With the fast development of computer science and technology, more and more web-based applications of computational intelligence are faced with security and trusted problems, and more and more security and trusted problems need computational intelligent techniques to solve. It has been a necessary and urgent task to cross-fertilize ideas and integrate the techniques of these two important fields: computational intelligence (CI) and information security (IS).

International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS) is a major annual international conference to bring together researchers, engineers, developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all areas of two crucial fields in information processing: computational intelligence (CI) and information security (IS), to share the experience and exchange and cross-fertilize ideas. In particular, the series of CIS conference provides an ideal platform to explore the potential applications of CI models, algorithms, and technologies to IS. The 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Security (CIS'2012) will be held in Guangzhou, China, on November 17-18, 2012. Details can be found at http://www.cis-lab.org . Potential topics include, but are not limited to

• Evolutionary algorithms
• Evolutionary programming
• Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms
• Particle swarm optimization
• Swarm intelligence
• Quantum computing
• DNA computing
• Biological computing
• Autonomy-oriented computing
• Artificial immune systems
• Artificial neural systems
• Machine learning
• Reinforcement learning
• Data mining
• Knowledge discovery
• Fuzzy systems
• Neural networks
• Neural-fuzzy systems
• Multiagent systems
• Trusted computing
• Information security management
• Information hiding
• Intrusion detection
• Internet/intranet security
• Security analysis methodologies
• Pattern recognition

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