The IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) is one of the largest and most important conferences within
evolutionary computation
In computer science, evolutionary computation is a family of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution, and the subfield of artificial intelligence and soft computing studying these algorithms. In technical terms, ...
(EC), the other conferences of similar importance being
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO),
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, or PPSN, is a research conference focusing on the topic of natural computing.
Other conferences in the area include the ACM Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), the IEEE Congress on E ...
(PPSN) and
EvoStar (which comprises EuroGP, EvoApplications, EvoCOP, and EvoMUSART).
CEC, which is organized by the
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
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in cooperation with the
Evolutionary Programming Society, covers most subtopics of EC, such as
evolutionary robotics,
multiobjective optimization,
evolvable hardware,
theory of evolutionary computation, and
evolutionary design. Papers can also be found that deal with topics that are related to rather than part of EC, such
ant colony optimization,
swarm intelligence
Swarm intelligence (SI) is the collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems, natural or artificial. The concept is employed in work on artificial intelligence. The expression was introduced by Gerardo Beni and Jing Wang in 1989, ...
, and
quantum computing
Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers. Thou ...
.
The conference usually attracts several hundreds of attendees, as well as hundreds of papers.
External links
WCCI 2024, Yokohama, JapanCEC 2023, Chicago, IL, USAWCCI 2022, Padua, Italy
*WCCI 2020, Glasgow, UK (virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic)
*CEC 2019, Wellington, New Zealand
WCCI 2018, Rio, BrazilWCCI 2016, Vancouver, CanadaCEC 2015, JapanWCCI 2014, ChinaCEC 2013, Cancún, MexicoCEC 2012, Brisbane, Australia
(part of 2012)
CEC 2011, New Orleans, LA, USACEC 2010, Barcelona, Spain
(part of 2010)
CEC 2009, Trondheim, NorwayCEC 2008, Hong Kong
(part of 2008)
CEC 2007, SingaporeCEC 2006, Vancouver, Canada
(part of 2006)
CEC 2005, Edinburgh, UKCEC 2004, Portland, OR, USCEC 2003, Canberra, AustraliaCEC 2002, Hawaii, US
(part of 2002)
CEC 2001, Korea
*CEC 2000, San Diego, CA, US
CEC 1999, Washington DC, US
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