text_combined: 1999 genetic evolutionary computation invitation become member program committee 1999 genetic evolutionary computation conference gecco99 http wwwilligal ge uiuc edu gecco greetings 1999 genetic evolutionary computation conference gecco would like invite recent authors papers related genetic evolutionary computation gec become members program committee gecco conference held july 1317 1999 orlando florida may know 1999 genetic evolutionary computation conference gecco combined meeting eighth international conference genetic algorithms icga fourth annual genetic programming conference gp cooperation american association artificial intelligence aaai parallel problem solving nature ppsn steering committee international conference evolvable systems ices steering committee organizations conferences announced gecco held lieu icga99 gp99 combines oldest continuously running gec conference two largest gec conferences believe gecco conference 1999 unique opportunity bring together exceptionally large number people facets genetic evolutionary computation program committee involve reading reviewing ranking half dozen submitted papers genetic evolutionary computation related areas month february 1999 paper submission deadline gecco99 wednesday january 27 1999 willingness active contributors help conference way absolutely critical success gecco past complained point view excluded review process agreeing join us active gec researchers help make gecco review process fair open broadly participatory part charter establishing conference extraordinary steps taken ensure 1 review representation exceptionally broad 2 traditions norms standards different flavors gec respected let us take brief moment explain done first charter conference says reviewers automatically invited based recent contribution peerreviewed publication person may reviewer conference author least one peerreviewed paper journal conference proceedings book collected book papers published since january 1 1995 involving aspect combinations aspects genetic evolutionary computation thus becoming reviewer evenhandedly based recency peerreviewed contribution second gecco explicitly recognizes respects different traditions different subfields within gec related disciplines conference established six different tracks chair editor 1 evolution strategies evolutionary programming es ep e eiben gusz wi leidenuniv nl 2 genetic algorithms classifier systems ga cs robert e smith rsmith btc uwe ac uk 3 genetic programming evolvable hardware gp eh wolfgang banzhaf also proceedings editor chief banzhaf ls11 informatik unidortmund de 4 artificial life adaptive behavior agents aaa vasant honavar honavar cs iastate edu 5 dna molecular computing dna mc max h garzon mgarzon memphis edu 6 real world applications rwa mark jakiela mjj mecf wustl edu separate demes establish separate rules standards paper acceptance based practices within subdiscipline way hope closely group birds feather thereby avoid rejection high quality papers reviewers less familiar standards apply particular kind paper kind carefully constructed process believe large number recent gec authors choose join program committee willing member reviewer program committee please email gecco aaai org note please use reply command respond message since dave goldberg town june send following information 1 exact way want name listed 2 institutional affiliation want listed name 3 physical mailing address 4 phone number courier address labels 5 preferred email address 6 six committees would like join gp eh ga cs es ep aaa dna mc rwa preference one subcategories within committee gp eh ga cs es ep alife adaptive behavior agents dna mc 7 title date publication name peerreviewed gec related paper published january 1 1995 qualifies member gecco committee complete citation unnecessary authors choose join gecco program committee acknowledged conference proceedings well various editions calls papers conference brochure advertising physical copies papers sent reviewers ups courier service late january 1999 review form sent email reviewers given several weeks read review papers reviews returned email directly aaai reviewer name removed message aaai review forwarded chair appropriate track eventually submitting author reviewer physical mailing address email address changes february 1999 conference office gecco aaai org notified soon possible although conference year away already outstanding lineup chairs editors senior members tutorial speakers see http wwwilligal ge uiuc edu gecco editors chairs already mentioned among joining us senior committee members thomas baeck hans georg beyer michael conrad ingo rechenberg guenter rudolph bir bhanu bill p buckles runwei cheng marco colombetti herbert dawid marco dorigo emanuel falkenauer mitsuo gen randy l haupt sue ellen haupt john h holland kim f man dirk c mattfeld zbigniew michalewicz melanie mitchell k tang michael vose david andre vladan babovic forrest h bennett iii tobias blickle dimitris c dracopoulos frank francone andreas geyer schulz wolfgang halang hitoshi iba christian jacob martin keane robert e keller john r koza sam kwong w b langdon peter nordin moshe sipper among joining us extensive offering tutorials rik belew forrest h bennett iii lawrence davis kalyanmoy deb ken dejong stephanie forrest max garzon tetsuya higuchi john r koza w b langdon jean arcady meyer melanie mitchell randy c murphy peter nordin c parmee guenter rudolph hans paul schwefel leigh tesfatsion michael vose darrell whitley stewart wilson workshop tutorial proposals well ideas invited speakers activities may sent business committee deg uiuc edu koza cs stanford edu active researchers understand difficult take time away research administrivia reviewing process researchers often first complain conferences guided political scientific considerations therefore ask qualified committee candidates take invitation seriously urge step plate make sure technical content conference guided field active contributors qualified reviewers send email requested information gecco aaai org please use reply command answer message names reviewers respond july 1 1999 published first call papers moreover issue special invitation past authors consider submitting gecco 99 although gecco new entity combine oldest two largest highquality conferences field genetic evolutionary computation six separate demes different styles work participatory review process expect unusually authorfriendly conference additionally past attendance icga gp suggests 600 researchers attendance take steps make sure plenty time faceto face meeting interaction well short believe gecco99 special event community genetic evolutionary computation hope take time join us review process welcome paper submission event look forward seeing orlando july 1317 1999 gecco99 thank david e goldberg illinois gecco99 conference chair business committee john r koza stanford gecco99 business committee note please use reply 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