The International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC) is entering its 17th year while the International Conference on Wavelet Analysis and Pattern Recognition (ICWAPR) is marching towards its 15th anniversary, we are all excited and committed to our vision: organizing good quality international conferences that provide valuable educational services to young researchers in the Asia region, particularly researchers in China.

ICMLC and ICWAPR 2018 will also offer an international platform for researchers who are actively planning to organize focus group discussion on topics such as fuzzy rough sets and applications, big data and machine learning, cyber security and biometrics. Depending on the outcome of these focus group discussions, a number of special SCI journal issues will be published.

In addition to keynote speakers, the two conferences offer free tutorials, research consultation sessions, Lotfi Zadeh Best Paper Awards, Ph.D. Consultation, special issues of SCI indexed journals, and plenty of opportunities for you to build up your own professional network while you can come and meet with the Editors-In-Chief, IEEE Fellows and the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society leaders.

Authors are invited to submit original papers that contain significant research results, development work, and innovative practices. The conferences will be held in Chengdu, China, on 8th-11th July 2018. Chendu is a sub-provincial city which has served as capital of China's Sichuan province. It is one of the three most populous cities in Western China.