BAA 2027, 9-10 June 2027 (Our first in-person edition)
BAA 2027, 9-10 June 2027 (Our first in-person edition)
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We invite papers for the sixth International Workshop on the Bees Algorithm and its Applications. The workshop is an interdisciplinary forum for sharing the latest research, ideas and developments in the Bees Algorithm and other bee-inspired optimisation methods, and their applications.
This edition is linked to a Special Issue of International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, Computational Modelling and Bee-Inspired Optimisation in Manufacturing and Design, edited by Natalia Hartono, Voicu Ion Sucala and Martino Luis.
Accepted abstracts will be presented at the workshop, and authors will then be invited to submit a full paper to the journal for the Special Issue. All full papers will undergo the journal's standard peer-review process, and acceptance for presentation at the workshop does not guarantee acceptance of the full paper.
International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing IJIDeM is a hybrid journal. Open access is optional and carries an article processing charge (APC); authors who do not require open access can publish under the standard subscription route at no charge. Authors should check their institution's or funder's open access requirements before deciding.
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Scope
We welcome work across the full breadth of design and manufacturing, from engineering design and process planning to scheduling, machining, assembly and additive manufacturing, wherever computer modelling, simulation and analysis are used to solve the problem. Both new algorithmic developments and fresh applications are encouraged.
Important Dates
• Abstract submission deadline : 31 March 2027
• Notification of abstract acceptance : within one week of submission, no later than 9 April 2027
• Workshop presentation : 9-10 June 2027
• Full paper submission to the Special Issue deadline : 15 August 2027
• Full paper peer review and decisions : following submission
Submission
Abstracts of up to 250 words should be submitted via this link. Please provide 4 – 6 keywords.
Accepted abstracts must be presented at the workshop. Full papers should then be submitted through the journal's system, following the Special Issue instructions, by 15 August 2027. Each paper will be peer-reviewed to the journal's usual standards before a decision is made.
Full Paper Submission Guidelines – Detailed submission guidelines will be sent to presenting authors following the workshop.
Registration
Via Event Exeter (registration link to be confirmed).
Keynote Speakers
Prof. DT. Pham, University of Birmingham, UK
The Bees Algorithm - Two Decades of Development and Future Directions
Dr. Ebubekir Koç , Boğaziçi University, Türkiye
The Bees Algorithm: A Physics Perspective on Collective Computation
Dr. Michael Packianather, Cardiff University, UK
The Bees Algorithm - from nature to industry solving a range of real world problems
Nature can be an inspiration for many things in life and it has much to teach us in an intriguing way. This keynote explores the journey of the Bees Algorithm (BA) from its biological roots in honeybee foraging behaviour to its deployment as a robust industrial optimisation tool where it performs a delicate balancing act between exploration and exploitation in its pursuit of seeking after the global optimum while avoiding the risk of getting trapped in local optimum by identifying promising patches to harvest and abandoning some during its navigation through the complex search space made up of multi objectives and multi variate dimensions. Several improvements have been made to the basic BA to make them more powerful and easy to use and some of these enhancements will be presented. The applications of the BA cover a range of real world problems selected from areas such as advanced manufacturing, remanufacturing, medical, AI/Machine Learning, power systems, and robotics.
Honorary Chair DT. Pham - University of Birmingham, UK
Workshop Chair Voicu Ion Sucala - University of Exeter, UK
Co-chair Natalia Hartono - University of Exeter, UK
Martino Luis - University of Exeter, UK
Organising Committee
Shuang Dai - University of Exeter, UK
Themiya Kuruppuge - University of Exeter, UK
Yanyan Tian - University of Exeter, UK
Baris Yuce - University of Exeter, UK
Scientific Committee
Mei Choo Ang – University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
Adil Baykasoğlu - Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye
Mario Caterino – University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy
Malarvizhi K. Chinnathai - University of Exeter, UK
Shuang Dai - University of Exeter, UK
Ahmed Haj Darwish – University of Aleppo, Syria
Fatih M Eker - University of Birmingham, UK
Pengao Feng - University of Birmingham, UK
Rongge Guo - Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Jun Huang – Wuhan University of Technology, China
Jingchao Jiang - University of Exeter, UK
Kaiwen Jiang - Brunnel University of London, UK
Shafie Kamarrudin – International Islamic University, Malaysia
Asela K. Kulatunga - University of Exeter, UK
Feiying Lan - University of Birmingham, UK
Jiayi Liu – Wuhan University of Technology, China
F. Javier Ramirez – Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Yanjie Song - Dalian Maritime University, China
Hamid Furkan Suluova - University of Birmingham, UK
Tran Duc Vi - Vietnam National University, Vietnam
Sultan Zeybek - Istanbul University, Türkiye
further committee members to be confirmed
This event is supported by the Department of Engineering and organised by Exeter Digital Enterprise Systems laboratory
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