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EXTENDED PAPERS DEADLINE: Friday, March 30, 2007

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GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Student Workshop
Saturday, July 7, 2007

to be held as part of the

2007 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2007)

July 7-11, 2007 (Saturday-Wednesday)
Gower Street
London WC 1E 6BT, UK
Organized by ACM SIG-EVO
www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2007

**NEW** PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: Friday, March 30, 2007

Organizers

Clare Bates Congdon, Colby College
     http://www.cs.colby.edu/~congdon/

Laurence D. Merkle, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
       http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~merkle

Frank W. Moore, University of Alaska Anchorage
       http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/

Details
The fifth annual Undergraduate Student Workshop at a GECCO conference
will occur on Sunday immediately prior to the GECCO-2007 conference in
London, UK. The workshop will provide an opportunity for undergraduate
students to present their research in evolutionary computation.
Typically, presentations will describe senior-level research projects
supervised by a faculty mentor; however, summer research projects or
exceptional course projects may also be appropriate.

The workshop will be a half-day event, during which approximately eight
undergraduate students will present their work to each other, to
participating students' faculty mentors, and to GECCO participants
interested in undergraduate research. Students should plan on 15-minute
presentations, followed by five minutes of questions and discussion.

Students invited to the workshop will also participate in the conference
poster session. Students will display posters summarizing their work,
allowing the larger GECCO community to see what's being done by
undergraduates in evolutionary computation. The poster session will also
be a great opportunity for networking!

The goals of the Undergraduate Student Workshop are to:

(*) provide a forum allowing undergraduate students to put a capstone
on their undergraduate research activities, by presenting their work at
an international conference

(*) encourage teaching faculty to consider undergraduate research
opportunities for their students in the EC field

(*) prepare undergraduate students for graduate work in EC areas

(*) encourage sharing and networking amongst teaching faculty with
students participating in undergraduate research projects in EC

(*) provide networking opportunities for graduate school faculty and
undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced degrees, and

(*) encourage more emphasis on education at the GECCO conference

Submissions

Students are invited to submit papers not to exceed 4 pages that must
strictly adhere to the ACM formatting rules; Word and LaTex templates
are provided at http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html.

Papers should be submitted in PDF format only and should be submitted
via email to ugws2007@cs.rose-hulman.edu. Be sure to place the text
"GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Workshop" in the subject line of your message.
For additional information, please refer to the workshop web site at
http://ugws2007.cs.rose-hulman.edu/.

Faculty Participation

Since many undergraduate students do not normally read the EC newsgroups
and mailing lists, faculty participation is a key element for promoting
this workshop.

Faculty who have taught undergraduate courses related to evolutionary
computation, or who have supervised undergraduate research activities in
the field, are encouraged to consider which of their outstanding
students might wish to submit papers for the workshop.

In addition, faculty members who are interested in undergraduate
education may serve on the workshop panel. The panel will provide an
excellent opportunity for sharing project ideas and pedagogy related to
evolutionary computation. Interested faculty members should contact the
workshop organizers at ugws2007@cs.rose-hulman.edu.

Important Dates

** NEW ** Submission deadline: Friday, March 30, 2007
           Acceptance notification: Wednesday, April 4, 2007
           Camera ready deadline: Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Contact Point

Laurence D. Merkle, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
      ugws2007@cs.rose-hulman.edu
      http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~merkle

For information about the annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Conference (GECCO) to be held in London, England, UK, on July 7-11, 2007
(Saturday - Wednesday), please visit http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/.