GECCO 2009 Defense
Applications of Computational Intelligence Workshop Thursday, July 9, 2009, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
to be held as part of the 2009 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2009) July 8-12, 2009 (Wednesday-Sunday) www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2009 Important Dates Submission
deadline: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Acceptance
notification: Friday, April 3, 2009 Camera ready
deadline: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Workshop Description Within the
last decade, the use of computational intelligence techniques for solving
challenging defense related problems has achieved widespread acceptance. The
genesis of this interest lies in the fact that repeated attempts of using more traditional
techniques have left many important problems unsolved, and in some cases, not
addressed. Additionally, new problems have emerged that are difficult to
tackle with conventional methods, since social, cultural and human behavioral
factors tend to be at the heart of these new types of problems (e.g. within the
broad areas of the global war on terrorism, homeland security, and force
protection). The purpose
of the workshop is to introduce and discuss current and ongoing efforts in
using computational intelligence techniques in attacking and solving
defense-related problems, with a focus on genetic and evolutionary computation
techniques. These include, but are not limited to the following: * Genetic
and evolutionary techniques in the design of military systems and sub-systems. * Genetic
and evolutionary techniques for logistics and scheduling of military
operations. * Genetic
and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs) in strategic
planning and tactical decision making. * Multiobjective GEAs for examining
tradeoffs in military, security, and counter-terrorism procedures. * Automated
discovery of tactics and procedures for site security, force protection, and
consequence management. * Genetics-based
knowledge discovery and data mining of large databases used to recognize
patterns of individual behavior. * Co-evolutionary
for simultaneous red-blue team strategic-tactical * Other
computational intelligence techniques for applications in the areas listed
above. The
workshop invites completed or ongoing work in using computational intelligence
techniques for addressing these or any other applications to defense related
problems. It is intended to encourage communication between active researchers and
practitioners to better understand the current scope of efforts within this
domain. The ultimate goal is to understand, discuss, and help set future
directions for computational intelligence in defense problems. *Workshop Format* We
anticipate a full-day workshop organized according to the following schedule: 8:30 – 8:40 Workshop
welcome 10:40 – 12:20 Four presentations (20 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each) 12:20 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:50 Tutorials 15:50 – 16:10 Coffee
break 16:10 – 17:40 Poster
session and Demonstrations 17:40 – 18:00 Brainstorming
of critical needs and directions The core of the workshop program is a total of eight
presentations (20 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each) chosen by the organizing
committee on the basis of a submitted 1-2 page extended abstract OR full-length
technical paper. The workshop will include a coffee break halfway through
the presentations. The tutorials will provide information about current
defense technology and future research directions. The poster session will
provide a forum for ongoing demonstrations of defense-related computational
intelligence systems, and will allow additional workshop participants to
present their research. The workshop will conclude with a lightning round of
brainstorming by participants regarding critical needs for defense-related
research and applications of computational intelligence. Submissions *Organizers* Laurence
D. Merkle Frank W. Moore SSB 158 F, PH: 907-786-4819 FAX: 907-786-6162 Frank Moore is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the
Contact Point Frank W. Moore Delta Centre-Ville Hotel
777 Organized by ACM SIG-EVO
simulation and gaming.
8:40 – 10:20 Four presentations (20
minutes + 5 minutes Q&A each)
10:20 – 10:40 Coffee break and informal
discussionAuthors are invited to submit papers not to exceed 8 pages that must strictly adhere to the ACM formatting rules; Word and LaTex templates are provided at
http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2009/papers.html.
Papers should be submitted in PDF format only and should be submitted via email to ayworkshops@uaa.alaska.edu. Be sure to place the text "GECCO 2009
DACI" in the subject line of your message. For additional information, please refer to the workshop web site at http://math.uaa.alaska.edu/~daci2009/.
l.merkle@ieee.org
He became involved in evolutionary computation in 1991, and has been involved in its application to a number of problems of interest to the military,
including design of materials with nonlinear optical properties, design of high-power microwave sources, modeling of biochemical processes in molecular
computing applications, and enhancing the effectiveness of compilers for polymorphous computing architectures. During the summer of 2004, he held a
Visiting Professor position with the Air Force Research Laboratory where he studied evolvable hardware. He has published over 50 conference papers
and journal articles.