Past IDEAL Conferences
The first International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL) took place in 1998 in Hong Kong, China. Since 2002, it has become an annual event. The proceedings are published by Springer in the popular and highly-recognised series, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Most past IDEAL Proceedings have been ranked in the top 25% most download eBooks by Springer.
The 26th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’25), 13 - 15 Nov 2025, Jaén, Spain. Website: https://ideal2025.ujaen.es, Proceedings of IDEAL 2025, Part I, doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-10486-1, Part II doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-10489-2 .
The 25th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’24), 20 - 22 Nov 2024, Valencia, Spain. Website: https://ideal2024.webs.upv.es, Proceedings of IDEAL 2024, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-77731-8
The 24th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’23), 22 - 24 Nov 2023, Évora, Portugal. Website: https://ideal2023.uevora.pt, Proceedings of IDEAL 2023, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48232-8
The 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’22), 24 - 26 Nov 2022, Manchester (hybrid) UK. Website: https://ideal-conf.com/ideal2022, Proceedings of IDEAL 2022, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-21753-1
The 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’21), 25 - 27 Nov 2021, Manchester (virtual) UK. Website: https://ideal-conf.com/ideal2021, Proceedings of IDEAL 2021, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91608-4
The 21st International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’20), 4 - 6 Nov 2020 Where: Guimarães (virtual) Portugal. Website: http://islab.di.uminho.pt/ideal2020/, Proceedings of IDEAL 2020, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-62362-3
The 20th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’19), 14 - 16 Nov 2019, Manchester, UK. Website: http://www.confercare.manchester.ac.uk/events/ideal2019/, Proceedings of IDEAL 2019, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-33617-2
The 19th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’18), 21- 23 Nov 2018, Madrid, Spain. Website: http://aida.ii.uam.es/ideal2018/ Proceedings of IDEAL 2018, doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-03496-2
The 18th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’17), 30 Oct - 1 Nov 2017, GuiLin, China. Website: http://ideal2017.guet.edu.cn/ideal/ Proceedings of IDEAL 2017, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-68935-7
The 17th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’16), 12 - 14 Oct 2016, Yangzhou, China. Website: http://ideal2016.yzu.edu.cn/ Proceedings of IDEAL 2016, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46257-8
The 16th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’15), 14 - 16 Oct 2015, Wroclaw, Poland. Website: http://ideal2015.pwr.edu.pl/ Proceedings of IDEAL 2015, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24834-9
The 15th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’14), 10 - 12 Sept 2014, Salamanca, Spain. Website: http://ideal14.usal.es/ Proceedings of IDEAL 2014, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-10840-7
The 14th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’13), 20-23 Oct 2013, Hefei, China. Website: http://nical.ustc.edu.cn/ideal13/index.html Proceedings of IDEAL 2013, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41277-6
The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’12), 29 - 31 Aug 2012, Natal, Brazil. Website: http://sbic.ct.ufrn.br/ideal2012/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 7435, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32639-4
The 12th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’11), 7 - 9 Sept 2011, Norwich, UK. Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/ideal2011 Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 6936, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23878-9
The 11th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’10), 1 - 3 Sept 2010, Paisley, UK. Website: http://ideal2010.ucc.ie/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 6283, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15381-5
The 10th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’09), 23 - 26 Sept 2009, Burgos, Spain. Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 5788, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-04394-9
The 9th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’08), 2 - 5 Nov 2008, Daejeon, South Korea. Proceedings: doi:10.1007/978-3-540-88906-9
The 8th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’07),16 - 19 Dec 2007, Birmingham, UK. Website: http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/ideal07/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 4881, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-77226-2
The 7th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’06), 20 - 23 Sept 2006, Burgos, Spain. Website: http://www2.ubu.es/ideal2006/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 4224, doi:10.1007/11875581
The 6th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’05), 6 - 8 July 2005, Brisbane, Australia. Website: http://itee.uq.edu.au/~ideal05/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 3578, doi:10.1007/b137888
The 5th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’04), 25 - 27 Aug 2004, Exeter, UK. Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 3177, doi:10.1007/b99975
The 4th International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’03), 21 - 23 March 2003, Hong Kong, China. Website: http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/IDEAL2003/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 2690, doi:10.1007/b11717
The 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’02), 12 - 14 Aug 2002, Manchester, UK. Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 2412, doi:10.1007/3-540-45675-9
The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning (IDEAL’00), 13 - 15 Dec 2000, Hong Kong, China. Website: http://appsrv.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~ideal2k/ Proceedings: Springer LNCS Volume 1983, doi:10.1007/3-540-44491-2
1998 Symposium on Intelligent Data Engineering and Learning (IDEAL’98), 14 - 16 Oct 1998, Hong Kong, China. Website: http://appsrv.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~ideal98/ Proceedings: Springer, isbn:9814021237
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