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ANTS 2020
12th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence
October 26-28, 2020. Barcelona
Up-to-date information at http://www.swarm-intelligence.eu/ants2020/
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Scope of the Conference
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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 collective behaviors such as
movement coordination, shape-formation or decision making. Recently,
algorithms and methods inspired by these models have been proposed to
solve difficult problems in many domains. Among these, it is worth
mentioning ant colony optimization (ACO) and particle swarm optimization
(PSO), focusing respectively on discrete and continuous optimisation
problems. Also, Swarm robotics represents another field of techniques
derived from swarm intelligence for the design of collaborative
multi-robot systems featuring enhanced efficiency, robustness and
scalability. ANTS 2020 aims to 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 for the first time in Barcelona, on October 26–28, 2020.
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Relevant Research Areas
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ANTS 2020 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.
- Theoretical and empirical and research in swarm intelligence.
- Application of swarm intelligence methods (e.g., ant colony
optimisation or particle swarm optimisation) to real-world problems.
- Theoretical and experimental research in swarm robotics systems.
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Important Dates
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Submission deadline: April 17, 2020
Notification of acceptance: June 19, 2020
Camera ready copy: July 3, 2020
Conference: October 26–28, 2020
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Publication Details
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Accepted papers will be published in the LNCS conference proceedings
(Springer). The journal Swarm Intelligence will publish a special issue
dedicated to ANTS 2020 that will contain extended versions of the best
research works presented at the conference. Further details will soon be
published on the web site.
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Conference Location
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Residencia d'Investigadors
Carrer de l'Hospital, 64
08001 Barcelona
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Best Paper Award
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A best paper award will be presented at the conference. Continuing the
tradition of the ANTS Conference Series, the prize winner will receive a
sculpture of an ant expressly created for the ANTS Conference by the
Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese.
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ANTS 2020 Organizing Committee
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++ General chair ++
Marco Dorigo and Thomas Stützle - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
++ Local organisation and publicity chair ++
Maria J. Blesa - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona
Christian Blum - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Barcelona
++ Technical program chairs ++
Christian Blum - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC),
Barcelona
Heiko Hamann, University of Lübeck, Lübeck
++ Publication chair ++
Mary Katherine Heinrich, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
++ Paper submission chair ++
Volker Strobel - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
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Further Information
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Up-to-date information will be published at the following address:
http://www.swarm-intelligence.eu/ants2020/
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