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EVOLVE 2012
EVOLVE -- A Bridge Between Probability, Set Oriented Numerics,
and Evolutionary Computation

August 07-09, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico

http://evolve.cinvestav.mx
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Publication:
Advances in Intelligend and Soft Computing, Springer (full-length papers)
Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer (postproceedings)
Extended abstracts: published on CD-ROM (provided with ISSN and ISBN)



Scope of the EVOLVE
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The massive use and large applicability spectrum of evolutionary
algorithms for real-life applications determined the need of
establishing solid theoretical grounds. Only to offer a few examples,
one may consider mathematical objects th at are sometimes difficult
and/or costly to calculate. At the same time, acknowledged new results
show that evolutionary computation can provide in some cases good and
fast estimators of these quantities. Similarly, the handling of large
quantities of data may require the use of distributed environments
where the probability of failure and the stability of the algorithms
may need to be addressed. What is more, common practice confirms in
many cases that theory based results have the advantage of ensuring
performance guarantee factors for evolutionary algorithms in areas as
diverse as optimization, bio-informatics or robotics.

The aim of the EVOLVE is to build a bridge between probability,
statistics, set oriented numerics and evolutionary computing, as to
identify new common and challenging research aspects. The conference
is also intended to foster a growing interest for robust and efficient
methods with a sound theoretical background. EVOLVE is intended to
unify theory-inspired methods and cutting-edge techniques ensuring
performance guarantee factors. By gathering researchers with
different backgrounds, ranging from computer science to mathematics,
statistics and physics, to name just a few, a unified view and
vocabulary can emerge where the theoretical advancements may echo in
different domains.

Summarizing, the EVOLVE focuses on challenging aspects arising at the
passage from theory to new paradigms and aims to provide a unified
view while raising questions related to reliability, performance
guarantees and modeling.

Topics:
- Theoretical foundations of evolutionary type algorithms
- Models in biology: branching processes, dynamic population models.
- Stochastic algorithms: simulated annealing, particle models, and
Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, adaptive Monte Carlo, quantum Monte Carlo
methods, MCMC methods, particle methods
- Risk analysis: rare events simulation, sensitivity measures
- Applications: bayesian statistics, large networks analysis, models in
fluid mechanics, financial mathematics, molecular chemistry,
bacteriology, epidemiology
- Set oriented numerics
- Stochastic optimization:
- landscape analysis
- self-tuning and self-adaptive techniques
- single-, multi- and many-objective optimization
- large scale, highly multi-modal or high-dimensional problems
- bio-inspired models : evolutionary programming, swarm intelligence


Invited Speakers
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Vo Ba-Ngu, University of Melbourne, Australia
Pedro Larraaga, Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Tony Lelievre, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, France
Eric Moulines, Institut Tlcom / Tlcom ParisTech (ENST), Paris, France
Jian-Qiao Sun, University of California, Merced, USA



Conference Chairs
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Oliver Schuetze, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Alexandru-Adrian, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Emilia Tantar, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Pierre del Moral, INRIA Bordeaux-Sud Ouest, France
Pierrick Legrand, University of Bordeaux 2, France


Publication
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The EVOLVE 2012 will accept both full-length papers and extended
abstracts to be presented at the conference. Full length papers will
be published in the Advances in Intelligend and Soft Computing book
series of Springer. Extended abstracts will be published on CD-ROM
(provided with ISSN and ISBN). The postproceedings will include
extended versions of the best papers/abstracts presented at the EVOLVE
12 and will appear in the Studies in Computational Intelligence book
series of Springer.


Important Dates
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March 09, 2012 Submission of full-length manuscripts
April 09, 2012 Notification of authors (full length manuscripts)
May 04, 2012 Camera ready papers due
May 04, 2012 Submission of abstracts
May 25, 2012 Notification of authors (abstracts)

August 07-09, 2012 Conference dates



Conference Location
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The EVOLVE 2012 will be hosted by the Computer Science Department of
the CINVESTAV-IPN which is located in the campus Zacatenco in Mexico
City, Mexico.

Further Information
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Details and up-to-date information can be found on the webpage of the
EVOLVE 2012 International Conference:

http://evolve.cinvestav.mx