We solicit papers on theoretical issues and their applications related to Soft Computing Methods. Suggested topics of interest include but are not limited to Theory and Software/Hardware Implementations of soft-computing techniques such as:  Neural Networks  Fuzzy Systems  Fuzzy-Neural Systems  Evolutionary Systems  Genetic Algorithms  Hybrid Intelligent Architectures  Support Vector Machines Swarm Intelligence  Deep Learning  Big Data Analytic  Data Mining  Pattern Recognition  Applications/Computational experiments/Case studies