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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 | Evolution Artificielle (EA) 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 EA conference has been held there until recently (see history below). Proceedings of EA are published by Springer-Verlag in their LNCS series.

Origin

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Artificial Evolution was originally initiated as a forum for the French-speaking evolutionary computation community, and the first conference, organized by fr:Jean-Marc Alliot,[1] Evelyne Lutton,[2] Edmund Ronald[3] and Marc Schoenauer,[4] was held in Toulouse in 1994 under the name Evolution Artificielle. It was, until recently, the only EA conference held in an even year, and the only one with proceedings[5] not published by Springer (they were published by Cepadues[6]).

History

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In 1995 The Artificial Evolution Association (L'association Évolution Artificielle)[7] 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 also described as Evolution Artificielle (French for Artificial Evolution) and uses the EA[8] abbreviation on conference websites and in the titles of proceedings volumes. The table below shows where Artificial Evolution conferences have been held and cites their proceedings and websites.

It should not be surprising that conference websites are not usually maintained for the length of time that conference proceedings are available. The table shows the number of the conference proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (with the exception of the first conference, see origin above, where the conference proceedings were published elsewhere). The reference to each conference proceedings gives the full title of that volume in the Springer LNCS series. The ISBN of each title is to the paperback volume, an eBook is also available by purchase or subscription.

Artificial Evolution conferences
Year Location[9] Website[10] Proceedings[11][12]
1994 Toulouse No EA-94[5]
1995 Brest No LNCS 1063[13]
1997 Nîmes No LNCS 1363[14]
1999 Dunkerque No LNCS 1829[15]
2001 Le Creusot No LNCS 2310[16]
2003 Marseille No LNCS 2936[17]
2005 Lille No LNCS 3871[18]
2007 Tours No LNCS 4926[19]
2009 Strasbourg No LNCS 5975[20]
2011 Angers No LNCS 7401[21]
2013 Bordeaux No LNCS 8752[22]
2015 Lyon Yes[23] LNCS 9554[24]
2017 Paris Yes[25] LNCS 10764[26]
2019 Mulhouse No LNCS 12052[27]
2022 Exeter, England Yes[28] LNCS 14091[29]
2024 Bordeaux Yes[30] LNCS 15926[31][32]
2026 Nice Yes[33] Pending

Format

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Artificial Evolution conferences are single-track conferences taking place over three days (as the program of AE 2024 in Bordeaux in diagram form shows[34]), 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.[35] A selection of the best papers from each conference are edited into a volume of the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science,[11] 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

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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
Year Location Plenary speakers
2015 Lyon Guillaume Beslon[36]
2017 Paris Gabriela Ochoa, Jean-Daniel Fekete
2022 Exeter, England Emma Hart, Mathias Kern[37]
2024 Bordeaux Pierre del Moral,[38] Leonardo Trujillo[39]

Demonstrations

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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. At EA 2022[28] in Exeter the following demonstrations were included, showing the application of artificial intelligence and natural computation:

Poster sessions

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Artificial Evolution conferences also include time for poster sessions. At EA 2024[30] in Bordeaux the following posters were presented addressing a number of topics within the overlapping fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning and evolutionary computation:

  • Comparative Study of Order Crossover Variants in Memetic algorithms for Solving the CVRP (Mohamed SA Sakhri, Goudet Olivier).
  • Designing Less Myopic Routing Policies with Genetic programming for the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem (Đurasević Marko, Francisco JG Gala).
  • Training Free U-Net for Retinal Vessel Segmentation (Muhammad J Ali, Laurent Moalic, Mokhtar Essaid, Lhassane Idoumghar).

Relevance

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

The Artificial Evolutions attract participants from other European countries in addition to those from France. This is because the locations of the conference are easily accessible from other parts of Europe. There are fewer participants from further afield than some conferences held across more global venues.

Gabriela Ochoa and Nadarajen Veerapen[40] created a visualisation of the collaboration network[41] across Artificial Evolution conferences by extracting articles from the Artificial Evolution conference proceedings between 1995 and 2017 using the DBLP computer science bibliography.[42] It should not be surprising that the collaboration network shows clusters of collaboration around French computer scientists. But it also shows collaboration between French computer scientists (for example Evelyne Luttion) and British computer scientists (Edmund Burke[43] and Gabriela Ochoa). Further afield, collaborations have involved Darell Whitley (Colorado State University),[44] Thomas Baeck (Leiden University)[45] and Thomas Stützle (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)[46] as well as others.

Clearly Artificial Evolution conferences cannot compete with the much larger evolutionary computation conferences (GECCO or IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation) in the number of presentations that can be covered in one conference, nor in the number of potential attendees. But in contrast, as a smaller conference, presenters can be sure that the majority of attendees will watch their presentations, and any attendee at the conference will find it easier to talk with other attendees at the conference.

Alternative conferences

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Other European conferences covering similar disciplines include EvoStar (comprising the four conferences EuroGP, EvoApplications, EvoCOP and EvoMUSART) and Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN).

The Foundations of Genetic Algorithms workshops (FOGA), actually a conference rather than a workshop, and devoted to the theoretical basis of all evolutionary algorithms and related heuristics rather than just genetic algorithms has been held in European locations as well as other international locations.[47]

The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) originated in the United States and many successive instances of that conference have been held there. Nevertheless, a number have been held in European locations, being linkely to attract similar professional interest from researchers as the Artificial Evolution conference and the other conferences mentioned above. The GECCO conferences held in Europe to date are mentioned in the table below:

European GECCO conferences
Year Location
2007 London, England
2011 Dublin, Republic of Ireland
2013 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Madrid, Spain
2017 Berlin, Germany
2019 Prague, Czech Republic
2023 Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Malaga, Spain

The IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC[48]) is another significant conference in the field of evolutionary computation and natural computing. While many IEEE CEC conferences have been held on other continents, some, like GECCO, have been held in Europe. The table below summarises their occurrence:

European IEEE CEC conferences
Year Location
2005 Edinburgh, Scotland
2009 Trondheim, Norway
2010 Barcelona, Spain
2017 San Sebastian, Spain
2020 Glasgow, Scotland[49]
2021 Krakow, Poland[49]
2022 Padua, Italy
2026 Maastricht, The Netherlands[50]

GECCO, FOGA and Parallel Problem Solving from Nature all received a CORE[51] rank A in that conference ranking system[52] for computer science suggesting their importance to attendees in evolutionary computation, natural computing and related fields. These are thus probably some suitable alternative research conferences.

Artificial Evolution Association

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The Artificial Evolution Association[7] (AEA) 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.

JET days

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JET[53] abbreviates in French Journées Évolutionnaires Thématiques (in English Thematic Evolutionary Days), formerly Journées Évolutionnaires Trimestrielles with the same initials. These are day-long meetings informal meetings on artificial evolution, evolutionary computation and related fields. They were held one or more times a year between 1998 and 2016, excepting one instance at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, always in France. It is not clear whether the lack of meetings after 2016 reflects a lack of updating the website or their cessation.

Mailing list

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The AEA maintains a mailing list for people interested in Artificial Evolution. Following the trend of the JET days referred to above, its title is (in French) jet – Personnes interessées par l'Evolution Artificielle en France[54] An approximate translation in English is jet – Persons interested in Artificial Evolution in France. This mailing list appears to be live and thus is likely to have greater reach than the JET days above.

Summer schools

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The AEA has supported Summer Schools at different locations across France,[55] designed for a combination of students, researchers and industrial practitioners in the fields that the Artificial Evolution conference and Association cover. These included introductions to the subjects as well as advanced lectures, and practical exercises which are essential for application in these field. The AEA has recorded Summer Schools as having taken place annually between 2006 and 2013.

Workshops

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The AEA supported a number of workshops, held in Paris, Bordeaux and Luxembourg from 2010 to 2011,[56] in addition to its organisation of the Artificial Evolution conferences and other activities. Details of these workshops are no longer accessible. This is perhaps not surprising since it is fourteen years since the last recorded workshop supported by the Artificial Evolution Association.[57]

References and notes

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  2. ^ "Evelyne Lutton". Evelyne Lutton: MIA Paris-Saclay. INRAE. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Edmund M. A. Ronald: computer scence bibliography". DBLP Computer Science Bibliography. Schloss Dagstuhl. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Marc Schoenauer – Google Scholar". Google Scholar. Google LLC. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b Proceedings of Evolution Artificielle 1994
  6. ^ Cepadues Edition
  7. ^ a b "Artifiicial Evolution Association". EA. Artificial Evolution Association. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  8. ^ Artificial Evolution conferences abbreviated as EA should not be confused with the American video games company Electronic Arts that uses the same abbreviation.
  9. ^ Where conference was in France, country is not given.
  10. ^ During editing in 2025, conference websites earlier than 2015 do not appear to be accessible.
  11. ^ a b "International Conference on Artificial Evolution (Evolution Artificielle)". Springer Nature Link EA. Springer Nature. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  12. ^ The Springer Nature website collates most proceedings, but not all.
  13. ^ Alliot, Jean-Marc; Lutton, Everlyn; Ronald, Edmund, eds. (1996). Artificial Evolution: European Conference, AE '95, Brest, France, September 4–6, 1995, Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 1063). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-61108-8. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  14. ^ Hao, Jin-Kao; Lutton, Evelyne; Ronald, Edmund, eds. (1998). Artificial Evolution: Third European Conference, AE '97, Nimes, France, October 22–24, 1997, Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 1363). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-64169-8. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  15. ^ Fonlupt, Cyril; Hao, Jin-Kao; Lutton, Evelyne, eds. (2000). Artificial Evolution: 4th European Conference, AE'99 Dunkerque, France, November 3–5, 1999 Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 1829). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-67846-5. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  16. ^ Collet, Pierre; Fonlupt, Cyril; Hao, Jin-Kao, eds. (2002). Artificial Evolution: 5th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2001, Le Creusot, France, October 29–31, 2001. Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 2310). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-43544-0. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  17. ^ Liardet, Pierre; Collet, Pierre; Fonlupt, Cyril, eds. (2004). Artificial Evolution: 6th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2003, Marseilles, France, October 27–30, 2003, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 2936). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-21523-3. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  18. ^ Talbi, El-Ghazali; Liardet, Pierre; Collet, Pierre, eds. (2006). Artificial Evolution: 7th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2005, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 3871). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-33589-4. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  19. ^ Monmarche, Nicholas; El-Ghazali, Talbi; Collet, Pierre, eds. (2008). Artificial Evolution: 8th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2007 Tours, France, October 29–31, 2007, Revised Selected Papers (Springer LNCS 4926). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-79304-5. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "EA Artificial Evolution 2015". EA 2015. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  24. ^ 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.
  25. ^ "EA Artificial Evolution 2017". EA 2017. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  26. ^ 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.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ a b "EA Artificial Evolution 2022". EA 2022. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  29. ^ 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.
  30. ^ a b "EA Artificial Evolution 2024". EA 2024. INRIA. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  31. ^ 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.
  32. ^ Springer LNCS 15926 due for publication November 2025.
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  46. ^ "Thomas Stützle's Home Page". Home Page Thomas Stützle. Universite Libre de Bruxelles. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  47. ^ "FOGAs". SIGEVO Portal and Wiki: FOGAs. ACM SIGEVO. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  48. ^ The IEEE, organiser of many technical conferences, organises other conferences with the acronym CEC in addition to the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation.
  49. ^ a b This IEEE CEC conference was not held in its intended geographical location but was entirely virtual, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
  50. ^ The next IEEE CEC conference will take place in a European city.
  51. ^ CORE is now ICORE reflecting its development as an international collaboration.
  52. ^ "ICORE Conference Portal". International COmputing Research & Education. ICORE. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  53. ^ "JET DAYS". EA – JETS. AEA. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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  55. ^ "Summer Schools". EA – Summer Schools. Artificial Evolution Association. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  56. ^ "Workshops". EA – Workshops. AEA. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  57. ^ This article was updated in 2025


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