The Fourth International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2009) aims to provide a high-level international forum for researchers working in the main areas of natural computing inspired by biology to present their recent results and to exchange ideas.

The conference invites researchers to contribute high-quality original research papers in any aspect of bio-inspired computing. The main topics for the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

   · Evolutionary computing
   · Neural computing
   · DNA computing
   · Membrane computing

The conference will feature plenary lectures given by invited speakers.

The conference will be held in Peking University, Beijing, the capital of  P.R. China, one of the largest cities of the world.