CALL FOR PAPERS (!!!! NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: 16 April 2004
!!!!) and BEST PAPER AWARDS
(Apologies if you receive this CFPs more than once.)
The Eighth International Conference on Parallel Problem
Solving from Nature (PPSN VIII), 18-22 September 2004,
Birmingham, UK
events.cs.bham.ac.ukppsn04Open ↗
The International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving
from Nature (PPSN) has been one of the most respected high-
quality international conferences in Natural Computation
since 1990. Its eighth biennial conference (PPSN VIII) will
be held in the heart of England --- Birmingham, UK --- on
18-22 September 2004.
Natural computation is the study of computational systems
that use ideas and get inspiration from natural systems,
including biological, ecological, physical, chemical and
social systems. It is a fast-growing interdisciplinary field
in which a range of techniques and methods are studied for
dealing with large, complex, and dynamic problems. PPSN VIII
will showcase a wide range of topics in natural computation
including, but not restricted to: Evolutionary Computation,
Quantum Computation, Molecular Computation, Neural
Computation, Artificial Life, Swarm Intelligence, Artificial
Ant Systems, Artificial Immune Systems, Self-Organising
Systems, Emergent Behaviours, Machine Perception, and
Applications to Real World Problems.
The conference emphasises original theories and novel
applications of natural computation. Researchers,
practitioners, and students from academia and industry are
invited to submit their original papers to this conference.
World-leading researchers in the field of natural
computation will present keynote speeches and tutorials at
the conference. The confirmed speakers include Lee Giles
(the main driver behind CiteSeer), Benjamin Wah, Marco
Dorigo, Darell Whitley, ... The conference proceedings will
be published by Springer in its LNCS series. A number of
specialist workshops will be run just before the main
conference.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission: 16 April 2004 Acceptance: 30 May 2004 Final
papers: 18 June 2004 Conference: 18-22 September 2004
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original
results in the field of natural computation by ***16 April
2004***. The format should follow Spinger Verlag LNCS style
(springer.deauthors.htmlOpen ↗) with no more
than 10 pages. Only electronic submissions will be
considered.
Papers in postscript or PDF files can be submitted through
events.cs.bham.ac.ukppsn04 submission.htmlOpen ↗
BEST PAPER AWARDS:
PPSN VIII is pleased to announce the largest paper prize
ever in natural computation sponsored by Honda Research
Institute (Europe). This award recognises the best paper
presented at the conference and values at around 2,100
euros. This includes GBP1,100.00 (1,600 euros) and up to
GBP350.00 (500 euros) for travel costs between a European
city and the Honda Research Institute (Europe) in Offenbach,
Germany, to present his/her work.
A separate Best Student Paper Award is sponsored by HP Labs.
(Bristol).
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT: PPSN VIII
School of Computer Science The
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
UK Email: [email hidden]
Phone: +44 121 414 2215 Fax:
+44 121 414 4281