16th Metaheuristics International Conference
Ischia Island (Napoli), Italy
8 – 11 June, 2026
www.mic2026.unina.it
Aims, Themes & Scope: As per tradition, looking at the previous editions of
the MIC conferences, this conference focuses on the progress of the area of
Metaheuristics and their applications and provides an opportunity to the
international research community to discuss recent research results, to
develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old friends and make new
ones in a relaxed atmosphere. MIC 2026 strives to propose a high-quality
program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials,
workshops and special sessions.
Solicited contributions can cover a variety of topics including but not
limited to:
- Metaheuristic techniques such as tabu search, simulated annealing,
iterated local search, variable neighborhood search, memory-based
optimization, dynamic local search, evolutionary algorithms, memetic
algorithms, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, scatter
search, path relinking, etc.
- Techniques that enhance the usability and increase the potential of
metaheuristic algorithms such as reactive search mechanisms for
self-tuning, offline metaheuristic algorithm configuration techniques,
algorithm portfolios, parallelization of metaheuristic algorithms, etc.
- Empirical and theoretical research in metaheuristics including
large-scale experimental analyses, algorithm comparisons, new experimental
methodologies, engineering methodologies for metaheuristic algorithms,
search space analysis, theoretical insights into properties of
metaheuristic algorithms, etc.
- High-impact applications of metaheuristics in fields such as
bioinformatics, electrical and mechanical engineering, telecommunications,
sustainability, business, scheduling and timetabling. Particularly welcome
are innovative applications
of metaheuristic algorithms that have a potential of pushing research
frontiers.
- Contributions on the combination of metaheuristic techniques with those
from other areas, such as integer programming, constraint programming,
machine learning, etc.
- Contributions on the use of metaheuristic techniques in machine learning
and deep learning for finetuning and neural architecture search, etc.
- Challenging application areas such as continuous, mixed
discrete-continuous, multi-objective, stochastic, or dynamic problems.
Submission details
MIC 2026 accepts submissions in three different formats:
1. Regular paper: novel and original research contributions of a maximum of
15 pages (LNCS format)
2. Short paper: extended abstract of novel research works of 6 pages (LNCS
format)
3. Oral presentation: high-quality manuscripts that have recently, within
the last year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication.
All submitted papers will undergo a review process. All papers must be
prepared using Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template, and must
be submitted in PDF using the easychair system (
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=mic2026).
Conference Webpage
https://www.mic2026.unina.it
Contact information:
Paola Festa (E-mail: infomic2026@unina.it, paola.festa@unina.it)
Dept. of Mathematics and Applications "R. Caccioppoli", University of
Napoli "Federico II"
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