Evolutionary Computation Digest — Monday, 27 January 2020, Volume 34: Issue 2 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] 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 ---- - 15 February: FOGA 2021 call for hosting - 05 March: Metaheuristics Summer School—Learning & Optimization from Big Data: MESS 2020 - 15 March: Scholarships from the Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and its Surroundings (SPECIES) CFPs (with submission deadline) ---- - 31 January: OR Spectrum special issue on ML for CO - 31 January (Abstracts): EMO stream at Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, IFORS (Seoul) - 31 January (Abstracts): OR for Development and Developing Countries session at IFORS (Seoul) - 06 February (Abstracts January 30): GECCO 2020 - 16 February: IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (New Orleans) - 24 April: International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META'2020 (Marrakech, Morocco) ******************************************************************************** CALENDAR OF EC-RELATED ACTIVITIES: July 8-12, 2020, Cancún, Mexico: GECCO 2020 September 7–9, 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands: PPSN 2020 ******************************************************************************** Sender: Kenneth De Jong <[log in to unmask]> Subject: FOGA 2021 call for hosting As announced at the GECCO-2019 business meeting, SIGEVO is soliciting proposals for hosting FOGA-2021. The deadline for submitting hosting proposals is now set at February 15, 2020. Submissions should be electronically sent to Darrell Whitley ([log in to unmask]) and Kenneth De Jong ([log in to unmask]). Selection will be made by the SIGEVO board and notifications sent out by March 15, 2020. ******************************************************************************** Sender: Mario Pavone <[log in to unmask]> Subject: MESS 2020 ~ Learning & Optimization from Big Data ~ Catania, 27-31 July 2020 MESS 2020 - Metaheuristics Summer School - Learning & Optimization from Big Data - 27-31 July 2020, Catania, Italy https://secure-web.cisco.com/1MSSMaK98ndSNQngfChA2B9LGaNsZyLEV3z7l148wRlZYYlW-qyNDjbGapqWH6NXbaV2q3SNEwGFcu5gUkMMgOa_I8kF7WVKtBZMfKiGLkCn-gja4HrlF4lz6JapQCwBmUAduAXRcQ3nwaEoCwCXmdUiQOuo5Crh0Z-q3QuL4gA19mRG-fa4vwBBSNoKRfE-htUkBgL-v0cJ6VLDG_usCtsBi5eltjT6xe9FGfyMbgXr2TxnB9BhLxKhHcFpu80_kktp0_96wTYuEA5L1DrTv8kvngb0AVpTen0csET-d-wXxYqZ7pAIT1ha3i8CPQTmF-pERS2SzEshmEfdTY0Fcc7QsrUbaGbTdQtWjy7TAi_OZ2Yeqr9fnmGpGZe2XDG9BY8vKp2-feD3DCjgW5SgzSw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ants-lab.it%2Fmess2020%2F [log in to unmask] https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ** APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5th March 2020 ** https://secure-web.cisco.com/1aCwfrfSaGiAsnbJUdcK9610C_tC-3-iowarUsWZe-C9FkWl1TU2Hwei_cLOJwpTtREJx5cS4Uqi27nB_0gEeQv2gG5I17avvkuar-Gwj-OHRoMg9T-ub47KZ2VTIW0IoLjpar7u9ZxtKojPrCn5XhA_mBjEA29YGhT24q9QMuzX00mxajPjYcoJpLNoaJfFeA7mgo2RpNaxwVqSbQVW8YxXI_CXRC1K1uwGiSqMsW1IvRqdDrk9ahfYMizfT-T_hHLIj_MiUACPpEx9YBhpG-w90UaLBExiVhUzA0Ddhs-fhTcq83jgPCHFNZ6h0MfjQ2gTHaHQRC38VAmK2usKAQ4dqMQBy9a3LE9DlfrO3rrVZA3N7hPMZ-QzSeC48ZgytyldGytGG4v3-dgVd3s4PUw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ants-lab.it%2Fmess2020%2Fapplication%2F MESS 2020 is aimed at qualified and strongly motivated MSc and PhD students; post-docs; young researchers, and both academic and industrial professionals to provide an overview on the several metaheuristics techniques, and an in-depth analysis of the state-of-the-art. The main theme of the 2020 edition is ?Learning and Optimization from Big Data?, therefore MESS 2020 wants to focus on (i) Learning for Metaheuristics; (ii) Optimization in Machine Learning; and (iii) how Optimization and Learning affect the Metaheuristics making them relevant in handling Big Data. ** LIST OF LECTURERS + Swagatam Das, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata + Luca Maria Gambardella, IDSIA Istituto Dalle Molle for Artificial Intelligence, Switzerland + Salvatore Greco, University of Catania, Italy & University of Portsmouth, UK + Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University, UK + Mauricio Resende, AMAZON, USA + Roman Slowinski, Pozna? University of Technology, Poland + El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille 1, France + Daniele Vigo, University of Bologna, Italy More Lecturers will be announced soon. ** SHORT TALK & POSTER PRESENTATION All participants may submit an abstract of their recent results, or works in progress, for presentation and having the opportunities for debate and interact with leaders in the field. Mini-Workshop Organizers and Scientific Committee will review the abstracts and will recommend for the format of the presentation (oral or poster). All abstracts will be published on the electronic hands-out book of the summer school. The Abstracts must be submitted by *March 5, 2020*. *See Previous Edition - MESS 2018* https://secure-web.cisco.com/1m_6QZitH-HQuPRw_DSI9uF3-41ly2v-mW4bk2QVn-f_1nH9Fx9ps9n9SxJ8_bFHoIA1cdlF6oXI5RzC-aaTb1w8DXOQ7gbPU6KaRcZGVvtwZ9N6K_a8cW8CbswSiNbGhCSldE5bDIxZZo3Jih4BwhW_4KpUvlCAFVG6kA1ybWse_18iBaWbfEjCHO9YcY8HB1iGzUufWn3HH2lezeGKEbDL9yo80Aqh7UZWLNvf5513E3tRa7kKCW8MZfGY0IyeFlK3r2aShTBvCnj0PQgiEo7FU3tfzd99ADCgE2KHwAATmjbhwAgtwoJBXOaycIbBpAZFT2xsi9uP2rt_bVjLtkkUO7nFf4kZ80AFIBpjExWAgxpDRaj1pWcifBySWnl5U9wXwnNI5v1YeC_g1gbzMFA/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ants-lab.it%2Fmess2018%2F ** MORE INFORMATION: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1MSSMaK98ndSNQngfChA2B9LGaNsZyLEV3z7l148wRlZYYlW-qyNDjbGapqWH6NXbaV2q3SNEwGFcu5gUkMMgOa_I8kF7WVKtBZMfKiGLkCn-gja4HrlF4lz6JapQCwBmUAduAXRcQ3nwaEoCwCXmdUiQOuo5Crh0Z-q3QuL4gA19mRG-fa4vwBBSNoKRfE-htUkBgL-v0cJ6VLDG_usCtsBi5eltjT6xe9FGfyMbgXr2TxnB9BhLxKhHcFpu80_kktp0_96wTYuEA5L1DrTv8kvngb0AVpTen0csET-d-wXxYqZ7pAIT1ha3i8CPQTmF-pERS2SzEshmEfdTY0Fcc7QsrUbaGbTdQtWjy7TAi_OZ2Yeqr9fnmGpGZe2XDG9BY8vKp2-feD3DCjgW5SgzSw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ants-lab.it%2Fmess2020%2F -- [log in to unmask] Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MetaheuristicsSchool/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MESS_school ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Christine Zarges" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: SPECIES Scholarships: Call for Student and Host Applications (Deadline: 15 March 2020) SPECIES Scholarships - Call for Student and Host Applications Website: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1oZ2hjSYbOLx51Xm8BcF0mHNLjmWSiyS8TCEO3aqzJfUPY4K1CDL03aP2Zx3ku66ND_oXfheUsNwiBaFpWKByiDzw0_quKuf1155ydtYNRGhfzQ5KbJdSkEn-oERDWFbdF_pVJDa2LTvZjNgQPjHE-DpWlCacPs58i9dtDdyZ6CU0AxBb6Ocd5DeSd6MHuamcIvwWbxVvlBmu6FPweIokbD7chd_ohslAzhi6g5gs1xJCncozkGpeZcRPe6-Uf7lnGepVPe1gCQj21bFUMXBNaB1dkBQYAEZtS3o15GulaysFetyRfoHxb50g2NoQsFW6tP5VniMYte1W1S_Plaau-EatYIUPE11CriI_T-d8qhxYPOm7kkjcQcBvtPwj4OIJzbOpeUMMotcixqtTn0qfOg/http%3A%2F%2Fspecies-society.org%2Fspecies-scholarships%2F Email: [log in to unmask] Deadline for all applications: 15 March 2020 SPECIES, the Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and its Surroundings, is proud to announce the launch of a number of scholarships for PhD students to spend three months at a hosting institution, working under the supervision of an advisor. The selected students will receive an allowance of 900 euros per month to cover accommodation and living expenses. The host institution may provide funds to cover up to three additional months, and any other advantage they wish to offer (e.g., travel funds). Applicants will be selected based on merit by a committee designated by the SPECIES Executive Board. Students and host institutions will be matched following preferences indicated by both sides (at most one student per host institution). We are inviting worldwide applications for both, PhD students and host institutions. More information including conditions of the scholarships and details on how to apply can be found on the SPECIES website: http://secure-web.cisco.com/1oZ2hjSYbOLx51Xm8BcF0mHNLjmWSiyS8TCEO3aqzJfUPY4K1CDL03aP2Zx3ku66ND_oXfheUsNwiBaFpWKByiDzw0_quKuf1155ydtYNRGhfzQ5KbJdSkEn-oERDWFbdF_pVJDa2LTvZjNgQPjHE-DpWlCacPs58i9dtDdyZ6CU0AxBb6Ocd5DeSd6MHuamcIvwWbxVvlBmu6FPweIokbD7chd_ohslAzhi6g5gs1xJCncozkGpeZcRPe6-Uf7lnGepVPe1gCQj21bFUMXBNaB1dkBQYAEZtS3o15GulaysFetyRfoHxb50g2NoQsFW6tP5VniMYte1W1S_Plaau-EatYIUPE11CriI_T-d8qhxYPOm7kkjcQcBvtPwj4OIJzbOpeUMMotcixqtTn0qfOg/http%3A%2F%2Fspecies-society.org%2Fspecies-scholarships%2F [log in to unmask] Deadline for all applications: 15 March 2020 ******************************************************************************** Sender: Vittorio Maniezzo <[log in to unmask]> Subject: OR spectrum special issue on ML for CO: deadline approaching Call for Papers - Special Issue: Machine Learning and Combinatorial Optimization This special issue aims at presenting an overview of the state-of-the-art of the field, welcoming contributions about innovative research both on machine learning addressing CO problems or supporting CO approaches, and on CO algorithms addressing ML issues. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Combinatorial Problem Modeling Solution Generation Search Guidance Uncovering Hidden Structures and Patterns in Data Parameter Learning and Adaptive Adjustment ML for Assisted Decision Support in CO Algorithms Real-world Application of ML-CO Models Hybridization of ML and CO Details at this link https://secure-web.cisco.com/10Idi64Tkgk10BAhp_q1uhnjHYNYNUNGR-XgWDHIOHOYCD-xXirajYeumLvDsuW_LbgEfHmky9HnTVgfPRVHR3PP6_UlrBzeTVt5L8UxCYAql3ID-ATbzVr9zEbJ5vssziiluEoT7wrJ19vv-fASMO4O6-l0zaG6kLKc4QqiHtf_xAnrnTFYEhAl8pGuJfomH8I7XRIiPrc3OvoK79vnlBttghTA3dnk9aR-AcNJ3WynJC59VE_ivpBfOBeWF0VM_wffGcNlvd1z2G0aRQxiRwc7P5qQrEelOLTQhIyZcw8rYys5z4ChdECEqw1OA3yOL_dIvfxxFglCWuxYtb8lEMUCQLcqPl8U1Ytwx18fcOTm6-ObuF3cLDxtarfIJ_jURUrwovwL8rf1eaWZCfkzH_R-rt86ecE6KgtcSoarRRdg/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fjournal%2F291%2Fupdates%2F17221300 ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization (EMO) @ IFORS 2020 (Deadline: January 31) - Dates: June 21-26 (Sun-Fri), 2020 - Location: Seoul, Korea - Abstract submission closes: January 31, 2020 - Submit an abstract: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1UfJ9TX-6DF9Bz2KQaPkbTpWF-PPqU97gUNJ5xmEJA_Ouqmv7w0IGLHAj9Da4vNTjxL8Spq8MvwrxtgK9WorChRgQN4b1bJvY8mevMhUgbPu62C8nnOQsOObNVQMGoJ6rzJoqCCxXIEwgp8S1emwdRWzE1Wehueti7bXQva8z7ZtKJkV4T7gh8TnHziF8JNjc1VqxmFrTFjZakwBO4h5zeFQHBMclEgx7Fup_sVYisUeBPol14Dep2it3pBD7SXU8BlXKvckAeEq6iB8rEZj30mE-b2rCHQcSATX2caE2_9X6NR-5PYE1eUtdYNFCKX9XLroNdOrIyZ7bhjZOTc8RIUhSthbk3Dlem0cooofsT6S1fQhL41zSWIKwPND4ZN-jBLnEZT9cp0ZTv-7LAdRZIg/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euro-online.org%2Fconf%2Fifors2020%2F You are kindly invited to submit an abstract to the stream “Evolutionary Multi-objective Optimization (EMO)” at the 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Seoul, Korea (http://secure-web.cisco.com/1UggTdCTMdPiUHeGmfc8iLQXqVQtw6pYvtCtbihClT93Xy2U85iDVOn4brlps9vMEVNrLeHMfVtgMAHkr-fyR6H8WVEu-TbvbwvN2q0znGhO2-_kHzuO7oP1USOlIM4rz0UwZKmPAWADf9y8MyL7UejFSoMYUv5KDdH_gMFwNlNFKuL00X-Z9z8bO5bU3qgpyw-qpUtCwjb52e4oAlVhTLoSHZI_iAPT5FdEkIr3hUrZ4NNmjL5iJj17ZF-7JqXIMjcIHl7UK38nVgX7gWrETjcxFdmk16LuVUaMilEUbZSjGvBt_GSsXEfFd-s4ZG-scLEZecDa10cOPeFHhTw1Mxgid6_2Z3VOsUbVhG748WWwtaP1yCfxITwCkzFUftCEgntCt302L-X_mmwTqaEPNBw/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifors2020.kr%2F%29. We welcome contributions within the scope of EMO including: Applications of EMO to continuous, combinatorial or mixed-integer problems Many-objective optimization Hybridization with exact methods Multi-objective Local search and other multi-objective metaheuristics, such as Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, etc. Preference handling and MCDM techniques in EMO and interactive approaches Constraint handling techniques Parallel EMO Performance assessment and benchmarking Automatic algorithm selection, configuration and design Data-driven and Bayesian optimization and other applications of evolutionary machine learning Real-world applications ******************************************************************************** Sender: Youssef Masmoudi <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IFORS 2020 - session “OR for Development and Developing Countries” Very soon, at January 31, we will arrive at the Deadline of Abstract Submission of IFORS 2020. http://secure-web.cisco.com/1q4eUf-Aponc9BzUK2as97Y--OKt5T8IsI27TacFejQxbNwsO9OLatqxihvwvvTw_fWPP2-OkUx9RGIRyS2L0HiW9KLAtmzJzxyFAs6BK7VSYj3heoTdpbNFEIsaOq_Df5kfsjU52KPyYDiOaHZ9922VjaBU8q3v81Nn23yWzU-nOD9jVzPj53IMrFTaygPVTgtwIJHrH1X3CbG9WdpK59J6v4TM0o8eR2Rw-v-XZd7Be4DBCK77Lw8mIA39nbsP2hRkt_0MpPlfZTRgXzmY5WMgGjuPkp1ENwOnmK5hzd3-iIVP1NMBLNVe4IwqUm115zs2T5thYJUXpb0A4gm9V6VkVkp1TIo-3gmXJd6okdmDAJJImYdxeENWhB8hQ72RbSVeCInP7C-AFpkU0Wzi4CA/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ifors2020.kr You are invited to submit an abstract for the IFORS 2020 conference in session “OR for Development and Developing Countries”. To submit your paper, please visit: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1UfJ9TX-6DF9Bz2KQaPkbTpWF-PPqU97gUNJ5xmEJA_Ouqmv7w0IGLHAj9Da4vNTjxL8Spq8MvwrxtgK9WorChRgQN4b1bJvY8mevMhUgbPu62C8nnOQsOObNVQMGoJ6rzJoqCCxXIEwgp8S1emwdRWzE1Wehueti7bXQva8z7ZtKJkV4T7gh8TnHziF8JNjc1VqxmFrTFjZakwBO4h5zeFQHBMclEgx7Fup_sVYisUeBPol14Dep2it3pBD7SXU8BlXKvckAeEq6iB8rEZj30mE-b2rCHQcSATX2caE2_9X6NR-5PYE1eUtdYNFCKX9XLroNdOrIyZ7bhjZOTc8RIUhSthbk3Dlem0cooofsT6S1fQhL41zSWIKwPND4ZN-jBLnEZT9cp0ZTv-7LAdRZIg/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.euro-online.org%2Fconf%2Fifors2020%2F and log in with your username and password. The submission code is: cbad8a83 IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Deadline for abstract submission: January 31, 2020 Notification of acceptance: February 10, 2020 Deadline for early registration: February 28, 2020 Speakers Registration Deadline: March 1, 2020 Conference: June 21-26, 2020 ******************************************************************************** Sender: Gregorio Toscano <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Call for Papers - GECCO 2020 2020 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2020) 8-12 July, 2020, Cancun, Mexico. https://secure-web.cisco.com/1-gAdbKR6glxQP62SYTTv0wbHMLQODAspZ1z4ZqmnyWaKQ28Qqb2dJFZfgl_HHD66UGnA3cx4YqZYoxdJ99nscTt_Fme2ySuJ-YzQKnknpBCzkCzhQ0fjyktdvMnj6J9AkBx1kbkZYYmKwrVKmKLD1YEtm4gnteoDyBWN5e97OFHN5_Sfs-rZKfJhYpX1xqDz1U-STjgXC0KSqx33az_fM91s1904kAvw_t5IKJQ1xAxHfP02FecP_YMVdupwDomHKLLnF3nPeWwfdQiUHgQ4zLSSPE5tOVXbrTpoJa0MbIv5dyI3w4XGsUGVf2I-J9Atjm4JYgh8rVdD0booZc1vxJbODy5NOskAdXRkItj_ZJjale6hYuwzKpiE8xdczuuXskWmJVwxywkZ-ZqiuDdbcw/https%3A%2F%2Fgecco-2020.sigevo.org%2Findex.html%2FHomePage Important Dates --------------------------------------------------------------------- * Full papers (traditional category) * Abstract deadline: January 30, 2020 * Submission of full papers: February 6, 2020 * Poster-only papers: * Submission of poster-only papers: February 6, 2020 * Conference: July 8-12, 2020 Call for Papers --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2020) will present the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary computation. Topics include genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, memetic algorithms, hyper-heuristics, real-world applications, evolutionary machine learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant colony optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications, evolutionary robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems, and more. The full list of tracks is available at: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1buygPe8UJ6OxsfuHD94RM4Zsyc9f21UdgPyeXL55Nld5S1KnikQZAj_vANofe_yx9AN23qVX8GS_kxcGylen2AFqp2foWSZ8QmCcmIta_RkloacC-lKBhMBDRhBZ0sUmyjHSspwqBav06YlYXM5NvaltPQET-CpBb3INdFvb_6oWYvsK-dtf7y22H_kzf5n1XkGlJ5kNwE1SvcfJ21B50rbXwU3LNhd5IfoTRsxvz7JOZxGvgyuzppkVJVdzp4YW_aylmvUofDzWxGbYtnA0OpX3YHL0T8FB9Mka0hghcl-vAsCR7cf_FsPDpYEw3bca6hQzmqIe4mZ1zAeUYKFi16YSHr13cDQ3s_RR43QIcez9ViZsReFoWA2kk6UUvHb62vR0_61SN7ARWPYFI7be8A/https%3A%2F%2Fgecco-2020.sigevo.org%2Findex.html%2FProgram%2BTracks More information about paper submission is available at: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1xFhjaeJAOnggtJTMcm-Q8K7iESPfCOYmGIAgFKgOt0i51dGNAoWpw6-2DHdhVfPYTiZByR7kmNc3iKN2AG6e0o0ewQJ6Jf1b0QHlOW6YLh1wVYypVJp5WxNSBJ-y7q-rRopEDiGB_jvE9CojkH4geqW6yjy736V_igRAia52qPgNlt8Db8A40pVzvOyldjjdNsz28lQmZVLeRpjDIr_3cmAXplray4WJ_fDhz8CmToO2vCnwj39VfSwfpiqEcRUHXGYs_z5ZJCLVavYaP-9r-yZK8rqP8qRfjS6o3DnJ0ViJIjquFVpn0s8pCc3Fzrk6Jx8XvbDbLicoQThan37xcC76y-rnZF5Btr6cT9C-2UP9BPrAbQUBcVpkViG3d2wLivXZ7WXGE9X42qywpwdS_w/https%3A%2F%2Fgecco-2020.sigevo.org%2Findex.html%2FCall%2Bfor%2BPapers ******************************************************************************** Sender: "Grégoire DANOY" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP - Several Special Issues - 10th IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO) in conjunction with IEEE IPDPS 2020 Combinatorics and Optimization (PDCO 2020) https://secure-web.cisco.com/1OBGou4BZ1HqvHgRXL8XSHyDEj_hNPqqdBf5gy6n03saA2fTeTjB-emvWIzaUu1Rj8P1VnNCY7jBbK_pz_AVn5Qv_VCajHbnkRt31VovYcP7r-Yg-bJKpMEp4GMBwg1u2ptl1gQ19nOZbg_aSJdL4Wb2Dx-SCjnSx81OJwg-peS6VizmwK5hLNsV4m49ysoe0ENHAaS19W8DOfJJdeBU2eNlLHIiTJAevYNuk4GATMJjfugWdqs931WGmi4rNtplz6fYv_ngHGYkxx48JLjt7YhRIU4sPuX5wmqqOeIpfN7E0eVb3WgZHRfvX5ug49__XY0-vp7At2S1u_8jCzUZC4gc3na9dQbLF3CpcTHyuTQv4_xoDNgR-KK1EZ04P7PZvEf4iwXgk2C5P6dUS99QNzQ/https%3A%2F%2Fpdco2020.sciencesconf.org%2F held in conjunction with the 34th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS'2020) May 18-22, 2020 New Orleans, USA http://secure-web.cisco.com/1nMQansb5oEXvI3plyhFQKzGYBE3rN_oAOWwYCH7TMSEMb2nOwgSKPnI9v80rruTfmoOf0HICHoHa0jtuWweifdwEevIoSjBIa9It4foxTmt9fl-I8Zuw9tWdhQ4OqKWgrSRrd1ErjThs4MRE5F-UFstuSqU003Taem_kx-j2It1fEUsx6blB6CT78587xY8kMrydsVT4cq8ldxdVt8ynOweSIFCxhYJIqa_GOnYtkdqixGEfo2bJRP4JPw9eHQcu3HTF_G2CSMMt9eOIK_MnDt224sHu_PjloaO4klad-JYts_pUOezdE9hC_r_rzG0V7zF0fU5L8j9Ff1sVuJBlB4yLMAqXocsKG79KTF_BdNLaweuzzvca024wjMU4lIdH98IoeahaQTidQbdIMibeZg/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipdps.org ============================================ FIXED DEADLINE (no more extensions): February 16, 2020 Scope: ====== The IEEE Workshop on Parallel / Distributed Combinatorics and Optimization aims at providing a forum for scientific researchers and engineers on recent advances in the field of parallel or distributed combinatorics for difficult optimization problems, ranging from theoretical to applied problems. The latter include for instance 0-1 multidimensional knapsack problems and cutting stock problems, large scale linear programming problems, nonlinear optimization problems, global optimization and scheduling problems. Topics: ======= * Exact methods, heuristics, metaheuristics, hybrid methods; * Parallel / distributed algorithms for combinatorial optimization; * Parallel / distributed metaheuristics; * Nature inspired parallel / distributed computing; * Integer programming, linear programming, nonlinear programming; * Global optimization, polynomial optimization; * Cooperative methods, hybrid methods; * Parallel sparse matrix computations, graph algorithms, load balancing; * Applications: cloud computing, planning, logistics, manufacturing, finance, telecommunications, computational biology, combinatorial algorithms in high performance computing. Important Dates: ================ - Submission Deadline: February 16, 2020 - Author notification: March 6, 2020 - Camera ready version: March 22, 2020 - Workshop: May 18, 2020 ******************************************************************************** Sender: El-ghazali Talbi <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP META'2020 @Marrakech META'2020 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 27-31 Oct 2020 Marrakech, Morocco http://secure-web.cisco.com/1NS_dtI8HDR5sr6Tibq7wiJiPCWteiY-KlZLFCeVmsWdSDFWE6QdLCckLScmfZvB7sR_9Dpffwz7t6-dkBCJQi57csJotmyPKE6xC0UcrMvr1DPo9KP0rjTaf88IyIPs6UxWZyDpt73j-gC0o3ozavZkBkZpWFZEVXEWltGSf08y0-3iC32FfSl1AK4OVJTR2W2ip3Nb235_QhCkY0k_cUvk82jxt8H02Eya95kIGsd0g92Glnz0rY1PeQKFEDUbeddjS22fGY-1GxQTcnC-bTO2S-ADmOgKGOnflWyrkC0VfuN4Sgl4uEJLVlVt6DoWND1RkR4QbM8ttv9lErHwkH3mOBIlI7FOQSQq65WTzZXszdjL7KprGl_A8bsDYNH0fmUSnHwjiU1zFq7dpzbNf0w/http%3A%2F%2Fmeta2020.sciencesconf.org%2F META is one of the main event focusing on the progress of the area of metaheuristics and their applications. META'2020 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of metaheuristic research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications, new research challenges, theoretical developments, implementation issues, and in-depth experimental studies. META'2020 strives for a high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions. The scope of the META’2020 conference includes, but is not limited to: * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, … * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, bio-inspired algorithms, … * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: quantum computing, artificial immune systems, bee colony, DNA computing, … * Quantum computing * Parallel and distributed algorithms * Hybrid methods with machine learning, game theory, mathematical programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, … * Application to: logistics and transportation, networks, scheduling, data mining, engineering design, energy, cloud, bio-medical, … * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence, problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, … * Multi-objective optimization, bi-level optimization * Dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, … * Parameter tuning (static, dynamic, adaptive, self-adaptive) * Hyper-heuristics, cross-domain metaheuristics * Software frameworks for metaheuristics and nature inspired computing Important dates _______________ - Submission deadline: April 24, 2020 - Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2020 ******************************************************************************** (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: - Send submissions (articles) to [log in to unmask] DO NOT send submissions to the [log in to unmask] address. - To subscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: subscribe ec-digest-l <Your Name (up to 4 words)> - To unsubscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: unsubscribe ec-digest-l - To change your email address, simply unsubscribe the old address and subscribe the new one. - Send other administrative requests to [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************** End of Evolutionary Computation Digest ********************************************************************************