The journal of Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines is devoted to reporting innovative and significant progress in automatic evolution of software and hardware. Methods for artificial evolution of active components, such as programs or machines, are rapidly developing branches of adaptive computation and adaptive engineering. They entail the development, evaluation and application of methods that mirror the process of neo-Darwinian evolution and produce as a result computational expressions such as algorithms or machines such as mechanical or electronic devices that actively process environmental information and transform their environment. In addition to its main topics, the journal covers related topics such as evolutionary algorithms with variable-size genomes, alternate methods of program induction, approaches to engineering systems development based on embryology, morphogenesis or other techniques inspired by adaptive natural systems.

Methods:

Genetic Programming; Variable-size evolutionary algorithms; Induction of algorithms and symbolic expressions by iterative and non-deterministic search; Evolutionary design and Optimization of electronic circuits and mechanical devices; On-line adaptation of hardware and software; Evolutionary robotics; DNA computing; Coevolutionary techniques; Meta-learning; Hybrid systems; Cellular and Developmental approaches.

Task Domains:

Algorithm evolution; Agents; Architecture; Art and animation; Classification and pattern recognition; Computer graphics; Computing; Circuit design; Data mining; Distributed problem solving; Engineering design applications; Games; Hardware and software testing and verification; Image and signal processing; Interactive evolution; Molecular biology applications; Music; Natural language processing; Network routing; Optimization; Process control; Robotics and motor control; Self-repair; Self-reproduction of software and hardware, Self-programming; System modeling.

Both theoretical papers (preferably including computer simulations) and application papers are welcome. Papers describing hardware implementations are strongly encouraged. Papers in the areas of artificial life, molecular computing and any other emergent computation technique will be considered as well.

Editor-in-Chief:

Lee Spector, Hampshire College, USA; Amherst College, USA

Founding Editor:

Wolfgang Banzhaf, Michigan State University, USA
Resource Review Editor: 

William B. Langdon, University College London, UK
Advisory Board:

Wolfgang Banzhaf, Michigan State University, USA
Stephanie Forrest, University of New Mexico, USA
David Goldberg, University of Illinois, USA
Erik Goodman, Michigan State University, USA
John Koza, Stanford University, USA
Marc Schoenauer, I.N.R.I.A. Futurs, France
Andy Tyrrell, University of York, UK
Thematic Area Editors:
Area Editor for Life Sciences
James A. Foster, University of Idaho, USA
Area Editor for Software Engineering
Claire Le Goues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Area Editor for Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery
Una-May O'Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 

Area Editor for Neural Systems 
Sebastian Risi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Area Editor for Games
Moshe Sipper, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Associate Editors:

James A. Foster, University of Idaho, USA
Hitoshi Iba, University of Tokyo, Japan
Krzysztof Krawiec, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
William B. Langdon, University College London, UK 

Claire Le Goues, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Julian Miller, University of York, UK
Alberto Moraglio, University of Exeter, UK
Una-May O'Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 

Sebastian Risi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Lukas Sekanina, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Moshe Sipper, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Stephen Smith, University of York, UK

Terence Soule, University of Idaho, USA
Marco Tomassini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Martin Trefzer, University of York, UK
Leonardo Vanneschi, ISEGI, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Editorial Board:
A.I. Esparcia-Alcázar, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
L. Altenberg, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
M.A. Azad, Birmingham City University, UK
S. Cagnoni, University of Parma, Italy
M. Castelli, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
K. Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, India
M. Dorigo, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
M. Ebner, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
G. Eiben, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A. Ekart, Aston University, UK
C. Gagne, Laval University, Canada
S.M. Gustafson, Maana, USA
I. Harvey, University of Sussex, UK
M. Heywood, Dalhousie University, Canada
T. Hu, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
C. Jacob, The University of Calgary, Canada
C. Johnson, University of Kent, UK
T. Kalganova, Brunel University, UK
D.B. Kell, UMIST, UK
D. Keymeulen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
A. Leier, Ph. D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
M. Lones, Heriot-Watt University, UK
S. Luke, George Mason University, USA
E. Lutton, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, France
P. Machado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
J. Mcdermott, University College Dublin, Ireland
N.F. McPhee, University of Minnesota at Morris, USA
J. Moore, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
X.H. Nguyen, Hanoi University, Vietnam
M. Nicolau, University College Dublin, Ireland
G. Ochoa, University of Stirling, UK
M. O'Neill, University College Dublin, Ireland
G. Pappa, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
J. Petke, University College London, UK
L.T. Reyes, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
C. Ryan, University of Limerick, Ireland
F. Sarro, University College London, UK
S. Silva, University of Lisboa, Portugal,
G. Squillero, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
A. Stoica, California Institute of Technology, USA
I. Tanev, Doshisha University, Japan
A. Tonda, French National Institute of Agricultural Research, France
P. Whigham, University of Otago, New Zealand
M.-L. Wong, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
T. Yu, Independent Consultant, USA
B. Zhang, Seoul National University, Korea
M. Zhang, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand