Proceedings Annie Conference, November 2005, St. Louis, Missouri.The newest volume in this series presents refereed papers in thefollowing categories and their applications in the engineeringdomain: Neural Networks; Complex Networks; EvolutionaryProgramming; Data Mining; Fuzzy Logic; Adaptive Control; PatternRecognition; Smart Engineering System Design. These papers areintended to provide a forum for researchers in the field toexchange ideas on smart engineering system design. @By: C.H. Dagli