FOGA2021: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms XVI FH Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences Dornbirn, Austria, September 6-8, 2021 |
Conference website | https://www.fhv.at/foga2021 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=foga2021 |
Poster | download |
Submission deadline | May 7, 2021 |
The FOGA conference series aims at advancing the understanding of the working principles behind Evolutionary Algorithms and related Randomized Search heuristics. It is a premier event to discuss advances in the theoretical foundations of these algorithms, corresponding tools and frameworks suitable to analyze them, and different aspects of comparing algorithm performance.
List of Topics
- Run time analysis
- Mathematical tools suitable for the analysis of search heuristics
- Fitness landscapes and problem difficulty
- Configuration and selection of algorithms, heuristics, operators, and parameters
- Stochastic and dynamic environments, noisy evaluations
- Constrained optimization
- Problem representation
- Complexity theory for search heuristics
- Multi-objective optimization
- Benchmarking
- Connections between black-box optimization and machine learning
FOGA 2021 invites submissions covering the entire spectrum of work, ranging from rigorously derived mathematical results to carefully designed empirical studies.
Committees
General Conference chair
- Dr. Steffen Finck, Research Center Business Informatics, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
Program Committee chairs
- Dr. Michael Hellwig, Research Center Business Informatics, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences
- Dr. Pietro Oliveto, Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
FOGA contributions are full papers that are required to be submitted in PDF format until the deadline on May 7, 2021 (UCT+1).
Authors should submit their papers consistent with the alternate 2-column ACM SIG style file "sigconf".
- Latex/Word templates and class files can be obtained at www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
- Collaborative LaTeX authoring is available via the Overleaf platform
- 15 pages maximum (including references)
- Postscript (ps) files or any other format will not be accepted
- Over-length papers will be rejected without review
Submissions must be sufficiently self-contained to allow for a complete understanding of all the explanations given. Yet, authors are welcome to provide an appendix with supplemental material, e.g. full proofs, additional figures, or examples for the review process only. The reviewers won’t be required to look at this supplemental material.
All submissions will be subject to a thorough double-blind review with a subsequent rebuttal phase.
For each submission, at least the presenting author is required to register and attend the conference.
Publication
The FOGA2021 proceedings will be published by ACM Press and accessible via the ACM Digital Library. In contrast to previous FOGAs, we will provide “at-conference” proceedings (instead of “post-conference”).
Important Dates
Submission deadline
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May 7, 2021
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Author rebuttal phase
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June 8 - 14, 2021
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Notification of acceptance
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June 27, 2021
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Camera-ready submission
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July 14, 2021
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Early-registration deadline
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July 14, 2021
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Venue
The conference will be held at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in Dornbirn, Austria. Located in the center of Europe, Dornbirn is one of the major cities of the Alpine Rhine Valley. For details, refer to the conference website.
The ongoing limitations have led to the decision to make FOGA2021 an online-only event. Nevertheless, the organization team will do its best to provide a pleasant and exciting conference experience.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to the FOGA organization team (foga2021_at_easychair.org).