Programme Committee
Youhei Akimoto, Shinshu University, JP
Richard Allmendinger, University of Manchester, GB
Dirk Arnold, Dalhousie University, CA
Asma Atamna, Inria, FR
Anne Auger, Inria, FR
Dogan Aydin, Dumlupinar University, TR
Jaume Bacardit, Newcastle University, GB
Helio Barbosa, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, BR
Thomas Bartz-Beielstein, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Heder Bernardino, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, BR
Hans-Georg Beyer, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, AT
Mauro Birattari, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE
Christian Blum, Spanish National Research Council, ES
Peter Bosman, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, NL
Pascal Bouvry, University of Luxembourg, LU
Juergen Branke, University of Warwick, GB
Dimo Brockhoff, Inria and Ecole Polytechnique, FR
Will Browne, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ
Alexander Brownlee, University of Stirling, GB
Larry Bull, University of the West of England, GB
Arina Buzdalova, ITMO University, RU
Maxim Buzdalov, ITMO University, RU
Stefano Cagnoni, University of Parma, IT
David Cairns, University of Stirling, GB
Mauro Castelli, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PT
Wenxiang Chen, Colorado State University, US
Ying-Ping Chen, National Chiao Tung University, TW
Marco Chiarandini, University of Southern Denmark, DK
Francisco Chicano, University of Málaga, ES
Miroslav Chlebik, University of Sussex, GB
Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei University, KR
Alexandre Chotard, Inria, FR
Carlos Coello Coello, CINVESTAV-IPN, MX
Dogan Corus, University of Nottingham, GB
Ernesto Costa, University of Coimbra, PT
Carlos Cotta, University of Málaga, ES
Kenneth De Jong, George Mason University, US
Antonio Della Cioppa, University of Salerno, IT
Bilel Derbel, University of Lille, FR
Benjamin Doerr, École Polytechnique, FR
Carola Doerr, Sorbonne University, Paris, FR
Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE
Johann Dréo, THALES Research & Technology, FR
Rafal Drezewski, AGH University of Science and Technology, PL
Michael Emmerich, Leiden University, NL
Andries Engelbrecht, University of Pretoria, ZA
Anton Eremeev, Omsk Branch of Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, RU
Katti Faceli, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, BR
João Paulo Fernandes, University of Coimbra, PT
Pedro Ferreira, University of Lisbon, PT
José Rui Figueira, University of Lisbon, PT
Bogdan Filipic, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI
Steffen Finck, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, AT
Andreas Fischbach, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Peter Fleming, University of Sheffield, GB
Carlos M. Fonseca, University of Coimbra, PT
Martina Friese, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Marcus Gallagher, University of Queensland, AU
José García-Nieto, University of Málaga, ES
Antonio Gaspar-Cunha, University of Minho, PT
Mario Giacobini, University of Torino, IT
Tobias Glasmachers, Institut für Neuroinformatik, DE
Roderich Gross, University of Sheffield, GB
Andreia Guerreiro, University of Coimbra, PT
Jussi Hakanen, University of Jyväskylä, FI
Hisashi Handa, Kindai University, JP
Julia Handl, University of Manchester, GB
Jin-Kao Hao, University of Angers, FR
Emma Hart, Napier University, GB
Nikolaus Hansen, Inria, FR
Verena Heidrich-Meisner, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, DE
Carlos Henggeler Antunes, University of Coimbra, PT
Hisao Ishibuchi, Southern University of Science and Technology, CN
Christian Jacob, University of Calgary, CA
Domagoj Jakobovic, University of Zagreb, HR
Thomas Jansen, Aberystwyth University, GB
Yaochu Jin, University of Surrey, GB
Laetitia Jourdan, University of Lille, FR
Bryant Julstrom, St. Cloud State University, US
George Karakostas, McMaster University, CA
Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham, GB
Timo Kötzing, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, DE
Krzysztof Krawiec, Poznan University of Technology, PL
Martin Krejca, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, DE
Algirdas Lančinskas, Vilnius University, LT
William Langdon, University College London, GB
Frederic Lardeux, University of Angers, FR
Jörg Lässig, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, DE
Per Kristian Lehre, University of Birmingham, GB
Johannes Lengler, ETH Zurich, CH
Arnaud Liefooghe, University of Lille, FR
Andrei Lissovoi, University of Sheffield, GB
Giosuè Lo Bosco, Università di Palermo, IT
Fernando Lobo, University of Algarve, PT
Daniele Loiacono, Politecnico di Milano, IT
Manuel López-Ibáñez, University of Manchester, GB
Nuno Lourenço, University of Coimbra, PT
Jose A. Lozano, University of the Basque Country, ES
Gabriel Luque, University of Málaga, ES
Thibaut Lust, Sorbonne University, FR
Penousal Machado, University of Coimbra, PT
Jacek Mańdziuk, Warsaw University of Technology, PL
Vittorio Maniezzo, University of Bologna, IT
Elena Marchiori, Radboud University, NL
Giancarlo Mauri, University of Milano-Bicocca, IT
James McDermott, University College Dublin, IE
Alexander Melkozerov, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, RU
J. J. Merelo, University of Granada, ES
Marjan Mernik, University of Maribor, SI
Silja Meyer-Nieberg, Universität der Bundeswehr München, DE
Martin Middendorf, University of Leipzig, DE
Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyväskylä, FI
Edmondo Minisci, University of Strathclyde, GB
Gara Miranda, University of La Laguna, ES
Marco A. Montes De Oca “clypd, Inc.”, US
Sanaz Mostaghim, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, DE
Boris Naujoks, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Antonio J. Nebro, University of Málaga, ES
Ferrante Neri, De Montfort University, GB
Frank Neumann, University of Adelaide, AU
Phan Nguyen, University of Birmingham, GB
Miguel Nicolau, University College Dublin, IE
Kouhei Nishida, Shinshu University, JP
Michael O’ Neill, University College Dublin, IE
Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling, GB
Pietro S Oliveto, University of Sheffield, GB
José Carlos Ortiz-Bayliss, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MX
Ben Paechter, Napier University, GB
Gregor Papa, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI
Gisele Pappa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BR
Luis Paquete, University of Coimbra, PT
Andrew J. Parkes, University of Nottingham, GB
Margarida Pato, Universidade de Lisboa, PT
Mario Pavone, University of Catania, IT
David Pelta, University of Granada, ES
Martin Pilat, Charles University in Prague, CZ
Petr Pošík, Czech Technical University in Prague, CZ
Mike Preuss, University of Münster , DE
Robin Purshouse, University of Sheffield, GB
Günther Raidl, Vienna University of Technology, AT
William Rand, North Carolina State University, US
Khaled Rasheed, University of Georgia, US
Tapabrata Ray, University of New South Wales, AU
Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello, CINVESTAV-Tamaulipas, MX
Günter Rudolph, TU Dortmund University, DE
Andrea Roli, University of Bologna, IT
Agostinho Rosa, University of Lisbon, PT
Jonathan Rowe, University of Birmingham, GB
Thomas Runarsson, University of Iceland, IS
Thomas A. Runkler, Siemens Corporate Technology, DE
Conor Ryan, University of Limerick, IE
Frédéric Saubion, University of Angers, FR
Robert Schaefer, AGH University of Science and Technology, PL
Andrea Schaerf, University of Udine, IT
Manuel Schmitt, ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital, DE
Marc Schoenauer, Inria, FR
Oliver Schuetze, CINVESTAV-IPN, MX
Eduardo Segredo, Napier University, GB
Martin Serpell, University of the West of England, GB
Roberto Serra, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT
Marc Sevaux, Université de Bretagne-Sud, FR
Shinichi Shirakawa, Yokohama National University, JP
Kevin Sim, Napier University, GB
Moshe Sipper, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL
Jim Smith, University of the West of England, GB
Christine Solnon, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, FR
Sebastian Stich, EPFL, CH
Catalin Stoean, University of Craiova, RO
Jörg Stork, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BE
Dirk Sudholt, University of Sheffield, GB
Andrew Sutton, University of Minnesota Duluth, US
Jerry Swan, University of York, GB
Ricardo H. C. Takahashi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BR
El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Lille, FR
Daniel Tauritz, Missouri University of Science and Technology, US
Jorge Tavares, Microsoft, DE
Hugo Terashima, Tecnológico de Monterrey, MX
German Terrazas Angulo, University of Nottingham, GB
Andrea Tettamanzi, University Nice Sophia Antipolis, FR
Lothar Thiele, ETH Zurich, CH
Dirk Thierens, Utrecht University, NL
Renato Tinós, University of São Paulo, BR
Alberto Tonda, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, FR
Heike Trautmann, University of Münster, DE
Leonardo Trujillo, Instituto Tecnológico de TIjuana, MX
Tea Tusar, Jožef Stefan Institute, SI
Nadarajen Veerapen, University of Stirling, GB
Sébastien Verel, Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, FR
Markus Wagner, University of Adelaide, AU
Elizabeth Wanner, Aston University, GB
Carsten Witt, Technical University of Denmark, DK
Man Leung Wong, Lingnan University, HK
John Woodward, Queen Mary University of London, GB
Ning Xiong, Mälardalen University, SE
Shengxiang Yang, De Montfort University, GB
Gary Yen, Oklahoma State University, US
Martin Zaefferer, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, DE
Ales Zamuda, University of Maribor, SI
Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University, GB