Original Contributions from researchers describing their unpublished research work pertaining to IOT, Smart city and Applications of Machine Learning (ML) Techniques to address real-world problems, interdisciplinary research involving machine learning, experimental and/or theoretical studies yielding new insights into the design of expert systems, and manuscripts describing development of new analytical frameworks that advance practical machine learning methods are especially encouraged. The technical program will consist of, but is not limited to, the following topics of interest:

• Machine Learning in Control Applications

• Soft Computing

• Neural Networks based control systems

• Pattern Recognition

• Decision support systems

• Text analytics and NLP

• Statistical Learning

• Neural Network Learning

• Learning Through Fuzzy Logic

• Learning Through Evolution (Evolutionary Algorithms)

• Reinforcement Learning

• Multi-Strategy Learning

• Cooperative Learning

• Planning And Learning

• Multi-Agent Learning

• Online And Incremental Learning

• Scalability Of Learning Algorithms

• Inductive Learning

• Inductive Logic Programming

• Bayesian Networks

• Support Vector Machines

• Case-Based Reasoning

• Machine Learning For Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

• Multi-Lingual Knowledge Acquisition and Representation

• Grammatical Inference

• Knowledge Acquisition and Learning

• Knowledge Discovery In Databases

• Knowledge Intensive Learning

• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

• Machine Learning and Information Retrieval

• Machine Learning For Web Navigation and Mining

• Learning Through Mobile Data Mining

• Text And Multimedia Mining Through Machine Learning

• Distributed And Parallel Learning Algorithms and Applications

• Feature Extraction and Classification

• Theories And Models for Plausible Reasoning

• Computational Learning Theory

• Cognitive Modelling

• Hybrid Learning Algorithms

• Smart Grids

• Smart Agriculture & Farming

• Smart Cities

• Security threats in Smart Cities

• Smart and sustainable transport system

• Smart healthcare system

• Innovative agriculture process

• Future challenges in smart cities

• IoT Protocols And Transports

• Security for IoT

• Wearable Devices,

• IoT Architectures & Protocol

• IoT's Impact on 5G

• IoT System Architecture

• IoT Enabling Technologies

• Social Acceptance of IoT Systems

• Web Intelligence and Computing

• Swarm Intelligence

• Mobile Computing

• Sensor Networks and Social Sensing

• Wireless Mesh Networks

• Wireless Networks Management

• Wireless Protocols and Architectures

• Multi-Agent Systems

• Human-Computer Interaction

• Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

• Knowledge Management and Networks

• Data Intensive Computing Architecture

• Resource Management and Scheduling

• Intelligent E-Learning Systems

• Smart Environments and Applications

• Genetic Algorithms

• Evolutionary Computation

• Intelligent Control

• Optimization

• Nonlinear System and Control

• System Theory and Control Theory

• Video and Image Processing

• Internet Security

• Big Data

• Cellular Networks

• Social Networks & E-Commerce

• Computer and Network Forensics

• Data and Network Outsourcing Services

• Cloud and Edge Computing

• Routing and Network Management

• Cyber Deterrence Strategies

• Mobile and Wearable Devices

• Social, Economic, and Policy Issues of Trust, Security, and Privacy.

• Machine Learning

•  Deep Learning

• Artificial Intelligence

• Cognitive Science

• Data Science

• Big Data Analytics

• Cyber Security

• Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

• Internet-of-Things

• Security and Information Assurance

• ICT & AI in Education

• Soft Computing

• High performance Computing

• Distributed Computing

• Parallel Computing

• Cloud Computing

• Wireless Computing & Communication

• Edge Computing

• Smart Grid and Smart Cities

• Robotics, Control Systems & Theory

• Signal, Image and Speech Processing

• Circuits and Systems

• Geographical Information Systems/ Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GIS/GNSS)

• Modeling and Simulation

• Multimedia systems and services

• Software engineering

• Natural Language Processing

• Theoretical Computer Science

• Algorithms and Bioinformatics

• Nano Technology

• Computer Vision

• Autonomous Vehicles

• Business Intelligence

• Optimization Techniques

Applications of IOT, Smart City & Machine learning in:

• Medicine, Health, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

• Industrial and Engineering Applications

• Security Applications

• Smart Cities

• Game Playing and Problem Solving

• Intelligent Virtual Environments

• Economics, Business And Forecasting Applications, etc.

The conference will include a number of interesting keynote plenary talks, which will be announced on the conference web site as arrangements are finalized. 

Publication Details

‘It is planned to publish the peer reviewed and selected papers of conference as proceedings with Springer in their prestigious “Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering” series (https://www.springer.com/series/7818). For detailed instructions for author and editors of conference proceedings, kindly visit the following link: https://www.springer.com/us/authors-editors/conference-proceedings. Select papers from the conference will be published by Springer as a proceedings book volume. Springer will conduct quality checks on the accepted papers and only papers that pass these checks will be published. Springer Nature does not charge any money for publication of Non-Open Access content. Abstracts/extended abstracts and short papers (less than 4 pages) are not considered for publication.’