Special Session at CEC2006 / WCCI2006, Vancouver, Canada, July 16-21 2006.
*NEW*Paper submission deadline has been extended until the 28th of February.
Evolutionary Computation is increasingly finding applications in business. This special session will provide a common forum for both business and academic people to report and discuss successful applications of EC in business, with an emphasis on a diverse range of projects in which EC is continuously in use to enhance profitability. This is EC coming out of the laboratory and into offices and factories.
By identifying "showcase examples", the session will aid those researchers who wish to see their work in active, commercial use. The case-studies will form a framework for explaining the diversity of EC applications to potential commercial partners and give the academic community information on the difficulties which need to be overcome in order to commercialise EC techniques.
We are inviting submissions that demonstrate solid applications of EC which are making a difference to business, trailblaze innovative use of EC in business and share best practices and experiences in real-world problem solving using EC.
Unlike other sessions in this conference, the applications presented do not have to use newly developed techniques. Instead, the business implementation should be of interest.
We will be looking for papers that show how EC is used to create value in the real world. Also of interest are papers that identify the factors which hinder adoption of EC or enable technical excellence to blossom into business use. We strongly encourage papers with applications based on integration between Evolutionary Computation, Neural Networks, and Fuzzy Logic.
The extended submission deadline is February 28th, 2006. Please follow the WCCI 2006 instructions for authors. The session code for this session is 'Zg'. Please ensure you use this code when submitting your paper. Submissions are limited to 8 pages, including all figures, tables, graphs, photos, and bibliography entries. Special session papers are treated the same as regular conference papers, and will be included in the conference proceedings.
Dr. Thorsten Schnier, CERCIA, School of Computer Science, University of Birmigham (t.schnier@cercia.ac.uk)
Dr. Schnier read Electrical Engineering (BSc, MSc) at the University of Hannover and Computer Science (PhD) at the Key Centre for Design Computing, University of Sydney. Since 1999, he is working at the School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham. Dr Schnier initially continued his work on the importance of representations in evolutionary computation. He is now a Research Fellow at The Centre of Excellence for Research in Computational Intelligence and Applications (Cercia) (www.cercia.com), which is focused on applied research and knowledge transfer to industry. Dr. Schnier's current research is specialized in Computational Intelligence methods in creative and industrial design. He is Principle Investigator of the 'Nature Inspired Creative Design' network, an AHRC/EPSRC sponsored 'Designing for the 21st Century' initiative.
Dr. Andy Pryke, CERCIA, School of Computer Science, University of Birmigham (a.n.pryke@cercia.ac.uk)
Dr Andy Pryke is a research fellow at CERCIA specialising in data mining and visualisation. He received his M.Sc in Cognitive Science in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Data Mining and Visualisation in 1999, both from the University of Birmingham. Since then he has perused a dual career in academic and business, gaining considerable experience as a project lead and architect in commercial software development projects. He has also developed novel methods for evolutionary data mining and interactive visualisation.
Dr. Arthur Kordon, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX (AKKordon@dow.com)
Dr. Arthur Kordon received the M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University in Varna, Bulgaria and his Ph.D. degree from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 1996 he is a Research & Development Leader in Engineering & Process Sciences Department of Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, TX. He has successfully implemented several computational intelligence systems in the area of automated operating discipline, inferential sensors, process optimization, and new product development. His research interests include application issues of computational intelligence, robust empirical modeling, intelligent process monitoring and control, and data mining. He has published more than 60 papers and five book chapters in the area of applied computational intelligence and advanced control.
