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                           Call for Participation

           Evolutionary Computation and Parallel Processing Workshop
        at the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-99)

                               July 13, 1999

                  Organizers: Erick Cantu-Paz and Bill Punch
                cantupaz@illigal.ge.uiuc.edu, punch@cse.msu.edu


Evolutionary Computation researchers have long had an interest in
parallel processing, due to the ease with which many EC algorithms can
be implemented in a parallel fashion. Furthermore, many real-world
applications of EC require some parallel processing in order to make
practical progress. This workshop invites discussion on general issues
of parallel processing in the context of EC, including (but not
necessarily limited to):

--Theory applied to EC parallel processing (population sizing,
   speedups, etc.)
--Innovative EC parallel processing (unique topologies, fitness
   averaging, etc.)
--Controlled experimental studies
--Practical examples of EC parallel processing
--Hardware/software considerations (Beowulf processing, distributed
   parallel processing, etc.)
--Future research directions

The format of the workshop will be 15-minute long presentations, each
followed by a 5-10 minute discussion led by a designated participant.


PARTICIPATION

Those interested in making a presentation should send a 2-3 page
summary to the organizers before March 10, 1999, preferable in
PostScript. Presentations that promote discussion are welcome,
regardless of their publication or submission status. In particular,
material submitted to GECCO or other conferences is acceptable.

Selected papers will be included in the workshop summary that will be
published as a supplement to the main GECCO proceedings.
However, if the material is already published, only a one-page
extended abstract will be included in the workshop summary. Final
camera-ready PostScript files of the selected papers are due April 23,
1999. If anyone cannot submit a paper in PostScript, please contact
the organizers for alternative arrangements.

Attendance to the workshop is open to all GECCO attendees, but
registration (via email to cantupaz@uiuc.edu) is encouraged to
facilitate the organization of the workshop.

Further information will be posted in the workshop web page
(www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/gecco/parallel.html) as it becomes available.


IMPORTANT DATES

Summaries due: March 10, 1999
Notification of acceptance: March 31, 1999
Final papers due: April 23, 1999
Workshop: July 13, 1999

Please contact the organizers for questions or suggestions regarding
this workshop.

--
 Erick Cantu-Paz                       http://www-illigal.ge.uiuc.edu/~cantupaz
 Department of Computer Science &                             cantupaz@uiuc.edu
 Illinois Genetic Algorithms Laboratory (IlliGAL)        
 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign