IEEE Sponsored
2017 International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications
(icSoftComp-2017)
December 1-2, 2017
CHARUSAT, Changa, India
https://www.charusat.ac.in/icsoftcomp2017/

2017 International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications (icSoftComp-2017) will be held at CHARUSAT, Changa, India from 1-2 December 2017. icSoftComp-2017 aims to provide an excellent international forum to the researchers, academicians, students, and professionals in the areas of science and engineering to present their research, knowledge, new ideas and innovations. They can share their views on the recent advancements in the area of Soft computing, its engineering applications and impact on the society and specifically for “Digital Society”. Soft computing is one of areas in which still there is enormous scope of research and innovations especially in the developing countries.

Theme: Harnessing Soft Computing Techniques for Smart and Better World

Honorary Chairs:
Dr. Ashish Ghosh , Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
Dr. Kalyanmoy Deb, Michigan State University, MI, USA
Dr. Leszek Rutkowski (IEEE Fellow), Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland

Important Dates:
Full Paper Submission: August 31, 2017
Acceptance Notification: September 30, 2017
Submission of Camera ready Paper: October 15, 2017
Registration Closes: October 15, 2017
Conference dates: December 1-2, 2017

Paper Publication:
The accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Extended version of selected conference papers will appear in the special issues of the following peer reviewed Scopus index journals (which are in University Grant Commission (Govt. of India) approved Journal List):
1. International Journal of Soft Computing (Scopus)
2. Journal of Intelligent Systems (Scopus)
3. International Journal of Web Applications (IJWA)
4. International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) (Scopus)
5. International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) (Scopus)
(Special Issue on "Machine Learning Techniques for Information Security and Data Privacy")
6. International Journal on Soft Computing (IJSC)
7. International Journal of Electronics and Information Engineering (IJEIE)
8. International Journal of Network Security (IJNS) (Scopus)

Paper Submission:
Technical papers describing original, previously unpublished results are solicited in all areas of theory and practice of Soft Computing. Authors are invited to submit papers through EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icsoftcomp2017).
The topics of the conference include, but are not limited to the following:

Track 1: Theory and Methods
o Ant colony theory
o Approximate reasoning
o Artificial Intelligence (AI)
o Big Data analytics
o Bioinspired computing
o Chaos theory
o Cognitive science
o Data mining and Knowledge discovery
o Deep learning
o Digital information processing
o Evolutionary computing
o Fuzzy set theory
o Immunological computing
o Knowledge virtualization
o Machine learning
o Modeling
o Neural computing
o Probabilistic reasoning
o Rough sets
o Swarm intelligence

Track 2: Systems and Applications
o Advanced intelligent systems
o Agricultural informatics
o Assistive systems
o Autonomic and autonomous systems
o Bioinformatics and scientific computing
o Complex systems
o Computer forensics
o Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
o Internet of Things (IoT)
o Intrusion detection and Security intelligence
o Mechatronics
o Natural language processing
o Network and telecommunications systems
o Optimization
o Pattern recognition
o Process control
o Remote sensing system
o Robotics
o Signal processing
o Time series forecasting
o Web intelligence

Track 3: Hybrid Techniques
o Auxiliary hybridization
o Embedded hybridization
o Fuzzy-genetic approach
o Neuro-evolutionary computing
o Neuro-fuzzy computing
o Sequential hybridization

Track 4: Soft Computing for Smart World
o Smart cities
o Smart governance
o Smart healthcare
o Smart homes and buildings
o Smart social services
o Smart transportation
o Smart utilities
o Smart villages