IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) covers all topics of artificial intelligence and soft computing and their applications, including but not limited to: Neural networks; Reasoning and evolution; Intelligent search; Intelligent planning; Intelligence applications; Computer vision and speech understanding; Multimedia and cognitive informatics; Data mining and machine learning tools, heuristic and AI planning strategies and tools, computational theories of learning; Technology and computing (like particle swarm optimization); intelligent system architectures; Knowledge representation; Bioinformatics; Natural language processing; Automated reasoning; Logic programming; Machine learning; Visual/linguistic perception; Evolutionary and swarm algorithms; Derivative-free optimisation algorithms; Fuzzy sets and logic; Rough sets; Simulated biological evolution algorithms (like genetic algorithm, ant colony optimization, etc); Multi-agent systems; Data and web mining; Emotional intelligence; Hybridisation of intelligent models/algorithms; Parallel and distributed realisation ofintelligent algorithms/systems; Application in pattern recognition, image understanding, control, robotics and bioinformatics; Application in system design, system identification, prediction, scheduling and game playing; Application in VLSI algorithms and mobile communication/computing systems.