From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants (ANTS'98), the 1st Int. Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization, will be held in Brussels on 15-16Oct98. It's about models of ant behavior, plus a growing number of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) distributed algorithms -- clustering, sorting, traveling salesman, telecom routing -- inspired by ant behavior. 31May98 submission deadline, to . . [Marco Dorigo , IRLIST, 16Mar98.]

John Koza is collecting a list of genetic-programming "technique extensions," dissertations, and books for his Genetic Programming III book. He wants techniques that move GP toward automatic programming, or that have extended the mechanics and techniques of GP. (In other words, not just great applications.) Check with to see if your work has been overlooked. [genetic-programming, 24Feb98. Bill Park.]