Artificial Evolution Conference

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Artificial Evolution
Evolution Artificielle
StatusActive
GenreResearch conference on
Natural computing
Evolutionary computation
FrequencyBiennial
LocationEurope
CountryFrance
Years active1994-present
Most recent2024
Next event2026
SponsorArtificial Evolution Association
L'association Évolution Artificielle

The Artificial Evolution (AE) conference is a peer-reviewed research conference on evolutionary computation and related areas of natural computing held every two years (until recently in odd-numbered years). It originated in France and every AE conference has been held there until recently (see history below). Proceedings of AE are published by Springer-Verlag in their LNCS series.

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Origin

Artificial Evolution was originally initiated as a forum for the French-speaking evolutionary computation community, and the first conference, organized by Jean-Marc Alliot, Evelyne Lutton, Edmund Ronald and Marc Schoenauer, was held in Toulouse in 1994 under the name Evolution Artificielle. It was, until recently, the only AE conference held in an even year, and the only one with proceedings [1] not published by Springer (they were published by Cepadues [2] ).

History

In 1995 The Artificial Evolution Association (L'association Évolution Artificielle) [3] was formed to encourage exchanges and meetings in artificial evolution and evolutionary computation. After the initial meeting in 1994 (see origin above) it has been involved in the organisation of the Artificial Evolution conferences from 1995 to the present day. In addition to the Artificial Evolution conferences it has organised other activities (see Artificial Evolution Association below).

The Artificial Evolution conference became an international conference in 1995 in Brest, under the name Artificial Evolution. Due to its strong relevance for the French-speaking research community it is still sometimes described as Evolution Artificielle (French for Artificial Evolution). The table below shows where Artificial Evolution conferences have been held and cites their proceedings and websites.

Artificial Evolution conferences

YearLocation [4] Website [5] Proceedings [6] [7] Comments
1994 Toulouse NoEA-94 [1]
1995 Brest NoLNCS 1063 [8]
1997 Nîmes NoLNCS 1363
1999 Dunkerque NoLNCS 1829
2001 Le Creusot NoLNCS 2310
2003 Marseille NoLNCS 2936
2005 Lille NoLNCS 3871
2007 Tours NoLNCS 4926
2009 Strasbourg NoLNCS 5975 [9]
2011 Angers NoLNCS 7401 [10]
2013 Bordeaux NoLNCS 8752 [11]
2015 Lyon Yes [12] LNCS 9554 [13]
2017ParisYes [14] LNCS 10764 [15]
2019 Mulhouse NoLNCS 12052 [16]
2022 Exeter, EnglandYes [17] LNCS 14091 [18]
2024 Bordeaux Yes [19] LNCS 15926 [20]
2026 Nice Yes [21] Pending

List of meetings

(This will gradually be reduced as information is placed in the table above.)

Format

Artificial Evolution conferences are single-track conferences taking place over three days (as the program of AE 2024 in Bordeaux in diagram form shows [22] ), to enable substantial engagement between participants.

Although all Artificial Evolution conferences have been organised from France, and from 1995 by the Artificial Evolution Association, itself based in France, all presentations are in English, the lingua franca of the modern computer science research community.

Papers submitted to the conference are peer-reviewed, and the resulting papers are available in the conference proceedings available at the conference. [23] A selection of the best papers from each conference are edited into a volume of the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, [23] available after the conference.

While it may seen misleading to list the Springer LNCS volumes under Proceedings in the table of Artificial Evolution conferences above, Springer publications are more accessible and more durable following the conference, and they form part of a series (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) with high credibility in the academic and professional computer science community.

Plenary speakers

Plenary speakers are invited to each Artificial Evolution conference. The table below shows plenary speakers where indicated in the online program. Although most Artificial Evolution conferences are held in France and thus some plenary speakers reflect the importance of computer science research in that country (Belson, Fekete, del Moral), other plenary speakers come from further afield. (Ochoa is Venezuelan-British, based in Scotland; Hart is English, based in Scotland; Kern is German, based in England; and Trujillo is Mexican, based in that country).

Plenary speakers at Artificial Evolution conferences

YearLocationPlenary speakers
2015 Lyon Guillaume Beslon [24]
2017 Paris Gabriela Ochoa, Jean-Daniel Fekete
2022 Exeter, England Emma Hart, Mathias Kern [25]
2024 Bordeaux Pierre del Moral [26] , Leonardo Trujillo [27]

Demonstrations

Because artificial evolution, evolutionary computation and related areas of natural computing may be addressed in many different ways, time is reserved at Artificial Evolution conferences for demonstration of some of the solutions that have been obtained.

Poster sessions

Artificial Evolution conferences also include time for poster sessions.

Importance

It is worth considering the importance of the Artificial Evolution conference series when many other research conferences are available.

Artificial Evolution Association

The Artificial Evolution association was created to organise the Artificial Evolution conferences as described in history above, and it continues in this activity. But as well as organising the conferences, it also organises other activities.

References and notes

  1. 1 2 Proceedings of Evolution Artificielle 1994
  2. ↑ Cepadues Edition
  3. ↑ "Artifiicial Evolution Association". EA. Artificial Evolution Association. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Where conference was in France, country is not given.
  5. ↑ During editing in 2025, conference websites earlier than 2015 do not appear to be accessible.
  6. ↑ "International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Evolution Artificielle)". Springer Nature Link EA. Springer Nature. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  7. ↑ The Springer Nature website collates most proceedings, but not all.
  8. ↑ Alliot, Jean-Marc; Lutton, Everlyn; Ronald, Edmund MA, eds. (1996). Artificial Evolution, European Conference, AE 95, Brest, France, September 4-6, 1995, Selected Papers. Springer LNCS 1063. ISBN   3-540-61108-8.
  9. ↑ Collet, Pierre; Monmarche, Nicholas; Legrand, Pierrick, eds. (2010). Artificial Evolution: 9th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2009, Strasbourg, France, October 26-28, 2009. Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 5975). Berlin Heidellberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN   978-3-642-14155-3 . Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Hao, Jin-Kao; Leggrand, Pierrick; Collet, Pierre, eds. (2012). Artificial Evolution: 10th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2011, Angers, France, October 24-26, 2011, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 7401). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN   978-3-642-35532-5 . Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Legrand, Pierrick; Corsini, Marc-Michel; Hao, Jin-Kao, eds. (2014). Artificial Evolution: 11th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2013, Bordeaux, France, October 21-23, 2013. Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 8752). Switzerland: Springer International. ISBN   978-3-319-11682-2 . Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "EA Artificial Evolution 2015". EA 2015. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Bonnevay, Stephane; Legrand, Pierricck; Monmarche, Nicholas, eds. (2016). Artificial Evolution: 12th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2015, Lyon, France, October 26-28, 2015. Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 9554). Switzerland: Springer International. ISBN   978-3-319-31470-9 . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "EA Artificial Evolution 2017". EA 2017. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  15. ↑ Lutton, Evelyne; Legrand, Pierrick; Parrend, Pierre, eds. (2018). Artificial Evolution: 13th International Conference, Évolution Artificielle, EA 2017, Paris, France, October 25–27, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 10764). Switzerland: Springer International. ISBN   978-3-319-78132-7 . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  16. ↑ Idoumghar, Lhassane; Legrand, Pierrick; Liefooghe, Arnaud, eds. (2020). Artificial Evolution: 14th International Conference, Évolution Artificielle, EA 2019, Mulhouse, France, October 29–30, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 12052). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN   978-3-030-45714-3 . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "EA Artificial Evolution 2022". EA 2022. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  18. ↑ Legrand, Pierrick; Liefooghe, Arnaud; Keedwell, Edward, eds. (2023). Artificial Evolution: 15th International Conference, Évolution Artificielle, EA 2022, Exeter, UK, October 31 – November 2, 2022, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 14091). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN   978-3-031-42615-5 . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "EA Artificial Evolution 2024". EA 2024. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  20. ↑ Legrand, Pierrick; Liefooghe, Arnaud; Lepagnot, Jullen, eds. (2025). Artificial Evolution: 16th International Conference, Évolution Artificielle, EA 2024, Bordeaux, France, October 29–31, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 15926). Switzerland: Springer Nature. ISBN   978-3-032-07997-8 . Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  21. ↑ "EA Artificial Evolution 2026". EA 2026. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "EA 2024 Program". EA 2024. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  23. 1 2 "EA - Conferences". Artificial Evolution Association. Artificial Evolution Association. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  24. ↑ "Guillaume Beslon home page". INSA-Lyon. Université de Lyon. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  25. ↑ "Mathias Kern: BT Group". LinkedIn. Microsoft Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  26. ↑ "Pierre Del Moral's Home Page". INRIA Bordeaux. INRIA. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  27. ↑ "Leonardo Trujillo: IT de Tijuana". LinkedIn. Microsoft Inc. Retrieved 13 October 2025.


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