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2nd International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing, TPNC 2013
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A pdf version of the program available as a banner  (411k)
or a  leaflet (192k - to be printed on both sides).
| Tuesday, December 3 | |
| 09:00 - 09:50 | Registration | 
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Opening | 
| 10:00 - 10:50 Mirosław Kordos  | Eugen Czeizler, Pekka Orponen: Yield optimization strategies for (DNA) staged Tile Assembly Systems | 
| Vinay Kumar Gautam, Pauline C. Haddow, Martin Kuiper: Reliable Self-assembly by Self-triggered Activation of Enveloped DNA Tiles | |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:20 - 13:00 Eugen Czeizler  | Mirosław Kordos, Andrzej Rusiecki: Improving MLP Neural Network Performance by Noise Reduction | 
| Omar K. Shoukry, Magda B. Fayek: Evolutionary Scheduling for Mobile Content Pre-fetching | |
| Marius Nagy, Naya Nagy: General Quantum Encryption Scheme based on Quantum Memory | |
| Marius Nagy, Naya Nagy: Quantum Secret Communication without an Encryption Key | |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch | 
| 15:00 - 15:50 Marius Nagy  | Oliver Rice, Robert Smith, Rickard Nyman: GPU Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm: Asynchronously Parallel Distributed NSGA-II | 
| Anne Jeannin-Girardon, Pascal Ballet, Vincent Rodin: An Efficient Biomechanical Cell Model to Simulate Large Multi-cellular Tissue Morphogenesis: Application to Cell Sorting Simulation on GPU | |
| 15:50 - 16:05 | Break | 
| 16:05 - 16:55 Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez  | Risto Miikkulainen: Evolving Neural Networks: Approaches - Invited Tutorial I | 
| Wednesday, December 4 | |
| 09:00 - 10:40 Risto Miikkulainen  | Rim Hentech, Ilyes Jenhani, Zied Elouedi: Learning from Uncertain Data Using Possibilistic Artificial Immune Recognition Systems | 
| Massimiliano D’Angelo, Berend Weel, Agoston E. Eiben: Online Gait Learning for Modular Robots with Arbitrary Shapes and Sizes | |
| José M. Lanza-Gutiérrez, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez: A Trajectory Algorithm to Solve the Relay Node Placement Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks | |
| Rafael Nogueras, Carlos Cotta, Carlos M. Fernandes, Juan Luis Jiménez Laredo, Juan Julián Merelo, Agostinho C. Rosa: An Analysis of a Selecto-Lamarckian Model of Multimemetic Algorithms with Dynamic Self-Organized Topology | |
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:10 - 11:50 Poster Session I Carlos Cotta  | 
Orlando Duran: A Hybrid Solution to the Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem of Repairable Spare Parts using Discrete Swarm Intelligence and a Local Search Procedure | 
| Jesús Torrecilla-Pinero, Fernando Torrecilla-Pinero, Juan A. Gómez-Pulido, Carlos Urueña-Fernández: A Novel Way to Optimize Cantilever Walls by Means of Natural Computing and Multiobjective Optimization | |
| Hector Zenil: Complexity and Algorithmic Probability of Animal Behaviour from Cognition to Communication | |
| Cristina Martínez-Ramírez, Alberto Besana: Models for the Distribution of Letters in Random Generated Words | |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Break | 
| 12:05 - 12:55 Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez  | Risto Miikkulainen: Evolving Neural Networks: Applications - Invited Tutorial II | 
| 12:55 - 14:50 | Lunch | 
| 14:50 - 15:30 Poster Session II Naya Nagy  | 
Raúl Domínguez, Tim Köhler, Christian Rauch, Elmar Berghöfer, Frank Kirchner: Autonomous Robot Long Distance Traversing by a Robust Nature-Inspired Behaviour Control Model Using Sensor Feedback Expectations | Kazunari Ozasa, Jeesoo Lee, Simon Song, Masahiko Hara, Mizuo Maeda: Introduction of Artificial Pheromone Effects on Euglena Cells Toward Ant Colony Optimization Experiments | 
| Mikhail Peretyat'kin: Combinatorial Computation in First-Order Predicate Logic as a Formal Prototype of Natural Computing | |
| Antonio J. Tallón-Ballesteros, José C. Riquelme, César Hervás-Martínez, Roberto Ruiz: Enhancing the Performance of a Feature Selection Method Based Jointly on Feature Ranking and Feature Subset Selection in the Context of a Neural Network Classifier | |
| Ángela Villota, Jesús Aranda: Towards a General Approach to Model Biological Systems from Membrane Systems into a Concurrent Constraint Calculus | |
| 15:40 - 15:15 | Visit to the City (click on the link for some details) | 
| Thursday, December 5 | |
| 09:00 - 09:50 Antonio Martí Campoy  | Xin Yao: Evolutionary Algorithm Portfolios for Numerical Optimisation - Invited Talk | 
| 09:50 - 10:05 | Break | 
| 10:05 - 11:20 Lingling Jin  | Yara Khaluf, Mauro Birattari, Franz Rammig: Probabilistic Analysis of Long-term Swarm Performance under Spatial Interferences | 
| Víctor Berrocal-Plaza, Miguel Ángel Vega-Rodríguez, Juan M. Sánchez-Pérez: A New Version of the Multiobjective Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Optimizing the Location Areas Planning in a Realistic Network | |
| Takuya Nishida, Takaaki Mizuki, Hideaki Sone: Securely Computing the Three-Input Majority Function with Eight Cards | |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Coffee Break | 
| 11:50 - 13:05 Takaaki Mizuki  | Yahya O. Mohamed Elhadj, Mansour Alghamdi, Mohamed Alkanhal: Approach for Recognizing Allophonic Sounds of the Classical Arabic Based on Quran Recitations | 
| Antonio Martí Campoy, Francisco Rodríguez-Ballester, Rafael Ors Carot: Using Dynamic, Full Cache Locking and Genetic Algorithms for Cache Size Minimization in Multitasking, Preemptive, Real-time Systems | |
| Lingling Jin, Ian McQuillan: Computational Modelling of the Interruptional Activities between Transposable Elements | |
| 13:05 | Closing |