Call for Papers: Special Issues of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Upcoming paper submission deadlines for special issues of IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.

The deadline for papers submitted to the Special Issue on Physics-Informed Evolutionary Computation: Advances and Applications is 31 October 2025.

The deadline for papers submitted to the Special Issue on Learning-assisted Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation: Theories, Algorithms, and Applications 31 March 2026.

Call for papers CAI 2026

The deadline for paper submissions to the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI 2026) is 15 December 2025. This conference will be held in Granada, Spain, 8-10 May 2026. 

Call for papers WCCI 2026

The deadline for paper submissions to the 2026 World Congress on Computational Intelligence (WCCI 2026) is 31 January 2026. 

The deadline for special session, competition, tutorial and panel proposals is 1 November 2025.

This conference will be held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, 21-26 June 2026.

2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Artificial Intelligence

The paper submission deadline for the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Artificial Intelligence is 15 May 2025. This conference will be held in Naples, Italy, 2-5 November 2025.

12th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics

The paper submission deadline for the 12th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) 2025 is May 2 2025. This conference will be held in Birmingham, UK, 9-13 October 2025. 

IEEE Smart World Congress 2025

The paper submission deadline for the IEEE Smart World Congress 2025 is 31 March 2025. This conference will be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 18-22 August 2025.

2025 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning

The paper submission deadline for the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) is 28 March 2025. This conference will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, September 16-19 2025.

Upcoming Journal Special Issue Deadlines

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation - Special Issue on Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization.

Paper submission deadline: 1 September, 2024

IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence - Special Issue on Advances in Methodologies for Metaheuristic Algorithms.

Paper submission deadline: 30 September, 2024

IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Special Issue on Bridging the Gap between Machine and Brain in Speech Processing.

Paper submission deadline: 30 September, 2024

IEEE Transaction on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence - Special Issue on Digital Trust for Artificial Intelligence.

Paper submission deadline: 1 December, 2024

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems - Special Issue on Fuzzy Intelligence for Flexible Electronics and Systems.

Paper submission deadline: 31 December, 2024

IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems - Special Issue on Fuzzy Affective Computing Systems.

Paper submission deadline: 31 January, 2025

Call for Papers: Special Session on AI Education, ICONIP 2024

AI Education

There has been an explosion in the applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). While Large Language Models such as ChatGPT have garnered much of the attention, other AI technologies have also found wide application, such as the predictive keyboards on mobile devices, and facial recognition systems in supermarkets. Some technology venture capitalists have reported that 80% of the funding pitches they receive involve AI. Many business owners believe that AI is going to put them out of business, unless they adapt to the technology. Others are desperately searching for ways to get onto the AI bandwagon. This surge in interest in AI has led to a worldwide shortage of AI engineers. Furthermore, the inappropriate application of AI, whether through the use of biased data or unethical applications, has also led to social and economic fallout. 

The increased public awareness of AI technologies has also led to a proliferation of media commentary, of varying degrees of competence, and governmental regulation. Some students have taken to using AI tools to assist in their assignments, while others have changed their career pathways due to a perception that AI is going to destroy their future job prospects.

There is, therefore, a need for education about AI. This need spans nearly all levels of education, from primary school through to postgraduates. At primary and secondary level so that people enter the working world with the basic knowledge of AI and how it affects their lives. At tertiary undergraduate and postgraduate level so that we have a steady supply of engineers and developers who can utilise AI in an appropriate and ethical manner.

This all raises a fundamental question: How is this education being done?

This special session is intended to attract papers dealing with all aspects of AI education. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Incorporating AI into teaching curricula at all levels of education
• The design and implementation of AI-specialist teaching curricula
• Technologies used to teach AI
• Teaching the ethics of AI
• Policy making around AI education
• The teaching of specialist topics within AI
• Work-integrated learning and project-based teaching in AI

A special session of ICONIP 2024, to be held in Auckland, New Zealand 2-6 December, 2024.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 7 June 2024

Notification of Acceptance: 26 July 2024

Camera Ready Submission: 30 August 2024

Registration Deadline: 30 August 2024

Conference Dates: 2-6 December 2024

Important Links

Main conference site: https://iconip2024.org/

Organisers

Mike Watts is a Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence, and Programme Coordinator of the Bachelor of Information Technology at Media Design School, Auckland, New Zealand. He was previously a research fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Before that, he was a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney and at the National Centre for Advanced Bio-Protection Technologies at Lincoln University, New Zealand. Mike completed his PhD in artificial intelligence at the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2004 and has published more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in the field of AI and ecological modeling.

Akbar Ghobakhlou is Data Science and Machine Learning lecturer within the School of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology. His research centres on practical uses of intelligent technologies like monitoring, visualization, and predictive models. His interests cover data mining, machine learning, image processing, smart sensors in precision agriculture, and environmental monitoring. Akbar is an active member of the IEEE community, specifically within the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS). He organised and chaired the annual IMS two-day workshop in 2023. Akbar completed his PhD in artificial intelligence at the University of Otago, New Zealand has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field of AI and IoT applications.

Ranpreet Kaur is a Lecturer in the Department of Bachelor of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence at Media Design School. She was previously a research and teaching assistant in the School of Engineering, Computational, and Mathematical Sciences at Auckland University of Technology. She has 15 years of academic career primarily focused on teaching and research. She has completed her PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Auckland University of Technology. She has published more than 20 high-quality research papers such as into Q1 and Q2 journals, international conferences, book chapters, and symposiums. She has been currently involved in various research projects. 

Upcoming Journal Special Issues

• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Special Issue on Trustworthy Federated Learning - 1 June 2023.
• IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence - Special Issue on AutoML for Nonstationary Data - 2 June 2023

Upcoming Journal Special Issues

This post follows an earlier one about upcoming journal special issue deadlines.

• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Special Issue on Movement Sciences in Cognitive Systems  - 6 January 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence - Special Issue on Trusted Mobile Crowdsourcing for Next Generation Intelligent Transportation Systems - 1 February 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation - Special Issue on Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search - 28 March 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Special Issue on Learning Theories and Methods with Application to Digitized Process Manufacturing - 31 March 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Special Issue on Deep Learning: When and How? - 23 April 2023

Upcoming Journal Special Issues

This post follows an earlier one about upcoming deadlines for special issues of AI journals.

• IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine - Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence eXplained (AI-X) - 31 January 2023 
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Special Issue on Graphic Learning - 1 March 2023
• IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computation - Special Issue on Evolutionary Neural Architecture Search - 28 March 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Special Issue on Learning Theories and Methods with Application to Digitized Process Manufacturing - 31 March 2023

Upcoming Special Issues

• IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine - Machine Learning Assisted Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization - September 1, 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Explainable and Generalizable Deep Learning for Medical Imaging - 1 September 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Explainable Representation Learning-based Intelligent Inspection and Maintenance of Complex Systems - 1 September 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Cognitive Learning of Multi-Agent Systems - September 30, 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Information Theoretic Methods for the Generalization, Robustness and Interpretability of Machine Learning - 1 October 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems - Deep Learning for Intelligent Media Computing and Applications - 30 October 2022
• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Movement Sciences in Cognitive Systems - 6 January 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems - Advancing Machine Intelligence with Neuromorphic Computing - 31 January 2023
• IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence - Resource Sustainable Computational and Artificial Intelligence - 1 February 2023

Conference Paper Deadline: IEEE LA-CCI 2022

The deadline for submitting papers to the 8th IEEE Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence (IEEE LA-CCI 2022) is 29 May 2022. This conference will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, 22-25 November, 2022.

Conference paper deadline: ICISCI 2022

The deadline for submitting papers to the International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Computational Intelligence (ICISCI 2022) is 1 July 2022. This conference will be held in Changsha, China, 15-17 October 2022.

Conference paper deadline: IEEE SSCI 2022

The deadline for submitting papers to the 2022 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI 2022) is 1 July 2022. This conference will be held 4-7 December 2022 in Singapore.

Conference paper deadline: ACAIT 2022

 The paper submission deadline for the 2022 Asian Conference on Artificial Intelligence Technology (ACAIT 2022) is 30 May 2022. This conference will be held in Changzhou, China, 28-30 October 2022.

Conference paper deadline: IEEE CIBCB 2022

The deadline for submitting papers to the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (IEEE CIBCB 2022) is 15 May 2022. This conference will be held 15-17 August 2022 in Ottawa, Canada.

CFP: ICACI 2018

10th International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence
(www.icaci2018.org)
March 29-31, 2018
Xiamen, China

Technical cosponsor: IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society

ICACI 2018 aims to provide a high-level international forum for scientists, engineers, and educators to present the state-of-the-art research and applications in computational intelligence. The conference will feature plenary speeches given by world renowned scholars, regular sessions with broad coverage, and special sessions focusing on popular topics. In addition, best paper awards will be given during the conference. The proceedings of ICACI 2018 will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore and EI Compendex. Moreover, selected papers will be published in special issues of related journals. The conference will favor papers representing advanced theories and innovative applications in computational intelligence.

Call for Papers and Special Sessions
Prospective authors are invited to contribute high-quality papers to ICACI 2018. In addition, proposals for special sessions within the technical scopes of the conference are solicited. Special sessions, to be organized by internationally recognized experts, aim to bring together researchers in special focused topics. A special session proposal should include the session title, a brief description of the scope and motivation, names, contact information and brief biographical information on the organizers. Researchers interested in organizing special sessions are invited to submit formal proposals to the special sessions chairs (auyqli@scut.edu.cn, qqs@aber.ac.uk or shiyh@sustc.edu.cn).

Topic Areas
Topics areas include, but not limited to, computational neuroscience, connectionist theory and cognitive science, mathematical modeling of neural systems, neurodynamic analysis, neurodynamic optimization and adaptive dynamic programming, embedded neural systems, probabilistic and information-theoretic methods, principal and independent component analysis, hybrid intelligent systems, supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning, deep learning, brain imaging and neural information processing, neuroinformatics and bioinformatics, support vector machines and kernel methods, autonomous mental development, data mining, pattern recognition, time series analysis, image and signal processing, robotic and control applications, telecommunications, transportation systems, intrusion detection and fault diagnosis, hardware implementation, real-world applications, big data processing, fuzzy systems, fuzzy logic, fuzzy set theory, fuzzy decision making, fuzzy information processing, fuzzy logic control, evolutionary computation, ant colony optimization, genetic algorithms, parallel and distributed algorithms, particle swarm optimization, evolving neural networks, evolutionary fuzzy systems, evolving neuro-fuzzy systems, evolutionary games and multi-agent systems, intelligent systems applications.

Important Dates
Special session proposals deadline: Sep. 15, 2017
Paper submission deadline: Nov.15, 2017
Notification of acceptance: Dec. 15, 2017
Camera-ready copy and author registration: Jan. 15, 2018

For latest and additional information, please visit www.icaci2018.org

Call for Papers - WCCI 2018

2018 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence

 8-13 July 2018, Windsor Convention Centre, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
www.ieee-wcci.org

On behalf of the IEEE WCCI 2018 Organizing Committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to the bi-annual IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IEEE WCCI), which is the largest technical event in the field of computational intelligence. The IEEE WCCI 2018 will host three conferences:

• 2018 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2018 - co-sponsored by International Neural Network Society - INNS)
• 2018 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2018)
• 2018 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2018)

It encourages cross-fertilization of ideas among the three big areas and provides a forum for intellectuals from all over the world to discuss and present their research findings on computational intelligence.

IEEE WCCI 2018 will be held at the Windsor Convention Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Known as one of the most beautiful cities in the World, Rio de Janeiro is the first city to receive the certificate of World Heritage for its Cultural Landscape.

Special Sessions

 Special session proposals should include the title, aim and scope (including a list of main topics), a short biography of all organizers, and a list of potential contributors. All special sessions proposals should be submitted to the Special Sessions Co-Chairs, according to the most appropriate topic:

• Cesare Alippi (IJCNN), Politecnico di Milano, Italy
• Patricia Melin (FUZZ-IEEE), Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
• Chuan-Kang Ting (CEC), National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
• Mengjie Zhang (Cross-Disciplinary and CI Applications), School of Engineering & Computer Science, New Zealand

Tutorials

Tutorials offer a unique opportunity to disseminate in-depth information on specific topics in computational intelligence. If you are interested in proposing a tutorial, would like to recommend someone who might be interested, or have questions about tutorials, please contact the Tutorials Co-Chairs:
Keeley Crocket, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Andre Carvalho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Carmelo Filho, University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Competitions

Prospective competition organizers are invited to submit their proposals to the Competitions Co-Chairs below.

Simon Lucas, University of Essex, UK
Chang-Shing Lee, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Workshops

The overall purpose of a workshop is to provide participants with the opportunity to present and discuss novel research ideas on active and emerging topics of Computational Intelligence. Prospective workshop organizers are invited to submit their proposals to the Workshops Co-Chairs below:

Richard Duro, University of Coruna, Spain
Robi Polikar, Rowan University, USA

Important Dates

• Special Session & Workshop Proposals Deadline: 15 December 2017
• Competition & Tutorial Proposals Deadline: 15 December 2017
• Paper Submission Deadline: 15 January 2018
• Paper Acceptance Notification Date: 15 March 2018
• Final Paper Submission & Early Registration Deadline: 1st May 2018
• IEEE WCCI 2018 conference: 08-13 July 2018

For more information on the congress, please visit: www.ieee-wcci.org

2018 IEEE WCCI General Co-Chairs and Conference Chairs

Marley Vellasco, General Co-Chair
Pontifical Catholic University of
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
INNS Director    

Pablo Estevez, General Co-Chair
University of Chile, Santiago
IEEE-CIS President 2016-2017

Teresa Ludermir IJCNN Conference Chair, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Gary Yen, IEEE-CEC Conference Chair, Oklahoma State University, USA

Fernando Gomide, IEEE-FUZZ Conference Chair, University of Campinas, Brazil