We are proud to introduce the proceedings of the Seventh International C- ference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN VII, held in Granada, Spain, on 7 11 September 2002. PPSN VII was organized back-to-back with the Foundations of Genetic Algorithms (FOGA) conference, which took place in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, in the preceding week. ThePPSNseriesofconferencesstartedinDortmund, Germany 1].Fromthat pioneering meeting, the event has been held biennially, in Brussels, Belgium 2], Jerusalem, Israel 3], Berlin, Germany 4], Amsterdam, The Netherlands 5], and Paris, France 6]....