CFP: EvoHOT 2004

we kindly want to inform/remind you about the forthcoming submission
deadline (November 14) of the EvoHOT workshop.

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== CALL FOR PAPERS ==
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evoHOT 2004: 1st European Workshop on Hardware Optimization Techniques

5-7 April 2004, Coimbra, Portugal
(held together with: euroGP, evoCOP, evoBIO, evoCOMNET, evoIASP,
evoMUSART and evoSTOC)

See: http://evonet.dcs.napier.ac.uk/eurogp2004/evohot/


INTRODUCTION
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IEEE publishes an average of 20 papers each year where evolutionary
techniques are exploited to solve design automation problems.
Concurrently, the field of evolutionary computation reveals a
significant interest in evolvable hardware and problems such as
routing,
placement, or test pattern generation.

EvoHOT2004 will show the latest developments in the field of
evolutionary algorithms applied to design automation, and will offer
good opportunities for informal contact in a friendly and relaxed
setting. Each accepted paper will be presented orally at the
conference
and published by Springer in the LNCS series.

EvoHOT2004 topics cover all evolutionary computation techniques
applied
to design automation, including (but not limited to):

     * Analog circuit design
     * Automatic test pattern generation
     * Built-in self test
     * Evolutionary design of electronic circuits
     * Evolutionary hardware design methodologies
     * Evolutionary robotics
     * Evolvable hardware
     * Floorplanning
     * Hardware/Software co-design
     * Logic synthesis
     * Routing
     * Test program generation


IMPORTANT DATES
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Submission: 14 November 2003
Notification: 19 December 2003
Camera ready: 16 January 2004
    

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
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High quality papers are sought on topics strongly related to genetic
programming, ranging from theoretical work to innovative applications.
Submissions should be a maximum of ten A4 pages and they should be
sent
in PDF format by email to both organizers:

Giovanni Squillero <giovanni.squillero[-AT-]polito.it>
Rolf Drechsler <drechsle[-AT-]informatik.uni-bremen.de>

Papers must conform to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science
format: http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html.

IMPORTANT: The reviewing process will be double-blind, so please omit
information about the authors in the submitted paper. The submissions
will be peer reviewed by at least three members of the program
committee.

Manuscripts must be submitted no later than 14 November 2003.
Authors will be notified on the results of the review by 19 December
2003.
The authors of accepted papers will have to improve their paper on the
basis of the reviewers' comments and will be asked to send a camera
ready version of their manuscripts by 16 January 2004.


EVOHOT PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
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     * Gabriella Kokai
     * Ernesto Sanchez
     * Lukas Sekanina
     * Tan Kay Chen
     * Massimo Violante


-- 
Dr. Giovanni Squillero <giovanni.squillero[-AT-]polito.it>
Politecnico di Torino - Dip. Automatica e Informatica
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Torino - ITALY
Tel: +39-011564.7092 - Fax: +39-011564.7099
WWW: http://www.cad.polito.it/staff/squillero/
-- 
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        -- Lao-Tzu (500 B.C.)