The conference aims to bring together researchers, students and practitioners of pattern recognition and artificial intelligence, to present and discuss new advances in these fields, related to theoretical, methodological developments or novel applications. Theoretical, methodological and applicative contributions related to these topics are welcome. They can be related to: handwriting, document, text, language processing, e-learning, image processing / analysis, bio-medical imaging, remote sensing, image retrieval, 2D / 3D images and graphics, audio / video, multimedia applications, security and forensic studies, mobile applications, face, fingerprint, iris, brain, strategic objects and targets, industrial applications of PRAI, innovation and technology transfer, financial trends and analysis, traffic analysis and smart transportation systems, robotics and autonomous vehicles ...