2018 Fourth International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2018) aims to bring together researchers, engineers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry working in all major areas and interdisciplinary areas of computational intelligence, communication systems, computer networks and soft computing to share their experience, and exchange and cross-fertilize their ideas. ICRCICN 2018 will be held at the cultural city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is organized by the Department of Information Technology, RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata to cater the creation of intelligent solutions in future. It is expected that researchers will bring new prospects for collaboration across disciplines and gain idea facilitating novel breakthrough. The conference will provide an exceptional platform to the researchers to meet and discuss the utmost solutions, scientific results and methods in solving challenging problems with people that are actively involved in these evergreen fields. The 2-day conference commencing from 22nd November 2018, will feature prominent keynote speakers, tutorials, panel discussions and workshops. ICRCICN 2018 will no doubt be proven to be exciting and educative. The General Chairs, along with the entire team cordially invite you to take part in this upcoming event and flourish it into a most memorable experience. Moreover, the organizing committee also plans for various tours to various historical places around the cultural city of Kolkata.

Prof. (Dr.) Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, RCCIIT, India 
Prof. (Dr.) Vaclav Snasel, Technical University of Ostrava - VSB-TUO, Czech Republic 
Prof. (Dr.) Debashis De, MAKAUT, India 

General Chairs, ICRCICN 2018

Chief Patron
Dr. Sparsamani Chatterjee, Chairman, RCCIIT, Kolkata


Honorary Chairs
Prof. (Dr.) Witold Pedrycz, FIEEE, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Prof. (Dr.) Janusz Kacprzyk, FIEEE, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar K. Pal, ISI, Kolkata, India


General Chairs
Prof. (Dr.) Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, RCCIIT, India 
Prof. (Dr.) Vaclav Snasel, Technical University of Ostrava - VSB-TUO, Czech Republic 
Prof. (Dr.) Debashis De, MAKAUT, India 


Program Chairs
Dr. Anirban Mukherjee, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Soumyadip Dhar, RCCIIT, India
Prof. (Dr.) Debotosh Bhattacharjee, Jadavpur University, India


Publication Chair
Dr. Indrajit Pan, RCCIIT, India


Organising Secretaries
Mr. Hrishikesh Bhaumik, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Hiranmoy Roy, RCCIIT, India


Technical Co-Chairs
Dr. Abhijit Das, RCCIIT, India
Dr. Dipankar Majumdar, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Hiranmoy Roy, RCCIIT, India
Ms. Moumita Deb, RCCIIT, India
Ms. Abantika Choudhury, RCCIIT, India


International Advisory Committee
Prof. (Dr.) Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt
Prof. (Dr.) Xiao-Zhi Gao, Alto University, Finland
Prof. (Dr.) Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Prof. (Dr.) Swapan Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, India
Prof. (Dr.) Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology (FIT), Japan
Prof. (Dr.) Valentina Emilia Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
Prof. (Dr.) Cesare Alippi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Prof. (Dr.) Nik Bessis, Edge Hill University, UK
Prof. (Dr.) P. N. Basu, Jadavpur University, India
Prof. (Dr.) B.K.Tripathy, VIt University, India
Prof. (Dr.) Prasanta Dutta, RCCIIt, India
Prof. (Dr.) Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan
Prof. (Dr.) Zbigniew Michalewicz, University of Adelaide, Australia
Prof. (Dr.) Hisao Ishibuchi, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Prof. (Dr.) Elizabeth Behrman, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA
Prof. (Dr.) Subhansu Bandyopadhyay, Brainware University, India
Prof. (Dr.) Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India 


Organizing Committee
Mr. Arijit Majumdar, RCCIIT Kolkata
Ms. Moumita Chatterjee, RCCIIT, India
Ms. Kamalika Banerjee, RCCIIT, India
Ms. Jayanti Das, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Kundan Kumar Singh, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Deepam Ganguly, RCCIIT, India


Publicity and Sponsorship Chairs
Mr. Hrishikesh Bhaumik , RCCIIT, India
Dr. Abhijit Das, RCCIIT, India


Local Hospitality Chairs
Mr. Pankaj Pal, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Amit Khan, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Sudarsan Biswas, RCCIIT, India


Finance Chairs
Mr. Hrishikesh Bhaumik , RCCIIT, India
Mr. Chinmoy Ghoshal, Finance Officer, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Avijit Das, RCCIIT, India


Technical Program Committee
Dr. Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain
Dr. Mihaela Albu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Hanen Idoudi, University of Manouba, Tunisia
Dr. Daniela Zaharie, University, Romania
Dr. Yusuke NOJIMA, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
Dr. Zsofia Lendek, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Dr. Mariofanna Milanova, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Dr. Pedro Albertos, Univ. Politecnica Valencia, Spain
Dr. Ashish Mani, Amity University, India
Dr. Xiao-Zhi Gao, Aalto University, Finland
Dr. Anupan Karmakar, Calcutta University, India
Dr. Rajarshi Mahapatra, IIIT Naya Raipur, India
Dr. J. K. Mondal, Kalyani University, India
Dr. Paramartha Dutta, VBU, India
Dr. Sankar Narayan Patra, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Dr. Sourav De, Cooch Behar Govt. Engg. College, India
Dr. Debabrata Datta, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, India
Dr. Satadal Saha, MCKVIE, Kolkata
Dr. Anuradha Banerjee, KGEC, India
Dr. Hema Banati, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi, India
Dr. Shibakali Gupta, UIT, BU, India
Dr. Tirtha Sankar Das, RCCIIT, India
Mr. Sandip Dey, OmDayal Group of Institutions, India
Ms. Bahareh Asadi, Azad University, Iran
Dr. Kousik Dasgupta, KGEC, India
Mr. Arup Bhattacharjee, RCCIIT, Kolkata
Mr. Arpan Deyasi, RCCIIT, Kolkata
Dr. Anup Kolya, RCCIIT, Kolkata
Mr. Debanjan Konar, SMIT, India
Mr. Udit Kr. Chakraborty, SMIT, India
Mr. Ashutosh Dubey, Trinity Institute of Technology and Research, Bhopal
Mr. Pradeep Venkataraman, Baker Hughes Incorporated, USA
Mr. R. N. Patel, Shri Shankaracharya Technical Campus, Bhilai
Mr. L. N. Datta, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., India
Dr. Anand Nayyar, Graduate School, Duy Tan Univesity, Da Nang, Vietnam
Dr. Sayan Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Dr. Rajarshi Gupta, Calcutta University, India
Dr. Sudip Kumar Naskar, Jadavpur University, India
Dr. Koushik Mondal, ISM Dhanbad, India
Dr. S. N. Pandey, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India
Dr. Srijan Bhattacharya, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Dr. Pijush Barthakur, Gogte Institute of Technology, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 
Dr. Indradip Banerjee, University Institute of Technology, Burdwan, India
Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Dr. Anirban Mukherjee, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Dr. Indrajit Pan, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Dr. Dipankar Majumdar, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Ms. Bijoyeta Roy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Mr. Suman Kalyan Kar, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Ms. Shrijana Pradhan, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Mr. Hirak Dasgupta, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Mr. Siddhartha Chatterjee, Techno India College of Technology, India
Ms. Abantika Choudhury, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Ms. Moumita Deb, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Mr. Soumyadip Dhar, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Mr. Siddhartha Gautam, IIT Delhi, India
Mr. Birinderjit Singh Kalyan, Chandigarh University, Chandigarh,India
Mr. Chinmoy Kar, SMIT, India
Mr. Sandip Nandi, KGEC, Kalyani, India
Mr. Ying Han Pang, Multimedia University, Malayasia
Mr. Sourav Paul, SMIT, India
Mr. Hiranmoy Roy, RCCIIT, Kolkata, India
Mr. M. Shahed, Andhra University, India
Mr. Biraj Upadhyaya, SMIT, India
 

ICRCICN 2018 will include presentations of contributed papers by invited keynote speakers. Original and unpublished research papers are invited on the following tracks but not limited to:

• · Computational Intelligence
• · Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence
• · Soft computing, Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Neural Networks
• · Bioinformatics, Biometry and Medical Imaging
• · Information security, Network Security and Steganography
• · Remote sensing and GIS
• · Multimedia Information Processing and Retrieval
• · Sensors and networks (wireless ad hoc N/W, Vehicular N/W)
• · Grid, Cloud, High Speed/Performance and Green Computing
• · Data Mining and Data Warehousing
• · Microwave IC, Antennas and Wave Propagation
• · Telecommunication and Mobile communication
• · RFIDs and applications
• · Embedded systems and Hardware Design/Implementation
• · Mobile Computing
• · Nanoelectronics and Quantum Computing
• · IOT and Big Data Analytics
•  

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the conference. It is required that the manuscript (maximum 6 pages) follows the standard camera-ready format (standard format, double column, 10-point font). Submissions must include title, abstract, keywords, author and affiliation with email address. The paper should not contain page numbers.
The IEEE templates in Microsoft Word (US Letter) and LaTeX format can be found at: IEEE Weblink 
The ICRCICN organizers regard plagiarism as a serious professional misconduct. All submissions will be screened for plagiarism and when identified, the submissions by the same author will be rejected. A submission SHOULD NOT be intended to get reviews from the Program Committee for the sole purpose of improving on the quality of the paper. A submission implies that the author intends to ultimately register the paper upon a favorable response from the conference organizers. Moreover, ICRCICN doesn't encourage withdrawals after the paper is accepted.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS: 
The authors are requested not to prefix their credentials i.e. Dr., Prof., HOD, Mr., Ms., Mrs., Scholar, etc. in authors' name.

Submission Instructions
The manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format. Submission should be done through EasyChair Conference management portal. 
Link for Submission 

All papers that conform to submission guidelines will be peer reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, relevance to conference, contributions, and readability. Acceptance of papers will be communicated to authors by email. The authors of the accepted papers will be allowed to make corrections in accordance with the suggestions of the reviewers and submit final camera-ready papers within the stipulated deadline.

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the ICRCICN 2018 Conference Proceedings. One author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the full rate. All accepted papers MUST be presented at the conference by one of the authors, or, if none of the authors are able to attend, by a qualified surrogate.

It may be noted that the registration fees listed below are for maximum six (6) number of pages of your accepted manuscript. Extra pages would be charged @INR 750/- (for Indian authors), @US$ 15 for authors from SAARC countries and @US$30 for others.