Evostar 2017

Nature-inspired algorithms in Software Engineering and Testing

The recipients of the "EvoAPPLICATIONS Best Paper Awards" will be invited to submit an extended version of their works to a special issue of Memetic Computing.

We seek both theoretical developments and applications of Computational Intelligence to the design, the development, operation, and maintenance of software, with particular focus on testing for security and reliability. All bio-inspired computational paradigms are welcome, mainly Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, including Multi-Objective Approaches, but also Fuzzy Logic, Intelligent Agent Systems, Neural Networks, Cellular Automata, Artificial Immune Systems, Swarm Intelligence and others, including hybrids.

Topics include but are not limited to:

• Requirements engineering
• Automated design and development of software
• Search-based software engineering
• Software reliability, testing and security
• Software maintenance and self-repair
• Software effort estimation and fault prediction
• Genetic improvement of software
• Real world applications of the above

Chairs:

• Anna I Esparcia-Alcázar,
  Research Centre on Software Production Methods, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
  aesparcia(AT)pros.upv.es
• Sara Silva,
  Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  sara@fc.ul.pt

Programme Committee

• Chicano, Francisco, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
• Cohen, Myra, University of Nebraska
• Fraser, Gordon, University of Sheffield, UK
• Gay, Gregory, University of South Carolina
• Kessentini, Marouane, University of Michigan, USA
• Le Goues, Claire, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Menzies, Tim, University of Nebraska
• Mkaouer, Wiem, University of Michigan, USA
• Ochoa, Gabriela, University of Stirling
• Petke, Justyna, University College London, UK
• Sarro, Federica, University College London, UK
• Vos, Tanja, Open University, The Netherlands
• White, David, University College London, UK