You are kindly invited to organize a special session and to submit a paper (limited by 12 pages), using LNCS/LNAI style, in one of the following topics :

Area 1 : Optimization and Decision Making

• Recent developments from different Optimization fields: Nonconvex Programming, Global Optimization, D.C. (Difference of Convex functions) Programming, Semidefinite Programming, Semi-infinite Programming, Multicriteria Optimization, Network Optimization, Graph Algorithms, Mixed Integer Programming, Large-scale Nonlinear Programming, Complementarity and Variational Inequality Problems, Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints, Optimal Control, Mechanical and Structural Optimization, Shape Optimization, Inverse and Ill-posed Problems, Stochastic Optimization, Robust Optimization, Logic Constraints Programming, Constraint Satisfaction, Heuristic and/or Meta-Heuristic Methods, ...
• Optimization Software
• Novel opportunities of Optimization for Industry and Finance: Models and Optimization Techniques for various applications such as Telecommunications, Supply Chain Management, Auto Manufacturing, Aerospace Engineering, Air Traffic Management, Genomics, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology, Financial Optimization, Mechanical and Structural Engineering, ...
• New developments in Classical Optimization Problems (Assignment, Knapsack, Network Design & Graph, Location, Partitioning, Routing & Scheduling)
• Operations Management: Management - Logistics, Project Management, Production Planning and Scheduling, Location and Layout, Routing and Distribution, Resource Allocation, Flexible Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Conducts of Complex Industrial Systems, Simulation in Engineering

Area 2: Data Mining Theory, Systems and Applications

• Foundations of Data Mining
• Big Data
• Data Mining and Machine Learning Algorithms and Methods
• Soft Computing and Uncertainty Management for Data Mining
• Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Knowledge Discovery
• Human-Machine Interaction and Visualization in Data Mining
• Information Systems and Security
• Business Information Systems
• Data Mining Applications in Electronic Commerce, Bioinformatics, Computer Security, Web Intelligence, Intelligent Learning Database Systems, Finance, Marketing, Healthcare, Telecommunications, and other fields

Area 3: Computer Vision and Image Processing

• Computer and VLSI design
• Computed Tomography
• Pattern Recognition
• Audio, Image, Video Processing
• Medical Image Processing
• Optimization Techniques for Image Processing
• Multimedia Computing Systems and Appliances
• Multimedia Applications

Area 4 : Computer Communications and Networks

• Cross-Layer Design and Optimization
• Communications & Information Theory
• Signal Processing for Communications
• Network Security
• Networking Algorithms and Performance Evaluation

Area 5 : Optimization and Search techniques for Security, Reliability, Trust

• Intrusion detection
• Cryptography, Cryptanalysis
• Security protocols
• Quality of Services
• Trust Management