CFP ICARIS 2013 - NEWS: extended deadline 18 May; Keynotes; special issue in NACO; student bursaries

[Mario Pavone]

CALL FOR PAPERS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS
**Apologies for cross-posting**

12th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems - ICARIS 2013
August 27-29, 2013 - University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

icaris2013 at dmi.unict.it
http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013


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* EXTENDED DEADLINE: 18th May 2013

* Proceedings in LNCS, Springer (only for regular papers of 2nd track)

* Special issue in NATURAL COMPUTING

* STUDENT BURSARIES for the most competitive students from any country

* KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
- Pietro Lio', University of Cambridge, UK
- Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
- Benedict Seddon, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
- Alan Winfield, University of the West of England, UK
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* Important Dates:
- Extended paper submission:  18th May 2013
- Author notification:        18th June 2013
- Camera Ready submission:    28th June 2013


* Keynote Speakers:
- Pietro Lio', University of Cambridge, UK
- Natalio Krasnogor, University of Nottingham, UK
- Benedict Seddon, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
- Alan Winfield, University of the West of England, UK


* Student Bursaries:
ICARIS 2013 Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that it is  
making available a limited number of student bursaries, which will be  
awarded on a competitive basis to PhD students from any country.  
Details will be published shortly in ICARIS 2013 website.
http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/


* Special Session in NATURAL COMPUTING:
We are pleased to announce a special issue in Natural Computing by  
Springer. All accepted papers, and best abstracts are invited to  
submit the extended versions of their works to this special issue. The  
special issue will begin in December 2013 to conclude all processes  
around June/July 2014.


* Submission Guidelines:
As the previous editions, ICARIS 2013 is divided into two main tracks
http://www.artificial-immune-systems.org/icaris2013/submit.html

Please submit your manuscript for any tracks using the following link:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013

- Track on Computational Immunology (Oral & Posters submission)
This track aims is to attract researchers from computer science,  
information science, engineering, biomathematics, biomedicine,  
bioinformatics, systems biology, and immunology to share and exchange  
their knowledge of state-of-the-art research issues, methodologies,  
ideas, and challenges.
Authors are requested to submit an abstract up to 500 words in length,  
one figure and references. All abstracts will undergo a quick review  
process for relevance to the conference and technical accuracy. All  
accepted abstracts will be published in a book of abstracts.

- Track on Immune-inspired Engineering (Regular Paper - Oral & Posters  
submission)
This track is for research into the development and application of  
artificial immune systems. Authors may submit their manuscripts as  
EITHER an abstract paper or regular paper, both of which may qualify  
for an oral or poster presentations.
All papers and abstracts will undergo a double blind peer-review  
process. Authors are requested to submit a PDF file following the LNCS  
formatting instructions:  
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icaris2013

Regular Papers should be a maximum of fourteen (14) pages. All  
accepted papers will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer  
Science, Springer.
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words, include no more than one  
figure and include appropriate references. All accepted abstracts will  
be published in a book of abstracts.

If you wish to present a poster and do not wish to be considered for  
oral presentation, then please indicate this when you submit the  
abstract. We reserve the right to allocate poster presentation slots  
to submissions that have requested oral presentation.

During the submission authors must make clear which track the paper  
should to be considered for.


* Conference Location:
This conference is hosted by the University of Nottingham, and will be  
held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, situated on the  
University Park Campus. New for 2013, onsite hotel accommodation will  
be available at a competitive delegate rate. The University of  
Nottingham is easily accessible by public transport, 15 minutes from  
Nottingham City Centre. Nottingham is located in central England, 25  
minutes taxi from Nottingham East Midlands Airport, and 1 hr 45 mins  
from London St Pancras on the Midland Mainline. For further details  
please refer to the conference website.


We look forward to welcoming you to Nottingham in August 2013 !!
Uwe Aickelin, Julie Greensmith, Mario Pavone and Jon Timmis.