** First Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your
colleagues and networks **

-- 15th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing
(NaBIC 2023) --

NaBIC 2023 Theme: Nature Inspired Approaches in Generative AI
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http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic23
http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic23

Onsite and On the World Wide Web

Onsite Venues:
Olten, Switzerland : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olten
Porto, Portugal : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto
Vilnius, Lithuania : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius
Kochi, India : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochi

December 13-15, 2023

NaBIC 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person
and fully virtually to take advantage of the best that the two
modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the
technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster
sessions. NaBIC 2023 Organising Committee also recognises the benefits
of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This
allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend.
Selected authors will have the option to attend and present the papers
virtually or present in one of the three venues in Europe and Asia.

Like previous years, proceedings of NaBIC'23 are expected to be
published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179)

Proceedings of NaBIC'22:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96302-6
Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP,
EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST),
SpringerLink

History of NaBIC series: http://www.mirlabs.net/nabic23/previous.php

**Important Dates**
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Paper submission due: September 30, 2023
Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023
Conference: December 13-15, 2023

**About NaBIC'23**
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After the success of the previous 14 events, we welcome
your participation and contribution to the 15th World Congress
on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2023)
to be held in hybrid mode during December 13-15, 2023. NaBIC 2023 is
organized to provide a forum for researchers, engineers, and
students from all over the world, to discuss state-of-the-art
machine intelligence, and address various issues on building up
human-friendly machines by learning from nature. The conference
theme is "Nature Inspired Approaches in Generative AI".

**Topics (not limited to)**
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Industrial Applications of Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing
Computing
Information Retrieval
Robotics
Fault Diagnosis
Bioinformatics
Web Intelligence
Speech Processing
Business Information Systems
Knowledge Management
Evolvable Hardware
Image and Signal Processing
Pattern Recognition
Traffic and Transportation System
Decision Analysis
Data Mining
Computer Vision
Information and Communication Technology
Control System

Innovative approaches
Artificial Neural Networks
Biodegradability Prediction
Cellular Automata
Evolutionary Algorithms
Swarm Intelligence
Emergent Systems
Artificial Life
Lindenmayer Systems
Digital Organisms
Artificial Immune Systems
Membrane Computing
Simulated Annealing
Communication Networks and Protocols
Computing with Words
Common Sense Computing
Cognitive Modeling and Architecture
Connectionism
Metaheuristics
Hybrid Approaches
Quantum Computing
Nano Computing

**Submission Guidelines**
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Submission of paper should be made through the submission page
from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website
for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.

Paper format templates:
https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript-preparation/5636#c3324

NaBIC’23 Submission Link:
http://www.mirlabs.org/nabic23/submission.php

** NaBIC 2023 Organization**
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General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Program Chairs
Andries Engelbrecht, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico

Publication Chair
Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

Web Services Chair
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

Publicity Chair
Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, University of Mumbai, India

International Program Committee
TBA

Note: If you would like to propose a special session, please email Ms.
Mabrouka Salmi <salmimabrouka7@gmail.com> with a cc to Dr. Anu Bajaj
<er.anubajaj@gmail.com>

**Technical Contact**
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Dr. Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org