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SPECIAL ISSUE ON
COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Computational Intelligence (CI) is an offshoot of artificial intelligence and has various
tools such as fuzzy logic, neural networks, genetic algorithms, belief networks and chaos theory.
Many hybrid models have also been proposed. Today, Computational Intelligence has emerged
from the fusion of the fields of granular computing, neuro-computing and evolutionary computing
and becomes one of the most active research areas and widely used techniques in information
science and engineering. It has been claimed that computational intelligence is the way of the
future computing. Historically, the areas of interest covered by computational intelligence are also
known under the term soft computing. Computational intelligence research has become a vital part
in the research of various fields like mathematics, physics, aerospace, biochemistry, stock-market,
electronic devices and different other domains. It is widely recognized that research in this area
will lead to the development of excellent intelligent systems in different domains.
A survey on the growth analysis of an industry/organization also underpins the truth that
CI approaches and optimization algorithms pave the way for effective design, and implementation
of business applications and successful integration of business disciplines. The CI paradigms
applied to big data analytics and business intelligence systems is receiving much attention in
recently published journals and related reports. In addition, hybridization of CI techniques such as
neuro fuzzy approaches, artificial neural networks, evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence,
rough sets can be incorporated to handle uncertainty and subjective vagueness during decision
making procedures. It is worth noting that the fusion of CI approaches and optimization techniques
have not been adequately investigated from the perspective of big data analytics, and business
intelligence. With this perspective, this special issue has been designed to bring the cutting-edge
research in all aspects of computational intelligence and applications including experimental and
theoretical research, applied techniques and real-world applications to the entire society to promote
research, sharing and development.
TOPICS:
This special issue solicits the submission of high quality research papers concerning (but are not
limited to) the following areas:
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Computational intelligence, analytical modeling, and simulation for big data analytics
Computational intelligence in cloud based computing
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Data analytical approaches using Computational Methods
Computational Methods in Context Aware Web Systems
Computational Methods in Language and Communication
Computational intelligence applications for Business Intelligence and decision making
Assistive Models of Web Services using Computational Methods
Brain Models and Cognitive Science
Self-healing, Self-configuring Systems
Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Applications
Evolutionary Computation
Computational intelligence systems in energy management, smart grids, mobile
networks, internet of things, sensor networks, transportation systems, etc.
Computational models on Health Care
Hybrid Learning, Machine Learning Applications
Domain specific applications of Computational Intelligence
We invite high quality research papers which neither have been published previously nor under
consideration currently for publication in any other journal or conference. Survey papers with
superior quality are also invited in this area.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION
Paper submissions must conform to the format guidelines of Information Systems Frontiers
available at: http://www.springer.com/business/business+information+systems/journal.
Submissions should be approximately 32 pages double spaced including references.
SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS
Vijayan Sugumaran, Professor of MIS, Oakland University, USA, [email protected]
Geetha TV, Professor of Computer Science, Anna University, Chennai, India, [email protected]
Manjula D, Professor of Computer Science, Anna University, Chennai, [email protected]
Hema Gopal, Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services, [email protected]
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline:
Notification of first round reviews:
Revised Manuscripts due:
Second Round Notification:
Final Version Due:
Final Acceptance Notification:
March 1, 2016
May 15, 2016
July 15, 2016
September 15, 2016
October 15, 2016
October 31, 2016
BIOS OF SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS
Dr.Vijayan Sugumaran, Professor of MIS and Chair, Oakland University, USA
Vijayan Sugumaran is Professor of Management Information Systems and Chair of the
Department of Decision and Information Sciences at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan,
USA. He was WCU Visiting Professor at Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea from 2010 to
2012. He received his Ph.D in Information Technology from George Mason University, Fairfax,
Virginia, USA. His research interests are in the areas of Intelligent Information Technologies,
Ontologies and Semantic Web, Intelligent Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, Natural Language
Processing, Tamil Computing, and Component Based Software Development. He has published
over 150 peer-reviewed articles in Journals, Conferences, and Books. He has edited twelve books
and serves on the Editorial Board of eight journals. He has published in top-tier journals such as
Information Systems Research, ACM Transactions on Database Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Engineering Management, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Education, IEEE
Software and Healthcare Management Science. Dr. Sugumaran is the editor-in-chief of the
International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies. He is the Chair of the Intelligent
Agent and Multi-Agent Systems mini-track for Americas Conference on Information Systems
(AMCIS 1999 - 2016). Dr. Sugumaran served as Chair of the Information Technology committee
for the Decision Sciences Institute. He has served (or will be serving) as the program co-chair for
the International Conference on Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems (NLDB
2008, NLDB 2013, and NLDB 2016). He also regularly serves as a program committee member
for numerous national and international conferences
Dr. Geetha, T. V., Professor of Computer Science, Anna University, India
T V Geetha completed B.E in ECE from College of Engineering, Guindy in the year 1982.
She then joined as Teaching Research Fellow in the department of ECE at the same institute also
completed M.E in Computer Science and Engineering. Later she joined the Department of
Computer Science and Engineering when it was first established. She completed her Ph.D in the
area of Natural Language Processing in the year 1992. She has over 230 papers in national and
international journals and conferences. 16 Research scholars have completed Ph.d and 11
scholars are undergoing Ph.D under her guidance in areas such as Intelligent Databases,
Distributed AI, Natural Language Processing including Tamil, Semantic and Personalized Search
Engines, AI based on Indian Philosophy, Text Mining, E-Learning and Carnatic Music Processing.
Her area of interests include Natural Language Processing, Music Processing, E-learning,
Ontology based text mining, Semantic processing and Search engines. Her interest in the area of
Natural language Processing include Information Visualization, Automatic Content generation for
E-learning, Automatic Question generation for E-learning, Automatic Slide Generation for Elearning, Research Area Mining, Ontology based Text Mining.
She has been awarded the Young Scientist award from the Government of Tamilnadu
in the year 2000, a Special Mention award from the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu in the year
2002 and the Women of Excellence award from the Rotract club in the year 2003. She was the
coordinator of a project with funding of Rs.1.13 crores from the Ministry of Information and
Communication Technology, Government of India to produce “Specialized manpower in the area
of Computational Linguistics and Knowledge Engineering” through which a specialized ME
course in the area for which the curriculum and syllabi was specially designed by her team. In
addition her team is one of the collaborators of a funded project Titled “Cross Lingual Information
Access across Indian Languages” with a funding of Rs. 1.57 Crores from the Ministry of
Information and Communication Technology, Government of India. She is currently coordinating
a UGC project titled epathsala for creating e-content for 16 PG level courses in Computer Science.
Dr. Manjula, D, Professor of Computer Science, Anna University, India
Dr. D. Manjula is working as Professor in Department of Computer Science &
Engineering, Anna University and is well recognized for her contributions to engineering
education, research, administration and social concerns. She has acquired B.E. degree from
Thiagarajar college of Engineering in the year 1983 and completed M.E. degree from Anna
University, Chennai in the year 1987. She was awarded Ph. D. by Anna University, Chennai in
2004. Her teaching and research interests include Cloud Computing, Social Network Analysis,
Information Retrieval, Language Technologies, Data Mining, Text Mining, Imaging and
Networks. Under her guidance, 8 students have successfully completed Ph. D. and 10 Ph.D.
scholars are pursuing research in the above areas, currently. She has guided more than 50 M.E.
students. She has more than 50 publications in reputed journals and has presented over 40 research
papers in International conferences. Moreover, she has visited USA, Malaysia, Thailand and
Australia to present the research articles. As part of academics, she has published three books and
conducted handful of short-term courses, seminars and workshops in the Department. She has
delivered many tutorials and Invited talks at different Universities and Institutions across India.
She is currently coordinating Big Data Analytics Project under UGC-DSA Phase II. She has
successfully completed the Database and Web Technology Project under the UGC-DSA Phase I.
She has also coordinated three research projects funded by Tamil Virtual University of Tamilnadu
Government with a passion to render Tamil language in Mobile phones. She was actively involved
in a project named RCILTS funded by Ministry of Information Technology, intended to provide
knowledge tools in Indian languages (Tamil Language). Apart from the academic responsibilities,
she is currently one of the Deputy Directors in the Centre for Distance Education. She is working
earnestly to makedistance learning a viable option for many individuals of all ages who desire to
get a quality education, which otherwise they would be deprived off.
She has served as a Professor, Planning & Development of Anna University which is
directly related to the planning & development of every sector in the University. As PPD, she
proposed many plans and brought revenue to the University by obtaining grants through various
funding agencies. Moreover, she was the ex-officio member of all the executive committees
constituted by the Vice-Chancellor. She has also acted as the Director, Faculty Development of
Anna University. Through the Centre of faculty development, she has conducted faculty
development training programmes, to train the faculty members for planning and preparing the
lessons and to understand the subject contents to enhance their subject quality. Currently she is the
Deputy Director of distance education and Head of the Department of computer Science and
engineering at Anna university Chennai.
Dr. Hema Gopal, Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services, India.
Hema Gopal, Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services has over 30+ years of experience,
has led several large transformational engagements and outsourcing for TCS’ Banking and
Financial services customers. She has been part of the Business Strategy, Transformation
Initiatives for many large customers across the globe. Starting her career in 1985 she has donned
various roles in IT outsourcing, Relationship Management, Delivery Management, pre-sales,
Learning and development, Technology Excellence, Academic Interface and other Corporate
responsibilities. She is currently the Global Head for TCS IBM Center of Excellence in the
Technology Excellence Group. She has been managing large teams across multiple development
centers in India and Overseas. She has handled many mission critical Transformational
engagements for clients for their M&A initiatives. She has been in the leadership team of TCS
senior Executives and carved out many niche opportunities to start the outsourcing services way
back in late 90s.She has built large teams and delivered high quality deliverables. She is keen on
spearheading the competency development within the organization and works closely with
Academia to enhance the entry level skills. She is closely associated with various bodies like
NASSCOM, IEEE. CII, IETE. She is a life member at the Computer society of India (CSI). She is
closely associated with the XBRL committee which comes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs
(MCA). She is an active Alumni of Anna University and IIT Madras. She has been part of
curriculum advisory board, Governing councils for several Institutions and conceptualized many
Faculty Development Programs for Academia and technology programs for Students. She is a Key
Advisory Board Member for the Prestigious Marist College in U.S.A. She has been a faculty for
ME in Information Systems for CEG, Chennai. She is the Task force member of Anna University
of Technology Council representing the Industry.