The 2015 11th International Conference on Natural Computation The 2015 12th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery 15-17 August 2015, Zhangjiajie, China http://icnc-fskd.hnu.edu.cn Call for Papers The 2015 11th International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC 2015) and the 2015 12th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD 2015) will be jointly held from 15-17 August 2015 in Zhangjiajie, China. Zhangjiajie is a city in the northwestern part of Hunan province. Nearby is the Wulingyuan Scenic Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an AAAAA (the highest class) scenic area in China. Towering sandstones mesas, dense forests, and deep ravines form the gorgeous and mysterious natural landscape. With many spectacularly-shaped stone pillars, hidden valleys, seas of cloud, majestic waterfalls, wandering streams, clear lakes, and limestone caves, Wulingyuan is a must-see in China. Avatar, James Cameron’s block-buster movie, did much of its filming in these beautiful mountains. As with the past ICNC-FSKD conferences, all papers in conference proceedings will be submitted to both EI Compendex and ISTP (ISI Proceedings), as well as IEEE Xplore (all previous ICNC-FSKD conferences from 2005 to 2013 have been indexed in Ei Compendex). Extended versions of selected best papers will appear in 3 SCI-index ICNC-FSKD special issues of Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence and International Journal of Parallel Programming (60+ papers). ICNC-FSKD 2015 is technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (pending). ICNC-FSKD is a premier international forum for scientists and researchers to present the state of the art of data mining and intelligent methods inspired from nature, particularly biological, linguistic, and physical systems, with applications to computers, circuits, systems, control, robotics, communications, and more. This is an exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area in which a wide range of theory and methodologies are being investigated and developed to tackle complex and challenging problems. The registration fee of US$410 includes proceedings, lunches, dinners, banquet, coffee breaks, and all technical sessions. Submissions of papers describing original work in, but not limited to, the following topics are enthusiastically encouraged. ICNC Neural Computation - Feedforward Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines and Statistical Neural Network Models, Principal and Independent Component Analysis, Self-Organizing Maps, Neurodynamics and Neuro-Biological Systems Evolutionary Computation – Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization, MultiObjective Optimization, Artificial Life and Artificial Immune Systems, Intelligent Agents Other Types in Nature-Inspired computation – Quantum Computing, Molecular and DNA Computing, Membrane Computing and Cultural Algorithms, Nonlinear Phenomena and Chaos, Complex Networks and Systems, Bio-Inspired Circuits and Systems, Silicon Cochlear, Retina and Neural Prosthetics Applications – Pattern Recognition and Diagnostics, Robotics and Control, Signal Processing and Multimedia, etc. FSKD Fuzzy Theory and Models - Mathematical Foundations, Rough Set, Soft Computing, Granular Computation Fuzzy Applications - Fuzzy Pattern Recognition and Diagnostics, Fuzzy Robotics and Control, Fuzzy Signal Processing and Multimedia, Fuzzy Optimization, Design, and Modeling, Uncertainty Management Knowledge Discovery Foundations - Association Rules, Classification, Clustering, Privacy Preserving Data Mining, Statistical Methods for Data Mining, Parallel/Distributed Data Mining, Knowledge Management, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Discovery in Specific Domains - High-Dimensional Data Mining, Temporal Data Mining, Bioinformatics and Bio-Medical Informatics, Genomics, Proteomics, Big Data, Databases and Applications, Semi-Structured/Unstructured Data Mining, Multimedia Mining, Web and Text Data Mining, Graphic Model Discovery, Data Warehousing and OLAP, Pattern Recognition and Diagnostics. Information Technology for Knowledge Discovery - Data Engineering, Signal Processing and Multimedia, Communications and Networking, Software Engineering, Automation and Control, Distributed Systems and Computer Hardware, Computer Applications Deadlines (2nd Round Submissions) Organizing Committee General Chairs: ICNC TPC Chair: FSKD TPC Chair: Organizing Committee Chairs: Publication Chair: Publicity Chairs: Renfa Li, Kenli Li, Hunan University, China Keqin Li, State University of New York, USA Ligang He, University of Warwick, UK Zheng Xiao, Hunan University, China Lipo Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Qinming Zhu, Jishou University, China Xiao Qin, Arburn University, USA Zhuo Tang, Hunan University, China Guangming Shi, Xidian University, China Shu Yin, Hunan University, China Paper Submission: 16 May 2015 Review Decision Notification: 16 June 2015 Author Registration & Final Paper: 5 July 2015 General Inquiries [email protected] Phone: +86 731 8882 1907 Mobile: +86 189 0845 5772 Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts written in English. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality and clarity. Authors should use the Latex style files or MS-Word templates obtained from the conference site to format their papers. Authors should submit PDF files of their manuscripts via the online submission system. Submissions imply that the papers have not been submitted elsewhere and will not be submitted elsewhere for publications before the review decisions of this conference.