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Considered a subfield of computational intelligence focused on combinatorial optimization problems, evolutionary computation is associated with systems that use computational models of evolutionary processes as the key elements in design and implementation, i.e. computational techniques which are based to some degree on the evolution of biological life in the natural world. A number of evolutionary computational models have been proposed, including evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, the evolution strategy, evolutionary programming, and artificial life. This conference intends to be a major forum for scientists, engineers and practitioners interested in the study, analysis, design, modeling and implementation of evolvable systems, both theoretically and in a broad range of application fields.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

- Genetic algorithms
- Representation techniques
- Software engineering issues; Metamodelling
- Evolutionary multiobjective optimization
- Evolutionary graphics
- Computer art: music, image and video
- Game Theory and applications
- Evolution strategies
- Machine learning
- Artificial life
- Cognitive systems
- Evolutionary robotics and intelligent agents
- Society and cultural aspects of evolution
- Concurrent co-operation
- Co-evolution and collective behavior
- Swarm intelligence
- Biocomputing and complex adaptive systems
- Bio-inspired hardware and networks

KEYNOTE LECTURES

- Edward Tsang, University of Essex, U.K.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support.
A book will be published by Springer in the series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" with IJCCI / ICEC 2009 best papers.

VENUE

The conference was held at the Tivoli Madeira Hotel. The Tivoli Madeira is a truly stunning property located 5 minutes from Funchal city centre and 30 minutes from Madeira International Airport. This award-winning hotel overlooks the beachfront promenade and guests are guaranteed gorgeous views of the sea with direct access from the hotel to the sandy beach.

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS

Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal
Janusz Kacprzyk, Systems Research Institute / Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

PROGRAM CHAIR

Agostinho Rosa, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Lee Altenberg, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
Martyn Amos, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dirk Arnold, Dalhousie University, Canada
Ruibin Bai, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
Pedro Ballester, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Mark Bishop, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
Lam T. Bui, University of New South Wales, Australia
Angelo Cangelosi, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Iacopo Carreras, CREATE-NET, Italy
Rachel Cavill, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Pei-Chann Chang, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan
Ying-ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Hui Cheng, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Tsung-Che Chiang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Raymond Chiong, Swinburne University of Technology, Malaysia
Dominique Chu, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Luiza de Macedo Mourelle, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bernabé Dorronsoro Díaz, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná / PUCPR, Brazil
Jan Drugowitsch, University of Rochester, United States
Peter Duerr, EPFL, Switzerland
Marc Ebner, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Daryl Essam, University of New South Wales, Australia
Antonio J. Fernández Leiva, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Stefka Fidanova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Marcus Gallagher, The University of Queensland, Australia
Ozlem Garibay, University of Central Florida, United States
Evert Haasdijk, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands
Jin-Kao Hao, University of Angers, France
J. Ignacio Hidalgo, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Jeffrey Horn, Northern Michigan University, United States
Xiao-Bing Hu, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
De-Shuang Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Seiya Imoto, University of Tokyo, Japan
Winfried Just, Ohio University, United States
Marta Kasprzak, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Andy Keane, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Ed Keedwell, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Ziad Kobti, University of Windsor, Canada
Mario Köppen, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Oliver Kramer, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
R. Krishna Murthy Karuturi, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
Jiri Kubalik, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
Daniele Loiacono, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Manuel Lozano, University of Granada, Spain
Francisco Luna, University of Málaga, Spain
Wenjian Luo, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Evelyne Lutton, INRIA Saclay - Ile-de-France, France
Rainer Malaka, Bremen University, Germany
Bob McKay, Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of
Barry McMullin, Dublin City University, Ireland
Jörn Mehnen, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Nysret Musliu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Schütze Oliver, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico
Gary Parker, Connecticut College, United States
Shahryar Rahnamayan, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), Canada
Mateen Rizki, Wright State University, United States
Ralf Salomon, University of Rostock, Germany
Siddhartha Shakya, British Telecom, United Kingdom
Konstantinos Sirlantzis, University of Kent, United Kingdom
P. N. Suganthan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jonathan Thompson, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
Peter Tino, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
B. V. Babu, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India
Peter Whigham, University of Otago, New Zealand
Euan William McGookin, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Shiu Yin Yuen, City University of Hong Kong, China
Mengjie Zhang, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand