Kind reminder 👉You have less than 5 weeks to submit your papers for PPSN2020! Note that the best paper presented at PPSN2020 will be distinguished with a €1000 Best Paper Award sponsored by Springer. Guidelines are available here: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/calls/

As a result of the new measures for COVID-19, we have decided to extend the PPSN 2020 submission deadline with 2 weeks. The new deadline is on April 22. All the necessary information is available here: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/calls/ Take care during these challenging times!

Regarding the current Covid-19 crisis👉we are monitoring the situation and expect the conference to continue as planned. If we have to, we will either postpone or evolve into an online conference. Fees will be reduced if the latter is the case. Stay tuned for further updates!

We are closely monitoring the situation regarding Covid-19. If necessary, we will become an online conference. But for now, we will stick to the original plan. The proceedings of PPSN will appear in Springer's LNCS series as planned, independently of the format of the conference.

Please be aware that the Firm Deadline for paper application is April 22. Papers, therefore, need to be registered by April 15. All relevant information about paper submission can be found here: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/calls/

It's time! Don't miss the PPSN call for papers deadline, which ends tonight 11:59 PM (AoE). For Central Europe 👉🏻 you have until Thursday 23-4 2PM (CET). We look forward to your submissions, good luck!

PPSN is going HYBRID! This format offers 'the best of both worlds': if you can travel you can attend the conference in person, but if you are unable to travel due to the corona crisis you do not have to miss out this year. Read the full announcement here: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl

🎟️Ticket update🎟️ Grab your calendars, because ticket registration opens coming Tuesday! As announced earlier we will turn into a hybrid conference, meaning we will have both on-site and online tickets available. Stay tuned! ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl

Ticket registration is OPEN! 🎟️🎉Get your Early Birds until June 30 23:59 (CEST). There are on-site and on-line tickets available, all information about the differences between these two tickets are listed on the registration page: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/registration/

Early bird ticket registration is extended to July 7! Get your tickets now: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/registration/ #ppsn2020

Planning to attend #PPSN2020 onsite or online? Grants for residents of European "inclusiveness target countries" are available via COST action 15140 on Improving Applicability of Nature-Inspired Optimisation by Joining Theory and Practice imappnio.dcs.aber.ac.uk.

UPDATE: As you may have heard the number of Covid-19 cases in most European countries is increasing again. If you have concerns about traveling to Leiden to attend PPSN this year, please know that we have taken several measures for your safety: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/2020/08/19/upd…

#PPSN2020 has started, for the first time in a hybrid format! We hope you are attending our interesting workshops, tutorials and competitions this weekend, either on-line or on-site. Consult the full program for details: ppsn2020.liacs.leidenuniv.nl/program/

Today, Hans-Paul Schwefel, founder of PPSN, opened the three days of poster sessions with the tale about the beginning of PPSN. Now off to poster sessions with the Best Paper Nominees in session 1 & 2. Don't forget to vote for the Best Paper in the Whova app!

Eric Postma, Professor of #ArtificialIntelligence and today's keynote speaker, talks about Parallel Problem Solving in #DeepLearning.

Don’t miss JJ Merelo ‘s tutorial on How to create awesome posters (for PPSN and others) tomorrow 16:45-18:00 CEST Parallel Problem Solving from Nature Conference no registration required! Pm jj or me if you want to attend and we will send you the access link #ppsn2020 #evolutionaryComputation

After a nice Poster Session this morning we welcome Carme Torras online for her keynote lecture on assistive #robots and the #AI and #ethical challenges that arise with them. #PPSN2020

Our final keynote lecture from @ChrisStoecker had just ended. Great talk about how #MachineLearning researchers could help other reseach areas and humankind as toolmakers. #ppsn2020

#PPSN2020 was a great success! Cannot get enough and want to dive back into our workshops, tutorials, and competitions? The slides of the presenters are now all available in Whova 👇🏽whova.com/portal/webapp/…