Category: IWLCS

IWLCS 2011: 14th International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

14TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LEARNING CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS
to be held as part of the

2011 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2011)
July 12-16, Dublin, Ireland

Organized by ACM SIGEVO
20th International Conference on Genetic Algorithms (ICGA) and the 16th
Annual Genetic Programming Conference (GP)

One Conference – Many Mini-Conferences 15 Program Tracks

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: April 7th, 2011

http://home.dei.polimi.it/loiacono/iwlcs2011
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Election results: IWLCS organising comittee

Thanks to everyone for voting for the next IWLCS organisational committee. There was clear support for the following three candidates:

Daniele Loiacono,
Albert Orriols, and
Ryan Urbanowicz.

Congratulations to the new committee!

Will Browne will support them in a consulting role.

We are grateful/thankful for all the candidates for volunteering. We look forward to their continued support and involvement with the workshop in future years.

All the best,
Jaume, Will & Jan

Call for Nominations: organisational committee for IWLCS 2011/2012

Another interesting and stimulating International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS) has just passed, and with it ends the term of the current IWLCS organisational committee. Thus, it is election time, and nominations to become a member of the new IWLCS organisational committee will be accepted until Friday, July 23rd.

As in the last years, the role of the committee, consisting of 3 members of the LCS & GBML research community, is to

  • organise the International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems (IWLCS) in 2011 and 2012, including communication with the GECCO organisational committee, sending out CFPs and handling the review process of the workshop submissions, and managing its schedule during the workshop itself, and to
  • organise the postproceedings volume of IWLCS 2010/2011, including communication with the publisher, sending out the CFPs and handling the review process.

The intention is that all of the workshop organisers attend GECCO.

No previous workshop organisation experience is required to be nominated, as we will ensure that at least one of the members of the new organisational committee has been on the committee before. Thus, we particularly encourage new members of the community to nominate themselves, in order to gain organisation experience and to increase their visibility within the community.

In order to get nominated, please send an e-mail to jdrugowitsch@bcs.rochester.edu

Important dates are:
Deadline for nominations: Friday, July 23rd
Voting starts: Monday, July 26th
Voting ends: Friday, July 30th
New committee announced: Monday, August 2nd

IWLCS 2009 Programme

Welcome to the Learning Classifier Systems workshop programme -Thursday, July 9, as part of GECCO 2009. Interesting and friendly discussions will occur throughout the workshop led by experts in the field. We also encourage, and anticipate, participation from researchers new to LCS to provide input on how best to develop the field.

Twelfth International Workshop on Learning Classifier Systems

Workshop Program

Session 1 : XCS
8:30 – 8:40 Registration and Welcome
8:40 – 9:15 Alessandro Colombo, Fabio Della Rossa, Pier Luca Lanzi, Daniele Loiacono, Kumara Sastry. “Generalization in XCSF”
9:15 – 10:20 Discussion. Martin V. Butz, Patrick O. Stalph. “Current XCSF Capabilities and Challenges”
10:20 – 10:40 Break
Session 2 : Applications
10:40 – 10:50 Ajay Kumar Tanwani, Muddassar Farooq. “The Role of Biomedical Dataset in Mining with Evolutionary Rule Learning Algorithms”
10:50 – 11:00 M Zubair Shafiq, S Momina Tabish, Muddassar Farooq. “On the Appropriateness of Evolutionary Rule Learning Algorithms for Malware Detection”
11:00 – 11:35 Daniele Loiacono, Pier Luca Lanzi. “Speeding up Matching in XCS”
11:35 – 12:30 Discussion. Jaume Barcadit. “Efficiency”
12:30 – 14:00 Break
Session 3
14:00 – 14:35 Xavier Llorà, Jose Garcia Moreno-Torres. “Who should you blame when your model does not work?”
14:35 – 15:10 Richard Preen. “An XCS Approach to Forecasting Financial Time Series”
15:10 – 15:50 Discussion. Will Browne. “Cognitive Robotics with LCS”
15:50 – 16:10 Break
Session 4 : Future Directions
16:10 – 16:45 Alexander Scheidler, Martin Middendorf. “Evolved Cooperation and Emergent Communication Structures in Learning Classifier Based Organic Computing Systems”
16:45 – 17:20 Stewart W. Wilson. “Coevolution of Pattern Generators and Recognizers”
17:20 – 18:00 Discussion. Tim Kovacs. “State and Future of LCS”
18:00 – 20:00 Break
20:00 Social Dinner
Ferreira Cafe, 1446, rue Peel
(to attend, please inform workshop organisers before lunch break)

IWLCS 2009 warming up

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.

More information can be found in the original call for papers.

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.