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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (ICSIBO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*** Deadline Extension *** : The ICSIBO'2016 submission deadline has been extended to February 29, 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Conference Dates: June 13-14, 2016, Mulhouse, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Conference URL: http://www.mage.fst.uha.fr/icsibo2016/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Post-proceedings published in a LNCS SPRINGER volume (indexed by EI, ISTP, DBLP, and ISI).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Upon many suggestions we received, we decided to offer a new way to contribute to the conference. In addition to the classical submission type (original unpublished work in Springer LNCS style, not exceeding 8 pages),
authors can now also submit abstract papers, i.e. original or already published work which might be relevant in the scope of the conference (not exceed 2 pages, in Springer LNCS style).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The authors of an abstract submission can choose to present their work as an oral or as a poster presentation during the conference. To select a poster presentation, please send an e-mail with the title of your submission
and your name(s) to julien.lepagnot@uha.fr. Without this information from the authors of an accepted abstract, it will be scheduled as an oral presentation by default.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Notice that an abstract submission will appear in the conference proceedings, but will NOT appear in the Springer LNCS post-proceedings. However, the authors of an original unpublished work accepted as an abstract will
have the possibility to submit an extended version of their paper, after the conference, for possible inclusion in the Springer LNCS post-proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">DATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">February 29, 2016: *** Extended Deadline *** Submission of papers (see web site for instructions)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">April 15, 2016: Notification of acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">May 15, 2016: Final papers and Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">June 13-14, 2016: The International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (ICSIBO'2016)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SCOPE AND LIST OF TOPICS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The International Conference on Swarm Intelligence Based Optimization (ICSIBO'2016) is a continuation of conferences OEP'2003 (Paris), OEP'2007 (Paris), ICSI'2011 (Cergy-Pontoise) and ICSIBO'2014 (Mulhouse).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The aim of ICSIBO'2016 conference is to highlight the theoretical progress of swarm intelligence metaheuristics and their applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Swarm Intelligence is a computational intelligence technique involving the study of collective behavior in decentralized systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Such systems are made up of a population of simple individuals interacting locally with one another and with their environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Although there is generally no centralized control on the behavior of individuals, local interactions among individuals often cause a global pattern to emerge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Examples of such systems can be found in nature, including ant colonies, animal herding, bacteria foraging, bee swarms, and many more. However, swarm intelligence computation and algorithms are not necessarily nature-inspired.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Theoretical advances of swarm intelligence metaheuristics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Combinatorial, discrete, binary, constrained, multi-objective, multi-modal, dynamic, noisy, and large-scale optimization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Artificial immune systems, particle swarms, ant colony, bacterial foraging, artificial bees, fireflies algorithm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Hybridization of algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Parallel/distributed computing, machine learning, data mining, data clustering, decision making and multi-agent systems based on swarm intelligence principles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- 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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">SPECIAL SESSIONS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A special session is organized at ICSIBO'2016 on Swarm Intelligence in Structural and Mechanical Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Proposals for Special Sessions are welcome. Last date: February 29, 2016. If you are interested in organizing a special session in the conference, please contact siarry@u-pec.fr, lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr and julien.lepagnot@uha.fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">PANEL PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The organizers encourage scientists and industry leaders to organize dedicated panels dealing with controversial and challenging topics and paradigms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Submissions of original and unpublished work related to swarm intelligence are invited, including, theory, development, and applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Areas of focus include particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, foraging techniques, and other swarm intelligence related topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Authors are invited to submit their original and unpublished work without any limitation to the above related subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more information, please contact siarry@u-pec.fr, lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr and julien.lepagnot@uha.fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">WORKSHOP PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We welcome workshop proposals on complementary issues to the topics of this conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Your requests should be forwarded to siarry@u-pec.fr, lhassane.idoumghar@uha.fr and julien.lepagnot@uha.fr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">PUBLICATION IN JOURNAL:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Selected papers will be published as a post-proceedings in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (indexed by EI, ISTP, DBLP, and ISI).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The conference chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Lhassane Idoumghar, Professor, University of Haute-Alsace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Julien Lepagnot, Associate Professor, University of Haute-Alsace<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Patrick Siarry, Professor, University of Paris-Est Créteil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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