CALL FOR SPECIAL TRACK PAPERS

In addition to the regular track that covers general/mainstream topics, BICT 2015 features the following special tracks that focus on specific, emerging or underrepresented topics. All special tack papers will be peer-reviewed with the same criteria and quality standard used in the regular track. All accepted special track papers will be included as conference papers in the proceedings.

• Artificial, Biological and Bio-Inspired Intelligence (ABBII)
  Tomohiro Shirakawa     National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan
  Andrew Adamatzky     University of the West of England, UK
  Hiroshi Sato     National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan


• Artificial Intelligence and Software Engineering (AISE)
  Richard Torkar     Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  Robert Feldt     Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
  Jun Suzuki     University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA


• Anthropomorphic Robot and Physiological Information for Cares and Daily Communication (ARPI)
  Tomoko Yonezawa     Kansai University, Japan
  Hirotake Yamazoe     Ritsumeikan University, Japan


• Biological Computing and Bio-medical Informatics (BCBI)
  Andrew Schumann     University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, Poland


• Bio-Inspired Communications and Computing (BICC)
  Byeong-hee Roh     Ajou University
  Jeungwon Choi     Agency for Defense Development


• Biologically Inspired Computer Vision Models and Techniques (BioVis)
  David Fofi     Université de Bourgogne
  Patrick Marquié     Université de Bourgogne
  Abdelrahman Shabayek     Suez Canal University


• BioNanoNetworks: Modeling, Design, Performance and Applications (BMDPA)
  Mohammad Mahfuz     University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
  Dimitrios Makrakis     University of Ottawa, Canada


• Bio-inspired Self-propelling Systems (BSS)
  Takahiro Nitta     Gifu University, Japan


• Bio-inspired Wireless Network Security (BWNS)
  Parisa Memarmoshrefi     University of Goettingen, Germany


• Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS)
  Saori Iwanaga     Japan Coast Guard Academy, Japan
  Masao Kubo     National Defense Academy, Japan
  Hiroshi Sato     National Defense Academy, Japan


• Computational Intelligence for Information Security (CIIS)
  Raphael Machado     National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, Brazil
  Davidson Boccardo     National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technoloy, Brazil


• Combinatorial Optimization (COP)
  Vincent Cicirello     Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA
  Jun Suzuki     University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA


• Bio-inspired Algorithms and Technologies for Cyber Security and Defense Applications (DEFENSE)
  Cem Safak Sahin     MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA


• Engineering Applications from Bio-Molecular Networks (EmNet)
  Preetam Ghosh     Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
  Michael Mayo     US Army Engineer Research and Development Center


• Game Theory and its Applications (GTA)
  Hung-Yu Wei    National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  Athanasios V. Vasilakos     Lulea University of Technology, Sweden


• Molecular Communication and Networking (MCN)
  Tadashi Nakano     Osaka University, Japan
  Jun Suzuki     University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
  Michael Moore


• Modularization for Practical Software Engineering (MPSE)
  Hiroaki Fukuda     Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
  Paul Leger     Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile


• Nano-networks and Communication in Bacteria Populations (NCBP)
  Radu Marculescu     Carnegie Mellon University, USA


• Physarum Computing (PhysComp)
  Hans-Günther Döbereiner     University of Bremen, Germany


• Soft Computing on Brain-Body Area (SCBBA)
  Isao Hayashi     Kansai University, Japan
  Suguru N. Kudoh     Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
  Takahiro Yamanoi     Hokkai Gakuen University, Japan


• Swarm Robotics (SR)
  Andrew Vardy     Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada


• Topology-driven bio-inspired methods and models for complex systems (TOPDRIM​4​Bio)
  Emanuela Merelli     University of Camerino, Italy