The ICIC 2025 Program Committee is inviting proposals for special sessions to be held during the conference(http://www.ic-icc.cn/2025/index.htm), taking place on July 26-29, 2024, in Ningbo, China.

Each special session proposal should be well motivated and should consist of 8 to 12 papers. Each paper must have the title, authors with e-mails/web sites, and as detailed an abstract as possible. The special session organizer(s) contact information should also be included. All special session organizers must obtain firm commitments from their special session presenters and authors to submit papers in a timely fashion (if the special session is accepted) and, particularly, present them at the ICIC 2024. Each special session organizer will be session chair for their own special sessions at ICIC 2024 accordingly. All planned papers for special sessions will undergo the same review process as the ones in regular sessions. All accepted papers for special sessions will also be published by Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences (LNCS)/ Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)/ Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI).

All the authors for each special session must follow the guidelines in CALL FOR PAPERS to prepare your submitted papers.

Proposals for special sessions should be submitted in ELECTRONIC FORMAT by http://www.ic-icc.cn/icg/index.php at Special Session.

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Title

Organizers

Nationality

Special Session 1

The 6th International Session on Theoretical Computational Intelligence and Applications in 2025

Wenzheng Bao

China

Special Session 2

Advancements in Multimodal Intelligent Computing

Yong Su
Meng Xing
Yijun Yang
Long Tian
Wei Shang

China

Special Session 3

Computational Intelligence Models for Smart Cities

Pengjiang Qian
Wenbing Zhao

Khin-Wee Lai

China

Special Session 4

A Contrastive Learning Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Classification CLFAD

Peiyuan Li
Zhuxin Peng
Qianyi Zhan
Zhenping Xie

Jiangnan University
Yuan Liu

China

Special Session 5

Test-Time Training: Methods, Theory, and Applications

Lingjie Li
Junkai Ji

China

1. The 6th International Session on Theoretical Computational Intelligence and Applications in 2025

Organizer:
Wenzheng Bao
Xuzhou University of Technology
Email:
baowz55555@126.com

Scope and Topics:
Since the birth of artificial intelligence, the theory and technology are increasingly mature. The application field is also expanding. According to some laws and mechanisms in the process of natural evolution, and researchers deal with problems though imitation. That is where theoretical computational intelligence comes in. Theoretical computational intelligence is the successor of artificial intelligence. In addition, it turns into one of the most active researches in the field of intelligent information science. Theoretical computational intelligence has been successfully used to solve the critical problems in pattern recognition, data mining, image processing and so on. Nowadays, there is some representative algorithms in the field such as fuzzy systems, neural networks, evolutionary computation, group intelligence and immune system, etc. Recently, theoretical computational intelligence is at rapid development, in the case of both methodological development and practical applications. Computational intelligence plays pivotal roles in finding the stable convergence of the optimal solution or approximate optimal solution through multiple iterative calculation. Especially in practical applications, it has been widely implemented by researchers. Computational intelligence is an essential combination of learning, adaptation and evolution used to intelligent and innovative applications. Similar to other scientific domains, there is no doubt that computational intelligence has a great research space both in theory and in applications. This workshop consists of invited talks and contributed talks, and welcomes submission of both papers and short abstracts, where all submissions will be subject to peer review. The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in bioinformatics Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in traffics Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in pharmaceutics Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in pharmacology Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in Computational chemistry Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in Microbiomics Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in image processing Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in natural language processing Applications of theoretical Computational Intelligence in financial Other related topics.

 

2. Advancements in Multimodal Intelligent Computing

Organizers:
Yong Su
Tianjin Normal University
Email:
suyong@tju.edu.cn
Meng Xing
Ningbo Institute of Digital Twin
Email:
xingmeng@tju.edu.cn
Yijun Yang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email:
yjyang@cse.cuhk.edu.hk
Long Tian
Southwest Jiaotong University
Email:
long.tian@swjtu.edu.cn
Wei Shang
City University of Hong Kong
Email:
csweishang@gmail.com

Scope and Topics:
With the rapid development of information technology, multimodal data processing has become a core research direction in the field of artificial intelligence. Multimodal data originates from various sensory channels or devices, including images, text, speech, and sensor data. Each modality provides a different perspective or understanding of the same phenomenon or object, contributing to a richer and more comprehensive representation. Efficiently integrating and processing these heterogeneous datasources to enhance the perceptual, reasoning, and decision making capabilities of intelligent systems has become a key challenge across multiple research domains. This special session aims to comprehensively explore the latest advancements, technical challenges, and practical applications of multimodal data processing. Themes of interest
The special session welcomes research contributions related to the following topics: 1. Cross-modal feature extraction, alignment, and representation learning 2. Design and optimization of multimodal data fusion models 3. Applications for healthcare 4. Applications for intelligent systems 5. Social media and information retrieval 6. Smart cities and environmental monitoring 7. Evaluation and dataset construction 8. Autonomous systems and robotics 9.Human-computer interaction and user experience 10. Security, privacy, and ethical considerations in multimodal system.

 

3. Computational Intelligence Models for Smart Cities

Organizers:
Pengjiang Qian

iangnan University, China
Email: qianpjiang@jiangnan.edu.cn
Wenbing Zhao

Cleveland State University, USA
Email: wenbing@ieee.org
Khin-Wee Lai

University of Malaya, Malaysia
Email: lai.khinwee@um.edu.my

Scope and Topics:

Smart city comprehensive adopts the new generation of Internet, big data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and other information technologies to realize the intelligence of urban construction, planning, management, and service, forming an innovative and sustainable intelligent city. It integrates a variety of new generation information technologies to complete the automatic perception, collection, integration, analysis and sharing of urban information resources, and realize intelligent medical care, emergency response, environmental protection, education, transportation, etc., thus bringing convenience, high-efficiency, intelligence to people's life and response to their personalized needs. The construction of smart city involves many aspects, from urban road traffic to urban spatial layout and management, which require high technical support, as well as a complete information-based decision-making mechanism to provide a reliable guarantee for urban development. In recent years, advanced computational intelligence models such as deep learning, active learning, transfer learning and information fusion have brought opportunities for smart city. Computational intelligence models have been successfully applied in many areas of smart city construction, such as urban traffic flow prediction, health monitoring and early warning, mobile intelligent question answering system, intelligent environmental resource deployment, etc. Although the existing computational intelligence models based on single-view data have achieved certain results, their practical application performance still cannot meet the needs of smart city construction. Compared with single-view data, multi-view data can provide more abundant and comprehensive information for the computational intelligence models, thereby further improving the performance of the model. Therefore, it is necessary to study the deep multi-view learning-driven computational intelligence model to overcome the defects existing in the construction of smart cities. In this special issue, we hope to build a platform for researchers and engineers to explore this field and contribute their experience and wisdom to the development of computational intelligence models for smart cities. Topics of intended papers contain, but not limited to, Advanced computational intelligence models for smart city, such as deep learning, sparse learning, transfer learning, active learning, multi-task learning, Smart city information management platform involving artificial intelligence, Smart city information decision-making system based on multi-view data, Prediction models combined with multi-view features, such as intelligent traffic flow prediction, intelligent medical disease prediction, intelligent weather prediction, signal light warning, Visualized human-computer interaction platform for smart city, Smart city monitoring system driven by deep multi-view learning, Deployment and management for smart cities with unsupervised methods, such as self-training models, clustering algorithms, principal component analysis, Data automated management and analysis for smart city, Screening and fusion of multi-modal heterogeneous clinical data for smart medical care with supervision methods, such as random forest, decision tree, naive bayes, Design of smart city resource allocation system based on big data analysis

 

4. A Contrastive Learning Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Classification CLFAD

Organizers:
Peiyuan Li
Jiangnan University
Email: 6223115015@stu.jiangnan.edu.cn
Zhuxin Peng
Jiangnan University
Email: 6233110032@stu.jiangnan.edu.cn
Qianyi Zhan
Jiangnan University
Email: zhanqianyi@jiangnan.edu.cn
Zhenping Xie
Jiangnan University
Email: xiezp@jiangnan.edu.cn
Yuan Liu
Jiangnan University
Email: lyuan1800@jiangnan.edu.cn

Scope and Topics:
Contrastive learning,Alzheimer
s disease, Image Classification, Data augmentation

 

5. Test-Time Training: Methods, Theory, and Applications

Organizers:
Xueliang Li
National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data System Computing Technology Shenzhen University
Email: lixueliang01@gmial.com
Lingjie Li
College of Big Data and Internet, Shenzhen Technology University
Email: lilingjie@sztu.edu.cn
Junkai Ji
National Engineering Laboratory for Big Data System Computing Technology Shenzhen University
Email: jijunkai@szu.edu.cn

Scope and Topics:
Test-Time Training TTT has emerged as a paradigm to enhance model adaptability and robustness by allowing continuous learning directly from test data. Unlike traditional static training, TTT enables models to dynamically update their parameters or representations during inference, addressing challenges such as concept drift, domain shifts, and data scarcity. This approach leverages self-supervised learning, meta-learning, or online optimization to refine predictions on-the-fly, making it highly relevant for real-world applications like autonomous systems, healthcare monitoring, and dynamic environments. Recent advances in TTT have shown promising results in improving generalization, reducing catastrophic forgetting, and enabling lifelong learning. However, key challenges remain, including theoretical guarantees for stability, efficient optimization algorithms for real-time adaptation, and scalable implementations across heterogeneous platforms. This session aims to foster discussions on cutting-edge TTT methodologies, their theoretical foundations, and interdisciplinary applications. More details can be found via http: http://www.ic-icc.cn/2025/index.php. Topics include but are not restricted to : Theory of Test-Time Training in Dynamic Environments Optimization Algorithms for Test-Time Training Self-Supervised Learning for Test-Time Training Transfer Learning for Test-Time Training Meta-Learning Frameworks for Test-Time Training Benchmarking and Evaluation Metrics for Test-Time Training Lifelong Learning Systems for Test-Time Training Applications of Test-Time Training in Healthcare Monitoring Applications of Test-Time Training in Computer Vision Applications of Test-Time Training in Drug Design Applications of Test-Time Training in Financial Risk Detection