Friday, September 24, 2021

[DMANET] FINAL CFP - 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021) - Springer LNNS Series (SCOPUS Indexed)

** FINAL Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and
networks **

-- 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition
(SoCPaR 2021) --

http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar21
http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar21

On the World Wide Web

December 15-17,2021

Proceedings of SoCPaR'21 will be published in Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems, Springer (Indexed in SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH,
SCImago).
<https://www.springer.com/series/15179>

SoCPaR 2020 Proceedings:https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030736880
History of SoCPaR series: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar20/previous.php

**Important Dates**
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Paper submission due: September 30, 2021
Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2021
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2021
Conference: December 15-17, 2020

**About SoCPaR 2021**
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After the success of the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing
and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020), SoCPaR 2021 is organized to bring
together worldwide leading researchers and practitioners interested in
advancing the state-of-the-art in Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition,
for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines
among various distinct communities. It is hoped that researchers and
practitioners will bring new prospects for collaboration across disciplines
and gain inspiration to facilitate novel breakthroughs. The themes for this
conference are thus focused on "Innovating and Inspiring Soft Computing and
Intelligent Pattern Recognition".

**Topics (not limited to)**
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Soft Computing and Applications (but not limited to):
Evolutionary computing
Swarm intelligence
Artificial immune systems
Fuzzy Sets
Uncertainty analysis
Fractals
Rough Sets
Support vector machines
Artificial neural networks
Case Based Reasoning
Wavelets
Hybrid intelligent systems
Nature inspired computing techniques
Machine learning
Ambient intelligence
Hardware implementations

Pattern Recognition and Applications (but not limited to):
Information retrieval
Data Mining
Web Mining
Image Processing
Computer Vision
Bio-informatics
Information security
Network security
Steganography
Biometry
Remote sensing
Medical Informatics
E-commerce
Signal Processing
Control systems

**Submission Guidelines**
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Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the
conference web page.
Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your
manuscript.

Paper format templates:
https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript-preparation/5636#c3324

SoCPaR'21 Submission Link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socpar2021

**Plenary Talks**
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You are welcome to attend 8 Keynote Talks offerred by world-renowned
professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on
conference website.

Speaker 1: Antônio de Padua Braga, Federal University of Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Title: Large margin classification with graph-based models

Speaker 2: Juergen Branke, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Title: Learning to optimise – optimal learning

Speaker 3: Oscar Cordon, University of Granada, Spain
Title: Hybrid Intelligent Systems for Forensic Anthropology and Human
Identification

Speaker 4: Kalyanmoy Deb, Michigan State University, USA
Title: TBA

Speaker 5: Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Title: TBA

Speaker 6: Frédéric Guinand, Le Havre Normandy University, France
Title: Swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Speaker 7: Günther Raidl, Technische Universität Wien, Austria
Title: Combinatorial Optimization Meets (Reinforcement) Learning

Speaker 8: Cengiz Toklu, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey
Title: Hybrid Algorithms. Applications to Structural Mechanics

** SoCPaR 2021 Organization **
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General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), USA
Andries Engelbrecht, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Fabio Scotti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Program Chairs
Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy
Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Sabri Pllana, Linnaeus University, Sweden

**Technical Contact**
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Dr. Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org


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