SIGEVO - Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
The ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation operates an annual Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) (combining the formerly held International Conference on Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming Conferences), supports and periodically operates other specialized conferences and events, provides support for student participation in the activities of the organization and educational activities, and promotes public information about the field of genetic and evolutionary computation.
SIGEVO benefits for FY 2025:
Member Benefits
- Discounted registration fee for SIGEVO’s annual GECCO Conference including online streaming of all presentations and the possibility of remote presentation of accepted presentations
- SIGEVO’s quarterly on-line newsletter
- Eligibility for consideration for awards to be conferred by SIGEVO: Outstanding Contribution Award, Best PhD Dissertation Award, 10-years Impact Award
- Access to content in the ACM Digital Library provided by SIGEVO, including proceedings, workshop proceedings, tutorial notes, and late-breaking abstract from the annual GECCO conference
- Free subscription to the SIGEVO members moderated email list, with calls, advance and final event programs, and news of interest to the community posted regularly
- Support for ACM-W scholarship recipients attending GECCO conference including complimentary registration
Community Benefits:
- Sponsorship of GECCO conferences
- Sponsorship of the FOGA workshops
- Sponsorship of SIGEVO GECCO Impact Paper Award
- Sponsorship of Student Travel Grants for participation in GECCO
- Sponsorship of Student Travel Grants for participation in FOGA
- Sponsorship of Best Paper Awards in GECCO conference tracks
- Sponsorship of Graduate Student Workshop at GECCO and its awards
- Sponsorship of a varying number of GECCO Competition awards
- Sponsorship of the SIGEVO SummerSchool@GECCO, including mentors’ expenses as well as awards and grants for the students
- Contribution of all GECCO print content to ACM Digital Library
- Social networking community through Twitter
- Conference proceedings available for free on sig.sigevo.org through ACM’s OpenTOC.
- Job ads available on sig.sigevo.org. community members can post job vacancies as well as search for jobs in the field.