*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* **************************************************************************************** The 4th International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing (TPNC 2015) invites authors to submit poster presentations. TPNC 2015 will be held in Mieres (Spain) on 15-16 December, 2015. See http://grammars.grlmc.com/tpnc2015/ Poster presentations are intended to enhance informal interactions with the conference participants, at the same time allowing for in-depth discussion. TOPICS Authors are encouraged to submit presentations displaying novel work in progress on: - nature-inspired models of computation, - synthesizing nature by means of computation, - nature-inspired materials, - information processing in nature, - applications of natural computing. Posters do not need to show final research results. Work that might lead to new interesting developments is welcome. KEY DATES Submission deadline: November 8, 2015 Notification of poster acceptance or rejection: November 15, 2015 SUBMISSION Please submit a .pdf abstract through: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tpnc2015 It should contain the title, author(s) and affiliation, and should not exceed 500 words. PRESENTATION Posters will be allocated 10 minutes each in the programme for oral presentation. Moreover, they will remain hanging out during the whole conference for discussion. PUBLICATION Posters will not appear in the LNCS proceedings volume of TPNC 2015. However, they will be eligible for submission to the post-conference journal special issue in Soft Computing (Springer). REGISTRATION At least one author of each accepted poster must register to the conference. Their registration fare is reduced: 225 Euro (appr. half of the cheapest fare for regular participants). Contributors of regular papers who in addition get a poster accepted must register for the latter too.