
Genetic Algorithms Digest    Friday, 17 August 1990    Volume 4 : Issue 17

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Today's Topics:
	- Call for Papers - ICGA-91
	- Posting of SAB90 announcement

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CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with GA-List issue reference)

Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, Paris (v3n21)  Sep 24-28, 1990
Workshop Parallel Prob Solving from Nature, W Germany (v4n5)  Oct 1-3,   1990
2nd Intl Conf on Tools for AI, Washington, DC (v4n6)          Nov 6-9,   1990
4th Intl. Conference on Genetic Algorithms (v4n9)             Jul 14-17, 1991

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Date:
From: Alan C. Schultz (GA-List Moderator)
Subject: This issue

	Due to numerous requests, this issue contains the
	call for papers for ICGA-91 and details for SAB90.

	--Alan

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Date: Tue, 24 Jul 90 08:35:17 EDT
From: booker@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil
Subject: Call for Papers - ICGA-91


			      Call for Papers


				 ICGA-91

		    The Fourth International Conference on
 			     Genetic Algorithms



  The Fourth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA-91),
  will be held on July 13-16, 1991 at the University of California - San Diego
  in La Jolla, CA.  This meeting brings together an international community
  from academia, government, and industry interested in algorithms suggested
  by the evolutionary process of natural selection.  Topics of particular
  interest include: genetic algorithms and classifier systems,
  machine learning and optimization using these systems, and their relations
  to other learning paradigms (e.g., connectionist networks). Papers
  discussing how genetic algorithms and classifier systems are related to
  biological modeling issues (e.g., evolution of nervous systems, computational
  ethology, artificial life) are encouraged.

  Papers describing significant, unpublished research in this area are solicited.
  Authors must submit four (4) complete copies of their paper, postmarked by
  February 1, 1991,  to the Program Co-Chair:

      Dr. Richard K. Belew
      Computer Science & Engr. Dept. (C-014)
      Univ. California - San Diego
      La Jolla, CA   92093

  Electronic submissions (LaTeX source only) can be mailed to rik@cs.ucsd.edu.
  Papers should be no longer than 10 pages, single spaced, and printed using
  12 pt. type. All papers will be subject to peer review. Evaluation criteria
  include the significance of results, originality, and the clarity and quality
  of the presentation.

  Important Dates:

	  February 1, 1991:	Submissions must be postmarked
	  March 22, 1991:		Notification to authors mailed
	  May 6, 1991:		Revised, final camera-ready paper due
	  July 13-16, 1991:	Conference dates


  ICGA-91 Conference Committee:

	  Conference Co-Chairs:	Kenneth A. De Jong, George Mason University
				  J. David Schaffer, Philips Labs

	  Vice Chair and Publicity: David E. Goldberg, 
				    Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

	  Program Co-Chairs:	Richard K. Belew, UCSD
				  Lashon B. Booker, MITRE

	  Financial Chair:	Gil Syswerda, BBN

	  Local Arrangements:	Richard K. Belew, UCSD


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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 90 15:32:53 EDT
Subject: Posting of SAB90 announcement
From: Stewart Wilson <wilson@Think.COM>


                            ANNOUNCEMENT

         Simulation of Adaptive Behavior: From Animals to Animats
                      An International Conference
              To be held in Paris, September 24-28, 1990


                            Sponsored by

                      Ecole Normale Superieure
              US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
                       Electricite de France
                            IBM France
              Computers, Communications and Visions (C2V)
                             Offilib
                       and a Corporate Donor


 1. Conference dates and site

 The conference will take place Monday through Friday, September 24-28, 1990
 at the Ministere de la Recherche et de la Technologie, 1 rue Descartes, Paris,
 France.


 2. Conference Committee

    Conference chair
	  Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer              Dr. Stewart W. Wilson
	  Ecole Normale Superieure           The Rowland Institute for Science
	  France                             USA
    Organizing Committee
	  Groupe de BioInformatique
	  Ecole Normale Superieure
	  France
    Program Committee
	  Lashon Booker, MITRE, USA
	  Rodney Brooks, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, USA
	  Patrick Colgan, Queen's University at Kingston, Canada
	  Patrick Greussay, Universite Paris VIII, France
	  David McFarland, Oxford Balliol College, UK
	  Luc Steels, VUB AI Lab, Belgium
	  Richard Sutton, GTE Laboratories, USA
	  Frederick Toates, The Open University, UK
	  David Waltz, Thinking Machines Corp. and Brandeis University, USA


 3. Official language: English

 4.  Conference Objective

 The conference objective is to bring together researchers in ethology,
 ecology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, and related fields
 so as to further our understanding of the behaviors and underlying mechanisms
 that allow animals and, potentially, robots to adapt and survive in uncertain
 environments.  Said somewhat differently, the objective is to investigate
 how the robot can aid in comprehending the animal and, inversely, to seek
 inspiration from the animal in the construction of autonomous robots.

 The conference will provide opportunities for dialogue between specialists
 with different scientific perspectives--ethology and artificial intelligence
 notably--a dialogue that will be enhanced by the common technical language
 imposed by simulation models.  As the first of its kind in the world, the
 conference will make it possible to establish not only the state of the art
 of "adaptive autonomous systems, natural and artificial", but a list of the
 most promising future research topics.

 The conference is expected to promote:

 1. Identification of the organizational principles, functional laws, and
 minimal properties that make it possible for a real or artificial system
 to persist in an uncertain environment.

 2. Better understanding of how and under what conditions such systems
 can themselves discover these principles through conditioning, learning,
 induction, or processes of self-organization.

 3. Specification of the applicability of the theoretical knowledge thus
 acquired to the building of autonomous robots.

 4. Improved theoretical and practical knowledge concerning adaptive systems
 in general, both natural and artificial.

 Finally, special emphasis will be given to the following topics, as viewed
 from the perspective of adaptive behavior:

     Individual and collective behaviors  Autonomous robots
     Action selection and behavioral      Hierarchical and parallel organizations
      sequences                           Self organization of behavioral
     Conditioning, learning and induction  modules
     Neural correlates of behavior        Problem solving and planning
     Perception and motor control         Goal directed behavior
     Motivation and emotion               Neural networks and classifier
     Behavioral ontogeny and evolution      systems
     Cognitive maps and internal          Emergent structures and behaviors
      world models



 5.  Conference Proceedings

 The proceedings will be published about two months after the end of the
 conference by The MIT Press/Bradford Books.


 6.  Conference Organization

 Among the papers received by the organizers and reviewed by the Program
 Committee members, approximately 50 have been accepted for publication in 
 the proceedings.  They will be presented as talks or posters.
 (To receive by e-mail a preliminary program please contact one of the
 conference chairmen).

 Since the conference intersects animal and "animat" research,
 lively interaction can be expected, including controversy.  At least
 one panel discussion will be organized around the theme of what each
 viewpoint can contribute to the other.

 Because the conference is emphasizing simulation models, it is anticipated
 that many participants will have computer programs demonstrating their
 work.  To make such demonstrations possible, the Organizers will provide
 workstations and video equipment.  An evening session during the week
 will be devoted to demonstrations.

 Morning and afternoon coffee breaks will be provided.  To further promote
 interaction among a diverse group of participants, the conference will
 provide lunch each day.  


 7.  Additional Information

 Additional information can be obtained from the chairmen:

     Dr. Jean-Arcady Meyer
     Groupe de Bioinformatique
     URA686.Ecole Normale Superieure
     46 rue d'Ulm
     75230 Paris Cedex 05
     France
     e-mail: meyer@frulm63.bitnet
		 meyer@hermes.ens.fr
     Tel: (1) 43.29.12.25
     FAX: (1) 43.29.81.72

     Dr. Stewart W. Wilson
     The Rowland Institute for Science
     100 Cambridge Parkway
     Cambridge, MA  02142
     USA
     e-mail: wilson@think.com
     Tel: (617) 497-4650
     FAX: (617) 497-4627


 8. Travel and Lodging

 Participants will be responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements.
 However, you may contact any of three hotel reservations services which have
 agreed to offer advantageous locations and rates to participants in SAB90.
 We advise making early reservations and mentioning "SAB90" in your request.

 These services are:

  - Hotel Pullman Saint-Jacques(****): rooms at 800-900 FF, 
						 fax (33 1 45 88 43 93)

  - Tradotel(*** and **): rooms at 440-520 FF, fax (33 1 47 27 05 87)

  - AJF: student rooms at 80-90 FF, fax (33 1 40 27 08 71)



 9.   Registration fees

 Attendance at SAB90 will be open to any person paying the registration fee
 which is set at $ 220 (or 1200 FF) for non-students and $ 110 (or 600 FF)
 for students.  The registration fee covers five lunches, coffee-breaks, 
 and a copy of the Proceedings.

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  *WARNING: The audience size is strictly limited to 150 persons. Registrations*
  *will be closed beyond this number.                                          *
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 REGISTRATION FORM

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 Last name:                          First name:

 Profession/Title:

 Organization:

 Address:



 State/Zip Code/Country:

 Telephone:

 Fax:

 E-mail:

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 This form should be sent to:

		   Dr. Jean-Arcady MEYER
		   Groupe de BioInformatique
		   URA686. Ecole Normale Superieure
		   46 rue d'Ulm
		   75230 PARIS Cedex 05
		   FRANCE

 with a check for the registration fee to the order of:

		   J.A. MEYER 'SAB90'

 The check can be in US Dollars or French Francs. To receive the student rate,
 please attach evidence of student status from your University or Scientific 
 Advisor.


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