IJBIC discusses the new bio-inspired computation methodologies derived from the animal and plant world, such as new algorithms mimicking the wolf schooling, the plant survival process, etc. Topics covered include: -New bio-inspired methodologies coming from creatures living in nature artificial society- physical/chemical phenomena- New bio-inspired methodology analysis tools, e.g. rough sets, stochastic processes- Brain-inspired methods: models and algorithms- Bio-inspired computation with big data: algorithms and structures- Applications associated with bio-inspired methodologies, e.g. bioinformatics.