*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NATURAL COMPUTING TPNC 2013 Cáceres, Spain December 3-5, 2013 http://grammars.grlmc.com/tpnc2013/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAMME Tuesday, December 3 09:00 - 09:50 Registration 09:50 - 10:00 Opening 10:00 - 10:50 Eugen Czeizler, Pekka Orponen: Yield optimization strategies for (DNA) staged Tile Assembly Systems Vinay Kumar Gautam, Pauline C. Haddow, Martin Kuiper: Reliable Self-assembly by Self-triggered Activation of Enveloped DNA Tiles 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee Break 11:20 - 13:00 Mirosław Kordos, Andrzej Rusiecki: Improving MLP Neural Network Performance by Noise Reduction Omar K. Shoukry, Magda B. Fayek: Evolutionary Scheduling for Mobile Content Pre-fetching Marius Nagy, Naya Nagy: General Quantum Encryption Scheme based on Quantum Memory Marius Nagy, Naya Nagy: Quantum Secret Communication without an Encryption Key 13:00 - 14:45 Lunch 14:45 - 15:35 Oliver Rice, Robert Smith, Rickard Nyman: GPU Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm: Asynchronously Parallel Distributed NSGA-II Anne Jeannin-Girardon, Pascal Ballet, Vincent Rodin: An Efficient Biomechanical Cell Model to Simulate Large Multi-cellular Tissue Morphogenesis: Application to Cell Sorting Simulation on GPU 15:35 - 15:50 Break 15:50 - 16:40 Risto Miikkulainen: Evolving Neural Networks: Approaches – Invited Tutorial I Wednesday, December 4 09:00 - 10:40 Rim Hentech, Ilyes Jenhani, Zied Elouedi: Learning from Uncertain Data Using Possibilistic Artificial Immune Recognition Systems Massimiliano D’Angelo, Berend Weel, Agoston E. Eiben: Online Gait Learning for Modular Robots with Arbitrary Shapes and Sizes José M. Lanza-Gutiérrez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez: A Trajectory Algorithm to Solve the Relay Node Placement Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks Rafael Nogueras, Carlos Cotta, Carlos M. Fernandes, Juan Luis Jiménez Laredo, Juan Julián Merelo, Agostinho C. Rosa: An Analysis of a Selecto-Lamarckian Model of Multimemetic Algorithms with Dynamic Self-Organized Topology 10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break 11:10 - 12:00 Poster session I Orlando Duran: A Hybrid Solution to the Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem of Repairable Spare Parts Using Discrete Swarm Intelligence and a Local Search Procedure Jesús Torrecilla-Pinero, Fernando Torrecilla-Pinero, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Carlos Urueña-Fernández: A Novel Way to Optimize Cantilever Walls by Means of Natural Computing and Multiobjective Optimization Hector Zenil: Complexity and Algorithmic Probability of Animal Behaviour from Cognition to Communication Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson, Roger Vounckx: A Framework for Computing like Nature Cristina Martínez-Ramírez, Alberto Besana: Models for the Distribution of Letters in Random Generated Words Raúl Domínguez, Tim Köhler, Christian Rauch, Elmar Berghöfer, Frank Kirchner: Autonomous Robot Long Distance Traversing by a Robust Nature-Inspired Behaviour Control Model Using Sensor Feedback Expectations 12:00 - 12:15 Break 12:15 - 13:05 Risto Miikkulainen: Evolving Neural Networks: Applications – Invited Tutorial II 13:05 - 14:50 Lunch 14:50 - 15:50 Poster session II Kazunari Ozasa, Jeesoo Lee, Simon Song, Masahiko Hara, Mizuo Maeda: Introduction of Artificial Pheromone Effects on Euglena Cells Toward Ant Colony Optimization Experiments Kristīne Cīpola, Rūsiņš Freivalds: Examples of Advantages for Ultrametric Automata Mikhail Peretyat’kin: Combinatorial Computation in First-Order Predicate Logic as a Formal Prototype of Natural Computing Alidra Abdelghani, Mohamed Tahar Kimour: Biology Inspired Decision Making for Self-Healing Realtime Systems Kristīne Cīpola, Kārlis Ceziņš, Rūsiņš Freivalds, Viesturs Vēzis: Producing Learning Tools to Teach Quantum and Ultrametric Automata Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, José C. Riquelme, César Hervás-Martínez, Roberto Ruiz: Enhancing the Performance of a Feature Selection Method Based Jointly on Feature Ranking and Feature Subset Selection in the Context of a Neural Network Classifier Ángela Villota, Jesús Aranda: Towards a General Approach to Model Biological Systems from Membrane Systems into a Concurrent Constraint Calculus 15:55 Visit to the City Thursday, December 5 09:00 – 09:50 Xin Yao: Evolutionary Algorithm Portfolios for Numerical Optimisation - Invited Talk 09:50 - 10:05 Break 10:05 - 11:20 Yara Khaluf, Mauro Birattari, Franz Rammig: Probabilistic Analysis of Long-term Swarm Performance under Spatial Interferences Víctor Berrocal-Plaza, Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez: A New Version of the Multiobjective Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Optimizing the Location Areas Planning in a Realistic Network Takuya Nishida, Takaaki Mizuki, Hideaki Sone: Securely Computing the Three-Input Majority Function with Eight Cards 11:20 - 11:50 Coffee Break 11:50 - 13:05 Yahya O. Mohamed Elhadj, Mansour Alghamdi, Mohamed Alkanhal: Approach for Recognizing Allophonic Sounds of the Classical Arabic Based on Quran Recitations Antonio Martí Campoy, Francisco Rodríguez-Ballester, Rafael Ors Carot: Using Dynamic, Full Cache Locking and Genetic Algorithms for Cache Size Minimization in Multitasking, Preemptive, Real-time Systems Lingling Jin, Ian McQuillan: Computational Modelling of the Interruptional Activities between Transposable Elements 13:05 Closing