The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation is one of the leading events in the field of evolutionary computation.

The Conference Organizing Committee invites submissions of original, previously unpublished innovative research in any topic of evolutionary computation including, but not limited to:

Algorithms
Adaptive dynamic programming and reinforcement learning
Ant colony optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Artificial immune systems
Coevolutionary systems
Coevolution and collective behavior
Convergence, scalability and complexity analysis
Cultural algorithms
Differential evolution
Estimation of distribution algorithms
Evolutionary computation theory
Evolutionary programming
Evolution strategies
Genetic algorithms
Genetic programming
Heuristics, metaheuristics and hyper-heuristics
Interactive evolutionary computation
Learning classifier systems
Memetic, multi-meme and hybrid algorithms
Molecular and quantum computing
Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms
Parallel and distributed algorithms
Particle swarm optimization
Representation and operators
Self-adaptation in evolutionary computation
Theory and Implementation
Optimization
Combinatorial Optimization and Metaheuristics
Constraint handling
Discrete and combinatorial optimization
Dynamic and uncertain environments
Meta-modeling and surrogate models
Evolutionary simulation-based optimization
Preference handling
Large-scale problems
Multi objective optimization
Numerical optimization
Hybrid Systems of Computational Intelligence
Evolved neural networks
Evolutionary fuzzy systems
Evolved neuro-fuzzy systems
Related Areas and Applications
Art and music
Artificial ecology and artificial life
Autonomous mental and behavior development
Biometrics, bioinformatics and biomedical applications
Classification, clustering and data analysis
Data mining
Defense and cybersecurity
Evolutionary games and multi-agent systems
Evolutionary Machine Learning
Evolvable hardware and software
Evolutionary Robotics
Engineering applications
Emergent technologies
Finance and economics
Games
Intelligent systems applications
Robotics
Real-world applications

Papers for IEEE CEC 2023 should be submitted electronically through the Congress website by 13 January 2023.

All submissions will be refereed by experts in the fields and ranked based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality and clarity.

Other important dates:
Special Session and Tutorials Proposals: October 31st, 2022