GECCO 2005 Undergraduate Student Workshop
                           Saturday, June 25, 2005

                          to be held as part of the
      2005 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2005)
                    June 25-29, 2005 (Saturday-Wednesday)
                         Loew's L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
                             Washington, DC, USA
                           www.isgec.org/GECCO-2005
                           Organized by ACM SIG-EVO


Call for Papers

Submission deadline:      Friday,  April 8, 2005
Acceptance notification:  Friday, April 22, 2005
Camera ready deadline:    Friday,    May 5, 2005

Organizer

Laurence D. Merkle, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
     merkle@rose-hulman.edu
     http://ugws2005.cs.rose-hulman.edu/

Details

The third annual Undergraduate Student Workshop at a GECCO conference
will occur on June 25, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The workshop will 
provide an opportunity for undergraduate students, and their faculty 
mentors, to present evolutionary computation projects they have 
completed as class projects or in conjunction with more in-depth 
undergraduate research activities.

The workshop will be a half-day event, during which approximately
eight undergraduate students will present their work to a panel of
GECCO participants interested in undergraduate education. The panel
will also include participating students' faculty mentors. Students
should plan on 15-minute presentations, followed by five minutes of
questions. The panel will provide feedback to the presenting students
regarding their work and their presentation.

Students invited to the workshop will also participate in the
conference poster session. Students will display posters summarizing
their work; this will allow the larger GECCO community to see what's
being done by undergraduates in evolutionary computation. The poster
session will also be a great opportunity for some networking!

Goals of the Undergraduate Student Workshop include:

(*) To provide a forum allowing undergraduate students to put a
"capstone" on their undergraduate research activities, by presenting
their work at an international conference  

(*) To encourage teaching faculty to consider undergraduate research
opportunities for their students in the EC field  

(*) To help prepare undergraduate students for graduate work in EC
areas  

(*) To encourage sharing and networking amongst teaching faculty with
students participating in undergraduate research projects in EC  

(*) To provide networking opportunities for graduate school faculty
and undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced degrees,
and  

(*) To encourage more emphasis on education at the GECCO conference 

Submissions

Papers should be submitted by e-mail only, to Laurence D. Merkle
(merkle@rose-hulman.edu). Papers should be submitted in PDF format 
only. Please place the text "GECCO 2005 Undergraduate Workshop" in the 
subject line of your e-mail.

More specific details on how to submit papers to the workshop can be
found on the workshop web page:

http://ugws2005.cs.rose-hulman.edu 

Faculty Participation

Since many undergraduate students do not normally read the
EC newsgroups and mailing lists, faculty participation is a key
element for promoting this workshop.

Faculty members who have taught undergraduate courses related to
evolutionary computation, or who have supervised undergraduate
research activities in the field, are encouraged to consider which of
their outstanding students might wish to submit papers for the
workshop.

In addition, faculty members who are interested in undergraduate
education can serve on the workshop panel. The panel will provide an 
excellent opportunity for sharing project ideas and pedagogy related
to evolutionary computation. Interested faculty members should contact
Laurence D. Merkle (merkle@rose-hulman.edu). 

Contact point

Laurence D. Merkle, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
     merkle@rose-hulman.edu
     http://ugws2005.cs.rose-hulman.edu

For information about the annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation 
Conference (GECCO) to be held in Washington, D.C. on June 25-29, 2005 
(Saturday - Wednesday), visit http://www.isgec.org/gecco-2005/