Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Fuzzy sets:

Soft computing methods:

Real-world applications of fuzzy sets and soft computing methods:

• Fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic

• Mathematical foundations of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic

• Fuzzy systems design and optimization

• Fuzzy control and robotics

• Fuzzy information processing

• Fuzzy hardware and architectures

• Fuzzy pattern recognition and classification

• Fuzzy clustering and rule mining

• Fuzzy databases

• Fuzzy decision making

• Fuzzy preference modelling

• Type-2, interval-valued, intuitionistic, and hesitant fuzzy sets

• Rough sets, imprecise probabilities, possibilities theory

• Ambient intelligence

• Bayesian networks

• Bio-inspired optimization

• Computational intelligence

• Cyber computing

• Evolutionary computation

• Granular computing

• Graphical models

• Information fusion

• Machine learning

• Multi-agent systems

• Multivariate analysis

• Neural networks

• Optimisation

• Probabilistic reasoning

• Semantic web

• Agriculture and geographical information systems

• Artificial societies

• Awareness computing

• Big data and cloud computing

• Bioinformatics

• Biometrics

• Brain science

• Chemicals and food industry

• Cognitive science

• Data mining

• Decision making and risk management

• Distributed systems

• Education and training

• Environment engineering

• Fault detection and diagnosis

• Financial applications

• Human-computer interaction and interface

• Image, speech and signal processing

• Industrial applications

• Information retrieval and recommendation systems

• Intelligent control

• Intelligent systems

• Linguistics

• Manufacturing systems

• Medical applications

• Operations research and manufacturing

• Robotics and control systems

• Text mining and social network analysis

• Transportation

• Security

• Social sciences

• Software and hardware applications

• Virtual reality

• Vision and sensors

• Web intelligence and interaction