Jung Hee Kim 0 Conference Chair Gerry Dozier 0 General Chair 0 Program Chairs: Michael Glass 0 Valparaiso U. Kelvin Bryant 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. Kaushik Roy 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. Justin Zhan 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. 0 Special Session Chair: Xiaohong Yuan 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. 0 Local Arrangements: Edmundson Effort 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. Rosemary Williams 0 North Carolina A 0 T State U. 0 Jung Hee Kim, Conference Chair Gerry Dozier, General Chair Michael Glass , Editor 2015

We welcome all of you to the twenty-sixth edition of the Modern Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science Conference, April 25-26, 2015 (MAICS 2015) hosted by North Carolina A&T State University. In keeping with tradition of MAICS, the conference brings together graduate students, junior and senior faculty along with industry researchers to present and exchange ideas related to numerous topics in artificial intelligence and cognitive science. This year we have a special track on cyber security, enhancing the variety of interesting new topics for you to encounter.

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Conference sponsored by:

Department of Computer Science, North Carolina A&T State University.

 NetApp Eli Lilly & Co. Lockheed-Martin

Program Committee: