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PROPOSAL OF SPECIAL ISSUE FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS

Applications of Computational Intelligence basedSystems for Societal Enhancement

Fabio Caraffini, Francisco Chiclana, Raymond Moodley, Mario GongoraInstitute of Artificial Intelligence

De Montfort UniversityLeicester, UK

MAIN THEME OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE

Computational Intelligence (CI), originally represented by the three subjects of Evolutionary Computation (EC), FuzzyLogic (FL) and Neural Networks (NNs), has significantly evolved to date and is ever more embedded in both softwareand hardware structures to obtain intelligent systems capable of self-adaptation, decision-making and problem-solving.These highly interconnected and high-level systems are becoming ubiquitous as their applicability has widened and grownto traverse many disciplines and application domains such as e.g. finance, medicine, precision agriculture,sustainability,aviation, as well as in numerous information systems.

To gather the state-of-the art, this special issue calls for recent new advances on intelligent systems and their applicationsto tackle high impact real-world scenarios for enhancing our society.

I. RELEVANCE OF THE THEME OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE AND NEED IN THE PRESENT CONTEXT

The vertiginous technological growth in the last decades has produced several novel technologies but also a similaramount of novel challenges. We now have instant internet-based services and moving towards smart cities, on the otherside we do also have a higher exposure on cyber attacks, privacy issues, etc. Similar considerations can be made inother heterogeneous sectors including information systems, socials, education, the healthcare system, crime prevention,intelligent transportation, finance, precision agriculture, etc., which strongly impact on our society. while computationalintelligence techniques have been successfully employed to tackle technical applications in engineering, system control,telecommunication, etc., less has been done to address different application domains having a more direct societal impact.In this light, the proposed special session is timely and encourages the generation and introduction of intelligent systemsin such fields of application.

II. AIM AND SCOPE

This special issue aims to attract recent novel advances on applied research for societal improvement through technologyand technology-driven generation of knowledge. Despite having a wide scope, a strong emphasis is given to those systems,both hardware and software, displaying an intelligent behaviour thanks to the use of CI, decision making and data miningtechniques to address high-impact (e.g. humanitarian, environmental or economical) real-world scenarios for enhancing oursociety.

We encourage submissions falling in (but not limited to) the following application domains:• FinTech, Management & Business• Ambient Intelligence• Consensus Modelling in Social Networks• Smart Cities, Smart Environments & Optimal use of lands• Precision Agriculture & Remote Sensing• Sustainability in Rural Communities• Intelligent and Safe Transportation• Internet of things & Internet of Beings• Computational Biology, Healthcare & Medicine• Intelligent Wearable Systems• Services Optimisation & Scheduling applications• AI and Robotics in Healthcare• Applied Sentimental Analysis

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In particular when addressed via data mining and computational intelligence methods such as• Neural Networks & Neural Systems; Fuzzy Logic & Fuzzy Systems• Genetic Fuzzy Systems; Fuzzy Neural Systems• Stochastic & Metaheuristic Optimisation• Machine Learning; Reinforcement Learning• Decision Making• Neuroevolution; Deep Learning• Association Rules & Data Mining• Hybridisation of CI techniques

III. TIMETABLE FOR THIS SPECIAL ISSUE

Important dates:• Submission Opens: 1th September 2020• Submission Closes: 31st January 2021• Final Acceptance Notifications: 31st July 2021

IV. GUEST EDITORS

Fabio Caraffini is a senior lecturer in Computer Science and Mathematics at De Montfort University (Leicetser, UK) andan active resercehr within its Institute of Artificial Intelligence. He received the BSc in “Electronics Engineering” and theMSc in “Telecommunications Engineering” degrees from the University of Perugia (Italy) in 2008 and 2011 respectively andholds a PhD in Computer Science (De Montfort University, UK, 2014) and a PhD in Computing and Mathematical Sciences(University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 2016). Dr Caraffini sits in the programme committee of established conferences and is engagedwithin the research community in Evolutionary Computation. His research interests include theoretical and applied computationalintelligence with a strong emphasis on heuristics for optimisation.

E: fabio.caraffini@dmu.ac.ukW: http://tinyurl.com/FabioCaraffini

Francisco Chiclana is a professor at the School of Computer Sciences and Informatics at De Montfort University (UK).He received his BSc and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Granada (Spain) in June 1989 and March 2000 re-spectively. Prof. Chiclana is a Visiting Scholar at Dept. of Computer Science and AI (Univ. of Granada, Spain) and wasHonorary Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Leicester (UK) in the period 2015-2018. He isan expert in Computational Intelligence and Decision Making, a Highly Cited Researcher (2018, 2019) in Computer Sci-ence, and 24 of his papers are classed as highly cited in WoS (November 2019). Prof. Chiclana is Associate Editor of10 journals indexed in WoS and one of the Specialty Chief Editor of the Fuzzy Systems section of Frontiers in ArtificialIntelligence.

E: chiclana@dmu.ac.ukW: http://tinyurl.com/fchiclana

Raymond Moodley is a Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at DMU. He received his PhD in AI fromDMU and holds a MSc in Strategic Management (University of Derby) and a MSc in Chemical Engineering (University ofKwaZulu Natal, South Africa). His research interests include the application of AI to enhance society and has developed AImodels for education, crime prevention, and medicine.

E: raymond.moodley@dmu.ac.ukW: https://figshare.com/authors/Raymond Moodley/8996357

Mario Gongora is Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at De Montfort University (DMU). Heis the Faculty Enterprise Lead and a member of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty of Computing, Engineeringand Media. He has a degree in Electronic Engineering and got his MSc and PhD from the University of Warwick (UK). Hisresearch started in the field of robotics and machine learning and is currently focusing in the application of Artificial Intelligencetechniques for modelling natural phenomena, identification, simulation and optimisation.

E: mgongora@dmu.ac.ukW: www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/∼mgongora/

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V. CONTRIBUTORS & REVIEWERS

We will individually contact selected experts in the field to invite them to contribute with their submissions. A preliminarylist of potential contributors and reviewers from our personal collaborative networks is reported below:

Francisco Herrera herrera@decsai.ugr.esHojjat Adeli adeli.1@osu.eduEdmund Kieran Burke edmund.burke@leicester.ac.ukA.E. Eiben a.e.eiben@vu.nlKaisa Miettinen kaisa.miettinen@jyu.fiJon Garibaldi jon.garibaldi@nottingham.ac.ukSebastian Ventura sventura@uco.esEender Ozcan ender.ozcan@nottingham.ac.ukJim Smith james.smith@uwe.ac.ukCarlos Cotta ccottap@lcc.uma.esAndries Engelbrecht engel@cs.up.ac.zaRaymond Chiong raymond.chiong@newcastle.edu.auMehmet Fatih Tasgetiren fatih.tasgetiren@yasar.edu.trGxiang Zhang zhgxdylan@126.comJixiang Cheng chengjixiang0106@126.comLe Hoang Son sonlh@vnu.edu.vnXu Zeshui xuzeshui@263.netGleb Beliakov gleb.beliakov@deakin.edu.auSimon James simon.james@deakin.edu.auJose Luis Garcıa Lapresta lapresta@eco.uva.esNuria Agell nuria.agell@esade.eduShangming Zhou smzhouy@gmail.comWang Jianqiang jqwang@csu.edu.cnWang Yingming msymwang@hotmail.comLiu Fang fang272@126.comXia Meimei meimxia@163.comChen Shyiming smchen@mail.ntust.edu.twZhou Ligang shuiqiaozlg@126.comChen Huayou huayouc@126.comFan Zhiping zpfan@mail.neu.edu.cnLiang Changyong cyliang@163.comWei Cuiping wei cuiping@yahoo.com.cnZhu Jianjun zhujianjun@nuaa.edu.cnWang Zhoujing wangzj@xmu.edu.cnJose Maria Merigo Lindahl jmerigo@ub.eduGong Zaiwu zwgong26@163.comXu Jiuping xujiuping@scu.edu.cnWu Zhibing zbwu1982@163.comHumberto Bustince bustince@unavarra.esYucheng Dong ycdong@scu.edu.cnChrister Carlsson christer.carlsson@abo.fiGang Kou kougang@yahoo.comDengfeng Li lidengfeng@fzu.edu.cnCarmen De Maio cdemaio@unisa.itGiuseppe D’Aniello gidaniello@unisa.itMarcin Adam Marcin.Adam@polsl.pRommel Dias Saraiva rommelds@unifor.brYuhui Shi 11849557@mail.sustech.edu.cn

Zhen Zhang zhen.zhang@dlut.edu.cnYejun Xu xuyejohn@163.comMaria Evelina Mognaschi eve.mognaschi@unipv.itShixin Cheng stone19111@163.comGeorgina Cosma G.Cosma@lboro.ac.ukDariusz Horla Dariusz.Horla@put.poznan.plFernando De Mingo Lopez fernando.demingo@upm.esDawid Połap Dawid.Polap@polsl.plAlejandro Pena juan.pena@eia.edu.coIsis Bonet ferrante.neri@nottingham.ac.ukCarlos Parra carlos.parra@javeriana.edu.coJohana Florez-Lozano johana.florez@javeriana.edu.coAnil Yaman anilyaman00@gmail.comRan Cheng ranchengcn@gmail.comAles Zamuda ales.zamuda@um.siGiovanni Squillero giovanni.squillero@polito.itAlberto Tonda alberto.tonda@gmail.comDoina Bucur d.bucur@utwente.nlFrancesco Fontanella lfontanella@unicas.itStefano Cagnoni cagnoni@ce.unipr.itMarta Cimitile marta.cimitile@unitelmasapienza.itRuggero Donida ruggero.donida@unimi.itGiovanni Acampora giovanni.acampora@unina.itVincenzo Loia loia@unisa.itTamas Vinko tvinko@inf.u-szeged.huElisa Ricci e.ricci@unitn.itJanez Brest janez.brest@um.siAdrian Hopgood adrian.hopgood@port.ac.ukPaolo Valigi paolo.valigi@unipg.itMichael Emmerich m.t.m.emmerich@liacs.leidenuniv.nlRenzo Perfetti renzo.perfetti@diei.unipg.itRoberto A. Vazquez ravem@lasallistas.org.mxValentino Santucci valentino.santucci@unistrapg.itAlfredo Milani milani@unipg.itMarco Baioletti baioletti@dmi.unipg.itEric Xing pxing@cs.cmu.eduPierluigi Frisco pierluigi.frisco@asml.comPeter Richtarik peter.richtarik@kaust.edu.saKristina Vassiljeva kristina.vassiljeva@taltech.eeMarco Wiering mwiering@ai.rug.nlPeter Cowling peter.cowling@york.ac.ukMauricio Toro Bermudez mtorobe@eafit.edu.coJose Aguilar aguilarjos@gmail.comJuan Guillermo Lalinde Pulido jlalinde@eafit.edu.coEdwin Nelson Montoya Munera emontoya@eafit.edu.coRicardo Taborda Rios rtaborda@eafit.edu.coRicardo Mejia Gutierrez rmejiag@eafit.edu.coAlessandro Niccolai alessandro.niccolai@polimi.it

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Andre Sirani andrea.serani@insean.cnr.itLuis Martınez martin@ujaen.esOscar Castillo ocastillo@tectijuana.mxGaspar Mayor gmayor@uib.esFrancisco Javier Cabrerizo Lorite cabrerizo@issi.uned.esBernard Debaets Bernard.DeBaets@UGent.beJanusz Kacprzyk Janusz.Kacprzyk@ibspan.waw.plGiovanni Fasano fasano@unive.iBernard.DeBaets@UGent.be