***************************** See below for Call for Papers ***************************** !!Reduced Registration until March 20th!! ************************************** 4th International Conference on Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture ACDM2000 26th - 28th April 2000 Sherwell Centre, University of Plymouth, UK Incorporating NETWORKS DAY 27th April ***************************************** As in previous years ACDM2000 explores the utility of various evolutionary / adaptive search algorithms and complementary computational intelligence techniques within design and manufacturing. The Plymouth conference has become a well- established biennial event, attracting an international audience of leading researchers and practitioners in the field. The conference retains the support of several UK Engineering Institutions and is now recognised by the International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation as a mainstream event. The true potential of evolutionary and adaptive computing within the design and manufacture field is now becoming very apparent with significant research effort moving away from relatively straightforward optimisation to investigate interactive exploratory systems, multi-disciplinary decision support, evolutionary and agent-assisted multi-objective strategies and problems relating to appropriate design representation. These aspects are fully explored during ACDM2000 which maintains its policy of single stream presentation and associated poster and demonstrator sessions. In most cases results from application to or integration with real- world industrial problems are very much in evidence. Topics this year include: * aerospace engineering * mechanical engineering * thermal engineering * structural engineering * urban planning * food and chemical design * network design * cell formation * facility design * system control * robotics The Joint Networks Event on April 27th brings together related UK EPSRC and European networks for a poster and software demonstrator session. A full programme plus registration form is available at: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc/acdm2 000.html Contact details: Conference Administrator ptrund@soc.plym.ac.uk Tel: +44(0)1752 233508, Fax: +44(0)1752 233529 Plymouth Engineering Design Centre *********************************************************************** "CALL FOR POSTERS & DEM0NSTRATORS" *********************************************************************** FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADAPTIVE COMPUTING IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE (ACDM 2000) APRIL 26th - 28th 2000 THE INTEGRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY AND ADAPTIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES WITH PRODUCT/SYSTEM DESIGN MANUFACTURE AND CONTROL PLYMOUTH ENGINEERING DESIGN CENTRE (PEDC) UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH CONFERENCE VENUE:SHERWELL CONFERENCE CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH CONFERENCE CHAIR: I C PARMEE ACDM LECTURE: PROFESSOR KALYANMOY DEB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR, INDIA KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: DR UNA-MAY O'REILLY, MIT, CAMBRIDGE, USA DR MARC SCHOENAUER, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, PARIS, FRANCE PROFESSOR ALICE SMITH, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, USA Areas of Interest: a). the integration of adaptive computing (AC) with each stage of the design process b). the development of co-operative frameworks supporting the utilisation of appropriate combinations of evolutionary/adaptive search and computational intelligence (CI) technologies within a design/manufacturing environment c) . the application of novel adaptive computing techniques and strategies that address specific design/analysis problems of high complexity. d) . constraint satisfaction and constrained optimisation e) .the integration of evolutionary/adaptive search and other CI technologies with current design/manufacturing team practice f) . novel application to or integration with complex manufacturing systems eg control, planning and scheduling etc g). AC and CI support for multi-disciplinary decision-making h) . the inclusion of manufacturing aspects and related criteria within AC-based design scenarios ie an investigation of the utility of AC & CI within integrated product development i) . the potential contribution of AC and CI to design concurrency j) .GP, NN and Fuzzy models / fitness function representations and AC manipulation k) . reducing the computational expense associated with population-based search and optimisation l). human-centred aspects of AC/CI integration and application Applied, theoretical, results-oriented and speculative posters from both academia and industry will all be considered for inclusion and will be included in a proceedings. Submission of poster papers: Initial submissions of poster papers should be no longer than four pages at 10pt Times New Roman typeface. Please include author's names, addresses (email included) and affiliation. Margins of 20mm should be maintained all around (however overall format is flexible in the first instance). Five copies of each paper should be sent to the Conference Administrator by 31st December, 1999. Each paper will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee and notification of their decision will be mailed to authors by 10th February 2000. Accepted papers will receive a layout guide for the preparation of final camera-ready papers. Email-based submission of MSWORD preliminary and final papers is encouraged Demonstrations Following the success of recent ACDM-net/EVODES workshops and their demonstrator/poster presentations format, similar opportunities to demonstrate both experimental and commercial evolutionary and adaptive design/manufacture software will be available. Anyone wishing to demonstrate such software should submit a two-page (A4) description by the 31st December 1999 stating whether this software is currently commercially available or largely research-based. Important dates: 31st December 1999 Submission of full poster papers/demonstrator papers 10th February 2000 Notification to authors 1st March 2000 Revised, final camera-ready paper due Further details of the conference are available at: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc Conference Administrator: Mrs P Trundley Email: ptrund@soc.Plym.ac.uk Contact: Dr I C Parmee, Plymouth Engineering Design Centre, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, UK. PL4 8AA Email: iparmee@plymouth.ac.uk Tele: +44 (0)1752 233508/3509 Fax: +44 (0)1752 233529 ************************************************************************ Call for Papers: ************************************************************************ Fourth International Conference on ADAPTIVE COMPUTING IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE (ACDM 2000) APRIL 26th - 28th, 2000 ' The Integration of Evolutionary and Adaptive Computing Technologies with Product / System Design, Manufacture and Control' PLYMOUTH ENGINEERING DESIGN CENTRE (PEDC) UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH UK (http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc/) SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Conference Chair: I. C. PARMEE Keynote Speakers: DR. UNA-MAY O'REILLY, MIT, CAMBRIDGE, USA DR. MARK SCHOENAUER, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE,FRANCE PROFESSOR ALICE SMITH,AUBURN UNIVERSITY, USA ACDM Lecture: PROFESSOR KALYANMOY DEB, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR Supporting Organisations: Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), UK; Institution of Mechanical Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE);UK Engineers (IMechE), UK; Institute of Engineering Designers (IED), UK; British Computer Society (BCS); Society for the study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), UK; European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computation (EVONET); CASE Centre for Manufacturing, Michigan State University; Key Centre for Design, University of Sydney; EPSRC Engineering Network in Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture (ACDMnet). Scientific Committee: T. Baeck, ICD, Germany C. Coello Coello, LANIA, Mexico B. Carse, University of West of England, UK K. Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur K. De Jong, George Mason Uni, USA M. Denham, University of Plymouth, UK T. Fogarty, Napier University, UK D. Fogel, Natural Selection Inc., USA M. Gen, Ashikaga Inst. of Technology, Japan J. Gero, University of Sydney, Australia E. Goodman, Michigan State University. USA. D. Grierson, University of Waterloo, Canada P. Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA C. Harris, University of Southampton, UK C. Hillermeier, Siemens Research, Germany C. Hughes, Logica, UK P. Husbands, University of Sussex, UK A. Keane, University of Southampton, UK M. L. Maher, University of Sydney Australia C. Moore, Cardiff University, UK J. Morris, University of Newcastle, UK I. Parmee, University of Plymouth, UK S. Patel, Unilever Research, UK A. Pipe, University of West of England, UK C. Poloni, University of Trieste, Italy W. Punch, Michigan State University. USA M. Schoenauer, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris H-P Schwefel, Uni. of Dortmund, Germany E. Semenkin, Siberian Aerospace Academy P. Sen, University of Newcastle, UK G. Smith, University of East Anglia, UK J. Taylor, Kings College, London, UK G. Thierauf, University of Essen, Germany Conference Details: This fourth PEDC evolutionary / adaptive computing conference will be held in Plymouth, UK from April 26th-28th, 2000. As before, the intention is to explore the integration of evolutionary / adaptive search (AS) and associated Computational Intelligence (CI) technologies (e.g. neural computing, intelligent agent systems, fuzzy logic etc) across a wide spectrum of design and manufacturing activities. A major objective is the identification of fundamental problem areas that can be generically supported by appropriate evolutionary and adaptive computing strategies. Areas of specific interest include but are not restricted to: a) the development and integration of appropriate evolutionary and adaptive computing strategies that offer best benefit re the differing requirements of conceptual, embodiment and detailed design. b) novel application of appropriate evolutionary / adaptive computing strategies to or integration with complex manufacturing systems e.g. control, planning and scheduling, facility layout, robotics, etc c) the development of co-operative frameworks supporting the utilisation of appropriate combinations of evolutionary / adaptive search and other CI technologies within a design / manufacturing environment d) the application of novel adaptive computing techniques and strategies that address specific design / analysis problems of high complexity. e) human-centred aspects i.e. how can the new technologies best interact with current design practice or alternatively, how can changes in design team practice be introduced to achieve best benefit from the integration of search, exploration and optimisati capabilities of the new technologies? f) multi-disciplinary / multi-objective engineering decision-making relating both to design and manufacture g) reducing computational expense re population-based search during detailed design and analysis h) best practice re integration with high-performance computing, parallel architectures etc v evolutionary and adaptive technologies for innovative and creative design i) development and integration of aesthetic fitness measures j) fitness models for uncertain and poorly-defined environments k) evolving design environments l) agent-assisted evolutionary processes m) integration of evolutionary design with undergraduate / post-graduate teaching and industrial training requirements Applied, theoretical, results-oriented and speculative papers from both academia and industry will all be considered for inclusion. The objective is to assess the current state-of-the-art and to investigate a way forward that ensures rapid industrial take up of the currently available technologies whilst identifying appropriate areas warranting more fundamental research on a longer term basis or medium term applied research and development. Application papers must exhibit novel aspects relating to evolutionary / adaptive system design and implementation. The conference retains its format of single stream presentation and extended poster sessions. The ACDM lecture, established in 1998, will again take place. This 1.5 hour lecture will address in detail some will address in detail some particular aspect of evolutionary / adaptive computing highly relevant to design and manufacture. Following the success of recent ACDM-net / EVODES workshops and their demonstrator / poster presentations format similar opportunities to demonstrate both experimental and commercial evolutionary and adaptive design / manufacture software will be available. Anyone wishing to demonstrate such software should submit a two-page (A4) description by September 15th stating whether this software is currently commercially available or largely researched-based. The conference format is well suited to a highly interactive meeting where fundamental problems relating to appropriate research and development of these technologies within the design and manufacture domain can be addressed, discussed and resolved. The conference venue will be the Sherwell Conference Centre, University of Plymouth, Devon, UK. This Centre, situated in the heart of Plymouth, is a distinctive building converted from a traditional English church and offering full presentation capabilities within an interesting and striking environment (visit http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/ plymouth/). The venue is close to rail and road links joining Plymouth to the National rail and road network. Plymouth is a city of 250,000 people and has a long history of associations with the sea, having a Naval dockyard and fishing harbour. Situated at the mouth of the River Tamar on the border between Devon and Cornwall the City has a magnificent natural setting beneath the wild uplands of Dartmoor beside the tidal waters of Plymouth Sound (visit http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/). Submission of papers: Papers must be original and related to the overall subject area of the Conference. Initial submissions should be no longer than eight pages at 10pt Times New Roman typeface. Margins of 15mm should be maintained all round but overall format is flexible in the first instance. Five copies of each paper should be sent to the Conference Administrator by 15th September 1999. Accepted papers will receive a layout guide for the preparation of final camera-ready papers. Electronic submission of MSWORD 7 or Postscipt papers is encouraged. The Scientific Committee will review all papers and those selected for full presentation will again be published in book form by Springer-Verlag. Those selected for the poster session presentations will be included in the ACDM poster proceedings. Important dates: 15th September, '99 Submission of paper for review 15th November, '99 Notification of acceptance 15th January, 2000 Camera-ready copy required Further details will be available at: http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/research/edc Or contact: Mrs P. 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