[alife] REMINDER: 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANT 2010) Submission Deadline: February 28, 2010

[Erol Sahin]

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REMINDER: 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANT 2010)
Submission Deadline: February 28, 2010

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                            ANTS 2010
      Seventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence

             September 8-10, 2010. Brussels, Belgium


          Call for papers prepared on September 2, 2009
            More details and up-to-date information at
                 http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2010


Scope of the Conference
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Swarm intelligence is a relatively new discipline that deals with
the study of self-organizing processes both in nature and in
artificial systems. Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have
proposed many models to explain interesting aspects of social insect
behavior such as self-organization and shape-formation. Recently,
algorithms and methods inspired by these models have been proposed
to solve difficult problems in many domains.

An example of a particularly successful research direction in swarm
intelligence is ant colony optimization, the main focus of which is
on discrete optimization problems. Ant colony optimization has been
applied successfully to a large number of difficult discrete
optimization problems including the traveling salesman problem, the
quadratic assignment problem, scheduling, vehicle routing, etc., as
well as to routing in telecommunication networks. Another
interesting approach is that of particle swarm optimization, that
focuses on continuous optimization problems. Here too, a number of
successful applications can be found in the recent literature. Swarm
robotics is another relevant field. Here, the focus is on applying
swarm intelligence techniques to the control of large groups of
cooperating autonomous robots.

ANTS 2010 will give researchers in swarm intelligence
the opportunity to meet, to present their latest research, and to
discuss current developments and applications.

The three-day conference will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on
September 8-10, 2010. Tutorial sessions will be held in the
mornings before the conference program.


Relevant Research Areas
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ANTS 2010 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of swarm
intelligence. Typical, but not exclusive, topics of interest are:

 + Behavioral models of social insects or other animal societies
  that can stimulate new algorithmic approaches.

 + Empirical and theoretical research in swarm intelligence.

 + Application of swarm intelligence methods, such as ant colony
  optimization or particle swarm optimization, to real-world
  problems.

 + Theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems.


Publication Details
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As for previous editions of the ANTS conference, proceedings will be
published by Springer in the LNCS series (to be confirmed).  The
journal Swarm Intelligence will publish a special issue dedicated to
ANTS 2010 that will contain extended versions of the best research
works presented at the conference.


Best Paper Award
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A best paper award will be presented at the conference.


Further Information
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Up-to-date information will be published on the web site
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2010/. For information about local
arrangements, registration forms, etc., please refer to the
above-mentioned web site or contact the local organizers at the
address below.


Conference Address
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ANTS 2010
IRIDIA, CP 194/6                 Tel +32-2-6502729
Universite' Libre de Bruxelles   Fax +32-2-6502715
Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50           http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2010
1050 Bruxelles, Belgium          email: ants at iridia.ulb.ac.be


Conference Location
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Salle Dupreel, Building S, Campus du Solbosch, Universite' Libre de
Bruxelles, Av. Jeanne 44, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.


Important Dates
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Submission deadline             February 28, 2010
Notification of acceptance         April 30, 2010
Camera ready copy                    May 14, 2010
Conference                   September 8-10, 2010


ANTS 2010 Conference Committee
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General Chair
 Marco Dorigo

Technical Program Chairs
 Andries Engelbrecht, Gianni Di Caro, Luca M. Gambardella,
 and Erol Sahin

Publication Chair
 Roderich Gross

Organization Chairs
 Mauro Birattari and Thomas Stuetzle

Special Sessions Chairs
 Rene' Doursat, Dario Floreano, Hiroki Sayama, and Jon Timmis

Publicity Co-Chairs
 Xiaodong Li and Yuhui Shi

Local Arrangements
 Manuele Brambilla