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The 4th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and
Applications (IBICA 2013)

August 22 – August 24
Ostrava, Czech Republic
http://arg.vsb.cz/IBICA2013

In conjunction with the:

2nd Cybernetics Summer School (CSS 2013), Ostrava, Czech Republic, August 19 -
August 21, 2013

7th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing (ICGEC
2013), Prague, Czech Republic, August 25 - August 27, 2013



INTRODUCTION
IBICA 2013 is the 4th International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired
Computing and Applications. The first three events, IBICA 2009, IBICA 2011, and
IBICA 2012 were hosted in India and China, with great success. The aim of IBICA
2013 is to provide a platform for world research leaders and practitioners, to
discuss the “full spectrum” of current theoretical developments, emerging
technologies, and innovative applications of Bio-inspired Computing.
Bio-inspired Computing is currently one of the most exciting research areas, and
it is continuously demonstrating exceptional strength in solving complex real
life problems. The main driving force of the conference is to further explore
the intriguing potential of Bio-inspired Computing. IBICA 2013 will be held in
Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ostrava is the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region
and the third largest city in the Czech Republic as to the area and population.
Ostrava has a convenient strategic position - it is situated 10 kilometers south
of the Polish state border and 50 kilometers west of the Slovak border. Its
distance from the country’s capital Prague is 360 km, 170 km from Brno, 90 km
from Katowice in Poland and just 310 km from Vienna, Austria.

The IBICA 2013 organizing committee is inviting the submission of papers that
present high quality, original, and not previously published work in the
related areas. All submissions will be thoroughly peer-reviewed by multiple
reviewers to ensure quality and unbiased comments. Papers that discuss the
successful application of Bio-inspired computing techniques in solving real
life problem will be highly regarded. Proceedings of IBICA 2013 will be
published in Springer series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing. It is
indexed by to IET INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISTP, DBLP Exceptional
quality papers will also be invited for further extension, and be considered
for publication on journals and book series that are strongly associated with
the conference series.

The scope of IBICA 2013 includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

Bio-inspired Computing
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Ant Colony System
Artificial Immune Systems
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Neural Networks
Cellular Automaton
Cognitive Modeling
DNA Computing
Differential Evolution
Emergent Systems
Evolutionary Computations
Evolutionary Strategies/Programming
Fuzzy Logic
Genetic Algorithms/Programming
Granular Computing
Neutrosophic Systems
Organic Computing
P Systems
Particle Swarm Optimization

Emerging Technologies & Applications:
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Biomedicine
Bioinformatics
Business Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
E-learning
Financial Computing
Healthcare
Life Sciences
Multimedia Applications
Network Management
Robotics
Social Networks Analysis and Computing
System Control and Optimization
Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
Web Intelligence
Wireless/Sensor Networks
Other Applications

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Conference Chair
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Program Chair
Ajith Abraham, MIR Labs, USA

Publicity Chair
Pavel Krömer, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission due: May 26 ( ** FINAL ** )
Notification of paper acceptance: June 09 ( ** EXTENDED ** )
Final version submission due: June 23
Source files and copyright submission due: June 25
Registration due: June 25
Conference dates: August 25 – August 27


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
All accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings, which will
be published by Springer as part of their series Studies in Advances in
Intelligent and Soft Computing. Papers must be submitted before April 28, 2013,
have at most 10 pages length and be formatted according to Springer format
(Latex) available at: http://www.springer.com/series/4240

Submissions and reviews are automatically handled by Easychair available at:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ibica2013

Extended versions of the best papers accepted and presented at this symposium
may be considered for publication in a Special Issue of an internationally
recognized journal.