EVOSTAR2026: EVOSTAR2026
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, April 8th Thursday, April 9th Friday, April 10th

Wednesday, April 8th

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11:00-12:15 Session 3A: EvoMusArt 1: AI Across Music, Image, Language, and Sound (Short Presentations)
Location: Room A
11:00
Weather Sonification via a Latent Emotion Space: A Deep Learning Approach (abstract)
11:10
Segmentation-Free Sound Hybridization for Creative Outcomes (abstract)
11:20
LoopMatcher: Proof-of-Concept for AI-Assisted Music Loop Search (abstract)
11:30
Quantum Latent Spaces for Symbolic Music Generation (abstract)
11:40
End-to-End Song Structure Segmentation via Encoder–Decoder Network Architecture and Hand-Crafted Features (abstract)
11:50
Probing for Advanced Music Theory Concepts in Generative Music Models (abstract)
12:00
Decoding Emotions: Multimodal integration of deep embeddings, lyrics and music-aware cues (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 3B: EML 1
11:00
Generalisation of Automated Algorithm Selection in Black-Box Optimisation: The Role of Algorithm Portfolio and Learning Model (abstract)
11:25
Quality-Diversity Optimization Meets Neuron-centric Hebbian Learning (abstract)
11:50
Multi-Objective Evolutionary Optimization of Imbalanced Fast Feedforward Networks (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 3C: EvoApplications - EvoLLMs (i)
11:00
ToxSearch: Evolving Prompts for Toxicity Search in Large Language Models (abstract)
11:25
Evo-Reasoner: Evolutionary Optimization of Structured Reasoning in LLMs (abstract)
11:50
CLIP Prompt Optimization with Evolutionary-Driven LLMs (abstract)
12:00
LLM Driven Design of Continuous Optimization Problems with Controllable High-level Properties (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 3D: Evo* Late-Breaking Abstracts (i)
11:00
Can Sabrina’s Game be solved by Evolutionary Algorithms? (abstract)
11:10
Valid Protein Folding Conformations in HP Might Be Fractally Distributed (abstract)
11:20
Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision Support for Conformal Cooling in Injection Molding (abstract)
11:30
Random Search Matches EA for MoE Topology (abstract)
11:40
FairGenes: An Evolutionary Approach for Bias Mitigation in Non-Binary Sensitive Attributes (abstract)
11:50
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Severity Grading into Four Wagner–Meggitt Classes: Impact of Label Verification and Data Augmentation (abstract)
12:15-13:25 Session 4A: EvoMusArt 2: AI Across Music, Image, Language, and Sound
Location: Room A
12:15
Classifying Audio Timbre Without Audio Using Text-only Training (abstract)
12:25
Music In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence: Meaning And Creativity From A Complex-Systems Perspective (abstract)
12:35
Generative Artificial Intelligence, Musical Heritage and the Construction of Peace Narratives: A Case Study in Mali (abstract)
12:45
Multi-Objective Evolution of Diffusion Model Prompt Embeddings using CLIP-IQA (abstract)
12:55
Crystallizing Semantics: Mapping the Journey of Word Meaning in Language Models (abstract)
12:15-13:25 Session 4B: EML2 - Short talks
12:15
Learning to Search: A Reinforcement Learning Agent for Global Optimization (abstract)
12:25
TensorRankNEAT: Speeding up Preference Learning in Neuroevolution via Tensorization (abstract)
12:35
Multi-Objective Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search for Hailo Accelerators (abstract)
12:45
Multi-Objective Optimization for Synthetic-to-Real Style Transfer (abstract)
12:55
Biologically-Inspired Homeostasis for Neuroevolution: Alternating Growth and Pruning Phases (abstract)
13:05
NEVO-GSPT: Population-Based Neural Network Evolution Using Inflate and Deflate Operators (abstract)
12:15-13:25 Session 4C: EvoApplications - EvoLLMs (ii)
12:15
Data-Driven Discovery of Interpretable Kalman Filter Variants through Large Language Models and Genetic Programming (abstract)
12:25
Prompting Evolution: Leveraging LLMs for Automated Mutation Strategy Design in Differential Evolution (abstract)
12:50
Algorithmic Prompt-Augmentation for Efficient LLM-Based Heuristic Design for A* Search (abstract)
13:15
Combining Grammatical Evolution with LLM-based Local Search to Improve Interpretability (abstract)
14:15-16:05 Session 5A: EvoMUSART 3 - AI in Artistic Practice
Location: Room A
14:15
Prompt and Circumstances: Evaluating the Efficacy of Human Prompt Inference in AI-Generated Art (abstract)
14:40
Digital Artists’ Perceptions of Generative AI in South Asia: Insights from the South Asian Digital Arts Archive (SADA) (abstract)
15:05
The Art That Poses Back: Assessing AI Pastiches after Contemporary Artworks (abstract)
15:30
Life Beings: Living Quantum Art (abstract)
15:40
EvoArtist: A Visual LLM-Driven Agentic AI Framework for Autonomous Design Evolution (abstract)
15:50
Mapping artificial neural networks’ processing data in audiovisual artworks (abstract)
14:15-16:05 Session 5B: EuroGP - Best Paper nominations
14:15
Comparison of parent and environmental selection schemes in genetic programming for symbolic regression (abstract)
14:40
Node Preservation and its Effect on Crossover in Cartesian Genetic Programming (abstract)
15:05
Semantic Search Trajectory Networks for Understanding Genetic Programming (abstract)
15:30
Extending Model Selection Criteria with Extrapolation and Sensitivity Penalties for Symbolic Regression (abstract)
14:15-16:05 Session 5C: EvoApplications: Opinions and trends
14:15
Expensive Evolutionary Computation: Where are we, and what’s next? (abstract)
14:40
The Next Stage of Evolutionary Computation in the Era of Agentic Generative AI (abstract)
15:05
Benchmarking that Matters: Rethinking Benchmarking for Practical Impact (abstract)
15:30
From Performance to Understanding: A Vision for Explainable Automated Algorithm Design (abstract)
15:55
A Sociotechnical Perspective on the Evolutionary Computation Ecosystem (abstract)
14:15-16:05 Session 5D: EvoApplications: Computational Intelligence for sustainability
14:15
Interpretable Federated Reinforcement Learning for Large-Scale Distributed HVAC Control (abstract)
14:40
Cost-Efficient Charging Station Deployment for Electric Bus Fleets (abstract)
15:05
Evolutionary approach for sewer network design under the condominial model (abstract)
15:30
Optimizing Tourist Trip Design for Urban Sustainability (abstract)
15:55
Data-driven Learning for the Nurse Scheduling Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Aymen Ben Said
16:05
Scheduling Electric Vehicle Charging to Minimize Total Tardiness (abstract)
16:25-17:55 Session 6A: EvoApplications: Scheduling and Code Optimisation
Location: Room A
16:25
CP-MEME: A Hybrid (1+1)-Evolutionary Framework for the Oven Scheduling Problem (abstract)
16:50
EvoTADASHI: Genetic Programming for High-Performance Code Optimization (abstract)
17:15
A Reinforcement Learning–Inspired Latent Yield-based Adaptive Algorithm Switching Mechanism (abstract)
17:25
Evolving Memory-Aware Schedules for Transformer Inference on Systolic Array Accelerators (abstract)
16:25-17:55 Session 6B: EuroGP Representations and semantics
Chair:
16:25
Optimal Mixing in Graph-Based GP for Control: Genotypical Dependencies Are Hardly Captured (abstract)
16:35
Multi-Action Tangled Program Graphs for Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning with Continuous Control (abstract)
16:45
Reducing Computational Overhead in Biomedical Image Segmentation via Active Learning and PCA-Based Diversity Filtering in CGP (abstract)
16:55
Exploring CGP Fitness Landscapes with MCTS (abstract)
17:05
Extended Semantics Operator for Genetic Programming: A Semantic-Density Approach to Improve Model Robustness (abstract)
17:15
Multi-tree Genetic Programming with Semantic Complementarity for Feature Construction in Symbolic Regression (abstract)
16:25-17:55 Session 6C: EvoApplications: Particle Swarm Optimisation and Multi-Agent Systems
16:25
HyCAPS: A Settings-Free Optimization Heuristics Integrating Evolutionary Computation and Swarm Intelligence (abstract)
16:50
Novel Particle Swarm Optimization for High-Dimensional Problems (abstract)
17:15
Evolutionary Emergence of Distributed Neural Network Controllers in Voxel-Based Soft Robots (abstract)
17:25
Deconvolution of Mass Spectra through Particle Swarm Optimization: An Industrial Experience (abstract)
17:35
From Cooperation to Hierarchy: A Study of Dynamics of Hierarchy Emergence in a Multi-Agent System (abstract)
17:45
Hybrid Modeling for Predicting the Evolution of Premalignant Cervical Squamous Lesions via Intelligent Agents and Deep Neural Networks (abstract)
16:25-17:55 Session 6D: EvoApplications: New trends
16:25
Evolving Ternary Patterns and Discriminative Localisation for Basal Cell Carcinoma Detection (abstract)
16:35
Domain-Informed Representation for Evolutionary Sieving in Integral and Module Lattices (abstract)
16:45
On the impact of conditional distribution in discovered differential equation ensembles (abstract)
16:55
On Counts and Densities of Homogeneous Bent Functions: An Evolutionary Approach (abstract)
17:05
Assessing Evolving and Learning-Based Controllers for Efficient Cursor Control in Human–Computer Interaction (abstract)
17:15
A Quantum-Inspired Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Job-Shop Scheduling (abstract)
17:25
Enhancing Genetic Algorithms with Graph Neural Networks: A Timetabling Case Study (abstract)
17:35
Hybrid Evolutionary-ML Surrogate Models for Cyber-Attack Detection in Water Distribution Networks (abstract)
17:45
Optimizing Transformers: Metaheuristics for Head Attention Pruning (abstract)
Thursday, April 9th

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09:00-10:40 Session 8A: EvoCOP 1: Best Paper nominations
Location: Room A
09:00
Heuristic Methods for Top-k List Aggregation under the Generalized Kendall Tau Distance (abstract)
09:25
Methods for Finding Paths of a Prescribed Length in Weighted Graphs (abstract)
09:50
Gray-Box Enhanced Decomposition-based Local Search for Multi-Objective NK-Landscapes (abstract)
10:15
Weight Adaptation for Improving Parallel Performance of Adaptive Stochastic Natural Gradient (abstract)
09:00-10:40 Session 8B: EuroGP 3: GP Encodings
Chair:
09:00
New Perspectives on Cartesian Genetic Programming: A Survey (abstract)
09:25
Revisiting SLIM: Improved Learning Dynamics and Model Compactness in Symbolic Regression (abstract)
09:50
Syntactic Flexibility Enables Compact Solutions in Transformer Semantic GP (abstract)
10:15
Dynamic Vector and Matrix Memory for Tangled Program Graphs (abstract)
09:00-10:40 Session 8C: EvoApplications: Problem modeling
09:00
A Constructive Method to Build Many Valid Initial Solutions for the Traveling Tournament Problem (abstract)
09:25
Structure-Aware Penalty Weights Scaling for Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization Formulation (abstract)
09:50
Investigating the Interplay of Parameterization and Optimizer in Gradient-Free Topology Optimization: A Cantilever Beam Case Study (abstract)
10:15
Helios: A Co-Designed Landscape-Aware Optimization System Bridging Serial intelligence and GPU Parallelism (abstract)
09:00-10:40 Session 8D: EvoApplications: Misc applications (ii)
09:00
Feasibility-Preserving Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms with Local Search for the Bi-Objective Maximal Covering Location Problem with Compactness (abstract)
09:25
Unconventional Hexacopters via Evolution and Learning: Performance Gains and New Insights (abstract)
09:50
Evolutionary Design of Specialized Image Compression Operators (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 9A: EvoMusArt Creative AI for Sound, Embodiment, and Media (includes BPA)
Location: Room A
11:00
Asɛmpayɛtsia: An Afrocentric Framework for Computational Creativity in Sound and Image (abstract)
11:25
Fluid Body: An Adaptive Embodied Sonification System for Cross-Cultural Performance (abstract)
11:50
A Novel Diffusion Model based Approach for Sleep Music Generation (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 9B: EvoApplications: Real World Systems
11:00
Multi-Constrained Evolutionary Molecular Design Framework: An Interpretable Drug Design Method Combining Rule-Based Evolution and Molecular Crossover (abstract)
11:25
Novel Explainable Graph–Decision Forest Framework for Interpretable Pancreatic Tumor Detection on CT Images (abstract)
11:50
Adaptive Curriculum Learning in Genetic Programming–Guided Local Search for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing Problems (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 9C: EML 3
11:00
PITL-DE: Problem-Independent Transfer Learning in Differential Evolution for Continuous Optimization (abstract)
11:25
A Comparative Study on Robustness in Evolved Image Classifiers (abstract)
11:50
Exploring the impact of fairness-aware criteria in AutoML (abstract)
11:00-12:15 Session 9D: EvoApplications: Cloud, edge and fog computing
11:00
Self-Organized Criticality for Green Distributed Computing: A Sandpile-Inspired Model of Energy-Efficient Load Balancing (abstract)
11:25
Genetic Programming for Energy-Efficient Device–Edge Collaborative Inference (abstract)
11:50
FedGP Resilience: A Comparative Study with Standard Federated Aggregation Methods under Adversarial Scenarios (abstract)
16:20-18:00 Session 12A: EvoApplications Best Paper nominations
Location: Room A
16:20
Toward Reliable Uncertainty Quantification in Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms via Temporal Conformal Prediction (abstract)
16:45
On Effcient Binarization of Scanned Historical Documents by Training Local Rules of Neural Cellular Automata (abstract)
17:10
Reinforcement Learning-Based Adaptive Boundary Constraint Handling for Particle Swarm Optimization (abstract)
16:20-18:00 Session 12B: EvoMusArt 5 - AI for Music
16:20
EvoLiveDJ: An LLM-Based Agentic System for Interactive Evolutionary Live Music Performance (abstract)
16:45
Artificial Intelligence in Music: Towards an Aesthetics of Co-Creation (abstract)
17:10
Addressing Dataset Scarcity in Music Emotion Recognition with LLMs (abstract)
17:35
Algorithms for Collaborative Harmonization (abstract)
16:20-18:00 Session 12C: EuroGP 4: GP Evolution
16:20
On the Effects of Down-Sampling for Tournament and Lexicase Selection in Program Synthesis (abstract)
16:45
Sinking the Bloat in Genetic Programming Using Equality Saturation (abstract)
17:10
A Hybrid LLM-Coevolution Framework to Generate Abusive Tax Strategies (abstract)
16:20-18:00 Session 12D: EvoCOP 3: Learning-enhanced approaches
16:20
Synergistic Adaptive Tabu Search: Multi-Agent Learning with Shared Solution Patterns for the K-Traveling Repairman Problem (abstract)
16:45
On vehicle routing problems with loading constraints (abstract)
17:10
A Denoising Diffusion Adaptive Search for the Alpha-Domination Problem on Social Graphs (abstract)
18:00-18:30 Go to pick up point

The bus pick up point is 21 Bd Armand Duportal, 31000 Toulouse (the exact number might vary)

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Friday, April 10th

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09:30-11:00 Session 13A: EvoMusArt 6 - AI for Sound and Image
Location: Room A
09:30
A Dataset for Automatic Vocal Mode Classification (abstract)
09:55
Generative musical exploration of astronomical catalogs (abstract)
10:20
AI Co-Artist: An LLM-Powered System for Interactive GLSL Shader Animation Evolution (abstract)
09:30-11:00 Session 13B: EvoCOP: Traditional Approaches
09:30
A Self-Adjusting Compact Genetic Algorithm (abstract)
09:55
Gray-box Bi-Objective Boolean Optimization using Deterministic Recombination with Iterated Local Search (abstract)
10:20
Generation of Instances with Estimated Landscape Features for the Two Level p-Median Location Problem (abstract)
09:30-11:00 Session 13C: EvoApplications: Games
09:30
Tripping Over The Past: Measuring Deceptive Progress in Competitive Coevolutionary Algorithms Employing Hall of Fame (abstract)
09:55
A Comparison of Coevolution, Fixed, and Hybrid Training for Evolving Agents that play \textit{Tales of Tribute} videogame (abstract)
10:20
Quantifying Dota 2 Invoker Agent Spell Casting Behaviours (abstract)