Call For Participation
Emerging Technologies '97:
Theory and Application of Evolutionary Computation
 
University College London, 15th December 1997
The Emerging Technologies (ET) workshop series provides a forum for presenting and discussing current and future research directions in areas directly relevant to industry. Innovations presented at the ET workshops aim to predict areas of major change in IT within the next two to five years. 

The workshop is aimed at academic researchers, business consultants and managers. We encourage those who are interested in understanding the future directions of IT to attend the workshop and contribute to the fruitful exchange of ideas. 

Each ET workshop has a different theme. Last year's theme was Software - The Next Generation and this year it is Theory and Application of Evolutionary Computation. 
 
Speakers (from 7 countries!) will present papers in the following areas (see the ET'97 homepage for a full programme):
 
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Evolving Agents
  • Planning
  • Genetic Programming
  • Forecasting 
  • Modelling 
  • Evolutionary Optimisation 
  • Scheduling 
  • Simulation
 
The workshop will also include a live demonstration of software and a panel discussion.

Registration

As the number of places is limited we encourage registration before the 8th of December. The basic workshop fees are: £25 for students, £50 for academics and £175 for others (with discounts for early registration). These fees cover participation, proceedings (which will be handed out on the day) and light refreshment in the morning and afternoon. To register, simply print and complete a copy of the registration form (one per person, available at the workshop's homepage) and send it along with your fees to: Ms Kanta Vekaria, Department of Computer Science, University College London, Gower Street, London  WC1E 6BT. Unfortunately, we can not accept cash or credit cards; payment is by cheque only, made payable to: University College London.

The ET workshop series is an initiative of the Information Systems Research Group (ISRG) in the Department of Computer Science at UCL. For more information, please visit the workshop's homepage at http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/isrg/et97/ or send an email to ET97@ibm.net

General Chair: Chris Clack
Programme Chairs: Kanta Vekaria and Nadav Zin