed Computing focuses on the development of a new generation of intelligent distributed systems. It faces the challenges of adapting and combining research in the fields of Intelligent Computing and Distributed Computing. IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: March 15, 2016 (extended deadline) Notification of acceptance: May 9, 2016 Camera ready paper due: May 30, 2016 Symposium: October 10-12, 2016 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: IDS Research Group Newsletter <[log in to unmask]> Subject: INISTA 2016 Conference Invitation Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to contribute by submitting papers to the 11th International Symposium on INnovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications to be held during August 2-5, 2016 in Sinaia, Romania. http://www.inista.org/ The INISTA 2016 conference is technically sponsored by IEEE Romanian Section, Computational Intelligence Society Chapter. Please find enclosed the CfP and Poster at http://www.inista.org/cfp.html ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Yingxu Wang <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [IEEE ICCI*CC'16:] ICCI*CC’16 Deadline is Extended to March 31 @Stanford Univ. Dear Colleague, Upon many requests the deadline for paper submission to IEEE ICCI'CC’16 (15th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing) has been extended to March 31, 2016 ( http://www.ucalgary.ca/icci_cc/iccicc-16). Special sessions proposals and short papers are welcome. Paper submission site is at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccicc2016. We look forward to meeting you at Stanford University during Aug. 22-23, 2016. ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: EC-Digest Editor Subject: GECCO Workshop CfPs The Digest received CfPs from several upcoming GECCO workshops. IMPORTANT DATES (Applies to all GECCO workshops) * April 03, 2016 paper submission deadline * April 20, 2016 decision notification Student Workshop at GECCO 2016 Sender: Vanessa Volz <[log in to unmask]> URL: https://ls11-www.cs.tu-dortmund.de/people/volz/gecco2016studentWS.html workshop on Measuring and Promoting Diversity in Evolutionary Algorithms (MPDEA) Sender: Stefano Cagnoni <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://gecco-2016.sigevo.org/index.html/Workshops#id_Measuring and Promoting Diversity in Evolutionary Algorithms Workshop on Genetic Improvement Sender: Justyna Petke <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://geneticimprovementofsoftware.com Evolution in Cognition Workshop Sender: Stéphane Doncieux <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://lis2.epfl.ch/events/workshops/GECCO2016/ Workshop on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation in Defense, Security, and Risk Management (SecDef 2016) Sender: Gunes Kayacik <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://kayacik.ddns.net/~secdefworkshop/ Visualization in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2016) Sender: Walker, David <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://gecco-2016.sigevo.org/index.html/Workshops#id_Visualisation Methods in Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (VizGEC 2016) ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Laetitia Jourdan <[log in to unmask]> Subject: 1st CFP: Special Session on Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering @ CIBCB 2016 Special Session on Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering in IEEE CIBCB 2016 5-7 October 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand Submission deadline: April 30 2016 This special session invites papers discussing recent advances in the development and application of Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering. We welcome original contributions describing ongoing projects or completed work. The instructions for authors, and LaTeX and Word templates can be found at http://www.cibcb2016.org/ Important dates Paper submission: April 30, 2016 Author notification: June 30, 2016 Final Submission: July 30, 2016 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Hanne Thomas <[log in to unmask]> Subject: 2016 4th International Symposium on Computational and Business Intelligence (ISCBI 2016) Dear Colleagues: As Organizing Chair I would like to invite you to submit a paper to the 2016 4th International Symposium on Computational and Business Intelligence (ISCBI 2016). The Symposium will be held in Olten, Switzerland during September 5-7, 2016. The aim as well as objective of ISCBI 2016 is to present the latest research and results of scientists working in the fields related to Computational and Business Intelligence. Topics include but are not limited to theoretical advances, new methods and applications in Business Intelligence, Neural networks, Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation. Please find further details at: http://iscbi.com/cfp.html. The paper submission deadline is April 30, 2016. Best regards, Thomas Hanne ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: EC-Digest editor Subject: META 2016 Special Sessions The Digest received CFPs for the following special sessions, to be held at The 6th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing (META 2016), Marrakech, Morocco, 27–71 Oct 2016. http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/ The paper submission deadline for the conference (including special sessions) is 6 May, 2016. Special Session “Parallelization and surrogate modelling in multiobjective optimization” Sender: Peter Korosec <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://cs.ijs.si/META2016/ Special Session on Metaheuristics for software engineering Sender: Ilhem Boussaid Quenel <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3 Special session: Metaheuristics for signal and image processing Sender: Ahmed Benaichouche <[log in to unmask]> URL: http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3 ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Marouane Kessentini <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation : Special Issue on Search-Based Software Engineering IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation : Special Issue on Search-Based Software Engineering In this special issue, we will invite papers that address problems in the software engineering domain through the use of evolutionary computation search techniques. We particularly encourage papers demonstrating novel search strategies or the application of computational search techniques to new problems in software engineering. Applications may be drawn from throughout the software engineering lifecycle by investigating the application of search based software engineering approaches for the automation of all phases of the software development process, including the analysis, design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of large software systems. IV. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: May 28, 2016 Author notification: September 15, 2016 Revision: November 15, 2016 Final version: December 15, 2016 [EC-Digest editor's note: Find the full CFP at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7393908] ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Michalis Mavrovouniotis <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CfP: 2016 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments CALL FOR PAPERS: 2016 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments (IEEE CIDUE'2016) http://ssci2016.cs.surrey.ac.uk/CIDUE.htm 2016 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2016) December 6 - 9, 2016 Athens, Greece. http://ssci2016.cs.surrey.ac.uk/ Aims and Scope: IEEE CIDUE'2016 aims to bring together all researchers, practitioners and students to present and discuss the latest advances in the field of Computational Intelligence (CI), such as neural networks and learning algorithms, fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation and other emerging techniques for dealing with uncertainties encountered in evolutionary optimization, machine learning and data mining. Deadline: The deadline for submission to CIDUE'2016 is July 18, 2016. ************************************************************ ******************** Sender: Yuhui Shi <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR) 7(1) The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR) Volume 7, Issue 1, January - March 2016 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1947-9263; EISSN: 1947-9271; Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA www.igi-global.com/ijsir Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yuhui Shi (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China) Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to the International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR). All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. ARTICLE 1 Cognitive Bare Bones Particle Swarm Optimisation with Jumps Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie (Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK), Tim Blackwell (Department of Computing Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK) ARTICLE 2 A Scalable MapReduce-enabled Glowworm Swarm Optimization Approach for High Dimensional Multimodal Functions Ibrahim Aljarah (Department of Business Information Technology, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan), Simone A. Ludwig (Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA) ARTICLE 3 Multi-Objective Optimization of Squeeze Casting Process using Evolutionary Algorithms Manjunath Patel G C (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India), Prasad Krishna (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India), Mahesh B. Parappagoudar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, Bhilai, India), Pandu Ranga Vundavilli (School of Mechanical Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubneswar, India) CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJSIR: The mission of the International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR) is to become a leading international and well-referred journal in swarm intelligence, nature-inspired optimization algorithms, and their applications. This journal publishes original and previously unpublished articles including research papers, survey papers, and application papers, to serve as a platform for facilitating and enhancing the information shared among researchers in swarm intelligence research areas ranging from algorithm developments to real-world applications. 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