The annual IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation is one of the leading events in the field of evolutionary computation. The Conference Organizing Committee invites submissions of original, previously unpublished innovative research in topics including algorithms (e.g., ant colony optimization, swarm intelligence, artificial immune systems, Bayesian optimization, coevolution, cultural algorithms, differential evolution, estimation of distribution algorithms, evolutionary computation theory, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, particle swarm optimization, etc.), evolutionary machine learning (e.g., evolutionary neural architecture search, evolutionary reinforcement learning, large language models for optimization, etc.), optimization (e.g., combinatorial optimization, dynamic optimization, large-scale optimization, multi-objective optimization, etc.), related topics (e.g., bioinformatics, computer vision, robotics, games, finance, cybersecurity, etc.), theory (e.g., convergence, runtime analysis, fitness landscape analysis, etc.), and industry applications.
IEEE CEC 2026 is held as part of the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2026), covering original, previously unpublished innovative research in evolutionary computation topics including algorithms, evolutionary machine learning, optimization, related topics, theory, and industry applications.
by IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (IEEE CIS)
IEEE CEC 2027 will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, a vibrant capital renowned for its world-leading universities and research community and, in late July, for the festivals that fill the city each summer. The community is invited to join for an outstanding scientific programme in an inspiring setting.