Submission requirements version 1 for the

1ST EUROPEAN GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION

Par of EuroGP & EvoCOP 2006, incorporating EvoWorkshops 2006
10-12 April, 2006
Budapest, Hungary

The deadline for submission is 16 December, 2005.
     
Authors will be notified of acceptance on 3 February 2006.
     
Camera-ready version of accepted paper due on 3 March 2006.

Use the standard Springer format for the Lecture Notes in Computer Science
series, available at
http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,3-164-2-72376-0,00.html

Submit your manuscript in uncompressed PDF only.

The maximum number of pages is 12 A4 pages.

The filesize should not exceed 1 Mb.

Send your submission to evophd2006@vanhemert.co.uk

Present a proof of your PhD studentship in the form of a letter
from your department, signed by your supervisor/promoter. Send this to
	Mario Giacobini
	INFORGE
	Amphipôle, Unil-Sorge
	Université de Lausanne
	CH-1015 Dorigny
	Switzerland 
or fax it to +41 21 692 35 85

Use the following template for your manuscript,

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1. TITLE, full name (first and last), institution/affiliation, e-mail
address

2. ABSTRACT: maximum 250 words abstract of the topic and goals

3. INTRODUCTION OF THE RESEARCH AREA

3.1. This should include a concise description of the problem you are
tackling. What are important research questions in the area, and what are
people undertaking to answer these questions.

3.2. A very short overview of the most important literature and the most
important achievements that are relevant to your study.

4. YOUR RESEARCH AND STUDY

4.1 GOALS

What are the goals of your research. In other words, what research
questions are you trying to answer. What is the priority of these
questions.

4.1 CURRENT STATUS

Provide a short overview of what you have done so far and remember that
not all achievements need to be positive. If you are comparing your new
algorithm to others and have not yet found better results, then this is
still an achievement. Use the list of goals to show how far you are with
the individual questions.

4.2 FUTURE PLANNING

Provide a short plan of the work you will do until the end of your PhD
study. Which questions will you most likely be able to address. What kind
of experiments or proofs will you attempt to answer these questions? How
will this fit into the time frame of your PhD study.

If appropriate, tell us about your plans for when you have finished your
PhD studies. Will you stay an academic or do you prefer to enter a
commercial career. Perhaps even some hybrid between these two? Will you
apply for any scholarships, grants or fellowships? Would you like to go to
another country?

4.3 STUDY

At what stage are you in your PhD study? How many years is your study in
total? If there is some mechanism that tracks your progress, such as study
points, then explain this and tell us where you are at.

5. RESULTS

When your work is empirical, give detailed explanations of the results you
have achieved, and how you obtained them. Be clear on your methodology and
also take care in explaining how results should be interpreted. For
theoretical work, provide an explanation of the theorems and where they
are of importance. Explain your proofs or partial proofs so that it is
easier for reviewers to understand your line of thought. This is the more
scientific part, which can include material from previously written
material. We encourage you to use the following subsections when including
empirical results.

5.1 METHODOLOGY

Explanation of the algorithms/methods used. 

5.2 EXPERIMENT

Benchmark files used, and where to obtain these. Parameter settings of
algorithms. Problem generators. Number of independent runs used. Make sure
that anyone reading your description can repeat the experiments and obtain
equal or highly similar results.

5.3 RESULTS

The presentation of results heavily depends on your questions, but we want
to provide some guidelines. Always make sure figures and tables are
discussed in the text. Label graphs and tables so their contents can be
understood. Use readable fonts and clear graphics. Only show results when
they contribute to answering your questions. Give detailed explanation of
how results are obtained. Provide statistical verification of variation
and significance of your results (standard deviations, confidence
intervals, t-tests, Wilcoxon tests, etc.)

6. ACHIEVEMENTS

Show what you have achieved, similar to the conclusions in a paper.
Moreover, explain what you think you have achieved when your thesis is
finished. Last, provide any open issues that you feel are important but
you find hard or impossible to address.

7. FEEDBACK

Tell us what you hope to gain from this Doctoral Consortium. What kind of
feedback do you hope to get? Contemplate this carefully, as this section
is the key into getting the answers you want from the experts.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Make sure you cite work where appropriate. Also include your own
publications, as you will surely reference your work in some of the
sections.

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