Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA) is abiennialpeer-reviewed research conference focusing on the theoretical principles underlyinggenetic algorithms, otherevolutionary algorithms and relatedheuristics. It is organized by theACMSIGEVO, theACMspecial interest group onGenetic andEvolutionary Computation. Its relevance to thecomputer science research community has been reflected in an A-rating in the COREcomputer science conference assessment system.

The Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA)^[1] conference originated as a workshop in 1990^[2] in order to create an opportunity for researchers ongenetic algorithms and related areas ofevolutionary computation to focus on the theoretical principles underlying their field. From the start its multi-day duration made it comparable to conferences in the field, and since 2015 its proceedings have usedconference rather thanworkshop in their titles.

In 2005ACM SIGEVO theAssociation for Computing MachinerySpecial Interest Group onGenetic andEvolutionary Computation was formed^[3] and every FOGA conference since then has been supported bySIGEVO. The table below shows FOGA conferences by year, location, websites (where available) and publisher of proceedings. A citation follows the reference to the publisher giving the full details of each FOGA proceedings.

FOGA is a single-track three or more-day conference focusing on the theory underlyingevolutionary algorithms and related heuristics. (See the conference proceedings or websites for the actual duration of each conference.)

Keynote speakers are invited to give presentations in addition to the main program. Keynote speakers at recent conferences are gven in the table below.

Papers accepted at recent conferences have been presented as digital or print posters in poster sessions at the conference,^[34] before being published in written form in the conference proceedings.

Since 2019 a Best Paper Award has been presented at each FOGA conference.^[35]

FOGA is comparable in its multi-day duration to other conferences onevolutionary computation such asCEC,GECCO andPPSN. The main difference is that FOGA focuses on the theoretical basis ofevolutionary computation and related subjects. While the above conferences devote some time to theory they also cover a wide range of other topics including competitions and applications.^[36][37][38] This focus on theoretical computer science was reflected in the CORE^[39] computer science conference assessment exercise,^[40] where FOGA was given an A-ranking in the 2023 assessment.^[41]GECCO^[42] andPPSN^[43] also obtained A-rankings, but many other conferences in the field ofevolutionary computation obtained lower rankings. This suggests that FOGA is a relevant conference in its field, comparable with others including the much largerCEC orGECCO.

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