IEEE CEC 2027 — IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

IEEE CEC 2027, the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, takes place 25–28 July 2027 at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Held annually since 1994, it is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society and the leading event for evolutionary computation, the branch of computational intelligence and AI concerned with search and optimisation, covering everything from theoretical foundations to real-world applications. The 2027 edition accepts full papers and short papers (published in companion proceedings), and runs special sessions, workshops, competitions and tutorials. It also offers a conference-to-journal track, journal-to-conference presentations, a graduate student symposium, and published guidelines on AI and LLM use by authors and reviewers. General chairs are Amir Hussain and Xin Yao; programme chairs are Ke Li (University of Exeter) and Bing Xue (Victoria University of Wellington).

• Special session and workshop proposal deadlineNov 15, 2026
• Competition and tutorial proposal deadlineDec 15, 2026
• Full paper submission deadlineFeb 28, 2027
• Short paper submission deadlineMar 15, 2027
• Notification to authorsApr 7, 2027
• Camera-ready (final submission) deadlineMay 1, 2027
• Early registration deadlineMay 1, 2027

Date

July 25–28, 2027

Location

Edinburgh International Conference Centre, United Kingdom

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

IEEE Computational Intelligence Society

Added

Sep 13, 2026

Updated

Sep 13, 2026

• ✓Optimisation and AI researchers
• ✓Operations research and scheduling engineers
• ✓ML engineers and data scientists
• ✓Heads of R&D in logistics, manufacturing and energy
• ✓PhD students
• ✓Academic faculty

Evolutionary computation is the part of AI that tackles scheduling, routing, design and configuration problems where gradients and labelled data do not exist, and CEC is where its methods are published first. An R&D or operations-technology leader can see which optimisation approaches are maturing for supply chains, engineering design and resource allocation, meet the academic groups behind them for partnerships, and recruit from the graduate student symposium. It is a four-day programme at Edinburgh's main conference centre.

• ✓Full paper track (due 28 February 2027)
• ✓Short papers in the IEEE CEC 2027 Companion Proceedings (due 15 March 2027)
• ✓Special sessions and workshops (proposals due 15 November 2026)
• ✓Competitions and tutorials (proposals due 15 December 2026)
• ✓Conference-to-Journal (C2J) track
• ✓Journal-to-Conference (J2C) paper presentations
• ✓Graduate Student Symposium

• ★Flagship IEEE Computational Intelligence Society congress, held annually since 1994
• ★Conference-to-Journal (C2J) track and Journal-to-Conference presentations connect the congress to journal publication
• ★Formal calls for competition, workshop and tutorial proposals alongside papers
• ★Publishes explicit guidelines on AI and LLM use for both authors and reviewers
• ★Firm submission deadlines: full papers 28 February 2027 and short papers 15 March 2027, both with no extension

Registration fees for IEEE CEC 2027 are not yet published on the official site. Final paper submissions and early registration are both due 1 May 2027.

When is IEEE CEC 2027?

IEEE CEC 2027 takes place July 25–28, 2027 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Where is IEEE CEC 2027 held?

IEEE CEC 2027 is held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The event format is in-person.

What is the IEEE CEC 2027 submission deadline?

The next IEEE CEC 2027 deadline is special session and workshop proposal deadline on Nov 15, 2026. Remaining dates: Competition and tutorial proposal deadline — Dec 15, 2026; Full paper submission deadline — Feb 28, 2027; Short paper submission deadline — Mar 15, 2027; Notification to authors — Apr 7, 2027; Camera-ready (final submission) deadline — May 1, 2027; Early registration deadline — May 1, 2027.

How much does IEEE CEC 2027 cost?

IEEE CEC 2027 is paid. Registration fees for IEEE CEC 2027 are not yet published on the official site. Final paper submissions and early registration are both due 1 May 2027.

Who should attend IEEE CEC 2027?

IEEE CEC 2027 is aimed at Optimisation and AI researchers, Operations research and scheduling engineers, ML engineers and data scientists, Heads of R&D in logistics, manufacturing and energy, PhD students, Academic faculty.

What topics does IEEE CEC 2027 cover?

IEEE CEC 2027 covers Evolutionary computation, Computational intelligence, Optimisation, Search-based AI, Theory of evolutionary algorithms, Real-world applications of evolutionary computation.

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