Please find below information about Tutorials, Workshops, and Competitions at 2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO2025) which will be held from 14 - 18 July 2025, Malaga, Spain. For further information, please visit GECCO2025 website:
https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/HomePage
*** Important Dates ***
Tutorial/Workshop/Competition proposals: 13 November 2024 (Anywhere on Earth)
Tutorial/Workshop/Competition notification: 18 December 2024 (Anywhere on Earth)
Conference: 14 - 18 July 2025
*** Call for Tutorials ***
Tutorials at GECCO2025 will provide an excellent opportunity to learn about current theory and practice in evolutionary computation from the domain experts. We are now inviting proposals for tutorials. Each tutorial is expected to be 110 minutes long. We encourage the inclusion of interactive activities and demos.
Tutorials will be free to all GECCO2025 attendees. We strongly encourage tutorials in hybrid mode rather than online only.
Accepted tutorials' slide sets will be published as part of a Companion volume to the conference proceedings in the ACM Digital library.
One instructor/presenter of each accepted tutorial will get a discounted registration. The discount can be divided among tutorial instructors if there are more than one. Each presenter is eligible for only a single tutorial discount, i.e., it is not possible to aggregate discounts from more tutorials. If a tutorial instructor is also presenting papers/workshop papers/posters, this discount is halved (i.e. 50% shared between speakers).
* Tutorial Proposal Submission *
Tutorial Proposals are submitted using the form in the GECCO2025 webpage: https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Tutorial-Proposals Instructions on how to login in the web page and how to create an account are provided in the webpage.
Please provide the following information:
1. The tutorial title. Please refrain from using special characters in the title.
2. A description of scope and content. These details will be displayed on the website as the default description for the tutorial if it is accepted.
3. The name, affiliation, email and short bio of the organizer(s). The first organizer will be the default contact person, but more organizers can be designated as contact person.
4. The expected number of people attending the tutorial (this could be based on past attendance, if previously delivered).
5. A description of who might be interested in the tutorial.
6. (Optional but highly encouraged) A description of any interactive activity or demo planned within the tutorial presentation.
7. (Optional) If this tutorial was held in a different venue or is a modification of another tutorial, please indicate the venue and/or the changes.
8. (Optional) Any other relevant information to help evaluate the tutorial proposal.
* Reviewing *
Tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the Tutorial Chairs, Tutorial Committee and other members of the GECCO 2025 Organizing Committee. Final decisions will be made based on GECCO attendees' likely interest in them, the breadth and depth of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of the instructor(s).
* More Information and Contact *
You can find updated information of the Tutorial Proposals at:
https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Tutorial-Proposals
If you have questions regarding the tutorials at GECCO2025, please contact the Tutorial Chairs:
Mengjie Zhang
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Email: mengjie.zhang (at) ecs.vuw.ac.nz
Emma Hart
Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
Email: E.Hart (at) napier.ac.uk
*** Call for Workshops ***
Workshops at GECCO provide the possibility to commonly develop visions and exchange ideas in an informal setting, especially if focused on an emerging research field or interdisciplinary research area. In contrast to regular sessions, workshops can (and should) host interactive sessions (discussions, demonstrations, etc.). Attendance at the workshops will be free to all GECCO attendees.
Workshop organizers are responsible for coordination and publicity. If paper submissions are invited for the workshop (this is not a requirement!), workshop organizers take care of the review process, under the supervision of the GECCO2025 workshop chairs. If applicable, workshop organizers also provide a list of additional (invited) speakers and titles of talks to be given.
Note that organizers, participants and presenters must register for the conference. We strongly encourage workshops in hybrid mode rather than online only. If possible, at least one organizer of each workshop should attend the conference in person.
Accepted workshop papers will be published as part of a Companion volume to the conference proceedings in the ACM Digital library.
* Workshop Proposal Submission *
Workshop Proposals are submitted using the form in the GECCO2025 webpage: https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Workshop-Proposals Instructions on how to login in the web page and how to create an account are provided in the webpage.
Submitters should be prepared to provide the following information:
1. The workshop title and acronym (or short title). Please refrain from using special characters in the title.
2. A description of scope and content, and whether the workshop is in hybrid mode or online only. Those fields will be displayed on the website as the default description for the workshop if it is accepted.
3. The name, affiliation, email and short bio of the organizer(s). The first organizer will be the default contact person, but more organizers can be designated as contact person.
4. (Optional) A URL with more info about the workshop.
5. The expected number of participants to the workshop.
6. Whether the organizers plan to invite speakers to the workshop.
7. (Optional but highly encouraged) A description of any interactive activity or demo planned within the workshop.
8. The estimated duration (1 to max 4 sessions) and type of sessions, e.g. the expected presentation formats (invited, submitted), interactive elements, etc. One session lasts 110 minutes. A typical workshop takes at most two sessions.
9. (Optional) If this workshop (or a similar event coordinated by the same organizers or a subset of them) has taken place in previous years, either at GECCO or at other events, please include URLs to the event pages.
10. (Optional) Any other relevant information to help evaluate the workshop proposal.
* Reviewing of Proposals *
Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the Workshop Chairs and other members of the GECCO2025 organizing committee, based on GECCO attendees' likely interest, the breadth and the depth of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of the organizer(s).
* More Information and Contact *
You can find updated information of the Workshops at:
https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Workshop-Proposals
If you have questions regarding the workshops at GECCO2025, please contact the Workshops Chairs:
José Ignacio Hidalgo Pérez
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Email: hidalgo (at) ucm.es
*** Call for Competitions ***
Competitions demonstrate how Evolutionary Computation and related techniques can be utilized in challenging practical, real-world and gaming settings. They also enable fair comparisons between algorithms and (for recurrent competitions) provide the possibility to follow the development of approaches over time.
We are offering the publication of short algorithm descriptions as 2-page contributions to the GECCO Companion. The competition organizers decide whether they want to offer this to the competition participants — the 2-page paper will require at least one author to register at the conference as a presenter. The deadline for these algorithm descriptions will be in April 2025, and they will be reviewed by the respective competition organizers. Your competition's deadline can be after the 2-pagers are due, e.g. in June.
* Prizes *
While fame and certificates attract some participants, others are attracted by prizes. We encourage the competition organizers to source sponsor prizes. The sponsors can either directly donate a prize to your competition, or they can sign up for an official 'GECCO-level' sponsorship (or a customized variant of one): https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Call-for-Sponsors, where, of course, an agreement would be made that their donation is meant to sponsor (in part or in total) the competition. Please note that we are merely encouraging this as a way of attracting additional attention — it is not mandatory to have a sponsor, and we might even be able to organize a sponsor for you, if interested.
* Competition Proposal Submission *
Competition Proposals are submitted using the form in the GECCO2025 webpage: https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Competition-Proposals Instructions on how to log into the webpage and how to create an account are provided on the webpage.
Submitters should be prepared to provide the following information:
1. The competition title. Please refrain from using special characters in the title.
2. A description of the competition. This field will be displayed on the website as the default description for the competition if it is accepted.
3. The name, affiliation, email and short bio of the organizer(s). The first organizer will be the default contact person, but more organizers can be designated as contact person.
4. (Optional) A URL with more info about the competition.
5. The deadline for competitors to submit their artifacts/results (it can be after the 2-pagers are due, if this option is offered to the participants).
6. (Optional) If the competition has been held before, then also provide the web address of the last edition and what you will change in case you plan any changes.
7. Description of any prizes and how they will be sourced.
8. Description of the judging process.
9. (Optional) How do you plan to encourage newcomers? Can you provide tutorials (including videos) to make the entrance easier?
10. (Optional) What is the dissemination plan for the submitted artifacts (please explain how you would like to handle the potential issues related to intellectual property of the artifacts, if any).
11. (Optional) Any other relevant information to help evaluate the competition proposal.
* Reviewing of Proposals *
Competition proposals will be reviewed by the Competition Chairs and other members of the GECCO2025 organizing committee, based on GECCO attendees' and competitors' likely interest, the breadth and the depth of the topic(s), and the expertise and credentials of the organizer(s).
* More Information and Contact *
You can find updated information of the Competitions at: https://gecco-2025.sigevo.org/Competition-Proposals
If you have questions regarding the competitions at GECCO2025, please contact the Competitions Chair:
Yuri Lavinas
University of Toulouse, France
Email: yuri.lavinas (at) ut-capitole.fr
Hemant Singh
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
Email: h.singh (at) adfa.edu.au
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GECCO is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ACM SIGEVO).
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Richard Allmendinger
Publicity Chair of GECCO2025
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