May You (and your Lineage) Have a Long (Artificial) Life!

The nested pun is my way of announcing the arrival of ECAL 2015. Since I will be on the program committee for ECAL (European Conference for Artificial Life) 2015, I have been asked to publicize the call for papers, abstracts, and workshops. Here it is below — if interested, please consider submitting and attending.

* CALL   FOR   PAPERS *

ECAL 2015 - 13th EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL LIFE

“Embodiment, Interaction, Conservation”

The 13th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2015) will be held in York, United Kingdom, 20-24 July 2015, hosted by the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis at the The University of York.

ECAL 2015 will showcase a wide range of topics in Artificial Life, bringing together world-leading researchers to discuss the latest advances in Artificial Life.  Artificial Life is an interdisciplinary field, and as such welcomes submissions from across the spectrum of scientific and humanities disciplines, that consider the main conference themes of “Embodiment, Interaction, Conservation”. 

THE ECAL programme committee invite you to submit full papers (8 pages) or abstracts (1 page) in the area of Artificial Life.  All submissions will undergo a detailed peer review process.  Full papers will be reviewed for relevance, scientific and/or engineering quality, sound methodology and use of appropriate analysis techniques. Abstracts will be reviewed for relevance and quality.

I M P O R T A N T   D A T E S   A N D   I N F O R M A T I O N

Submission papers:    Monday 2nd March, 2015

Notification of Acceptance: Friday 17th April, 2015

Paper CRC required:    Monday 18th May, 2015

Main Conference convenes: 20-24 July, 2015

Contact email for queries: ecal2015  groupyork.ac.uk

S U B M I S S I O N   F O R M A T

There are two options for submission: either full paper or abstract. Note that the format is exactly the same for both options. The only difference resides in the number of pages and type of contents:

* full papers have an 8-page maximum length and should report on new, unpublished work.

* abstracts are limited to a 1-page length and can report on previously published work, but offer a new perspective on that work. We encourage the use of LaTeX for the production of papers. 

Submission will be via the Easy Chair system.

Papers and abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation, with no distinction being made between full papers and abstracts.

* ORGANISING COMMITTEE *

General Chair: Prof. Susan Stepney

Technical Chair: Prof. Jon Timmis

Workshop Chair: Dr. Simon Hickinbotham

Special Sessions Chair: Dr. Leo Caves

Tutorial Chair: Dr. Fiona Polack

Local Chair: Dr. Paul Andrews

ISAL Summer School: Dr. Rene Doursat