Conference announcement
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VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Fujian University of Technology, China, and IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Big Data Computing are proud to announce the second edition of the Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications (ECC), to be held from June 29 to July 1, 2015, in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

The conference, located online at http://dap.vsb.cz/ecc2015/, sincerely welcomes submissions of scientific papers presenting high-quality original research and development from the broad areas of intelligent data analysis, computational intelligences, signal processing, and all associated applications of AIs and use cases of data analysis.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Machine Learning
- Information hiding
- Knowledge-Based systems
- Intelligent applications
- Information retrieval and Integration
- Intelligent control
- Databases and data mining
- Modeling and Visualization
- Signal analysis and visualization
- Signal mining and data fusion
- Multimedia sensing and sensory systems
- Watermarking: techniques, attacks, protocols, and applications
- Cryptography and cryptanalysis
- Signal control (wired & wireless)
- Multimedia sensory systems
- Computational Intelligence
- Granular computing
- Bioinformatics
- Robotics and Control
- Fuzzy systems
- Agents
- Social networking
- Web intelligence
- Cloud computing
- E-learning
- Expert systems

All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance by the Program Committee. The acceptance/rejection of the papers will be based on the review results.

Conference organizers
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Honorary Chairs
Ivo Vondrak, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Xin Hua Jiang, Fujian University of Technology, China

Advisory Committee Chairs
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Bin-Yih Liao, Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan

Conference Chairs
Jeng-Shyang Pan, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, China
Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Program Committee Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
Jan Platos, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Invited Session Chair
Tarek Gaber, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Electronic Media Chair
Mohamed Mostafa Fouad, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

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

Submission of Papers
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results on the above and related topics are solicited. The papers should be submitted in Springer LNCS format with Page limit: 10 pages, http://www.springer.com/series/11156. All submitted papers will be refereed for quality, originality and relevance by the Program Committee. The authors of accepted papers should improve their paper according to the reviewers’ comments and will be requested to submit a camera ready version of their revised manuscripts. For each accepted paper, at least one of its authors has to register, attend, and present the paper at the conference. The paper submission is processed through the conference website at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecc2015. Papers received by e-mail are not considered.

Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the series "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing" (AISC). Extended versions of best papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication in international journals with impact factor.

Important dates
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Paper submission deadline: 31 March 2015
Acceptance notification: 12 April 2015
Submission of revised papers and camera ready: 24 April 2015
Registration: 24 April 2015
Conference Dates: 29 Jun - 01 Jul 2015