Advances in Computational Science and Engineering Research

International audienceThe city of Porto in Portugal hosted in October 21–23, 2015, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE 2015). CSE is a long standing and well established conference with wide acceptance in the field, sponsored by the IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC).The Computational Science and Engineering area has earned increased relevance due to advances in electronic and integrated technologies since the 1940s. Currently, it is a very active domain, and we expect the near future to witness a proliferation in the use of various advanced computing systems. More and more, CSE is regarded as an emerging and promising discipline in shaping future research and development activities in academia and industry. These encompass engineering, science finance, economics, arts and humanitarian fields, in particular as a solution to very large and highly complex problems, more so when faced with tight timing schedules