Call for Papers: Special Issue on Evolvable Hardware Challenges
Journal: Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines (pub. by Springer)
Guest Editor: Pauline C. Haddow, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology
Editor-in-Chief: Lee Spector, Hampshire College
Evolvable Hardware, the application of evolutionary techniques as hardware design techniques, is still in its infancy despite a 15 year lifespan. After the initial excitement in the late 1990s there have been many successes but perhaps not at the rate or to the extent of the original expectations. There are many challenges inherent in Evolvable Hardware that are currently being addressed or need to be addressed so as to unlock the true potential of the field. Such work, together with research on real world applications, will lead to a clearer definition of the field and thus pave a future path for Evolvable Hardware. The aim of this special issue is to provide the reader with contributions that we feel provide strong contributions towards this goal.
Two articles by leading researchers have already been commissioned:
– The Evolution of Standard Cell Libraries for Future Technology Nodes
James Walker, James Hilder & Andy Tyrrell
– An Evolved Anti-Jamming Antenna Beamforming Network
Jason Lohn, Derek Linden & Jonathan Becker
== Open submissions
We encourage submission of high quality papers, both theoretical and practical, describing newer approaches that address key challenges facing Evolvable Hardware today. Application papers that illustrate that Evolvable Hardware can achieve results that are challenging for today’s more traditional hardware design techniques are also sought. In addition, we are interested in contributions that address the computational design challenge in tomorrow’s technologies through the application of bio-inspired techniques. Subjects will include (but are not limited to):
– Evolvable hardware design
– Adaptive hardware
– Evolutionary robotics
– Formal models of bio-inspired hardware
– Generative and developmental approaches
– Real-world applications of evolvable hardware
– Bio-inspired computation on future technology
We encourage all prospective authors to contact the guest editor, at the address below, as early as possible to indicate your intention to submit a paper to this special issue.
Guest Editor:
Pauline C. Haddow pauline@idi.ntnu.no
Dept. of Computer and Information Science
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality, original work that has neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.
Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://GENP.edmgr.com. Choose “Evolvable Hardware” as the article type when submitting.
Springer offers authors, editors and reviewers of Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines a web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. Our online system offers authors the ability to track the review process of their manuscript with straightforward log-in and submission procedures, and it supports a wide range of submission file formats.
== Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: Sept, 1, 2010
Notification of acceptance: Oct 8, 2010
Final manuscript: Oct 29, 2010
