WIVACE 2018
XIII Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation

featuring a special session on Quantum Computing

Centro S.Elisabetta, University Campus
Parma (Italy), 10-12 September 2018
http://wivace.org

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Keynote speakers:

- Peter M.A. Sloot (University of Amsterdam)
- Roberto Serra (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
for the main track

- Simone Montangero (University of Padua)
- Fabio Sciarrino (La Sapienza University, Rome)
- Ivano Tavernelli (IBM Research, Zurich)
for the Special Session on Quantum Computing

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Submissions are now open for WIVACE 2018, the XIII Workshop on
Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, that will take place
from 10 to 12 September 2018 in Parma (Italy).

This year WIVACE will host a Special Session on Quantum Computing
http://wivace.org/2018/specialSession.html

* For updated and more detailed information, please visit
http://wivace.org

* Abstract/paper SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 14 July 2018 (EXTENDED, FINAL)

at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wivace2018

* Contributions may be submitted in one of the following forms:

1. Full research papers (maximum 12 pages).
2. Simple Abstracts (1-4 pages).

Full research papers should present original unpublished works and
must be prepared in the format used for Springer Communications in
Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series.

Simple abstracts should describe work in progress or a summary of a
full paper (already published or submitted for publication).

Abstracts will be accessible in the conference web site and
distributed as a book at the conference.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three PC members and a
selection will be made on the basis of significance, clarity and
relevance for the track topics.

Full research papers will be selected for a post-conference
proceedings volume which Springer will publish in their Communications
in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series.

Contributions solicited cover a variety of topics, including but not
limited to:

- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Bioinspired Algorithms
- Bioinspired Robotics
- Complex Systems
- Evolutionary Computation
- Genetic Algorithms
- Modeling and Simulation of Artificial and Biological Systems
- Modeling and Simulation of Social and Economical Systems
- Synthetic and Systems Biology
- Systems Chemistry
- Theories and Applications of Artificial Life