Welcome

On behalf of the organising committee, I would like to invite you to participate in the 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2009) to be held at the Nova Conference Centre and Cinema, Trondheim, Norway during May 18-21 (Monday - Thursday), 2009.

CEC 2009 will be the eleventh occurrence of this major event in the evolutionary calendar. This is the first time IEEE CEC has been held in Scandinavia. Norway has a long a proud history and some of the most beautiful countryside in the world, particularly famous for the fjords.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and cosponsored by the Evolutionary Programming Society, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. CEC 2009 will feature the state-of-the-art plenary speeches, parallel regular sessions, focused special sessions, interactive poster sessions, moderated panel discussions, informative pre-congress tutorials and entertaining social functions:

• Three plenary speeches by world authorities have been arranged: Kalyanmoy Deb on 'Evolution's Niche in Applied Optimization and Informatics'; Richard Jones on 'Soft Machines: What Nanotechnology can learn from Biology'; and Harris Wang on 'Synthetic Biology, Accelerated Evolution and Exploring Diversity in Biological Systems'.
• We will have twelve pre-congress tutorials by leading researchers in the field, we have - Xin Yao, Kenneth De Jong, Riccardo Poli, Edmund Burke, Gusz Eiben, Kalyanmoy Deb, Julian Miller, Edward Tsang, Jim Torresen, Lukas Sekanina, Gwenn Volkert, Clare Congdon, Dan Ashlock, Simon Lucas and Andries Engelbrecht - lined up!
• We have some great competitions set up, including: Unreal Tournament 2004 Deathmatch, TORCS-based Car Racing, Software Agent Ms Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man Ghost Team Challenge.
• A number of social events have also been arranged, including: Welcome reception with the Mayor of Trondheim (19^th May), Tour of Trondheim & Reception (20^th May), Conference Dinner (21^st May) and a Conference Pub (every day of CEC). In addition for people arriving on or before the 17^th May you will get to witness the festive atmosphere that is associated with Norwegian National Day (17^th May).
• We have arranged special Schooling & Child Care Facilities for delegates who will be bringing their children to Norway.
• A good assortment or hotels and other accommodation are provided on the conference web pages - get your accommodation booked now!
• A number of IEEE CIS Student Travel Grants are available.

CEC 2009 will provide a stimulating forum for scientists, engineers, educators, and students from all over the world to disseminate the latest research findings and exchange information on emerging areas of research in the field. We will do our best to create a pleasant environment for you to meet old friends and make new friends.

The IEEE CEC 2009 organizers are striving to make this event a great success and memorable for everyone. Register now and we very much look forward to meeting you in Norway in May 2009.

Keynote Speakers
Kalyanmoy Deb Indian Institute of Technology	Richard Jones University of Sheffield	Harris Wang Harvard University
Evolution's Niche in Applied Optimization and Informatics	Soft Machines: What Nanotechnology Can Learn From Biology	Synthetic Biology, Accelerated Evolution, and Exploring Diversity in Biological Systems

Topics

The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation is one of the leading events in the area of evolutionary computation. It covers all topics in evolutionary computation, including:

News

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