*********************Second Call for Papers****************************

Dear Colleagues:

        The 2009 World Summit on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (2009 GEC Summit) will be held June 12-14, 2009, in Shanghai, China. It is sponsored and organized by ACM/SIGEVO, the Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, sponsor of the annual GECCO conferences, and will feature the latest research and demonstrated successes in this dynamic area, including new approaches and breakthrough applications to problems in biology, medicine, engineering design, agriculture, logistics, traffic, security, scheduling, military affairs, and other fields.Here, we would like to invite you to contribute high-quality papers to the 2009 GEC Summit. The deadline has been extended to December 20, 2008. All accepted papers will be published on CD and in the ACM Digital Library, which is indexed by SCI and EI. Some of the world leading experts in evolutionary computation, such as David Goldberg, Ken De Jong and so on, will present specialized tutorials.The detailed information can be found at the attached files.Thank you very much in advance for your support and cooperation. We apologize if you received multiple copies of this announcement.  Sincerely yours, Yongsheng DingProgram Co-Chair of 2009 GEC SummitOn behalf of Lihong Xu and Erik D. GoodmanGeneral Chairs of 2009 GEC Summit.