Q12: What are the important conferences/proceedings on EC?

 1. Dedicated EC Conferences:
  ICGA: International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     Major  international conference held in North America in odd-numbered
     years. Covers all aspects  of  EVOLUTIONARY  COMPUTATION.   The  1995
     conference  will  be  held  at  the  University of Pittsburgh on July
     15--20.       Details       are       in       GA-Digest       v8n32,
     ftp.aic.nrl.navy.mil:/pub/galist/digests/v8n32
      .  Further  details from Larry Eshelman <lje@philabs.philips.com> or
     from http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/icga95

     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Genetic Algorithms
     (1985)  J.J.  Grefenstette  (ed) [ICGA85]: and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
     Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1987) J.J. Grefenstette  (ed)  [ICGA87]:
     available  from  Lawrence  Erlbaum  Associates,  Inc.,  365 Broadway,
     Hillsdale, New Jersey, 07642, (800) 926-6579.

     Proc. of the 3rd  Int'l  Conf.  on  Genetic  Algorithms  (1989)  J.D.
     Schaffer  (ed)  [ICGA89]: and Proc. of the 4th Int'l Conf. on Genetic
     Algorithms (1991) R.K. Belew and  L.B.  Booker  (eds)  [ICGA91]:  and
     Proc.  of the 5th Int'l Conf. on Genetic Algorithms (1993) S. Forrest
     (ed) [ICGA93]: available from Morgan Kaufmann Publishers,  Inc.,  San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>

  FOGA: Foundations of Genetic Algorithms
     Major  international  workshop focusing on theoretical aspects of EC,
     that's usually limited to some 50 participants and is held  somewhere
     in North America.

     FOGA  3  took  place  from July 30 to August 3 in 1994.  Enquires to:
     Darrell  Whitley,  Dept.  of  CS,  Colorado  State  University,  Fort
     Collins, CO 80523.  <whitley@cs.colostate.edu>

     Foundations   of   Genetic  Algorithms  (1991)  G.J.E.  Rawlins  (ed)
     [FOGA91]: and Foundations of Genetic Algorithms 2 (1993) L.D. Whitley
     [FOGA93]:  available  from  Morgan  Kaufmann  Publishers,  Inc.,  San
     Francisco (415-392-2665). <morgan@unix.sri.com>

  PPSN: Parallel Problem Solving from Nature
     Major international conference held in Europe in even-numbered years.
     Covers  all aspects of problem solving inspired by natural processes.
     The 1994 conference was held in Israel, October  9-14.   For  details
     contact Yuval Davidor <yuval@weizmann.ac.il>.

     Parallel  Problem  Solving  from Nature, (1990) H.-P. Schwefel and R.
     Maenner (eds) [PPSN90]: published by Springer-Verlag, 175 5th Avenue,
     New  York,  NY, 10010, (212) 460-1500.  Parallel Problem Solving from
     Nature 2,  (1992)  R.  Maenner  and  B.   Manderick  (eds)  [PPSN92]:
     published   by   North-Holland,  Elsevier  Science  Publishers,  Sara
     Burgerhartstraat  25,  P.O.  Box  211,   1000   AE   Amsterdam,   The
     Netherlands.   Parallel  Problem  Solving  from  Nature  3, (1994) Y.
     Davidor, [PPSN94]:

  EP: Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming
     Major international annual conference held in  San  Diego,  CA,  USA.
     Covers  all  aspects of EC with emphasis on EP related research.  The
     1995 conference was held on March 1-4.   For  details  contact  David
     Fogel <fogel@sunshine.ucsd.edu>.

     Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference on Evolutionary Programming,
     (1992) D.B. Fogel and W. Atmar (eds), [EP92]:, and Proc. of  the  2nd
     Annual  Conf.  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1993) D.B. Fogel and W.
     Atmar  (eds),  [EP93]:  published  by  the  Evolutionary  Programming
     Society,  9363  Towne  Centre  Dr.,  San  Diego, CA 92121, Attn: Bill
     Porto,  Treasurer  (cf  Q13).   Proceedings  of  the   Third   Annual
     Conference  on  Evolutionary Programming, (1994) A.V. Sebald and L.J.
     Fogel (eds), [EP94]:, World Scientific Publishers, River Edge, NJ.

  ICEC: IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation
     Major international conference covering all aspects of EC.  The first
     took  place  in  June  1994  at  the  World Congress on Computational
     Intelligence, Florida.  The second is on  29  Nov.--1  Dec.  1995  in
     Perth, Australia. Details from <ec95@ee.uwa.edu.au> .

     Proceedings  of  the 1st IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation,
     (1994) D.B. Fogel (ed.) (2 Volumes).  Published  by  IEEE,  445  Hoes
     Lane,  PO  Box  1331,  Piscataway,  NJ  08855-1331.  Also, talks from
     invited  speakers  are  published  in   "Computational   Intelligence
     Imitating  Life" (1994) J.M. Zurada, R.J. Marks, C.J. Robinson (eds),
     IEEE.

 2. Related Conferences:
  Alife: International Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on  ARTIFICIAL  LIFE,
     (1989)  C.G. Langton (ed), Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences
     of Complexity, Proc. Vol. VI, [ALIFEI]: and Proc. of  the  2nd  Int'l
     Conf. on Artificial Life II, (1992) C.G. Langton, C. Taylor, J. Doyne
     Farmer and S. Rasmussen (eds), Santa  Fe  Institute  Studies  in  the
     Sciences of Complexity, Proc. Vol. X, [ALIFEII]: and Proc. of the 3rd
     Int'l Conf.  on  Artificial  Life  III,  (1993)  C.G.  Langton  (ed),
     [ALIFEIII]: published by Addison Wesley, Redwood City, CA, USA.

     ARTIFICIAL  LIFE  IV,  was  organized  by  Rodney Brooks, MIT AI Lab,
     <alife@ai.mit.edu> and held on July 6-8, 1994. Proceedings edited  by
     R. Brooks and P. Maes. [ALIFEIV]:


  ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life
     Proceedings of the 1st European Conference on ARTIFICIAL LIFE, (1991)
     F.J. Varela and P. Bourgine (eds), [ECAL91]: and  Proc.  of  the  2nd
     European  Conf.  on  ALIFE:  Self-organization  and life, from simple
     rules to  global  complexity,  (1993),  (?  eds)  (?  pub)  [ECAL93]:
     published by MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA.

  ECML: European Conference on Machine Learning
     Machine  Learning: ECML-93, Proc. European Conf. on Machine Learning,
     (1993) P.B. Brazil (ed), [ECML93]: published by Springer,  New  York,
     NY, USA.

  SAB: International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior
     From  Animals  to  Animats.  Proceedings  of  the  1st  International
     Conference on SIMULATION of Adaptive Behavior, (1991) [SAB90]:  J.-A.
     Meyer and S.W. Wilson, ISBN 0-262-63138-5, and Proc. of the 2nd Int'l
     Conf. on Simulation of  Adaptive  Behavior,  (1993)  [SAB92]:,  J.-A.
     Meyer,  H.  Roitblat and S.W. Wilson (eds) and Proc. of the 3rd Int'l
     Conf. on Simulation of  Adaptive  Behavior,  [SAB94]:,  P.  Husbands,
     J.-A.  Meyer and S.W. Wilson (eds) published by MIT Press, Cambridge,
     MA, USA.

     SAB94 took place on August 8-12, 1994 in Brighton, UK.

 3. Pointers to upcoming Conferences:
  The Genetic Algorithm Digest
     Aka "GA-Digest" always starts with a "Calendar of GA-related Events,"
     i.e.   a list of upcoming conferences, covering the complete field of
     EAs. (cf Q15)

  The Artificial Life Digest
     Aka "Alife digest" always starts with a  "Calendar  of  Alife-related
     Events," that lists conferences, workshops, etc. (cf Q15)

  The Evolutionary Programming Digest
     Aka   "EP-digest"  doesn't  list  conferences  explicitly,  like  the
     previously mentioned ones, but carries most CFP's; that can be looked
     at   in   the   backissues   folder  as:  magenta.me.fau.edu:/pub/ep-
     list/digest/vX.YYY.Z (cf Q15)