Washington D.C. The 1999 Congress on Evolutionary Computation will be the first conference to bring together the entire evolutionary computation field in all of its diversity in a single event. CEC99 will provide an inclusive forum for the presentation of the most recent progress in all aspects of this burgeoning field while fostering communication and progress towards a better understanding of the issues facing evolutionary computation in all forms and applications. Appropriate paper topics include, but are not limited to, theory, application, empirical analysis, and philosophy concerning all manner of evolutionary computation including evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, classifier systems, artificial life, DNA computing, evolvable hardware, evolutionary robotics, and any hybridized search, optimization, or machine learning techniques drawing on computational models of evolution.
Papers investigating issues common to all evolutionary computations are especially encouraged.
All submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished work that is not currently under consideration for any other conference or journal. The submission deadline is January 15, 1999. Facilities for electronic submissions are currently being arranged and will be announced at a later date.