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IWLCS 2009 call for papers

Please note a few extra days for submission as requested – see important dates.

The Twelfth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS 2009) will be held in Montreal, Canada, Thursday, July 9, 2008 during the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2009), July 8-12, 2009.

Originally, Learning Classifier Systems (LCSs) were introduced by John H. Holland as a way of applying evolutionary computation to machine learning and adaptive behavior problems. Since then, the LCS paradigm has broadened greatly into a framework that encompasses many representations, rule discovery mechanisms, and credit assignment schemes. Current LCS applications range from data mining, to automated innovation and the on-line control of cognitive systems. LCS research includes various actual system approaches: While Wilson’s accuracy-based XCS system (1995) has received the highest attention and gained the highest reputation, studies and developments of other LCSs are usually discussed and contrasted. Advances in machine learning, and reinforcement learning in particular, as well as in evolutionary computation have brought LCS systems the necessary competence and guaranteed learning properties. Novel insights in machine learning and evolutionary computation are being integrated into the LCS framework. Thus, we invite submissions that discuss recent developments in all areas of research on, and applications of, Learning Classifier Systems. IWLCS is the event that brings together most of the core researchers in classifier systems. Moreover, a free introductory tutorial on LCSs is presented the day before the workshop at GECCO 2009. Tutorial and IWLCS workshop thus also provide an opportunity for researchers interested in LCSs to get an impression of the current research directions in the field as well as a guideline for the application of LCSs to their problem domain.

Submissions and Publication

We welcome manuscripts of up to 8 pages in ACM format. Please see the GECCO 2009 information for authors for further format details. However, unlike GECCO, papers do not have to be submitted in anonymous format. All accepted papers will be presented at IWLCS 2009 and will appear in the GECCO workshop volume. Proceedings of the workshop will be published on CD-ROM, and distributed at the conference. Authors will be invited after the workshop to submit revised (full) papers for publication in the next post-workshop proceedings volume (scheduled for 2010), in the Springer LNCS/LNAI book series.

All papers should be submitted in PDF format and e-mailed to: jqb@cs.nott.ac.uk

Important dates (Updated 26.03.09)

Paper submission deadline: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Notification to authors: Friday, April 8, 2009
Submission of camera-ready material: by Friday, April 17, 2009
Conference registration: by Monday, April 27, 2009
Workshop date: Thursday, July 9, 2009

Committees

Organizing Committee

Jaume Bacardit, University of Nottingham (UK). E-mail: jaume.bacardit@nottingham.ac.uk
Will Browne, University of Reading (UK). E-mail: w.n.browne@reading.ac.uk
Jan Drugowitsch, University of Rochester (USA). E-mail: jdrugowitsch@bcs.rochester.edu

Advisory Committee

Ester Bernadó-Mansilla, Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain)
Martin V. Butz, Universitat Wurzburg (Germany)
Tim Kovacs, University of Bristol (UK)
Xavier Llorà, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA)
Pier Luca Lanzi, Politechnico de Milano (Italy)
Wolfgang Stolzmann, Daimler Chrysler AG (Germany)
Keiki Takadama, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Stewart Wilson, Prediction Dynamics (USA)

Learning Classifier Systems, Springer LNAI 4998

Learning Classifier Systems:
10th International Workshop, IWLCS 2006, Seattle, MA, USA, July 8, 2006, and 11th International Workshop, IWLCS 2007, London, UK, July 8, 2007, Revised Selected Papers
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Subseries: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence , Vol. 4998
Bacardit, J.; Bernadó-Mansilla, E.; Butz, M.V.; Kovacs, T.; Llorà, X.; Takadama, K. (Eds.)
2008, X, 307 p., Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-540-88137-7


Abstract

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-conference proceedings of two consecutive International Workshops on Learning Classifier Systems that took place in Seattle, WA, USA in July 2006, and in London, UK, in July 2007 – all hosted by the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from the workshop contributions. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge representation, analysis of the system, mechanisms, new directions, as well as applications.

IWLCS 2008 call for papers

The Eleventh International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS 2008) will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Sunday, July 13, 2008 during the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008), July 12-16, 2008.

Originally, Learning Classifier Systems (LCSs) were introduced by John H. Holland as a way of applying evolutionary computation to machine learning and adaptive behavior problems. Sine then, the LCS paradigm has broadened greatly into a framework that encompasses many representations, rule discovery mechanisms, and credit assignment schemes. Current LCS applications range from data mining, to automated innovation and the on-line control of cognitive systems. LCS research includes various actual system approaches: While Wilson’s accuracy-based XCS system (1995) has received the highest attention and gained the highest reputation, studies and developments of other LCSs are usually discussed and contrasted.
Advances in machine learning, and reinforcement learning in particular, as well as in evolutionary computation have brought LCS systems the necessary competence and guaranteed learning properties. Novel insights in machine learning and evolutionary computation are being integrated into the LCS framework.
Thus, we invite submissions that discuss recent developments in all areas of research on, and applications of, Learning Classifier Systems. IWLCS is the event that brings together most of the core researchers in classifier systems. Moreover, a free introductory tutorial on LCSs is presented the day before the workshop at GECCO 2008. Tutorial and IWLCS workshop thus also provide an opportunity for researchers interested in LCSs to get an impression of the current research directions in the field as well as a guideline for the application of LCSs to their problem domain.

Submissions and Publication

Submissions will be short-papers up to 8 pages in ACM format. Please see the GECCO 2008 information for authors for further details.
All accepted papers will be presented at IWLCS 2008 and will appear in the GECCO workshop volume. Proceedings of the workshop will be published on CD-ROM, and distributed at the conference. Authors will be invited after the workshop to submit revised (full) papers for publication in the next post-workshop proceedings volume (scheduled for 2009), in the Springer LNCS/LNAI book series.

All papers should be submitted in PDF format and e-mailed to: esterb[at]salle.url.edu.

Important dates

  • Paper submission deadline: April 4, 2008
  • Notification to authors: April 11, 2008
  • Submission of camera-ready material: by Friday, April 18, 2008
  • Conference registration by Monday, April 21, 2008
  • Workshop date: Sunday, July 13, 2008

Committees
Organizing Committee

  • Jaume Bacardit, University of Nottingham (UK). E-mail: jaume.bacardit[at]nottingham.ac.uk
  • Ester Bernadó-Mansilla, Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain). E-mail: esterb[at]salle.url.edu
  • Martin V. Butz, Universitat Wurzburg (Germany). E-mail: mbutz[at]psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Advisory Committee

Call For Papers: The Tenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS 2007)

Call for Papers for IWLCS 2007

The Tenth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS 2007) will be held in London, UK, July 7-8, 2007 during the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2007), July 7-11, 2007.

Since Learning Classifier Systems (LCSs) were introduced by John H. Holland as a way of applying evolutionary computation to machine learning problems, the LCS paradigm has broadened greatly into a framework encompassing many representations, rule discovery mechanisms, and credit assignment schemes. Current LCS applications range from data mining, to automated innovation, and to the on-line control of cognitive systems. LCS is a very active area of research that encompasses various system approaches. Wilson’s accuracy-based XCS system has received the highest attention and gained the highest reputation.

LCSs are benefiting from recent advances in machine learning, and reinforcement learning in particular, as well as in evolutionary computation. Novel insights in these two areas are continuously integrated into the LCS framework.

We invite submissions which discuss recent developments in all areas of research on, and applications of, Learning Classifier Systems. IWLCS is the event that brings together most of the core researchers in classifier systems. Moreover, a free introductory tutorial on LCSs is presented at GECCO 2007. The IWLCS workshop gives the opportunity also to researchers interested in LCS to get an impression of the current research directions in the field.

Submissions and Publication

There are two ways to submit papers (deadline March 16, 2007):

  1. short papers (up to 4 pages in ACM format) or
  2. full papers (up to 20 pages in Springer format)

All accepted papers may be presented orally at IWLCS. Accepted short papers will appear in the GECCO workshop volume. Proceedings of the workshop will be published on CD-ROM, and distributed at the conference. Authors of short papers will be invited after the workshop to submit revised (full) papers for publication in the post-workshop proceedings, in Springer LNCS/LNAI book series.

Accepted full papers will be published in the post-workshop proceedings. Authors of accepted full papers will be asked to provide a shorter 4-pages version for publication in the GECCO 2007 workshop proceedings.

The normal route is for authors to submit short papers and produce full papers after IWLCS for the post-workshop proceedings, incorporating feedback from reviewers and delegates. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Reviews of short papers will be mainly to provide feedback to enable the production of an improved full paper.

All papers should be submitted in PDF format and e-mailed to: esterb@salle.url.edu.

Important dates

  • Paper submission deadline: Friday, March 16, 2007
  • Notification to authors: Friday, March 30, 2007
  • GECCO camera-ready material: by Wednesday, April 11, 2007
  • Conference registration: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
  • Workshop date: 7th or 8th July
  • Extended paper submissions for LNCS/LNAI post-workshop proceedings: early fall 2007
  • Notification of acceptance: late fall 2007
  • LNCS/LNAI camera ready material: winter 2007/08

Committees

Organizing Commitee

Advisory Committee

For more information please check here.