Krakow hosts the 15th European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics

This week, Krakow hosted the 15th edition of the European Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Mathematics (ESCIM 2024), a highly significant event that brings together prominent scientists and specialists in the fields of mathematics and computational intelligence. The main objective of this meeting was to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange to address challenges in various areas, such as renewable energies, digital twins, smart cities, etc.

The inaugural ceremony of the symposium, presided over by the international coordinators of the event, Professor Piotr A. Kowalski from the AGH University of Krakow (Poland), Professor Jesús Medina from the University of Cádiz (UCA), Professor László T. Kóczy from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Professor Janusz Kacprzyk from the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, marked the beginning of an intense week of knowledge exchange and networking.

The event featured distinguished academics and professional leaders whose contributions enriched the debates and proposals throughout the symposium. Additionally, there was a series of keynote presentations by renowned researchers in their respective fields, including Professor Janusz Kacprzyk from the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), Professor Radu-Emil Precup from the Politehnica University of Timișoara (Romania), Professor Viviana Mascardi from the University of Genova (Italy), and Professor Piotr A. Kowalski from the AGH University of Krakow (Poland).

Nowadays, artificial intelligence appears everywhere in the media, but also in the practice. In addition, every day, thousands of automatic intelligent systems for decision making are designed and applied around the world. In their design many advanced techniques based on mathematics and computational intelligence are considered and used. Therefore, it is fundamental to continuously work on novel approaches in these areas and research models and algorithms with foundation in the mutual relationship of these two fields.

The focus of ESCIM 2024 was on collecting some of the best results with this goal, dealing with the important and efficient combination of mathematics and computational intelligence, with a stress of fuzzy systems, and fuzzy logic.

Naturally, an important part of this issue focuses on the applications of these both areas, taking a special interest in the development and application of mathematics, artificial intelligence, and automatic reasoning tools applicable to Digital Forensics, also following the main objective of the Network DIGital FORensics: evidence Analysis via intelligent Systems and Practices (DigForASP). Specific papers on the development and application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automatic Reasoning (AR) tools to Digital Forensic were presented. What is more, an assessment of the current state of the scientific community within the Action and the fulfilment of its objectives was performed. The steps to be taken after the European Union (EU) funding period were studied and proposed to the community.