| Oct.25
Monday |
| 8:30
Go to the
Active Center (West Campus) of University of Science and Technology
of China from the hotel |
| 9:00-9:30
Opening Ceremony |
| 9:30-10:30
Invited Talk:
"Two Heads are Better than One --- Population-based
Learning and the Importance of Diversity",
Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK |
| 10:30-12:00
Visit
the west campus of USTC |
| 12:00
Go back to
the hotel |
| 12:30-14:00
Lunch
Time |
| 14:00-15:30
Invited Talk:
"Evolutionary Algorithms for Parameter Optimization
in Theory and Practice", Marc Schoenauer,
INRIA, France |
| 16:30-15:45
Coffee
Break |
| 15:45-17:15
Invited Talk:
"Adaptive Learning of Fitness Landscapes and PAC
Population Size", Bill Buckles, Tulane University,
USA |
| 17:15-18:15
Presentations of Participants and Free Discussions
17:15-17:45
"A Numerical Analysis of
the Acoustic Computations in Bat Biosonar",
Rolf Mueller
17:45-18:15
Free Discussion
|
| 18:30-
Welcome Reception |
| Oct.26
Tuesday(Grand Hotel Overseas Traders Club) |
| 8:30-10:00
Invited Talk:
"Artificial Regulatory Networks and Genetic
Programming", Wolfgang Banzhaf, The Memorial
University of Newfoundland, Canada |
| 10:00-10:15
Coffee
Break |
| 10:15-11:45
Invited Talk:
"Variable-Length Representations in Evolutionary
Algorithms. Examples in Topological Optimum Design",
Marc Schoenauer, INRIA, France |
| 11:45-14:00
Lunch
Time |
| 14:00-15:30
Invited Talk:
"Genetic Programming of an Algorithmic Chemistry",
Wolfgang Banzhaf, The Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Canada |
| 15:30-15:45
Coffee
Break |
| 15:45-17:15
Invited Talk:
"Multi-scale Feature Identification Using Evolutionary
Strategies", Bill Buckles, Tulane University,
USA |
| 17:15-18:15
Presentations of Participants and Free Discussions
17:15-17:45
"On Evolutional Study of
Comparative Analogy between Swarm Smarts and Neural
Network Systems", H. M. Hassan
17:45-18:15
Free Discussions
|
| Oct.26
Tuesday P.M. |
| Extended Session
Location: The west campus of USTC |
| 14:30-16:00
Invited talk: "Nature Inspired Computation:
Immune Clone Selection, Quantum and Co-evolution",
Li-Cheng Jiao, Xidian University, P .R China |
| Oct.
27 Wednesday(Hefei University of Technology) |
| 8:30
Go to Hefei
University of Technology from the hotel |
| 9:00£9:30
Opening
Ceremony of CNNC2004 |
| 9:30£10:30
Invited Talk:
"Natural Computation of Decision Making",
Aike Guo, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China |
| 10:30-10:45
Coffee
Break |
| 10:45-11:45
Invited Talk:
"On Getting an Autonomous Robot to Grow up
through Experience", Peter Ross, The Napier
University, UK |
| 12:00-14:00
Lunch
Time |
| 14:00-15:00
Invited Talk:
"Learning Methodologies in Artificial Neural
Networks", Bo Zhang, Tsinghua University
, P. R. China |
| 15:00-16:00
Invited Talk:
"Parallel Algorithm Research and its Frontier",
Guoliang Chen, University of Science and Technology of
China, P. R. China |
| 16:00-16:15
Coffee
Break |
| 16:15-17:15
Invited Talk:
"Evolutionary Algorithms for Dynamic TSP
and Applications in Mobile Communications",
Lishan Kang, Wuhan University, P. R. China |
| 17:15-18:15
Invited Talk:
"Selective Ensemble of Neural Networks",
Zhi-Hua Zhou, Nanjing University, P. R. China |
| 18:15- Go back
to the hotel |
| Oct.
28 Thursday(Grand Hotel Overseas Traders Club) |
| 8:30-10:00
Invited Talk:
"Evolutionary Systems and Emergent Communications",
Katsunori Shimohara, ATR Network Informatics Laboratories,
Japan |
| 10:00-10:15
Coffee
Break |
| 10:15-11:45
Invited Talk:
"Getting Back to Nature: The Application
of Biologically-Inspired Computation to the Study of Protein
Folding", Roy Johnston, University of Birmingham,
UK |
| 11:45-14:00
Lunch
Time |
| 14:00-15:30
Invited Talk:
"Computation-Inspired Nature: Bioalgorithmics",
David Corne, University of Exeter, UK |
| 15:30-15:45
Coffee
Break |
| 15:45-17:15
Invited Talk: "Evolving
Better Nanoparticles: Genetic Algorithms for Optimising
Cluster Geometries", Roy Johnston, University
of Birmingham, UK |
| 17:15-18:15
Panel Discussions: Promises and Challenges of Nature Inspired
Computation-Part I |
| Oct.
29 Friday(Grand Hotel Overseas Traders Club) |
| 8:30-10:00
Invited Talk:
"Evolutionary Computation on Automated Bargaining",
Edward Tsang, University of Essex, UK |
| 10:00-10:15
Coffee
Break |
| 10:15-11:45
Invited Talk:
"The Good of the Many Outweighs the Good
of the One: Nature-Inspired Multiobjective Optimisation",
David Corne, The University of Exeter, UK |
| 11:45-14:00
Lunch
Time |
| 14:00-15:30
Invited Talk:
"A Genetic Programming Tool For Financial
Forecasting", Edward Tsang, University of
Essex, UK |
| 15:30-15:45
Coffee
Break |
| 15:45-17:15
Invited Talk:
"Hyper-heuristics: Searching for Good, Fast
Optimization Algorithms", Peter Ross, The
Napier University, UK |
| 17:15-18:00
Panel Discussions: Promises and Challenges of Nature Inspired
Computation-Part II |
| 18:00-18:15
Workshop
Closing |
Schedule of The Tour
| Schedule
of the Tour to Mountain Huangshan(Oct.30--Nov.1) |
Oct.30:
Set out in the morning, arriving at Mountain Huangshan
at noon. |
| Oct.31:
Sightseeing. |
| Nov.1:
Sightseeing in the morning, and the tour ends at noon. |
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