<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">================================================================<br></span> </span><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"> CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
International Conference on Swarm Intelligence<br> Based Optimization (<span>ICSIBO</span>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><br>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">Deadline: January 30, 2014</span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">Conference Dates: May 13-14, 2014, Mulhouse, France<br>Conference URL: <span><a href="http://www.mage.fst.uha.fr/icsibo2014/" target="_blank">http://www.mage.fst.uha.fr/icsibo2014/</a></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">DATES:<br>=========================<br> January 30, 2014</span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Submission of </span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">p</span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">apers (see web site for instructions)<br>
March 15, 2014</span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance<br> April 15, 2014</span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Final papers and Registration<br>
May 13-14, 2014</span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">The International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (<span>ICSIBO</span>'2014)</span></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11pt">SCOPE AND LIST OF TOPICS:<br>=========================<br>The International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (<span>ICSIBO</span>'2014) is a continuation of conferences OEP'2003 (Paris), OEP'2007 (Paris) and <span>ICSI</span>'2011 (Cergy-Pontoise). </span></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">The aim of <span>ICSIBO</span>'2014 conference is to highlight the theoretical progress of swarm intelligence metaheuristics and their applications.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">In
particular, the plenary talk by Maurice Clerc will explore some
alternatives to the use of classical random numbers generators in
stochastic algorithms.</span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><br></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">Swarm
Intelligence is a computational intelligence technique involving the
study of collective behavior in decentralized systems. <br>Such systems are made up of a population of simple individuals interacting locally with one another and with their environment. <br>Although
there is generally no centralized control on the behavior of
individuals, local interactions among individuals often cause a global
pattern to emerge. <br>Examples of such systems can be found in nature,
including ant colonies, animal herding, bacteria foraging, bee swarms,
and many more.</span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<br>
- Theoretical advances of swarm intelligence metaheuristics<br> - Combinatorial, discrete, binary, constrained, multi-objective, multi-modal, dynamic, noisy, and large-scale optimization<br> - Artificial immune systems, particle swarms, ant colony, bacterial foraging, artificial bees, fireflies algorithm<br>
- Hybridization of algorithms<br>
- Parallel/distributed computing, machine learning, data mining, data
clustering, decision making and multi-agent systems based on swarm
intelligence principles<br> - Adaptation and applications of swarm
intelligence principles to real world problems in various domains,
including medicine, biology, chemistry, finance, insurance, economics,
social sciences, transportation, tourism, education, defense,
telecommunications, energy, management, information retrieval, software
engineering, fraud detection, environment, remote-sensing, robots</span></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>SPECIAL SESSIONS:<br>=========================<br>Proposals
for Special Sessions are welcome. Last date: March 1st, 2014. If you
are interested in organizing a special session in the conference, <br>please contact <span><a href="mailto:siarry@u-pec.fr" target="_blank">siarry@u-pec.fr</a></span>, <span><a href="mailto:lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr" target="_blank">lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr</a></span> and <span><a href="mailto:julien.lepagnot@uha.fr" target="_blank">julien.lepagnot@uha.fr</a></span>.</span></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">PANEL PROPOSALS:<br>
=========================<br>The
organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize
dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and
paradigms. <br></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Submissions
of original and unpublished work related to swarm intelligence are
invited, including, theory, development, and applications. <br>Areas of
focus include particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization,
foraging techniques, and other swarm intelligence related topics. <br>Authors are invited to submit their original and unpublished work without any limitation to the above related subjects.<br>For more information, please contact <span><a href="mailto:siarry@u-pec.fr" target="_blank">siarry@u-pec.fr</a></span>, <span><a href="mailto:lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr" target="_blank">lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr</a></span> and <span><a href="mailto:julien.lepagnot@uha.fr" target="_blank">julien.lepagnot@uha.fr</a></span>.</span></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">WORKSHOP PROPOSALS:<br>
=========================<br>We welcome workshop proposals on complementary issues to the topics of this conference.<br>Your requests should be forwarded to <span><a href="mailto:siarry@u-pec.fr" target="_blank">siarry@u-pec.fr</a></span>, <span><a href="mailto:lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr" target="_blank">lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr</a></span> and <span><a href="mailto:julien.lepagnot@uha.fr" target="_blank">julien.lepagnot@uha.fr</a></span>.</span></span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt">PUBLICATION IN JOURNAL:<br>
=========================<br>Selected papers will be proposed for submission in special issues of selected international journals. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">The conference chairs:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Lhassane Idoumghar Associate Professor, University of Haute-Alsace</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Julien Lepagnot Associate Professor, University of Haute-Alsace</span></span></p><span style="font-family:courier new,monospace"><span style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Patrick Siarry Professor, University of Paris-Est Créteil<br>
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