[alife] EvoENERGY 2013 call for papers

[Paul Kaufmann]

EvoENERGY 2013
Evolutionary Algorithms in Energy Applications
3-5 April 2013 - Vienna, Austria
http://www.evostar.org


INTRODUCTION
Along with the worldwide incentive to reduce fossil and nuclear based power
generation, the number of distributed generators and other forms of
distributed energy resources which are installed in power networks has been
steadily increasing over the last years. This increased integration has
triggered a transformation of the energy system and challenges the
conventional operation of these networks.

On a network level, this transformation requires new control and 
communication
approaches, to guarantee the security of energy supplies as well as an 
optimal
exploitation of available resources. On a generator level, advanced control
strategies as well as morphological optimization (e.g., tuning of 
wind-blade
design) can help to assure an optimal performance of the generator.

EvoEnergy is intended as a platform for new, innovative computational
intelligence and nature-inspired techniques in the domain of energy-related
optimization research. We seek contributions ranging from new control 
concepts
for decentralized generation, strategies for their coordination in the 
network
to the morphological optimization of distributed generators.


TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
- management of distributed generation and storage
- evolutionary design and morphological optimization in energy systems
- advanced distribution management system functionalities
- Smart Grid monitoring and control
- real time configurations of energy networks
- distributed optimization in energy networks
- grid planning and asset management


PUBLICATION DETAILS
Accepted papers will appear in the proceedings of EvoStar, published as
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Submissions must be novel and original. Submissions will be peer 
reviewed by
at least three members of the program committee and authors of accepted 
papers
are required to address the reviewer's comments to produce a camera-ready
version of their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted paper 
must
register for the conference and attend the conference to present their 
work.

The reviewing process will be double-blind and any information that may
identify the authors should be removed from the initial submission. Please
submit your contribution to EvoENERGY in Springer LNCS format at
http://myreview.csregistry.org/evoapps13. The page limit is 10 pages.


IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: 1 November 2012
Notification to authors: 21 December 2012
Camera-ready deadline: 15 January 2013
EvoStar event: 3-5 April 2013


CHAIRS
Konrad Diwold, Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology, 
konrad.diwold(at)iwes.fraunhofer.de
Kyrre Glette, University of Oslo, kyrrehg(at)ifi.uio.no
Paul Kaufmann, Fraunhofer IWES, paul.kaufmann(at)iwes.fraunhofer.de


CONFIRMED PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Julian F. Miller (University of York)
Andy Tyrrell (University of York)
Martin Middendorf (University of Leipzig)
Istvan Erlich (University of Duisburg-Essen)
Jan Ringelstein (Fraunhofer IWES)
Peter Palensky (AIT: Austrian Institute of Technology)