The International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation aims at bringing together researchers to present and share their results and ideas in a multidisciplinary context. 

In 2026 WIVACE will have two tracks for submissions: 

- AI for Complex Systems

- Complex Systems Modelling

History of WIVACE

The workshop provides a forum for the discussion of new research directions and applications in Artificial Life, Evolutionary Computation and in related fields, where different disciplines and research areas could effectively meet. It was first held in 2007 in Sampieri (Ragusa), as the incorporation of two separate workshops (WIVA and GSICE). After the success of the first edition, the workshop was organized in the following years in Venice (2008), Naples (2009), Parma (2012), Milan (2013), Vietri (2014), Bari (2015), Salerno (2016), Venice (2017), Parma (2018) and Rende (2019). After a covid-related gap year, it was organized in Winterthur, Switzerland (2021), Gaeta (2022), and Venice (2023), Namur (2024) and Siena (2025)

"The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support."

Technical Program Committee (Confirmed to date) 

Alessandra Scotto di Freca, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

Alessia Faggian, Università degli studi di Trento

Alex Graudenzi, University of Milan-Bicoccaa

Andrea Roli

Andreagiovanni Reina, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Antonio Chella, (University of Palermo, IT)

Elio Tuci, University of Namur

Eric Medvet, University of Trieste

Federico Divina, Pablo de Olavide University

Francesco Fontanella, Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale

Franco Cicirelli, ICAR-CNR

Giancarlo Mauri, University Milano-Bicocca

gianfranco lombardo, University of Parma

Giovanni Iacca, University of Trento

Luca Manzoni, University of Trieste

Marco Baioletti, University of Perugia

Marco Villani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Mario Giacobini, University of Torino

Mario Pavone, University of Catania

Mathias Weyland, ZHAW

Pasquale Stano, Università del Salento

Riccardo Pecori, eCampus University and IMEM-CNR

Riccardo Righi, CAPP - Centro Analisi Politiche Pubbliche - Università Modena e Reggio Emilia

Simone Righi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Stefano Cagnoni, University of Parma

Thomas Stützle, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Timoteo Carletti, University of Namur