[CFP] Special Session on Opinions and Trends in Evolutionary Computation at EvoApps (Toulouse, France, Apr 2026)

[Giovanni Iacca]

Dear all,

At the next Evo* conference in Apr 2026, we will organise a new type of session:

The Special Session on Opinions and Trends in Evolutionary Computation [https://www.evostar.org/2026/evoapps/otec/] invites opinion and perspective papers, rather than conventional research articles.

We welcome texts on visionary insights, critiques, reflections, and discussions on the present and future of evolutionary computation, its interactions with other AI, and its place in science, technology, and society. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Where is evolutionary computation headed in the next decade? 

- How should EC position itself alongside data-driven paradigms? 

- What are your bold perspectives on how EC might (or should) evolve?

Submission deadline: 1 November 2025.

Best regards,

Giovanni

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Giovanni Iacca, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

General Chair of PPSN 2026

Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Computer Science

Deputy Coordinator of the Information Engineering and Computer Science Doctoral School

Founder and Director of the Distributed Intelligence and Optimization Lab

Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Associate Editor for Applied Soft Computing

Associate Editor for Memetic Computing

Associate Editor for Evolutionary Intelligence

Associate Editor for Frontiers in Robotics and AI

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University of Trento

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