Call for Papers 2014 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2014) THEORY TRACK July 12-16, 2014 Vancouver, BC, Canada Organized by ACM SIGEVO

The GECCO 2014 theory track welcomes all papers that address theoretical issues in the whole of evolutionary computation and allied sciences. So, in addition to Genetic Algorithms, Evolutionary Strategies, Genetic Programming and other traditional EC areas, we also very much welcome theory papers in Artificial Life, Ant Colony Optimization, Swarm Intelligence, Estimation of Distribution Algorithms, Generative and Developmental Systems, Genetics-Based Machine Learning, Search Based Software Engineering, and more. The theory track considers submissions performing theoretical analyses or concerning theoretical aspects in the areas described above. Results can be proven with mathematical rigor or obtained via a thorough experimental investigation. Submissions bridging theory and practice are encouraged. Topics include (but are not limited to):

• analysis methods like drift analysis, fitness levels, Markov chains, ...
• fitness landscapes and problem difficulty
• population dynamics
• representations and variation operators
• runtime analysis and blackbox complexity
• self-adaptation
• single- and multi-objective problems
• statistical approaches
• stochastic and dynamic environments.

Important Dates:

• Abstract submission: January 15, 2014
• (Hard) submission deadline for full papers: January 29, 2014
• Notification of paper acceptance: March 12, 2014
• Camera-ready submission: April 14, 2014
• Conference: July 12-16, 2014

Track Chairs:

• Benjamin Doerr
• Carsten Witt