Events

July 12-15/2010: The 2010 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods

"Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Genetic programming
• Genetic algorithms
• Hybrid genetic / memetic algorithms
• Artificial life
• Genetic benchmarks and software packages
• Optimization methodologies
• Swarm intelligence and optimization
• Artificial immune systems
• Evolutionary programming
• Genetics-based machine learning
• Adaptive behavior-based systems
• Fuzzy systems and evolutionary computing
• Biologically inspired systems
• Evolutionary strategies
• Combinatorial optimization problems
• Ant colony optimization
• Learning classifiers
• Agent technologies
• Parallel/distributed evolutionary algorithms
• Evolvable hardware
• Evolutionary scheduling
• Search based strategies
• Evolutionary multi-objective optimization
• Prediction methods
• Co-evolution
• Novel methodologies
• Robotics
• Biological methods
• Applications

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation web site at: http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/.  Submissions must be uploaded by March 1, 2010 and they must be in either MS doc (but not docx) or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers.)"

The conference will be held in Las Vegas as part of the WORLDCOMP 2010 event. Further information will be available when the website at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ is updated.

Thanks to A. M. G. Solo and the Biomimetics listserv for the pointer!

Feb. 18-20/2010: Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design

Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design.

A pioneering collaboration among biologists, designers, engineers, and businesspeople, Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design is a conference organized by graduate students and supported by the Frontiers in Life Sciences program at Arizona State University. This conference will explore how the collective behavior and nest architecture of social insects can inspire more efficient and sustainable solutions to human challenges in areas such as manufacturing, communications, transportation, and green building. It will facilitate interdisciplinary exchange of concepts, perspectives, and tools that may enrich biology and advance biomimetic design. Finally, it will address fundamental issues in social biomimicry, including its ethical and psychological implications. We invite you to join us for this exciting event February 18 – 20, 2010 at the Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe Campus.

Early registration deadline: December 15, 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2009
Late registration deadline: January 31, 2010

The website includes the program, a list of speakers, travel/local information, a student travel grant program, and a downloadable poster.

Thanks to Tate Holbrook for the pointer!

Sept. 14-16/2010: Third International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE’10)

"On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my great pleasure to invite you to the Third International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE’10), organized by Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Jilin University), Ministry of Education, which will be held on 14-16 September, 2010, in Zhuhai, China.
 
The conference will focus on recent progress in bionic engineering, and the topics of the conference include, but are not limited to:

1. Functional bionics/biomimetics;
2. Coupling bionics/biomimetics;
3. Biomaterials & Bionic/biomimetic materials;
4. Bionic/biomimetic walking;
5. Applications of bionic/biomimetic technology in engineering.

An abstract is invited to be submitted which should be 400-500 words, single-spaced and must emphasize the object, major results and conclusions. The authors of accepted presentations should submit two copies of their manuscript by email with Word (doc) and Acrobat (pdf) formats respectively. All abstracts and papers should be submitted by email to icbe_2008@yahoo.com.cn (Please write “ICBE’10 paper” at the subject line), and the well-written paper will be published in the Journal of Bionic Engineering (SCI and EI indexed).

For more information please refer to the attached pdf file. Also the Ceremony for Establishment of the International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) will be also held during the conference. Please kindly forward this announcement to your colleagues who may be interested."

Additional information about the conference can be downloaded from http://kltmb.jlu.edu.cn/english2/The_Third_International_Conference_of_Bionic_Engineering__ICBE_2010_.pdf. The website referenced in the PDF is currently under construction.