JFM Award Previous Winners

Susan Stepney (2023) Professor Susan Stepney has been awarded the 2023 Julian Francis Miller prize for her outstanding contributions to the algorithmic exploration and embodiment of evolution, development, and learning. With this award, SPECIES recognizes Professor Susan Stepney’s work on

EvoStar 2024

EvoStar 2024

The 27th EvoStar conference will take place in Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom, from 3 to 5 April 2024. Join us to discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones. Check the latest news here.

GECCO 2023

The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2023 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 15th to 19th July 2023. The conference will be held in hybrid mode, with all events facilitating online participation. A great opportunity to publish and/or

EvoStar 2023

The 26th EvoStar conference will take place in Brno, Czech Republic from 12 to 14 April 2023. Join us to discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones – in person or online! Check

Summer School 2022

Summer School 2022

Twenty years after the last EvoNet summer school we retake the initiative!
Join us if your are a student interested in gaining evolutionary computation and general research work skills, networking with the school mentors and with other students and enjoying a nice stay by the Mediterranean!

SPECIES stand for Peace

SPECIES stand for Peace

SPECIES — the Society for the Promotion of Evolutionary Computation in Europe and its Surroundings calls for peace and is solidary with the victims of war. We stand for peace and cooperation as the primary tools for welfare, freedom, prosperity, and progress.

GECCO 2022

The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2022 will take place in Boston, United States of America, from 9th to 13th July 2022. The conference will be held in hybrid mode, with all events facilitating online participation. A great opportunity

EvoStar 2022

The 25th EvoStar conference will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 20 to 22 April 2022. Join us to discover the latest advances in Evolutionary Computation, meet old friends and/or make new ones – in person or online! Check the