{"id":926,"date":"2025-04-04T08:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T08:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synasc.ro\/2026-new\/?page_id=926"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:39:47","slug":"nca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/synasc.ro\/2026\/workshops\/nca\/","title":{"rendered":"NCA &#8211; 23rd\u00a0Workshop\u00a0on Natural Computing and Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"926\" class=\"elementor elementor-926\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af0f3b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af0f3b4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c25a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6c25a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AIM<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c0502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5c0502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and explore the latest developments in natural computing and its applications. Natural computing is an interdisciplinary field that draws inspiration from nature to design and develop computing systems and algorithms that can solve complex problems. The workshop will provide a platform for participants to share their research findings, exchange ideas, and cultivate collaborations. The workshop will also explore the practical applications of natural computing, such as in image processing, data mining, and optimization problems. We invite authors to submit their original and unpublished work that communicates current research in all areas of natural computing with a particular focus on methods designed to solve complex, real-world problems. Overall, the workshop will provide a valuable opportunity for participants to deepen their knowledge of natural computing and its potential for solving real-world problems.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7611404 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7611404\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TOPICS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-effe385 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"effe385\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to, the following:<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evolutionary algorithms and their applications,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">neural networks and their use in pattern recognition and prediction,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">membrane computing, DNA computing, molecular computing, information processing in cells and tissues, cellular automata<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quantum computing,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">genetic programming and its applications in software engineering,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">swarm intelligence (particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, artificial bee colony etc.),<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hybrid optimization algorithms involving natural computing techniques and other global and local optimization methods,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integration of natural computing techniques in intelligent systems,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">visualization techniques in natural computing,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rule discovery via natural computing means,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">algorithm calibration via evolutionary optimization methods,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">natural computing approaches for multi-objective, multimodal and dynamic optimization,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">natural computing approaches in knowledge discovery, natural language processing, image processing, planning and scheduling, information security, human-computer interaction, Web Intelligence, Web-based support systems,<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">natural computing applications in science, business, finance, engineering, medicine, bioinformatics and other fields.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ac2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8ac2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SCIENTIFIC CHAIRS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fff0c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fff0c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Siby Abraham<\/b><\/strong>, NMIMS University, Mumbai, India<\/li><li><b><\/b><strong><b>Neboj\u0161a Ba\u010danin<\/b><\/strong>, Singidunum University, Serbia<\/li><li><b><\/b><strong><b>C\u0103t\u0103lin Stoean<\/b><\/strong>, University of Craiova, Romania<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5879a31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5879a31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IMPORTANT DATES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab84b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab84b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>July 6, 2026 (AoE):<\/strong> Paper submission (extended deadline)<\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>July 28, 2026 (AoE):<\/strong> Notification of acceptance<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>September 4, 2026:<\/strong> Registration\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>September 4, 2026:<\/strong> Revised papers according to reviews<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>September 14-17, 2026:<\/strong> Symposium<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>All deadlines are 11:59 pm, AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97506ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97506ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PAPER SUBMISSION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ea4e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ea4e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We invite submissions containing original research results in the form of:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">full research papers<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">short papers (work in progress)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papers of up to 8 pages prepared according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/conferences_events\/conferences\/publishing\/templates.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CPS template<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> must be submitted electronically using the submission system that will be later accessible through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=synasc2026\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EasyChair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research papers must contain original research results not submitted and not published elsewhere. Authors who want to present work in progress or discuss new aspects or a survey of their older research results at the workshop are welcome to submit an extended abstract (up to 4 pages). Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop topics.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af00276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af00276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PUBLICATION<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5adce8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5adce8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research papers that are accepted and presented at the workshop will be collected as proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS) and will be submitted for indexing in ISI Web of Science, DBLP, SCOPUS.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba2aea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba2aea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PROGRAM COMMITTEE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f96c7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f96c7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Carlos Cano Domingo<\/strong>, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain<\/li><li><strong>Subodh Deolekar<\/strong>, University of Mumbai, India<\/li><li><strong>Laszlo-Barna Iantovics<\/strong>, UMFST, Romania<\/li><li><strong>M\u0103d\u0103lina Mitran<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>Aumovio, Romania<\/li><li><strong>Wieslaw Paja<\/strong>, University of Rzeszow, Poland<\/li><li><strong>Mircea-Andrei Radu<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>University of Craiova, Romania<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AIM The workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss and explore the latest developments in natural computing and its applications. 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