[alife] [2nd CFP] ANTS 2016: Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence

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On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Carlo Pinciroli <ilpincy+ants at gmail.com>
wrote:

>   ***  Apologies if you have received this CFP more than once  ***
>
>      ANTS 2016
> Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
>
>       September 7-9, 2016. Brussels, Belgium
>
>
>    Call for papers prepared on October 5, 2015
>      More details and up-to-date information at
>   http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016
>
>
> Scope of the Conference
> =======================
>
> Swarm intelligence is the 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 a number of
> 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 mainly 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 2016 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
> 7-9, 2016.
>
>
> Relevant Research Areas
> =======================
>
> ANTS 2016 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
> ===================
>
> Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS.
> series.
>
> The journal Swarm Intelligence will publish a special issue dedicated
> to ANTS 2016 that will contain extended versions of the best research
> works presented at the conference. Further details will soon be
> published on the web site.
>
>
> Conference Location
> ===================
>
> Auditorium R42.4.502, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and
> Management, Campus du Solbosch, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
> Av. F.D.  Roosevelt 42, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
>
>
> Best Paper Award
> ================
>
> A best paper award will be presented at the conference.
>
>
> Further Information
> ===================
>
> Up-to-date information will be published on the web site
> http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016/. 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
> ==================
>
>   ANTS 2016
>   IRIDIA CP 194/6                  Tel +32-2-6502729
>   Université Libre de Bruxelles    Fax +32-2-6502715
>   Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50           http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants2016
>   1050 Bruxelles, Belgium          email: ants at iridia.ulb.ac.be
>
>
> Important Dates
> ===============
>
>   Submission deadline           March  2, 2016
>   Notification of acceptance      May  4, 2016
>   Camera ready copy               May 18, 2016
>   Conference               September 7-9, 2016
>
>
> ANTS 2016 Organizing Committee
> ==============================
>
> General chair
>   Marco Dorigo, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
>
> Vice-chairs
>   Mauro Birattari, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
>   Thomas Stützle, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
>
> Technical program chairs
>   Manuel López-Ibáñez, University of Manchester, UK
>   Xiaodong Li, RMIT University, Australia
>   Kazuhiro Ohkura, Hiroshima University, Japan
>
> Publication chair
>   Carlo Pinciroli, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
>
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