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Final reminder of the

                  GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP
                  to be held as part of the
2006 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2006)

July 8-12, 2006 (Saturday-Wednesday)
Renaissance Seattle Hotel
Seattle, Washington, USA
Organized by ACM SIG-EVO
www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2006

The graduate student workshop is an opportunity for students
pursuing research in some aspect of evolutionary computation to
present their research and to receive feed back from both the
general evolutionary computation community and a 'mentor' panel of
established researchers in evolutionary computation.

Graduate Student Workshop Deadlines:
Submission deadline: Friday, March 17, 2006
Acceptance notification: Friday, March 31, 2006
Camera ready deadline: Friday, April 14, 2006

Details:
This all day workshop will involve presentations by approximately 12
selected students pursing research in some aspect of evolutionary
computation. Preference will be given to graduate students, but
undergraduates pursing research in evolutionary computation are also
encouraged to submit papers and attend. Students will make 15-20
minute presentations to an audience that will include a 'mentor'
panel of established researchers in evolutionary computation.
Presentations will be followed by a 10 minute question and
discussion period led by the mentor panel.

The goal of this workshop is to assist students regarding their
research: research methodology, goals, and plans. Students will
also receive feedback on their presentation style. Other attendees
will benefit by learning about current research, engaging in
technical discussions and meeting researchers with related
interests. Other students are encouraged to attend as a means of
strengthening their own research.

The group of presenting students will be chosen with the intent of
creating a diverse group of students working on a broad range of
topic areas. You are an ideal candidate if your thesis topic has
already been approved by your university and you have been working
on your thesis or dissertation for between 6 and 18 months.

Submissions:
Submissions should be made electronically to tsoule@cs.uidaho.edu
with the subject "GECCO 2006 Graduate Student Workshop Submission".
Submissions should be in PDF or PostScript format and follow the
formatting rules for GECCO submissions (see
http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2006/submitting.html). In addition,
submissions should be accompanied by a brief cover email including
the student's current enrollment status (undergraduate, M.S.
student, or Ph.D. student) and information regarding the extent of
their research to date (e.g. number of months on the project,
whether they've completed a proposal defense, or some similar
indication of progress). Accepted papers will be included with the
other workshop papers on the GECCO Workshops CD. Awards will be
presented for best paper and best presentation.

Presentations:
Keeping in mind that the goal of the workshop is to supply advice
and suggestions on both the current status of their research and on
their planed future research directions; presenters should plan to
present both their current research results and their future
research goals and plans.

For more information:
For more information on GECCO 2006 go to www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2006.
For more information on the graduate student workshop go to
www.sigevo.org/gecco-2006/grad-student.html or contact:
Terence Soule
Department of Computer Science
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1010
tsoule@cs.uidaho.edu
(208) 885-7789