TOPICS of interest are relevant to building practical systems are within its scope, including but not limited to:

• applicable neural networks theory
• applied statistics
• artificial intelligence
• computer vision
• control theory and systems
• data mining
• data security and privacy protection
• evolutionary computing
• fuzzy logic
• fault diagnosis
• hardware implementations
• hybrid intelligent systems
• image processing and understanding
• intelligent agents
• intelligent forecasting
• machine learning
• natural language processing
• neural networks
• neuro-fuzzy systems
• nn-based industrial applications
• pattern recognition
• self-learning systems
• software simulations
• supervised and unsupervised learning methods
• system engineering and integration

Technical Tracks

All submitted papers will be categorized into following technical tracks:

1. Neural network theory, cognitive sciences, neuro-system hardware implementations, and NN-based engineering applications

   Track chairs: Zenghui Wang (University of South Africa), Shi Cheng (Shaanxi Normal University), Cuili Yang (Beijing University of Technology), Jianghong Ma (City University of Hong Kong)

2. Machine learning, data mining, data security & privacy protection, and data-driven applications

   Track chairs: Li Zhang (Soochow University), Zhao Kang (University of Electronic Science and Technology), Yimin Yang (Lakehead University), Jicong Fan (Cornell University)

3. Computational intelligence, nature-inspired optimizers, and their engineering applications

   Track chairs: Sheng Li (University of Georgia), Yaqing Hou (Dalian University of Technology), Zhile Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, SIAT), Xiaozhi Gao (University of Eastern Finland)

4. Cloud/edge/fog computing, the Internet of Things/Vehicles (IoT/IoV), and their system optimization

   Track chairs: Cheng-Kuan Lin (Fuzhou University), Kai Liu (Chongqing University), Zhiying Tu (Harbin Institute of Technology), Xiangping Zhai (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Weizhi Meng (Technical University of Denmark)

5. Control systems, network synchronization, system integration, and industrial artificial intelligence

   Track chairs: Chengqing Li (Hunan University), Qiang Jia (Jiangsu University), Yongji Wang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Ning Sun (Nankai University), Wenkai Hu (China University of Geosciences)

6. Fuzzy logic, neuro-fuzzy systems, decision making, and their applications in management sciences

   Track chairs: Dongrui Wu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Zhaohong Deng (Jiangnan University), Liang Bai (Shanxi University), Jingjing Cao (Wuhan University of Technology), Xin Zhang (Tianjin Normal University)

7. Computer vision, image processing, and their industrial applications

   Track chairs: Zhong Ji (Tianjin University), Bineng Zhong (Huaqiao University), Jiayi Ma (Wuhan University), Xiangyuan Lan (Hong Kong Baptist University), Mingbo Zhao (Donghua University)

8. Natural language processing, machine translation, knowledge graphs, and their applications

   Track chairs: Lap-Kei Lee (The Open University of Hong Kong), Haitao Wang (China National Institute of Standardization), Tianyong Hao (South China Normal University), Xiaolei Lu (City University of Hong Kong)