Eric Medvet (editor) - Genetic Programming: 25th European Conference, EuroGP 2022, Held as Part of EvoStar 2022, Madrid, Spain, April 20–22, 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 13223)

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The 25th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP 2022) took place at the Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, during April 2022, 2022. Due to the travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held in a hybrid mode to allow both in-person and online attendance.

Genetic programming (GP) is a unique branch of evolutionary computation that has been developed to automatically solve design problems, in particular the computer program design, without requiring the user to know or specify the form or structure of the solution in advance. It uses the principles of Darwinian evolution to approach problems in the synthesis, improvement, and repair of computer programs. The universality of computer programs, and their importance in so many areas of our lives, means that the automation of these tasks is an exceptionally ambitious challenge with far-reaching implications. GP has attracted a significant number of researchers and a vast amount of theoretical and practical contributions are available, as shown by consulting the GP bibliography.

Since the first EuroGP event in Paris in 1998, EuroGP has been the only conference exclusively devoted to the evolutionary design of computer programs and other computational structures. In fact, EuroGP represents the single largest venue at which GP results are published. It plays an important role in the success of the field, by serving as a forum for expressing new ideas, meeting fellow researchers, and initiating collaborations. It attracts scholars from all over the world. In a friendly and welcoming atmosphere authors present the latest advances in the field and GP-based solutions to complex real-world problems.

EuroGP 2022 received 35 submissions from around the world. The papers underwent a rigorous double-blind peer review process, each being reviewed by multiple members of an international Program Committee.

Among the papers presented in this volume, 12 were accepted for full-length oral presentation (34% acceptance rate) and seven as short talks. In 2022, papers submitted to EuroGP could also be assigned to the Evolutionary Machine Learning Track. Among the 35 submissions, the authors of eight papers indicated their papers fit the track, with two accepted for full-length oral presentation and four as short talks. Authors of both categories of papers also had the opportunity to present their work in poster sessions to promote the exchange of ideas in a carefree manner.

The wide range of topics in this volume reflects the current state of research in the field. The collection of papers covers interesting topics including developing new variants of GP algorithms, synthesizing computer programs with GP, and evolving neural networks using GP, as well as exploring GP-based explainable or interpretable methods and applying GP to address complex real-world problems.