[GECCO] Humies Awards at 2026 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2026)
Winkler Stephan
GECCO Website: https://gecco-2026.sigevo.org/
The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2026) will be held in San José, Costa Rica, from July 13 to July 17, 2026, and will present the latest high-quality results in genetic and evolutionary computation, in a hybrid format. Topics include genetic algorithms, genetic programming, ant colony optimization and swarm intelligence, complex systems, evolutionary combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics, evolutionary machine learning, evolutionary multiobjective optimization, evolutionary numerical optimization, neuroevolution, real-world applications, theory, hybrids and more.
*** HUMIES AWARDS ***
The 23rd Annual "Humies" Awards for Human-Competitive Results Produced by Genetic and Evolutionary Computation will be held as part of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (GECCO) conference operated by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (SIGEVO). Decisions about entries chosen to be finalists will be made at the conference. The winners of the awards will be announced during the conference.
Details can be found online: https://gecco-2026.sigevo.org/Humies
** IMPORTANT DATES **
May 29, 2026: Deadline for entries (consisting of one TEXT file, PDF files for one or more papers, and possible "in press" documentation). Please send entries to goodman<at>msu.edu
June 12, 2026: Finalists will be notified by e-mail
June 26, 2026: Any finalists who will not be in San José to present in person must submit a 10-minute video presentation (or the link and instructions for downloading the presentation, NOT a YouTube link) to goodman<at>msu.edu. Finalists who will present in person must submit a copy of their (PowerPoint) slides for the advance use of the judges, to goodman<at>msu.edu.
July 13-17, 2026: GECCO conference (the schedule for the Humies session is not yet final, so please check the GECCO program as it is updated for the time of the Humies session, likely on Wednesday or Thursday).
July 17, 2026: Announcement of awards at the plenary session of the GECCO conference.