Books in the Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering series

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2023, held in Flic en Flac, Mauritius, in September 16-17, 2023. The 25 papers presented were selected from 73 submissions and issue different problems in underserved and unserved areas. They face problems in almost all sectors such as energy, water, communication, climate change, food, education, transportation, social development, and economic growth. The papers are clustered in tracks as follows: Intelligent Systems and Security; Blockchain and Machine Learning Algorithms; Sustainable Technologies and Environmental Impact; Digital Learning and Social Adoption; Networking Technology for Social Impact.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Big Data Technologies and Applications, BDTA 2023, held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, in August 2023. The 8 full papers and 3 short papers of BDTA 2023 were selected from 23 submissions and present new advances and research results in the fields of big data technologies, collection and storage, big data management and retrieval, big data mining and approaches.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, FABULOUS 2023, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, in October 2023. The 14 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers are organized in thematic sessions on: future access networks; sustainable communications and computing infrastructures; smart environment applications / scenarios.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies, held in Okinawa, Japan, during April 11-12, 2023. The 17 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers focus on the latest research that leverages the understanding of key principles, processes, and mechanisms in biological systems for development of novel information and communications technologies (bio-inspired ICT). BICT 2023 will also highlight innovative research and technologies being developed for biomedicine that are inspired by ICT (ICT-inspired biomedicine).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on IoT as a Service, IoTaaS 2022 was held virtually due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 17 full papers and 10 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: ¿Next generation wireless networks, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless Communications, Vehicular Networks, Resource Optimization, Satellite communications and Machine Learning, Network Security.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th EAI International Conference on Towards new e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2022, which was held in Zanzibar, Tanzania, in December 2022.The 30 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: E-infrastructure; E-Services (Farming); E-Services (Health); E-Services (Social); E-Services (Education); and Advanced ICT.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th EAI International Conference on Tools for Design, Implementation and Verification of Emerging Information Technologies, TridentCom 2022, which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in November 23-25,2022. The 11 full papers were selected from 30 submissions and deal the emerging technologies of big data, cyber-physical systems and computer communications. The papers are grouped in thematical sessions on network security; network communication; network services; mobile and ad hoc networks; blockchain; machine learning.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, S-Cube 2022, which was held in Dalian, China, in December 7-9, 2022. The 16 revised full papers in this book were selected from 42 submissions and are organized in three thematic sessions on sensor technology for marine systems; resilience control systems; and applications.

This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2022, held in November 19-20, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 31 full papers presented were carefully selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Signal Processing and Communication Optimization; Scheduling and Transmission Optimization; Network Communication Performance Enhancement; Deep Learning Applications and Optimization; Deep Learning and Network Performance Optimization; Edge Computing and Artificial Intelligence Applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third EAI International Conference on IoT and Big Data Technologies for Health Care, IotCARE 2022, which took place virtually during December 12-13, 2022.The 23 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are present newest results in big data technologies for e-health and for e-care. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: big data technologies for e-health; and big data technologies for e-care.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile Wireless Middleware, Operating Systems and Applications, MOBILWARE 2022, via Virtual Event on 28-29, 2022 Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 23 revised full papers were reviewed and selected from 59 submissions and are organized in tracks on Middleware, Wireless, and Future Networks; Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Information Network; and Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Intelligent Information Processing, Decision and Planning.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications, SmartGIFT 2022, held in Changsha, China, in December 10-12, 2022The 44 full papers were selected from 116 submissions and focus on new challenges and opportunities of intelligent technologies in new energy systems.The papers are the papers are divided into the following areas: Simulation and analysis of the integrated energy system, disaster prevention & reduction for power grid, industry 4.0 applications, flexible planning and regulation techniques in smart grids, smart control and diagnose of distributed power system, and control and operation of UAV. These sessions aimed to address the new dimension that can gain insights into key challenges, understanding, and criteria of new technologies to develop and implement future industry-related services and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools, VALUETOOLS 2022, held in November 2022. Due to the safety concerns and travel restrictions caused by COVID-19, VALUETOOLS 2022 took place online in a live stream. The conference provides a world-leading and multidisciplinary venue for researchers and practitioners in diverse disciplines such as computer science, networks and telecommunications, operations research, optimization, control theory and manufacturing. The 18 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions and are grouped in thematically as following: game theory; queueing models; applications; retrial queues; performance analysis and networking; distributed computing.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings the 7th International Conference on Design, Leaning and Innovation, DLI 2022, which took place in Faro, Portugal, in November 21-22, 2022. The 4 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully selected from 32 submissions on. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Digital Environments and Design Processes Fostering Learning and Interaction, Designs for Innovative Learning with Digital Technology, Digital Approaches Shaping Educational Practices.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services, MobiCASE 2022, held in Messina, Italy, in November 17-18, 2022. The 9 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers are organized in topical tracks: mobile computing; machine learning/deep learning; dependable systems; and emerging applications.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Pervasive Knowledge and Collective Intelligence on Web and Social Media, PerSOM 2022, which was held in Messina, Italy, in November 2022. The 9 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions and present findings of research from the fields of pervasive computing, web, and social media to promote ideas and practices about pervasive knowledge and collective intelligence in this fields. The conference targeted a wide variety of topics including new perspectives in social theories, complex networks, data science, knowledge management, web and social media.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second EAI International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Emerging Technologies, BlockTEA 2022, held in Virtual Event, during November 21-22, 2022. The 10 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: answer set programming; functional programming; Smart contract, Privacy protection, NFT and Machine learning

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Security and Privacy in New Computing Environments, SPNCE 2022, held in Xi¿an, china, in December 30-31, 2022. The 12 full papers were selected from 38 submissions and are grouped in thematical parts as: authentication and key agreement; data security; network security.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Machine Learning and Intelligent Computing which was held in October 2022 in Jinhua, China. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 16 full papers of MLICOM 2022 were selected from 41 submissions and are clustered in thematical issues on applications of neural network and deep learning; intelligent massive MIMO communications; machine learning algorithms and intelligent networks.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings the 11th EAI International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2022 which was held in Faro, Portugal, November 21-22, 2022. The 45 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 118 submissions. The papers are thematically arranged in the following sections: Dialogues Between Geometry, Computer Graphics and the Visual Arts; Games and Gamification; Museums and the Virtual; Animation, AI, Books and Behavior; Fluency, Fashion, Emotion and Play; Movement, Film and Audio.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Edge Computing and IoT, ICECI 2022, held in December 13-14, 2022 in Changsha, China. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The explosion of the big data generated by ubiquitous edge devices motivates the emergence of applying machine learning systems for edge computing and Internet of Things (IoT) services. Machine learning techniques are delivering a promising solution to the industry for building IoT systems and to make innovation at a rapid pace. The 22 full papers of ICECI 2022 were selected from 76 submissions and present results and ideas in the area of edge computing and IoT.

This book, AICON 2022, constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Communications and Networks, AICON 2022, held in Hiroshima, Japan, in November 30- December 1, 2022. The 9 full papers and 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers detail research in the areas of AI and communication systems related to intelligent systems and computational intelligence for communication and networks. They are organized in topical sections on AI and networks; machine learning; and evolutionary computation.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Nature of Computation and Communication, ICTCC 2022, held in Vinh Long, Vietnam, in October 27-28 2022. The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 32 submissions. The papers of ICTCC 2022 cover formal methods for self-adaptive systems and discuss natural approaches and techniques for natural computing systems and their applications.

This book constitutes the 11th EAI International Conference of the International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2022, held in Vinh Long, Vietnam, during October 27-28, 2022. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 40 submissions. The papers cover a wide spectrum of modern approaches and techniques for smart computing systems and their applications.