- Organic Computing Initiative

OC-DDC 2026 - Call for Papers and Participation
by Pia Schweizer 02 Oct '25

02 Oct '25

The 14th International "Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium" (OC-DDC 2026) The Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium (OC-DDC) is organised by the Special Interest Group on Organic Computing within the Gesellschaft f¸r Informatik. The 2026 edition will take place at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, from June 11-12, 2026. Details on the event (and its predecessors) are available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ocddc-2026 We invite applications from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies on Organic Computing, Autonomic Computing, intelligent systems, self-adaptation and self-organisation, self-aware computing systems, autonomous learning, self-* mechanisms, trustworthy systems, and related research topics. ==* Colloquium Theme *== The intent of the DDC is to bring together PhD students who have their research focus within the broader Organic Computing community and will not have defended their thesis before June 2026. The main goal of this colloquium is to foster excellence in OC‐related research by providing students with feedback and advice that are particularly relevant to their doctoral studies and career development. Each participant will take part in the colloquium organisation and the review process for the other participants. Keynote speakers will present current research in the field. They will be available during the OC‐DDC and participate in the feedback process for the PhD students. Details on the keynote speakers will be available as soon as possible (see website). The schedule includes: - Prepare an extended abstract or short paper of 6 pages (max.) reflecting your PhD concept - Participate in the review process - Participate in the (supervised) decision process (acceptance of submissions) - Present your work to an audience consisting mainly of other PhD students from your community - Identify points of contact between your work and others - Build your social research network - Meet experts in your research domain and listen to their invited talks and expertise - Enjoy the opportunity to improve your PhD work, overcome stipulations and learn from the experts ==* Important Dates *== - Paper submission deadline: March 30, 2026 - Review Deadline: May 15, 2026 - Conference Dates: June 11-12, 2026 ==* Submission *== PhD students are invited to participate by submitting an extended abstract of up to 6 pages (including references and figures). Papers must be written in English. Papers should be formatted according to Springer LNCS style (see: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) and submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=ocddc2026. The OC-DDC papers are about personal projects, so please note that the submission should be single-authored (supervisors can be mentioned in the acknowledgements). The paper should motivate the PhD project and describe the relation to OC (e.g., based on https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68477-2 or https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1701.08125) Additionally, the paper should outline key research questions driving the doctoral project and describe the general approach or methodology used to address them. Therefore, providing sufficient foundational information is essential to help readers understand the context. After the OC-DDC, each participant will be invited to prepare a book chapter for an edited book. The book chapter will contain approx. 14 pages. The book chapter should extend the initially submitted abstract by discussing the current state of the doctoral research, such as progress made, any preliminary findings, or ongoing challenges. ==* Colloquium Details *== - Participation cost: approx. 150€ - Participants have to organise travel and accommodation themselves ==* Organisation *== - Elia Henrichs (University of Hohenheim, Germany) - Ghassan Al-Falouji (Kiel University, Germany) ==* Steering Committee *== - Christian Krupitzer (University of Hohenheim, Germany) - Sven Tomforde (Kiel University, Germany) ==* Advisory Committee *== - Jˆrg H‰hner (University Augsburg, Germany) - Christian M¸ller-Schloer (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) - Bernhard Sick (University Kassel, Germany) ==* Local Organisation *== - Stefan Wiedermann (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) ==* Proceedings Chair *== - Connor Schönberner (Kiel University, Germany) ==* Publicity Chair *== - Pia Schweizer (University of Hohenheim, Germany)

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GI/ITG FG Organic Computing: Einladung zur nächsten Sitzung und Wahlversammlung am 19. September 2025 um 8:30 Uhr
by Elia Henrichs 30 Jul '25

30 Jul '25

Liebe Mitglieder der GI/ITG Fachgruppe Organic Computing, hiermit lade ich sie herzlich zur Wahlversammlung und nächsten Sitzung unser Fachgruppe Organic Computing ein. Diese wird online stattfinden, am Freitag, den 19. September von 8:30 bis 10:00 Uhr. Anthony Stein lädt Sie zu einem geplanten Zoom-Meeting ein. An Zoom-Meeting teilnehmen <https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/66663561182?pwd=ve3E0MhMxcVwooRXdcfXo8gAb Ub5Bt.1> https://uni-hohenheim.zoom-x.de/j/66663561182?pwd=ve3E0MhMxcVwooRXdcfXo8gAbU b5Bt.1 Meeting-ID: 666 6356 1182 Kenncode: hk0PA1 Die vorläufige Tagesordnung: (Ergänzungswünsche bitte direkt an mich.) * TOP 0: Annahme der Tagesordnung * TOP 1: Wahlversammlung (Leitungsgremium, Sprecher)* * 1.1 Wahlleitung * 1.2 Endgültige Liste der Kandidat:innen * 1.3 Durchführung der Wahlen * TOP 2: Kurzbericht der Sprecher * TOP 3: Meldung sonstiger OC-Aktivitäten aus dem Mitgliederkreis * TOP 4: Nächster Sitzungstermin * TOP 5: Verschiedenes * Zum TOP Wahlversammlung: Vorläufige Liste der Kandidat:innen für das Leitungsgremium: * Prof. Dr. Uwe Brinkschulte, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt * Dr. Christian Gruhl, Universität Kassel * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiko Hamann, Universität Konstanz * Prof. Dr. Jörg Hähner, Universität Augsburg * Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christian Krupitzer, Universität Hohenheim * Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reif, Universität Augsburg * Prof. Dr. Hartmut Schmeck, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie * Prof. Dr. Gregor Schiele, Universität Duisburg-Essen * Prof. Dr. Bernhard Sick, Universität Kassel * Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Stein, Universität Hohenheim * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Teich, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Tomforde, Universität Kiel * Prof. Dr. Sebastian von Mammen, Universität Würzburg * Dr.-Ing. Stefan Wildermann, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg * Neuer Kandidat: Dr. Michael Heider, Universität Augsburg (weitere Wahlvorschläge können in der Wahlversammlung gemacht werden) Nach Wahl des Leitungsgremiums, wählt dieses aus seiner Mitte die Leitung bzw. den Sprecher und eine Stellvertretung. Für diese Posten wurden mir bisher keine Nominierungen übermittelt. Diese können auch in der Wahlversammlung selbst gemacht werden. Die Wiederwahl der Leitung eines Leitungsgremiums in unmittelbarer Folge ist einmalig zulässig. Ich freue mich auf die kommende Sitzung und verbleibe bis dahin mit den besten Grüßen Anthony Stein Sprecher der GI/ITG FG Organic Computing

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Call for Papers: 28th IWERL (formerly IWLCS) as a part of GECCO 2025
by Michael Heider 25 Feb '25

25 Feb '25

*Call for Papers* *28th International Workshop on* *Evolutionary Rule-based Machine Learning* *IWERL 2025 (formerly IWLCS)* *to be held as part of GECCO (July 14 - 18, 2025) in Málaga, Spain (online participation possible)* Modern machine learning systems offer significant potential for addressing real-world challenges. However, the decision-making process of the majority of these models is often difficult to interpret. The interpretability of decisions is critical in many real-world applications. Evolutionary rule-based machine learning (ERL) systems generate niche-based solutions, require less memory, and can be trained using comparatively small data sets. The decision-making process of the ERL systems is interpretable, which is an important step toward eXplainable AI (XAI). ERL methods have been developed using a diverse array of learning paradigms, including supervised learning, unsupervised learning, and reinforcement learning. ERL encompasses several prominent categories, such as Learning Classifier Systems, Ant-Miner, artificial immune systems, and fuzzy rule-based systems. The International Workshop on Evolutionary Rule-based Machine Learning (IWERL) is designed to provide a platform for sharing the research trends in the realm of ERL. It aims to highlight modern implementations of ERL systems for real-world applications and to show the effectiveness of ERL in creating flexible and eXplainable AI systems. The particular topics of interest of this workshop are (not exclusively): * *Advances in ERL methods* local models, problem space partitioning, rule mixing, . . . * *Applications of ERL* medical domains, bioinformatics, computer vision, games, cyber-physical systems, . . . * *State-of-the-art analysis* surveys, sound comparative experimental benchmarks, carefully crafted reproducibility studies, . . . * *Formal developments in ERL* provably optimal parametrization, time bounds, generalization, . . . * *Comprehensibility of evolved rule sets* knowledge extraction, visualization, interpretation of decisions, XAI, . . . * *Advances in ERL paradigms* Michigan/Pittsburgh style, hybrids, iterative rule learning, . . . * *Hyperparameter optimization for ERL* hyperparameter selection, online self-adaptation, . . . * *Optimizations and parallel implementations *GPU acceleration, matching algorithms, . . . * *Generative AI and LLMs in ERL *Integration of generative models and LLMs with ERL, . . . *Submission deadline:* *March 26, 2025* Decision notification: April 28, 2025 Camera-ready deadline: May 5, 2025 *Why submit to IWERL ’25?* * reviews by renowned ERL experts <https://iwlcs.organic-computing.de/#h.781mdcew0850> * published as part of the *GECCO* conference companion * usually online within one month after the conference *Submissions* * This workshop accepts two types of submissions: o regular papers (up to 8 pages excl. references) on novel research o extended abstracts (up to 2 pages excl. references) summarizing, showcasing and/or highlighting your recent, already-published, work on ERL * All submissions must conform to the GECCO submission instructions <https://gecco-2024.sigevo.org/Paper-Submission-Instructions> and be submitted via GECCO’s submission system <https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/gecco/>. *Workshop organization* * Abubakar Siddique, Wellington Institute of Technology, New Zealand * Michael Heider, University of Augsburg, Germany * Hiroki Shiraishi, Yokohama National University, Japan More information at https://iwlcs.organic-computing.de. <https://iwlcs.organic-computing.de/>

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Deadline Extension: Special Track on Organic Computing @ ARCS 2025 - New Deadline: February 9, 2025
by Elia Henrichs 22 Jan '25

22 Jan '25

==================== Special Track on Organic Computing at the 38th GI / ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2025) Kiel, Germany, April 22 - 24, 2025 ==================== Aims and Scope Organic Computing postulates to equip technical systems with `lifelike’ properties. Technically, this means to move traditional design‑time decisions to runtime and into the responsibility of systems themselves. As a result, systems have a dramatically increased decision freedom that leads to highly autonomous behaviour. The goal of this process is to allow for self‑adaptation and self‑improvement of system behaviour at runtime. Especially since conditions that occur at runtime can only be anticipated to a certain degree, efficient mechanisms are needed that guide the system’s behaviour even in cases of missing knowledge or uncertain environmental states. Consequently, the research field of Organic Computing investigates fundamental principles, discusses essential aspects, and researches novel methods that are needed to finally build self‑adaptive and self‑organising systems that are capable of reliable operation in complex real‑world environments. The ARCS conferences series has over 36 years of tradition reporting leading edge research in computer architecture and operating systems. The focus of the 2025 conference will be on mastering novel HPC chip architectures. Within the scope of the ARCS main conference, the special track on `Organic Computing’ focusses on developments and open challenges in the field of designing self-adaptive and self-organising systems embedded in real-world environments. Contributions will be part of the conference proceedings. The proceedings of ARCS 2025 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series. The conference will be a physical meeting with a social program in Kiel, Germany. Topics of interest ... are on a wide range of aspects of `Organic Computing', including (but not limited to): A: Principles of OC Systems * System and Agent Architectures * Systems Engineering * Design Techniques and Processes * Nature-Inspiration to Deal with System Complexity * Self-x Properties and Lifelike Qualities * Self-Organisation Schemes for Highly Decentralised Systems B: Autonomous Learning Behaviour in Technical Systems * Reinforcement Learning from Interaction * Active Learning * Transfer Learning * Online Concept Drift/Shift and Novelty/Obsoleteness Detection * Transductive Inference for Efficient Model Building * Self-Awareness and Self-Reflection C: Self-Adaptation@Runtime * Adaptive Monitoring and Control * Mechanisms to deal with Continual Change * Robustness and Flexibility * Automated Algorithm (Re-)Configuration & Selection * Context-awareness and Transient Interfaces D: Metrics and Quantification * System Validation * Verification * Understanding and Explanation * Computational Trust * Testbeds and Performance Analysis E: Hardware Solutions * Adaptive Hardware * Reconfigurable Hardware * Embedded AI * Self-Adaptive, Self-Optimising, Self-Healing Hardware * Evolvable Hardware * Prototypes and Demonstrators F: Applications of OC Technology * Novel Use Cases * Case Study Reports * Experience Reports Important Dates Paper submission deadline: February 9, 2025 (extended) Notification of acceptance: March 16, 2025 Camera-ready papers: April 6, 2025 Conference: April 22 – 24, 2025 ** Submission Guidelines ** Submissions should be done through EasyChair by selecting the Organic Computing track. Papers must be submitted in PDF format. Contributions must be formatted according to Springer LNCS style and must not exceed 15 pages, including references and figures. Organisation of the special track * Anthony Stein (University of Hohenheim) * Stefan Wildermann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

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Deadline Extension: OC-DDC 2025 - New Deadline February 9, 2025
by Elia Henrichs 22 Jan '25

22 Jan '25

The 13th International "Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium" (OC-DDC 2025) The Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium (OC-DDC) is organised by the Special Interest Group on Organic Computing within the Gesellschaft für Informatik. The 2025 edition will take place in conjunction with the 38th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS) in Kiel, Germany, from April 22-24, 2025. Details on the event (and its predecessors) are available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ocddc-2025 We invite applications from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies on Organic Computing, Autonomic Computing, intelligent systems, self-adaptation and self-organisation, self-aware computing systems, autonomous learning, self-* mechanisms, trustworthy systems, and related research topics. ==* Colloquium Theme *== The intent of the DDC is to bring together PhD students who have their research focus within the broader Organic Computing community and will not have defended their thesis before April 2025. The main goal of this colloquium is to foster excellence in OC-related research by providing students with feedback and advice that are particularly relevant to their doctoral studies and career development. The OC-DDC 2025 will take place in conjunction with the 38th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS) in Kiel, Germany. The colloquium will give participants the opportunity to present their ongoing research in a friendly forum. They will obtain valuable feedback from colloquium attendees in a constructively critical and informal atmosphere. The schedule includes: - Prepare a paper of 10 pages (max.) - Participate in the review process - Present your work to an audience consisting mainly of other PhD students from your community - Identify points of contact between your work and others - Build your social research network - Meet experts in your research domain and listen to their invited talks and expertise - Enjoy the opportunity to improve your PhD work, overcome stipulations and learn from the experts ==* Important Dates *== - Paper submission deadline: February 9, 2025 (extended) - Notification of Acceptance: March 16, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: April 6, 2025 - Conference Dates: April 22-24, 2025 ==* Submission *== PhD students are invited to participate by submitting a paper of up to 10 pages (including references and figures) via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arcs2025 (select the PhD Forum track). Papers must be written in English. Papers should be formatted according to Springer LNCS style (see: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui delines) and submitted in PDF format. The accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of ARCS 2025 (Scopus listed). Since the OC-DDC papers are about personal PhD projects, please note that only single-author submissions are permitted (supervisors can be mentioned in the acknowledgements). The papers should clearly motivate the PhD projects and explicitly describe the relation to OC (e.g., based on https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68477-2 or https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1701.08125) Additionally, the papers should outline the key research questions driving the doctoral project and describe the general approach or methodology used to address them. Therefore, providing sufficient foundational information is essential to help readers understand the context. Finally, the papers should also discuss the current state of the doctoral research, such as progress made, any preliminary findings, or ongoing challenges. ==* Colloquium Details *== - Participation cost: tba - Participants have to organise travel and accommodation themselves ==* Organisation *== - Christian Krupitzer (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) - Sven Tomforde (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany) ==* Local Organisation *== - Elia Henrichs (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) - Ghassan Al-Falouji (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany) ==* Advisory Committee *== - Jörg Hähner (Universität Augsburg, Germany) - Christian Müller-Schloer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany) - Bernhard Sick (Universität Kassel, Germany)

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Extended Deadline: Call for Papers - Special Issue on the `30th Anniversary of XCS'
by Elia Henrichs 13 Nov '24

13 Nov '24

Dear members, friends and enthusiasts of the OC initiative, We'd like to draw your attention to the deadline extension of the Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the `30th Anniversary of XCS' in the renowned Evolutionary Computation journal. The XCS classifier system (in the community also known as eXtended Classifier System) is an interpretable rule-based machine learning technique that - as an archetype for numerous extensions - has been central for several self-learning OC systems. On the occasion of XCS' 30th anniversary, a dedicated special issue has been initiated. The extended submission deadline is November 30, 2024. Please find a printable CfP attached and feel free to share this announcement. With best regards The OC initiative

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OC-DDC 2025 - Call for Papers and Participation
by Elia Henrichs 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

The 13th International "Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium" (OC-DDC 2025) The Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium (OC-DDC) is organised by the Special Interest Group on Organic Computing within the Gesellschaft für Informatik. The 2025 edition will take place in conjunction with the 38th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS) in Kiel, Germany, from April 22-24, 2025. Details on the event (and its predecessors) are available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ocddc-2025 We invite applications from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies on Organic Computing, Autonomic Computing, intelligent systems, self-adaptation and self-organisation, self-aware computing systems, autonomous learning, self-* mechanisms, trustworthy systems, and related research topics. ==* Colloquium Theme *== The intent of the DDC is to bring together PhD students who have their research focus within the broader Organic Computing community and will not have defended their thesis before April 2025. The main goal of this colloquium is to foster excellence in OC-related research by providing students with feedback and advice that are particularly relevant to their doctoral studies and career development. The OC-DDC 2025 will take place in conjunction with the 38th GI/ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS) in Kiel, Germany. The colloquium will give participants the opportunity to present their ongoing research in a friendly forum. They will obtain valuable feedback from colloquium attendees in a constructively critical and informal atmosphere. The schedule includes: - Prepare a paper of 10 pages (max.) - Participate in the review process - Present your work to an audience consisting mainly of other PhD students from your community - Identify points of contact between your work and others - Build your social research network - Meet experts in your research domain and listen to their invited talks and expertise - Enjoy the opportunity to improve your PhD work, overcome stipulations and learn from the experts ==* Important Dates *== - Paper submission deadline: January 26, 2025 - Notification of Acceptance: March 16, 2025 - Camera-ready papers: April 6, 2025 - Conference Dates: April 22-24, 2025 ==* Submission *== PhD students are invited to participate by submitting a paper of up to 10 pages (including references and figures) via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=arcs2025 (select the PhD Forum track). Papers must be written in English. Papers should be formatted according to Springer LNCS style (see: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui delines) and submitted in PDF format. The accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of ARCS 2025 (Scopus listed). Since the OC-DDC papers are about personal PhD projects, please note that only single-author submissions are permitted (supervisors can be mentioned in the acknowledgements). The papers should clearly motivate the PhD projects and explicitly describe the relation to OC (e.g., based on https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68477-2 or https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1701.08125) Additionally, the papers should outline the key research questions driving the doctoral project and describe the general approach or methodology used to address them. Therefore, providing sufficient foundational information is essential to help readers understand the context. Finally, the papers should also discuss the current state of the doctoral research, such as progress made, any preliminary findings, or ongoing challenges. ==* Colloquium Details *== - Participation cost: tba - Participants have to organise travel and accommodation themselves ==* Organisation *== - Christian Krupitzer (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) - Sven Tomforde (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany) ==* Local Organisation *== - Elia Henrichs (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) - Ghassan Al-Falouji (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany) ==* Advisory Committee *== - Jörg Hähner (Universität Augsburg, Germany) - Christian Müller-Schloer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany) - Bernhard Sick (Universität Kassel, Germany)

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Call for Papers: Special Track on Organic Computing @ ARCS 2025
by Elia Henrichs 30 Oct '24

30 Oct '24

==================== Special Track on Organic Computing at the 38th GI / ITG International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems (ARCS 2025) Kiel, Germany, April 22 - 24, 2025 ==================== Aims and Scope Organic Computing postulates to equip technical systems with `lifelike’ properties. Technically, this means to move traditional design‑time decisions to runtime and into the responsibility of systems themselves. As a result, systems have a dramatically increased decision freedom that leads to highly autonomous behaviour. The goal of this process is to allow for self‑adaptation and self‑improvement of system behaviour at runtime. Especially since conditions that occur at runtime can only be anticipated to a certain degree, efficient mechanisms are needed that guide the system’s behaviour even in cases of missing knowledge or uncertain environmental states. Consequently, the research field of Organic Computing investigates fundamental principles, discusses essential aspects, and researches novel methods that are needed to finally build self‑adaptive and self‑organising systems that are capable of reliable operation in complex real‑world environments. The ARCS conferences series has over 36 years of tradition reporting leading edge research in computer architecture and operating systems. The focus of the 2025 conference will be on mastering novel HPC chip architectures. Within the scope of the ARCS main conference, the special track on `Organic Computing’ focusses on developments and open challenges in the field of designing self-adaptive and self-organising systems embedded in real-world environments. Contributions will be part of the conference proceedings. The proceedings of ARCS 2025 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) series. The conference will be a physical meeting with a social program in Kiel, Germany. Topics of interest ... are on a wide range of aspects of `Organic Computing', including (but not limited to): A: Principles of OC Systems * System and Agent Architectures * Systems Engineering * Design Techniques and Processes * Nature-Inspiration to Deal with System Complexity * Self-x Properties and Lifelike Qualities * Self-Organisation Schemes for Highly Decentralised Systems B: Autonomous Learning Behaviour in Technical Systems * Reinforcement Learning from Interaction * Active Learning * Transfer Learning * Online Concept Drift/Shift and Novelty/Obsoleteness Detection * Transductive Inference for Efficient Model Building * Self-Awareness and Self-Reflection C: Self-Adaptation@Runtime * Adaptive Monitoring and Control * Mechanisms to deal with Continual Change * Robustness and Flexibility * Automated Algorithm (Re-)Configuration & Selection * Context-awareness and Transient Interfaces D: Metrics and Quantification * System Validation * Verification * Understanding and Explanation * Computational Trust * Testbeds and Performance Analysis E: Hardware Solutions * Adaptive Hardware * Reconfigurable Hardware * Embedded AI * Self-Adaptive, Self-Optimising, Self-Healing Hardware * Evolvable Hardware * Prototypes and Demonstrators F: Applications of OC Technology * Novel Use Cases * Case Study Reports * Experience Reports Important Dates Paper submission deadline: January 26, 2025 Notification of acceptance: March 16, 2025 Camera-ready papers: April 6, 2025 Conference: April 22 – 24, 2025 ** Submission Guidelines ** Submissions should be done through EasyChair by selecting the Organic Computing track. Papers must be submitted in PDF format. Contributions must be formatted according to Springer LNCS style and must not exceed 15 pages, including references and figures. Organisation of the special track * Anthony Stein (University of Hohenheim) * Stefan Wildermann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on the `30th Anniversary of XCS'
by Elia Henrichs 03 Jul '24

03 Jul '24

Dear members, friends and enthusiasts of the OC initiative, We'd like to draw your attention to a brand new Call for Papers for a Special Issue on the `30th Anniversary of XCS' in the renowned Evolutionary Computation journal. The XCS classifier system (in the community also known as eXtended Classifier System) is an interpretable rule-based machine learning technique that - as an archetype for numerous extensions - has been central for several self-learning OC systems. On the occasion of XCS' 30th anniversary, a dedicated special issue has been initiated. The submission will be open until October 31, 2024. Please find a printable CfP attached and feel free to share this announcement. With best regards The OC initiative

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EXTENDED - OC-DDC 2024 Call for Papers and Participation
by Elia Henrichs 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

==* CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION *== The 12th International "Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium" (OC-DDC 2024) June 13th - 14th, 2024 at the Goethe University Frankfurt in Frankfurt/Main, Germany The Organic Computing Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium (OC-DDC) is organised by the Special Interest Group on Organic Computing within the Gesellschaft für Informatik. The 2024 edition will take place at the Goethe University Frankfurt in Frankfurt/Main, Germany from Thursday, June 13th to Friday, June 14th. Details on the event (and its predecessors) are available at: https://sites.google.com/view/ocddc-2024 We invite applications from PhD students at any stage of their doctoral studies on Organic Computing, Autonomic Computing, intelligent systems, self-adaptation and self-organisation, self-aware computing systems, autonomous learning, self-* mechanisms, trustworthy systems, and related research topics. ==* Colloquium Theme *== The intent of the DDC is to bring together PhD students who have their research focus within the broader Organic Computing community and will not have defended their thesis before June 2024. The main goal of this colloquium is to foster excellence in OC-related research by providing students with feedback and advice that are particularly relevant to their doctoral studies and career development. Each participant will take part in the colloquium organisation and the review process for the other participants. Keynote speakers will present current research in the field. They will be available during the OC-DDC and participate in the feedback process for the PhD students. Details on the keynote speakers will be available as soon as possible (see website). The schedule includes: - Prepare an extended abstract or short paper of 6 pages (max.) reflecting your PhD concept - Participate in the review process - Participate in the (supervised) decision process (acceptance of submissions) - Present your work to an audience consisting mainly of other PhD students from your community - Identify points of contact between your work and others - Build your social research network - Meet experts in your research domain and listen to their invited talks and expertise - Enjoy the opportunity to improve your PhD work, overcome stipulations and learn from the experts PhD students are invited to participate by submitting an extended abstract of up to 6 pages (written in English, in Springer's LNCS style). The colloquium will give participants the opportunity to present their ongoing research in a friendly forum. They will obtain valuable feedback from colloquium attendees in a constructively critical and informal atmosphere. After the OC-DDC, each participant will be invited to prepare a book chapter for an edited book. The book chapter will contain approx. 14 pages. For instance, the book of the DDC's 2021 edition is available at: https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.17170/kobra-202202215780 ==* Important Dates *== - Doctoral Dissertation Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2024 (extended) - Review Deadline: April 30th, 2024 - Colloquium Dates: June 13th-14th, 2024 ==* Submission *== - Submission of 6 pages extended abstract (or short paper) - Via EasyChair using the following link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ocddc2024 ==* Colloquium Details *== - Participation cost (includes lunch, drinks, book publication, etc.): tba - Participants have to organise travel and accommodation themselves ==* Invited Keynote Speakers *== - tba ==* Organisation *== - Christian Krupitzer (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) - Sven Tomforde (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany) ==* Local Organisation *== - Mathias Pacher (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany) - Uwe Brinkschulte (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ==* Publication Chair *== - Elia Henrichs (Universität Hohenheim, Germany) ==* Advisory Committee *== - Jörg Hähner (Universität Augsburg, Germany) - Christian Müller-Schloer (Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany) - Bernhard Sick (Universität Kassel, Germany)

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