CFP: IEEE WCCI 2026 Speciall Session on Dynamic algorithm Configuration and Selection

[Imène Ait Abderrahim]

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Dear colleagues,

We warmly invite you to submit your work to the Special Session on “Dynamic Algorithm Configuration and Selection”, as part of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) and the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI). The conference will be held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from June 21 to 26, 2026.

This special session aims to provide an environment for researchers and practitioners to discuss the latest advances, methodologies, and applications in dynamic automated algorithm configuration and algorithm selection. The session will focus on the design, analysis, and deployment of adaptive systems capable of adjusting their strategies during execution. By bringing together contributions from optimization, machine learning, operations research, and real-world application domains, we aim to foster interdisciplinary discussions and identify open challenges and future research directions.

Keywords:

Dynamic algorithm configuration, dynamic algorithm selection, parameter control, self-adapting algorithms

Topics:

This session will serve as a venue for both theoretical contributions and applied research, encouraging the exchange of ideas between academia and industry.

Topics of interest tackle dynamic automated algorithm configuration and algorithm selection. They can be, but are not limited to:

• Dynamic algorithm configuration

• Online and dynamic algorithm selection 

• Parameter control and adaptive mechanisms in optimization methods

• Data-driven approaches for configuration and selection

• Reactive search methods and self-adaptive heuristics

• Benchmarks, performance evaluation, and explainability in dynamic configuration

• Applications in logistics, scheduling, energy systems, AI planning, and beyond
  
  

For further information, please check our webpage: https://sites.google.com/univ-dbkm.dz/specialsession/home 

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026

• Paper Acceptance Notification: March 15, 2026

• Final Paper Submission: April 15, 2026

• Event's Date: June 21 – 26, 2026

We look forward to your participation and the opportunity to explore the exciting topic of dynamic algorithm configuration and selection at IEEE CEC 2026. Please, share this call for papers with your contacts, this will help us a lot! 

Special Session Organizers

Imène Ait Abderrahim (imene.ait-...@lip6.fr), LIP6, CNRS, Sorbonne Université

Nguyen Dang (nt...@st-andrews.ac.uk), University of St Andrews

Thomas Stützle (stue...@ulb.ac.be), Université Libre de Bruxelles