Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Development and deployment of AI applications to important domains (i.e., healthcare, transportation, finance, cyber-physical systems, manufacturing, business, government applications);
• Big data, data mining and machine learning tools;
• AI and ML based optimization methods for industrial/practical applications;
• Deep learning, fuzzy and neural systems;
• AI/ML techniques in robotics;
• AI/ML methods for computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition;
• Natural language processing, speech understanding;
• Evolutionary/bio-inspired algorithms;
• Explainable AI;
• Hybrid intelligent systems;
• Bioinformatics;
• Recent trends of AI in programming languages;
• Applied AI for cyber security;
• Heuristic and AI planning strategies and tools;
• Standards, ethics, legal implications and challenges of AI implications in government and public organizations.