NCA 2016 - 13th Workshop on Natural Computing and Applications

Natural Computing is a field of research that is concerned with the use of nature-inspired paradigms for solving computational problems. The world of natural computing is diverse and fascinating. It tries to combine the computing carried in computer science with the computing observed in nature. It can be used both to better understand complex natural phenomena and to design methods to solve complex problems. We invite authors to submit their original and unpublished work that communicates current research in all area of natural computing with a particular focus on methods designed to solve complex, real world problems. The contributions can address both theoretical and methodological aspects, as well as various applications in science, engineering, business, commerce etc.
Topics
Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:
+ evolutionary computing
+ neural computing, Bayesian networks, learning algorithms
+ membrane computing, DNA computing, molecular computing, information processing in cells and tissues, cellular automata
+ quantum computing
+ immunocomputing
+ swarm intelligence (particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, artificial bee colony etc.)
+ bacterial foraging
+ computation with words, granular computation
+ artificial life, emergent computing and self-organizing systems, complex adaptive systems
+ hybridization of evolutionary, neural, molecular and quantum computing
+ hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques and other global and local optimization methods
+ integration of natural computing techniques in intelligent systems
+ implementation issues of natural computing techniques
+ visualization techniques in natural computing
+ rule discovery via natural computing means
+ algorithm calibration via evolutionary optimization methods
+ natural computing approaches for multi-objective, multimodal and dynamic optimization
+ natural computing approaches in knowledge discovery, natural language processing, image processing, planning and scheduling, information security, human-computer interaction, Web Intelligence, Web-based support systems
+ natural computing applications in science, business, finance, engineering, medicine, bioinformatics and other fields