CFP summary
GECCO is the flagship conference for genetic and evolutionary computation and has presented high-quality results in the field since 1999. The 2026 edition is organized in hybrid mode in Costa Rica and continues the conference’s long tradition of covering foundational methods, theory, applications, benchmarking, and emerging interdisciplinary directions. Through its calls, tracks, tutorials, workshops, competitions, and student-oriented activities, GECCO serves as a central meeting point for the global evolutionary computation community.
Topics
Genetic algorithms; genetic programming; swarm intelligence; complex systems; evolutionary combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics; evolutionary machine learning; learning for evolutionary computation; evolutionary multiobjective and numerical optimization; neuroevolution; real-world applications; search-based software engineering; theory; benchmarking; reproducibility; hybrids; workshops, tutorials, competitions, hot-off-the-press, student workshop, and late-breaking abstracts.