SPECIES offers a total of three scholarships in its areas of interest, for PhD students to work with relevant research groups. These will involve an internship of three months in one of the candidate host institutions, working under the supervision
Latest news
EvoStar 2020 in Sevilla coming soon
The 23rd EvoStar conference will take place in Seville, Spain, from 15 to 17 April 2020. Join us in Sevilla, discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones, Check the latest news here.
New Executive board 2019-20
A new Executive Board was elected in the AGM that took place in Leipzig on April 26th. Its members are: Wolfgang Banzhaf (treasurer) Stefano Cagnoni Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar (vice-president and secretary) Francesco Fontanella (new in 2019) J. Ignacio (Iñaki) Hidalgo
New Executive Board 2018-19
The members of the SPECIES Executive Board that were elected in the AGM that took place in Parma on April 6th are: – Wolfgang Banzhaf (treasurer) – Stefano Cagnoni (new in 2018) – Ernesto Costa – Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar (vice-president
Species 2018 AGM on April 6. in Parma
Like every year, our Annual General Meeting will take place right after the closing of EvoStar, in Parma on April 6. at 14h15. Detailed agenda will be available soon – including, as per our bylaws, the renewal of the Executive
Upcoming conferences
EvoStar 2020
EvoStar, an event organized by SPECIES, will be held in Seville, Spain. EvoStar comprises of four co-located conferences run each spring at different locations throughout Europe. These events arose out of workshops originally developed by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence in Evolutionary
Evostar 2018
Evostar About EvoStar comprises of four co-located conferences run each spring at different locations throughout Europe. These events arose out of workshops originally developed by EvoNet, the Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing, established by the Information Societies Technology Programme
EuroGP 2018
21st European Conference on Genetic Programming About EuroGP is the premier annual conference on Genetic Programming, the oldest and the only meeting worldwide devoted specifically to this branch of evolutionary computation. It is always a very enjoyable event attracting participants
EvoMUSART 2018
7th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design About Following the success of previous events and the importance of the field of computational intelligence, specifically, evolutionary and biologically inspired (artificial neural network, swarm, alife) music, sound,
EvoApplications 2018
21st European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation About EvoApplications, the European Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation -formerly known as EvoWorkshops- brings together researchers in a variety of areas of application of Evolutionary Computation and other Nature-inspired
Relevant Journals
Evolutionary Computation
Evolutionary Computation is the leading journal in its field. It provides an international forum for facilitating and enhancing the exchange of information among researchers involved in both the theoretical and practical aspects of computational systems drawing their inspiration from nature, with
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation publishes archival quality original papers in evolutionary computation and related areas including nature-inspired algorithms, population-based methods, and optimization where selection and variation are integral, and hybrid systems where these paradigms are combined. Purely theoretical papers
Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
Methods for artificial evolution of active components are rapidly developing branches of adaptive computation and adaptive engineering. They entail the development, evaluation and application of methods that mirror the process of neo-Darwinian evolution. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines reports innovative
Journal on Artificial Evolution and Applications
Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications aims at being a reference for all researchers and practitioners who study the theory and application of methodologies pertaining to Evolutionary Computation and related fields. Original contributions are sought describing recent achievements in Evolutionary
Memetic Computing
Memetic Computing aspires to serve as a focal publication where the latest results in Natural Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Operational Research and Natural Sciences (e.g. cognitive, animal and insect’s behavior, etc.) are fuzzed together in novel ways in order