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                  SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 19 APRIL 2021

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                          9th International Workshop on

                 COMBINATIONS of INTELLIGENT METHODS and APPLICATIONS

                                   (CIMA 2021)

                    (URL: http://aigroup.ceid.upatras.gr/cima2021/)                                                

                               in conjunction with

  The Twelfth International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications

                                                        (IISA 2021)

                          12-14 July 2021, Chania, Greece

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                                CALL FOR PAPERS

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The combination of different intelligent methods is a very active research area

in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The aim is to create integrated or hybrid methods

that benefit from each of their components. It is generally believed that complex

problems can be easier solved with such integrated or hybrid methods. Some of the

existing efforts combine what are called soft computing methods (fuzzy logic,

neural networks and genetic algorithms) either among themselves or with more

traditional AI technologies such as logic and rules. Another stream of efforts

integrates case-based reasoning and machine learning with soft-computing and

traditional AI methods. Yet another integrates agent-based approaches with logic

and also non-symbolic approaches. Some of the combinations have been quite important

and more extensively used, like neuro-symbolic methods, neuro-fuzzy methods and

methods combining rule-based and case-based reasoning. However, there are other

combinations that are still under investigation, such as those related to the

Semantic Web and Deep Learning. In some cases, combinations are based on first

principles, but in most cases they are created in the context of specific

applications. 

The Workshop is intended to become an annual forum for exchanging experience and

ideas among researchers and practitioners who are dealing with combining intelligent

methods either based on first principles or in the context of specific applications. 

Topics of interest of the Workshop are (but not limited to):

Bayesian Networks Integrations

Case-Based Reasoning Integrations

Deep Learning Integrations

Ensemble learning, Ensemble methods

Evolutionary Algorithms

Evolutionary Neural Systems

Fuzzy-Evolutionary Systems

Hybrid Knowledge Representation Approaches

Hybrid and Distributed Ontologies

Information Fusion Techniques

Integrations of Neural Networks

Intelligent Agents Integrations

Integrations of Statistical and Symbolic AI Approaches

Machine Learning Combinations

Neuro-Fuzzy Approaches/Systems

Neuro-symbolic Approaches

Reinforcement learning

Semantic Web Technologies Integrations

Swarm intelligence methods & integrations

Applications

   Agents & Multi-agent Systems

   Big Data Processing

   Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

   Decision Support and Recommender systems

   Economics, Business and Forecasting Applications

   Education & Distance Learning

   Industrial & Engineering applications

   Medicine & Health Care

   Multimodal Human Computer Interaction

   Natural language Processing and Understanding

   Planning, Scheduling, Search & Optimization

   Robotics

   Social Networks

This year we are very interested in combinations of intelligent methods for sentiment

analysis and emotion recognition and in Deep Learning and Logic Integrations.

PAPER SUBMISSION

We are interested in high quality research papers on the above or related topics.

Interested authors are invited to submit original contributions to the workshop.

The papers should be submitted through the IISA-21 submission system

(https://easyconferences.eu/iisa2021/submission/). In the “Select Track” page,

choose “CIMA 2021”. In preparing your submission, follow IISA-21

guidelines (https://easyconferences.eu/iisa2021/instructions-for-authors/). All papers

will be refereed by at least two members of the program committee of the Workshop.

Accepted papers will be presented at the Workshop sessions of the conference.

PROCEEDINGS

he papers of the workshop will be included in the IISA 2021 proceedings (published in

IEEEXplore as in previous years). After the workshop, we may issue a

Springer volume with extended versions of the accepted papers, after a second review round. 

ATTENDANCE

One of the authors of each accepted paper should register for the IISA Conference

and present the work at the associated Workshop session of the conference. If none

of the authors is registered, their paper will not be presented at the Workshop and

will not be included in theproceedings. Registration info is available in

https://easyconferences.eu/iisa2021/. 

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission: 19 April, 2021

Acceptance notification: 10 May, 2021

Camera-ready: 17 May 2021

ORGANIZERS AND CO-CHAIRS

Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis,  University of Patras, Greece

Maria Virvou, University of Piraeus

Vasile Palade, Coventry University, UK

Isidoros Perikos, University of Patras, Greece

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (To be completed)

Miltos Alamaniotis,, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)

Plamen Angelov,, School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University (UK)

Nick Bassiliades, Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

Maumita Bhattacharya, Centre For Research In Complex Systems(CRiCS), Charles Sturt University (Australia)

Nikolaos Bourbakis, , OBR Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Wright State University (USA)

Gloria Cerasela Crisan, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau (Romania)

Georgios Dounias, Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean (Greece)

Foteini Grivokostopoulou, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras (Greece)

Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras (Greece) (Co-chair)

Andreas Holzinger, Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology (Austria)

Sotirios Kotsiantis, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras (Greece)

Constantinos Koutsojannis, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Patras (Greece)

Arnaud Lallouet, Huawei Technologies Ltd, Paris Research Center (France)

George Magoulas, Department Computer Science and Information Systems, Birkbeck College (UK)

Christos Makris, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras (Greece)

Amol Mali, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (USA)

Antonio Moreno, Department of Computer Science & Maths, University Rovira i Virgili (Spain)

Daniel C.Neagu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Bradford, (UK)

Vasile Palade, Department of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University(UK) (Co-Chair)

Isidoros Perikos, Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras (Greece) (Co-chair)

Jim Prentzas, Department of Education Sciences in Early Childhood, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece)

Kyriakos Sgarbas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University Of Patras (Greece)

Maria Virvou, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus (Greece) (Co-chair)

Wei Fang, Department of Computer Science, Jiangnan University (China)