Genetic Programming (GP) is a new branch of Evolutionary Computation in which the structures in the population being evolved are computer programs. GP has been applied successfully to a large number of difficult problems like automatic design, pattern recognition, robotic control, synthesis of neural networks, symbolic regression, music and picture generation, etc.

EuroGP'99 is the biggest event entirely devoted to Genetic Programming to be held in Europe, the second of its kind after EuroGP'98 which took place this year in Paris. The aims are to give European and non-European researchers in the area of genetic programming as well as people from industry an opportunity to present their latest research and discuss current developments and applications. The events were held at Main Aula, Göteborg University, Vasaparken, Göteborg, Sweden.

Accepted late breaking papers

EvoNET Workshops on Evolutionary Computing

• EuroGP'99, the second European workshop on genetic programming, held on 28-29 May 1999.
• EvoRobot'99, the second European workshop on evolutionary robotics, at the same site as and just after EuroGP'99.
• EvoIASP'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary image analysis and signal processing, held on May 28 at the same site as EuroGP'99.
• EuroECTel'99, the first European workshop on evolutionary telecommunications, at the same site as and just after EuroGP'99.

Topics of interest at EuroGP'99 include, but were not limited to:

Theoretical developments
Experimental results on performance and behaviour of GP runs
New algorithms, representations and operators
Novel applications of GP to real-life problems
Hybrid architectures including GP components
Comparisons with other machine learning or program-induction techniques
New libraries and implementations

The workshop consisted of:

A tutorial on GP by John Koza
An invited talk by David B Fogel Evolving Solutions that are Competitive with Humans
Oral and poster sessions with periods for discussion
Software demos and industrial stands

Programme:

Registration:

Submissions:

Accepted Papers:

Papers presented at EuroGP-99

References of papers as BibTex and as html

Photographs

• Riccardo Poli, The University of Birmingham, UK (Program co-chair) e-mail: R.Poli@cs.bham.ac.uk
• Peter Nordin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (Program co-chair) e-mail: nordin@fy.chalmers.se
• Terry Fogarty, Napier University, UK (Publication chair) e-mail: T.Fogarty@dcs.napier.ac.uk
• William B. Langdon, Center Voor Wiskunde en Informatica, NL (Publicity chair)
• Mats Nordahl Chalmers University of Technology (Local chair) email: tfemn@fy.chalmers.se
• Kristian Lindgren Chalmers University of Technology (Local chair) email: frtkl@fy.chalmers.se

Programme Committee:

• Lee Altenberg, University of Hawai`i at Manoa
• Peter Angeline, Natural Selection, New York, USA
• Wolfgang Banzhaf, University of Dortmund, Germany
• Tobias Blickle, Saarbruecken, Germany
• Marco Dorigo, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• Gusz Eiben, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
• Terry Fogarty, Napier University, UK
• James A. Foster, University of Idaho, USA
• Frederic Gruau, Center Voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands
• Tom Haynes,
• Hitoshi Iba, University of Tokyo, Japan
• W. B. Langdon, Center Voor Wiskunde en Informatica, The Netherlands
• Kristian Lindgren, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• Evelyne Lutton, INRIA, France
• Nic McPhee, University of Minnesaota, Morris, USA
• Jean-Arcady Meyer, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
• Mats Nordahl, Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
• Peter Nordin, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
• Una-May O'Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Riccardo Poli, The University of Birmingham, UK
• Conor Ryan, University of Limerick, Ireland
• Justinian Rosca, Siemens, USA
• Marc Schoenauer, Ecole Polytechnique, France
• Michele Sebag, Ecole Polytechnique, France
• Terry Soule, St. Cloud State University, USA
• Andrea Tettamanzi, Genetica, Italy
• Marco Tomassini, Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland
• Hans-Michael Voigt, Center for Applied Computer Science, Berlin, German
• Byoung-Tak Zhang, Seoul National University, Korea

Venue:

Information on Göteborg the friendly city and soksidor.

Accommodation:

• Maria Erikssons Pensionat, Chalmersgatan 27, , +46 31 20 70 30, 395-595 SEK, Dorm 200SEK-250SEK, +46 31 166463, Distance 100 m
• Hotel Flora, Gronsakstorget 2, +46 31 13 86 16, Fax +46 31 13 24 08, 360-850 SEK, hotelflora.ab@swipnet.se, up to 6 beds in a few rooms,Distance 600m
• Hotel Vanilj, Kyrkogatan 38, +46 31 7116220, Fax: +46 31 7116230, info@vaniljhotel.entersol.se, 595-895 SEK , 4 beds 1295 SEK, Distance 300m
• Hotel Posseidon, Storgatan 33, +49 31 10 05 50, Fax: +49 31 13 83 91, Single 890 SEK, Double 1250, jige@algonet.se, Distance 200m
• Hotel Mornington, 800 SEK, Kungsportsavenyn 9, mornington.hotel-gbg@wmhotels.se, +49 31 176540, Fax +49 31 711 34 39, Distance 200m
• Hotel Excelsior, Karl Gustavsgatan 7, +46 31 17 54 35, Fax +46 31 17 54 39, email: hotel.exelisio@tripnet.se, http://www.tripnet/excelsior, 625-792 SEK, Distance 150m
• Hotel Rubinen Kungsportavenyn 24, +46 31 81 08 00, Fax +46 31 167586, reception.rubinen@scandic-hotels.se, reservation.rubinen@scandic-hotels.se, 1295-1965 SEK, Distance 300m

Next Year:

Workshop Web Site:

Last Year's Workshop:

• EuroGP'98 proceedings
• Conference report
• Late Breaking papers
• EuroGP'98 home page
• Photographs

Contacts:

Riccardo Poli
email: R.Poli@cs.bham.ac.uk
post: Riccardo Poli
School of Computer Science
The University of Birmingham
Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Tel: +44-121-414-3739 FAX: +44-121-414-4281

Peter Nordin
email: nordin@fy.chalmers.se
Institute of Physical Resource Theory
Chalmers University of Technology
S-412 96 Göteborg, SWEDEN
+46 31 607213, Fax +46 31 607201