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                               META'2021
International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing
                             27-30 Oct 2021
                           Marrakech, Morocco
                 http://meta2021.sciencesconf.org/
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META is one of the main event focusing on the progress of the area of
metaheuristics and their applications. As in previous editions,
META’2021 will provide an opportunity to the international research
community in metaheuristics to discuss recent research results, to
develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old friends and make
new ones in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

All selected long papers will be published in the Springer (SCOPUS, ISI,
DBLP) conference proceedings.
At least, 2 special special issues in ISI and SCOPUS journals are also
confirmed.

META'2021 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of metaheuristic
research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications,
new research challenges, theoretical developments, implementation
issues, and in-depth experimental studies. META'2021 strives for a
high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited
talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions.

The scope of the META conference includes, but is not limited to:
     * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, …
     * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, bio-inspired
algorithms, …
     * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: artificial immune systems,
bee colony, DNA computing, …
     * Quantum computing, neuromorphic computing
     * Parallel and distributed algorithms
     * Decomposition methods
     * Hybrid methods with machine learning, game theory, mathematical
programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, …
     * Application to: logistics and transportation, networks,
scheduling, data mining, engineering design, energy, cloud, bio-medical, …
     * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence,
problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, …
     * Multi-objective optimization, bi-level optimization
     * Dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, stochastic
optimization, …
     * Parameter tuning (static, dynamic, adaptive, self-adaptive)
     * Hyper-heuristics, cross-domain metaheuristics
     * Software frameworks for metaheuristics and nature inspired computing

Submission of papers:
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– Submission of papers via the website

     S1) Short papers: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and
position papers of a maximum of 3 pages.
     S2) Long papers: Original research contributions of a maximum of 10
pages.
     S3) Journal papers: High-quality manuscripts that have recently,
within the last year, been submitted or accepted for journal
publication. For this special case, the submission should have the same
title that the accepted work, the abstract AND the complete reference of
the work.

– Proceedings of the conference will be provided. Selected papers of
type S2 will be published in a Springer book (SCOPUS, ISI, DBLP).
– Predefined styles are available on the website
http://meta2021.sciencesconf.org/
– Proposals for invited sessions, workshops and tutorials: Deadline
April 9, 2021, contact meta2021@sciencesconf.org

Important dates
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– Submission deadline: May 30, 2021
– Notification of acceptance: June 18, 2021