We welcome you to participate in The Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science (SCDS 2018) which will be held in Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand from 15-16 August 2018. With the advancement in computer technology, data science plays an important role in various disciplines including bio-informatics, medical and health informatics, social sciences, manufacturing, economics, business and finance. SCDS2018 aims to provide a platform for discussions on leading edge methods and also addressing challenges, problems and issues in soft computing in data science and analytics. The role of soft computing in data science is significantly increasing in every field from engineering to life sciences and with advanced computer technology, solutions for complex real problems can be simplified. For the advancement of society in the 21st century, there is a need to transfer knowledge and technology to industrial applications to solve real-world problems. SCDS2018 have invited renowned international and local keynote speakers who are academia or practitioners to share their knowledge and experience in the area of soft computing in data science.

SCDS2018 aims to attract researchers who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of soft computing in data science. Authors are invited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles in the following areas, but are not limited to:

• Big Data Analytics
• Big Data Technologies
• Decision Tree Learning
• Association Rule Learning
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Support Vector Machines
• Deep Learning
• Reinforcement Learning
• Clustering
• Bayesian models and methods
• Genetic algorithms
• Data Representation and Visualization
• Data Mining
• Fuzzy Logic
• Optimization Algorithms
• Graph/Network/Social Mining
• Image Processing
• Computational Intelligence
• Creative Computing
• Cloud Computing

Applications include but are not limited to the following areas:

• Robotics
• Business Analytics
• Bioinformatics
• Information Analytics
• Marketing Analytics
• Operations Analytics
• Text and Sentiment analysis
• Healthcare Analytics
• Customer Analytics
• Financial Analytics
• Talent Analytics
• Social Media Analytics

Paper Submission

SCDS2018 accepts only high-quality papers for its conference proceedings, which are subject to a thorough & objective review process of at least 2 independent reviewers. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on one of the SCDS2018 topics of interest. All submissions will be handled electronically; detailed submission instructions will be provided on the conference homepage. The acceptance rate for SCDS2017 was 38%.

Authors are invited to electronically submit original research contributions in English.

• The length of submitted manuscripts should not exceed 15 pages.
• Full papers: Minimum 10 pages and Maximum 15 pages.
• Over-length charges will apply for each extra page beyond 10 pages.

Submission deadline: 31^st May 2018

Publications (Proceedings)

All accepted conference papers will be published in the proceedings with Springer in the Communications in Computer and Information Science series which is abstracted (indexed) by DBLP, EI, Scopus and it is submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

Publications (Book Chapter/Journal) 

Authors of accepted papers to SCDS2018 will be invited to extend their papers for:

1. a book chapter in the upcoming volume entitled Supervised and Unsupervised Learning for Data Science, to be published by Springer, or
2. Fast Track Submission to Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier. (IF=3.541)
3. Submission to Malaysian Journal of Computing (http://mjoc.uitm.edu.my)