Part I: Artificial Intelligence and Optimization.- Stochastic Proximal Gradient Algorithm with Minibatches Application to Large Scale Learning Models.- The Human Mental Search Algorithm for Solving Optimisation Problems.- Reducing Redundant Association Rules Using Type-2 Fuzzy Logic.- Identifiability of Discrete Concentration Graphical Models with a Latent Variable.- An Automatic Classification of Genetic Mutations by Exploring Different Classifiers.- Towards Artificial Intelligence: Concepts, Applications, and Innovations.- Part II: Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Applications.- In Depth Analysis, Applications and Future Issues of Artificial Neural Network.- Big Data and Deep Learning in Plant Leaf Diseases Classification for Agriculture.- Machine Learning Cancer Diagnosis Based on Medical Image Size and Modalities.