About us

The 17th edition of the biennial International Conference on Artificial Evolution (EA 2026) is dedicated to optimization techniques that simulate natural evolution. The conference focuses on mechanisms of living organisms and uses technical and theoretical tools for problem-solving. This year, special focus is placed on combining metaheuristics and reinforcement learning, alongside traditional topics in evolutionary computation.

Important Dates

Fri, Jun 12, 2026
Submission deadline
Fri, Jul 24, 2026
Notification of acceptance
Fri, Sep 11, 2026
Submission of camera-ready
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
Author's mandatory registration

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Theorical Studies as Convergence studies, Fitness Landscape analysis
Applications of evolutionary paradigms to the real world (life sciences, industry, socio-economic sciences, music, etc.)
Evolutionary robotics, education, visualisation, interactive design and artistic applications
Benchmarks & Comparison Methodologies
Parameter Adaptation and Tuning
Large-scale global optimisation
Memetic algorithms, interactive optimisation, neural networks, etc.
Ensemble Methods & Hyper-heuristics
Distributed evolutionary paradigms
Surrogate model assisted optimisation
Topologies evolution operators
Multi- or Many-modal optimisation
Multi- or Many-objective optimisation
Dynamic & Stochastic optimisation
Hybridisation with other soft computing techniques such as machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning or fuzzy logic

Call for Papers Description

Authors are invited to submit original papers in the field of evolutionary computation (broadly considered) for presentation at EA2026 in Nice, France with potential publication in Springer LNCS. Submissions must not exceed 14 pages and be formatted in the LNCS style. Submissions must be original and not under consideration elsewhere.

Committee

Chair

Denis Pallez

Université Côte d'Azur

Steering Committee

Lhassane Idoumghar

Université de Haute-Alsace

Edward Keedwell

University of Exeter, UK

Arnaud Liefooghe

Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale

Evelyne Lutton

INRAE

Nicolas Monmarché

Université de Tours

Denis Pallez

Université Côte d'Azur

Organizing Committee

Lhassane Idoumghar

Treasury

Université de Haute-Alsace

Pierrick Legrand

LNCS Publication, Booklet

Université de Bordeaux

Julien Lepagnot

Submissions

Université de Haute-Alsace

Nicolas Monmarché

CFP

Université de Tours

Laurent Deroussi

Sponsors

Université Clermont-Auvergne

Christelle Caillouet

Sponsors

Université Côte d'Azur

Patrick Siarry

Publicity

Université Paris-Est Créteil

Edward Keedwell

Best student presentation

University of Exeter

Gaetan Rey

Web site

Université Côte d'Azur

Cathy Escazut

local organisation

Université Côte d'Azur