[DMANET] Call for Papers: EvoApps 2022 Special Session - Analysis of Evolutionary Computation Methods: Theory, Empirics, and Real-World Applications

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Call for Papers: EvoApps 2022 Special Session
Analysis of Evolutionary Computation Methods: Theory, Empirics, and Real-World Applications

http://www.evostar.org/2022/evoapps/tmp/
April 20 - 22, 2022

held as part of EvoStar (http://www.evostar.org/2022/)
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Theory, empirics, and practice are often considered in isolation in our research community. However, recent work has demonstrated that collaboration across the three different types of research can be highly mutually beneficial. For example, empirical results serve as proof of concept for real-world applications and inspiration for new theoretical considerations. Theoretical insights can provide necessary insights into problem properties and algorithm behaviour and hence improve the applicability of heuristics in empirics and practice. Real-world problems provide inspiration for new theoretical and empirical studies and inform the development of important benchmarks. This special session aims at bridging the gap between theory, empirics, and practice in evolutionary computation by fostering communication, discussion, and exchange across different parts of the community.

Topics of Interest:

We welcome contributions from all areas of evolutionary computation and other randomised search heuristic, irrespective of the nature of the considered problems or search spaces.

Particular areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Carefully designed empirical studies
- Theoretical work highlighting the insights generated by the analyses performed
- Examples of successful knowledge transfer of theoretical analysis or empirical studies into a practical scenario
- Theory that is inspired by phenomena observed in practice or empirical analyses
- Efficient means to bridge the gap between theory, empirics, and practice such as benchmarking.

Download the CFP in PDF format:
http://www.evostar.org/2022/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/evo2022_evoAPPS_TMP_flyer_AF_01_V_27_07_21.pdf.pdf

**** Submission Details ****

Paper submissions must be original and not published elsewhere. The submissions
will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee. The reviewing
process will be double-blind, please omit information about the authors in the
submitted paper. Submit your manuscript in Springer LNCS format:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines?countryChanged=true

Page limit: 16 pages

Submission link: coming soon

The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the basis of
the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera-ready version of
their manuscripts. At least one author of each accepted work has to register
for the conference, attend the conference and present the work.

Accepted papers will be published by Springer Nature in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science series.


**** Important Dates ****

Submission deadline: November 1, 2021
EvoStar: April 20-22, 2022


**** Organizers ****

Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, TH Köln, Germany, thomas.bartz-beielstein@th-koeln.de<mailto:thomas.bartz-beielstein@th-koeln.de>
Carola Doerr, Sorbonne Université, France, Carola.Doerr@lip6.fr<mailto:Carola.Doerr@lip6.fr>
Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University, UK, chz8@aber.ac.uk<mailto:chz8@aber.ac.uk>



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