DM: CEC2000 Conference - Special Session

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Dear Colleague,

Thank you for showing interest in CEC2000 Conference.

Please find attached  "Call for Special Session Proposals" . 
The deadline for the proposals are 15 November 1999.

Best wishes..

Dr. Ibrahim Kuscu
CEC2000 Publicity Chair


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Call For Special Session Proposals 

The 2000 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC'2000) will 
highlight
recent research 
covering all forms of evolutionary computations while fostering 
discussions
and cooperative
progress in the evolutionary computation field. Information on the
successful CEC99 held in 
Washington, D.C. can be found at http://garage.cps.msu.edu/cec99/.

CEC'2000 is now inviting special session proposals. All special 
sessions
are to be organised
around a specific topic(s) in order to encourage in-depth discussion.
Special sessions will be
an integral part of the CEC'2000. All accepted papers in the special
sessions will be included 
in the published conference proceedings. All special session papers 
will be
reviewed. The 
review process will be coordinated by the special session 
organiser(s).

Each proposal must contain at least the following information:

   1.title of the session; 
   2.organiser(s) and their detailed contact addresses; 
   3.one or two paragraphs describing the theme and topics covered by 
the
session; 
   4.a potential list of participants; 
   5.a potential list of paper reviewers (can be the same as 
organisers). 

Please submit via email all special session proposals to the CEC'2000
Special Sessions Chair,
  Prof X. Yao:            x.yao@cs.bham.ac.uk. 

Please use plain ASCII text. Enquiries about special sessions may be 
sent
to the same address.

We will continue to accept proposals until 15 November 1999. The 
proposal
will be evaluated 
and notification of acceptance/reject will be returned as soon as
practical. We are aiming at
within two weeks of the proposal submission.