The International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, SoCPaR 2018 is a major annual international conference to bring together researchers, engineers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry working in all interdisciplinary areas of soft computing and pattern recognition to share their experience, and exchange and cross-fertilize their ideas.

Topics

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

Proceedings:
All accepted papers fulfilling requirements on quality will be published in the Springer proceedings. It is mandatory that at least one author registers for every paper that is included in the conference proceedings. Proceedings are expected to be published by: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, which is now indexed by ISI Proceedings, DBLP. Ulrich's, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS, Zentralblatt Math, MetaPress, Springerlink. Papers maximum length is 10 pages.
- Papers must be formatted according to Springer format (Latex/word) available at: http://www.springer.com/series/11156

Special Issues:
Organizers have successfully negotiated with several International Journals to accommodate special issues on various topics. Expanded versions of SoCPaR 2018 selected papers will be published in Special Issues and Edited Volumes.