TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to: Applied Mathematics, Probability and Statistics Big Data Biological Information Processing Challenges in Dynamic and Complex Environments Control Systems Data Mining and Analytics Human Robot Interaction Industrial Automation and Maintenance Plants Integrated Information Management Lessons Learned on Developing New Products and Fielded Products Mobile Sensor Networks Modeling and Analysis for Complex Data Problems Modeling, Simulation and Optimization Multi-agent Systems Performance Computing Reliability/Availability/Risk Complex Modeling Robotics Security, Privacy and Trust Soft Computing for Complex Multiple Decision Making Stochastic Models and algorithms for Intelligent Business Systems