8th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems
9th - 12th August 2009, York, UK
News Announcement: The provisional timetable is now available. See Programme for details.
Student Bursaries: There are a limited number of travel bursaries available for students, see Student Bursaries for details on how to apply.
Registration: ICARIS 2009 registration is now open, please see Registration for further information. All enquiries related to registration should be sent to icaris-2009-admin@cs.york.ac.uk.
Submission: The submission system for ICARIS 2009 is now open and the deadlines have been extended by one week. See Formatting and Submission for details.
Plenary speakers: Dario Floreano and David Harel. See Programme for details.
Tutorials: Susan Stepney, Thomas Stibor and Tim Hoverd. See Programme for details.
CoSMoS Workshop: Co-located with ICARIS on the 13th August 2009 will be the 2nd workshop on Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation (CoSMoS). Irun Cohen will be a plenary speaker. See CoSMoS website for more information.
DSTL Workshop: A Dstl sponsored workshop: Artificial Immune Systems for Anomaly Detection in Real Time Spectra will be held at ICARIS 2009. Please see Programme for further details.
Journals: Two special issues of journals have been agreed for ICARIS 2009 and CoSMoS. See Special Journal Issues for further details.
Accommodation: Special rates at a selection of hotels in York have been negotiated. See Accommodation and Travel for details.
Social Event: Social events will include a Welcome Reception, Conference Dinner and Tour of York Brewery. See Programme for details
Artificial immune systems (AIS) is a diverse and maturing area of research that bridges the disciplines of immunology and engineering. The scope of AIS ranges from immune inspired algorithms and engineering solutions in software and hardware, though to the understanding of immunology through modelling and simulation of immune system concepts.
In recent years, AIS algorithms inspired by concepts such as clonal selection, immune networks, negative selection and danger theory have been applied to a wide variety of applications. These include computer security, fault tolerance, data mining and optimisation to name a few. In addition, theoretical aspects of artificial and real immune systems have been the subject of mathematical and computational models including Markov chains, differential equations and agent-based simulations.
The 8th International Conference on AIS (ICARIS) aims to build on the success of previous years and provide a forum for all AIS researchers in academia and industry to present and discuss their latest results and advances. Student grants will be available to contribute towards travel costs. In addition to peer-reviewed papers, ICARIS will present a range of plenary lectures and tutorials to inspire and facilitate the AIS researcher in their work.
This year's ICARIS sees the addition of an extended abstract submission for the immune modelling stream. Full papers can be submitted to this stream, but it is not a requirement. Papers and extended abstracts will undergo the same review process for quality and relevance, and are especially encouraged from the theoretical and clinical immunology communities. All accepted abstracts will be published alongside full papers.
This year a rebuttal system will be in place to allow authors to respond directly to reviewers comments. This is designed to increase the quality of papers, and remove any misunderstandings that may happen as part of the review process.
ICARIS 2009 continues the themed stream this year, for more information see submission guidelines.
York Minster Conference Centre
St. Williams College
