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9th International Conference on Evolvable Systems (ICES)
- From Biology to Hardware
St. William's College, York, UK, 5th-8th September 2010
http://www.ices2010.org/
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*** Submission Deadline: 5th March 2010 ***

Held without interruption since 1995, ICES has become the leading
conference in the field of evolvable hardware and systems. The
9th ICES conference, to be held in York, UK, in September 2010,
hopes to build on the success of its predecessors by bringing
together researchers who combine biologically inspired concepts
with hardware and presenting the latest developments in the field.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

* Evolutionary hardware design
* Co-evolution of hybrid systems
* Embryonic hardware
* Intrinsic and extrinsic evolution
* Hardware/software co-evolution
* On-line hardware evolution
* Evolutionary robotics
* Autonomic and organic computing
* Evolutionary circuit diagnostics and testing
* Self-repairing and fault tolerant systems
* Self-reconfigurable and adaptive hardware
* Generative and developmental approaches
* Real-world applications of evolvable hardware
* MEMS and nanotechnology in evolvable hardware
* Formal models for bio-inspired hardware systems
* Novel devices/testbeds/tools for evolvable hardware

=== Paper Submission ===
Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit original
papers using the electronic submission form on the conference
webpage. All accepted papers will be included in the conference
proceedings.

=== Conference Venue ===
The conference will be held in the historic centre of York, a
walled riverside city in the north of England, around two hours
by rail from London, Edinburgh and Manchester. York is a small
city with a rich 2000 years history, a popular tourist
destination with a lively café bar and restaurant culture,
offering a number of museums and galleries set around the
Minster, one of Europe's largest gothic cathedrals.

=== Organising Committee ===

General Chair:
Gianluca Tempesti, University of York, UK

Programme Co-Chairs:
Julian F. Miller, University of York, UK
Andy Tyrrell, University of York, UK

Publicity Chairs:
Andy Greensted, University of York, UK
Michael Lones, University of York, UK

Local Chairs:
Stephen L. Smith, University of York, UK
James Walker, University of York, UK

Steering Committee:
Pauline Haddow, NTNU, Norway
Tetsuya Higuchi, AIST, Japan
Julian F. Miller, University of York, UK
Jim Torresen, NTNU, Norway
Andy Tyrrell, University of York, UK