Welcome to the 2023 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is my pleasure to welcome all participants and friends to the 2023 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI 2023), held in Mexico City from December 5th to 8th, 2023.

SSCI 2023 is a flagship meeting organized by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. It serves as a primary forum for multidisciplinary research in the field of computational intelligence. It includes plenary sessions, panel discussion, contributed paper sessions, workshops, tutorial sessions numerous social events, and student activities.

In the history of SSCI conferences, this is the first time the conference is held in Latin America, specifically in Mexico City, the largest Spanish-speaking city. It is one of the world's largest cities, boasting a wealth of cultural and historical attractions. The conference venue is the Sheraton Mexico City Maria Isabel Hotel, located on Paseo de la Reforma in the bustling business and shopping district.

SSCI 2023 is an in-person conference and features 40 symposia and 13 special sessions, each dedicated to a special topic within or related to computational intelligence. SSCI 2023 has received 442 submissions from 47 different countries, with 1,157 authors contributing symposium papers, special session papers, and presentation-only papers. In the final program, 307 technical papers were selected, including 281 regular papers which will be included in the IEEE Xplore, and 26 presentation-only papers.

In addition to the papers, SSCI 2023 has 5 plenary sessions, 5 tutorials, 3 workshops, a panel discussion, and a best paper award sponsored by the Sociedad Mexicana de Inteligencia Artificial. We are very proud to be able to offer such a comprehensive technical program, both in terms of its depth and breadth.

I appreciate the CIS community including the authors, the 704 reviewers, and the symposia and special session chairs. Without their support we would not have been able to reach such a good number of submissions and high-quality evaluations.

I would like to thank the organizing committee and the volunteers for their efforts in ensuring that SSCI 2023, the final annual meeting of SSCI, becomes a reality. I sincerely hope that SSCI 2023 will be an engaging and memorable experience for all attendees.

Wen Yu
General Chair
CINVESTAV-IPN
Mexico City, Mexico