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Call for Papers
SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP
Swarm intelligence is a relatively novel
discipline interested in the study of self-organizing processes
in Nature and human artifacts.
Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have proposed many
models to explain interesting aspects of social insect behavior
such as self-organization and shape-formation. Recently,
algorithms inspired by these models have been proposed to solve
difficult computational problems.
An example of particularly successful research direction in
swarm intelligence is ant colony optimization,
which focuses on discrete optimization problems. Ant colony
optimization has been applied successfully to a large number of
difficult discrete optimization problems including the traveling
salesman, the quadratic assignment, scheduling, vehicle routing,
etc., as well as to routing in telecommunication networks.
Another example of interesting research direction is
swarm robotics, where the focus is on applying
swarm intelligence techniques to the control of large groups of
cooperating autonomous robots.
The ANTS 2004 workshop will give researchers in both real and
artificial swarm intelligence the opportunity to meet, to present
their latest research, and to discuss current developments and
applications.
The four-day workshop will be held in Brussels,
Belgium, Sep 5-8, 2004. September 5 will be devoted to
tutorials.
RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS
ANTS 2004 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of ant
colony optimization and swarm intelligence. Typical, but not
exclusive topics of interest are:
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Models of the behavior of social insects or other animal
societies that can stimulate new algorithmic approaches.
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Empirical and theoretical research in ant colony optimization
and swarm intelligence.
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Application of ant colony optimization and swarm intelligence
methods to real-world problems.
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Swarm robotics.
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) series and will be distributed
to the participants at the conference site.
BEST PAPER AWARD
A best paper award will be presented at the workshop.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Up-to-date information about the workshop will be available at
the ANTS 2004 web site
(http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~ants/ants2004/). For information about
local arrangements, registration forms, etc., please refer to the
above-mentioned web site, or contact the local organizers at the
address below.
LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES
As the number of participants will be limited, participants are
strongly invited to pre-register. If you intend to participate,
please fill in the INTENTION
FORM available at the workshop web page and email it to:
ants-registration  iridia.ulb.ac.be.
IMPORTANT DATES
| Title and abstract deadline |
Mar 17, 2004 |
| Submission deadline |
Mar 19, 2004 |
| Notification of acceptance |
May 21, 2004 |
| Camera ready copy |
June 6, 2004 |
| Tutorials |
Sep 5, 2004 |
| Workshop |
Sep 6-8, 2004 |
ANTS'2004 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
PROGRAM CHAIR:
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS:
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Luca M. GAMBARDELLA,
IDSIA, USI-SUPSI, Manno, Switzerland |
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Francesco MONDADA,
ASL, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Thomas STÜTZLE,
INTELLEKTIK, TUD, Germany |
PUBLICATION CHAIRS:
PUBLICITY CHAIR:
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Andrea ROLI,
Università degli Studi
G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy |
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
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Tucker BALCH,
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Christian BLUM,
IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium |
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Eric BONABEAU,
Icosystem, Boston, MA, USA |
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Oscar CORDON,
University of Granada, Spain |
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David CORNE,
University of Reading, UK |
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Jean-Louis DENEUBOURG,
CENOLI, ULB, Brussels, Belgium |
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Gianni DI CARO,
IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland |
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Dario FLOREANO,
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Michel GENDREAU,
Université de Montreal, Canada |
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Deborah GORDON,
Stanford University, CA, USA |
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Walter GUTJAHR,
University of Vienna, Austria |
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Richard HARTL,
University of Vienna, Austria |
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Owen HOLLAND,
University of West England,
Bristol, UK |
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Holger HOOS,
University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, Canada |
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Paul B. KANTOR,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
NJ, USA |
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Joshua KNOWLES,
MIB, UMIST, Manchester, UK |
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Sven KOENIG,
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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Vittorio MANIEZZO,
Università di Bologna, Italy |
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Alcherio MARTINOLI,
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Chris MELHUISH,
University of the West of England,
Bristol, UK |
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Ronaldo MENEZES,
Florida Tech, Melbourne, FL, USA |
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Daniel MERKLE,
Universität Karlsruhe, Germany |
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Peter MERZ,
University of Tübingen, Germany |
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Martin MIDDENDORF,
University of Leipzig, Germany |
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Stefano NOLFI,
CNR, Rome, Italy |
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Ben PAECHTER,
Napier University, Edinburgh, UK |
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Van PARUNAK,
Altarum Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
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Andrea ROLI,
Università degli Studi
G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy |
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Erol SAHIN,
Middle East Technical University,
Ankara, Turkey |
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Michael SAMPELS,
IRIDIA, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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Guy THERAULAZ,
Université Paul Sabatier,
Toulouse, France |
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Franco ZAMBONELLI,
Università di Modena, Italy |
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Mark ZLOCHIN,
Technion, Haifa, Israel |
WORKSHOP ADDRESS
| ANTS 2004 WORKSHOP |
| IRIDIA CP 194/6 |
Tel +32-2-6502729 |
| Université Libre de Bruxelles |
Fax +32-2-6502715 |
| Av. Franklin D. Roosevelt 50 |
http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~ants/ants2004/ |
| 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium |
email: antsiridia.ulb.ac.be |
WORKSHOP LOCATION
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
RELATED CONFERENCES
Note that ten days after ANTS 2004, the conference PPSN-VIII will
take place in Birmingham, UK.
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