Submissions of original and previously unpublished work on fuzzy and rough set theories and applications are encouraged, including but not limited to the following topics:

Fuzzy set theory

• Mathematical and theoretical foundations of fuzzy sets, fuzzy measures and fuzzy integrals

• Fuzzy control, robotics, sensors, fuzzy hardware and architectures

• Fuzzy data analysis, fuzzy clustering, classification and pattern recognition

• Type-2 fuzzy sets and computing with words

• Fuzzy optimization, fuzzy heuristics, fuzzy metaheuristics

• Evolving fuzzy systems

• Fuzzy systems with big data and cloud computing, fuzzy analytics and visualization

• Adaptive, hierarchical and hybrid (neuro- and evolutionary-) fuzzy systems

• Fuzzy systems design and optimization

• Fuzzy decision analysis, multi-criteria decision making and decision support

• Fuzzy logic and its applications in industrial engineering

• Fuzzy information processing, information extraction and fusion

• Hardware/software for fuzzy systems

• Fuzzy Markup Language and standard technologies for fuzzy systems

Rough set theory

• Covering / neighborhood-based rough sets

• Decision-theoretic rough sets

• Dominance-based rough sets

• Game-theoretic rough sets

• Bayesian rough sets

• Variable consistency / precision rough sets

• Rough clustering

• Rough computing

• Rough mereology

• Rough-set-based techniques in Pattern Recognition, Machine learning and Big Data

• Rough sets in decision making

• Rough sets in dimensionality reduction

Hybridization between fuzzy and rough sets

• Theoretical foundations of fuzzy-rough and rough-fuzzy sets

• Machine learning methods based on fuzzy-rough and rough-fuzzy sets

• Decision making methods based on fuzzy-rough and rough-fuzzy sets

Granular Computing

• Information granulation / degranulation methods

• Granular clustering / classification methods

• Interval analysis, shadowed sets, near sets, probabilistic sets, etc.

• Granular frameworks / hardware / software

Applications

• Astronomy

• Big Data Analytics

• Bioinformatics

• Business Intelligence

• Computer Vision

• Cybernetics and Robotics

• Cybersecurity

• Finance / Retail / e-Commerce

• Knowledge Management

• Image Processing

• Information Fusion

• Internet of Things

• Logistics

• Machine Learning / Data Mining

• Maritime Domain Awareness

• Medicine and Health

• Modeling and Simulation

• Natural Language Processing

• Natural Resources

• Pattern Recognition

• Risk Management

• Security and Defense

• Smart Cities

• Web and Text Mining

• Wireless Sensor Networks