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This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference, ISDS 2024, held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 9–10, 2024. The 38 full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 129 submissions. They were categorized under the topical sections as follows: AI in E-Commerce, Agriculture, and Aquaculture; AI in Health Care Analytics; Big Data, IoT, and Cloud Computing; and Natural Language Processing.

This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference, ISDS 2024, held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 9–10, 2024. The 38 full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 129 submissions. They were categorized under the topical sections as follows: AI in E-Commerce, Agriculture, and Aquaculture; AI in Health Care Analytics; Big Data, IoT, and Cloud Computing; and Natural Language Processing.

This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Subject-Oriented Business Process Management, S-BPM ONE 2024, held in Weiden, Germany, during May 21–22, 2024. The 14 full papers and 8 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Processes And Data; Subject-Oriented Modeling, Philosophy, and Technology; Processes and Sustainability; Good Process Practices.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Conference, ICCSST 2023, held in Bangalore, India, during May 8–9, 2023.The 39 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 200 submissions. They focus on artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, cloud computing, cyber security, data science, e-commerce, computer architecture, image and video processing, pandemic preparedness and digital technology, pattern recognition and classification.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management, EKAW 2024, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during November 26–28, 2024. The 28 full papers presented together were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. They focus on all aspects of knowledge in constructing systems and services for the semantic web, knowledge management, knowledge discovery, information integration, natural language processing, intelligent systems, e-business, e-health, humanities, cultural heritage, and beyond.

This book provides a comprehensive overview and introduction to Big Data Infrastructure technologies, existing cloud-based platforms, and tools for Big Data processing and data analytics, combining both a conceptual approach in architecture design and a practical approach in technology selection and project implementation. Readers will learn the core functionality of major Big Data Infrastructure components and how they integrate to form a coherent solution with business benefits. Specific attention will be given to understanding and using the major Big Data platform Apache Hadoop ecosystem, its main functional components MapReduce, HBase, Hive, Pig, Spark and streaming analytics. The book includes topics related to enterprise and research data management and governance and explains modern approaches to cloud and Big Data security and compliance. The book covers two knowledge areas defined in the EDISON Data Science Framework (EDSF): Data Science Engineering and Data Management and Governance and can be used as a textbook for university courses or provide a basis for practitioners for further self-study and practical use of Big Data technologies and competent evaluation and implementation of practical projects in their organizations.

The seven-volume set LNCS 14850-14856 constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2024, held in Gifu, Japan, in July 2024. The total of 147 full papers, along with 85 short papers, presented together in this seven-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 722 submissions. Additionally, 14 industrial papers, 18 demo papers and 6 tutorials are included. The conference presents papers on subjects such as: Part I: Spatial and temporal data; database core technology; federated learning. Part II: Machine learning; text processing. Part III: Recommendation; multi-media. Part IV: Privacy and security; knowledge base and graphs. Part V: Natural language processing; large language model; time series and stream data. Part VI: Graph and network; hardware acceleration. Part VII: Emerging application; industry papers; demo papers.

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 558 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Natural language processing, Generative AI and LLM, Computer Vision and Recommender System. Part II: Recommender System, Knowledge Graph and Spatial and Temporal Data. Part III: Spatial and Temporal Data, Graph Neural Network, Graph Mining and Database System and Query Optimization. Part IV: Database System and Query Optimization, Federated and Privacy-Preserving Learning, Network, Blockchain and Edge computing, Anomaly Detection and Security Part V: Anomaly Detection and Security, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Demonstration Paper and Industry Paper.

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 558 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Natural language processing, Generative AI and LLM, Computer Vision and Recommender System. Part II: Recommender System, Knowledge Graph and Spatial and Temporal Data. Part III: Spatial and Temporal Data, Graph Neural Network, Graph Mining and Database System and Query Optimization. Part IV: Database System and Query Optimization, Federated and Privacy-Preserving Learning, Network, Blockchain and Edge computing, Anomaly Detection and Security Part V: Anomaly Detection and Security, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Demonstration Paper and Industry Paper.

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 558 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Volume I: Natural language processing, Generative AI and LLM, Computer Vision and Recommender System. Volume II: Recommender System, Knowledge Graph and Spatial and Temporal Data. Volume III: Spatial and Temporal Data, Graph Neural Network, Graph Mining and Database System and Query Optimization. Volume IV: Database System and Query Optimization, Federated and Privacy-Preserving Learning, Network, Blockchain and Edge computing, Anomaly Detection and Security Volume V: Anomaly Detection and Security, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Demonstration Paper and Industry Paper.

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 558 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Natural language processing, Generative AI and LLM, Computer Vision and Recommender System. Part II: Recommender System, Knowledge Graph and Spatial and Temporal Data. Part III: Spatial and Temporal Data, Graph Neural Network, Graph Mining and Database System and Query Optimization. Part IV: Database System and Query Optimization, Federated and Privacy-Preserving Learning, Network, Blockchain and Edge computing, Anomaly Detection and Security Part V: Anomaly Detection and Security, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Demonstration Paper and Industry Paper.

The five-volume set LNCS 14961, 14962, 14963, 14964 and 14965 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2024, held in Jinhua, China, during August 30–September 1, 2024. The 171 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 558 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Natural language processing, Generative AI and LLM, Computer Vision and Recommender System. Part II: Recommender System, Knowledge Graph and Spatial and Temporal Data. Part III: Spatial and Temporal Data, Graph Neural Network, Graph Mining and Database System and Query Optimization. Part IV: Database System and Query Optimization, Federated and Privacy-Preserving Learning, Network, Blockchain and Edge computing, Anomaly Detection and Security Part V: Anomaly Detection and Security, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Demonstration Paper and Industry Paper.

This book includes new research results of scholars from the Fourth International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Technologies (ICAIT 2023) organized by IRNet International Academic Communication Center, held during November 3–5, 2023. The book covers research work from active researchers who are working on collaboration of industry and various intelligent technologies such as intelligent technologies applicable/applied to manufacturing and distribution of industrial products, factory automation, business, etc. The topics included are all computational intelligence techniques applicable/applied to industry, intelligent techniques in data science applicable/applied to business and management, intelligent network systems applicable/applied to industrial production, intelligent technologies applicable to smart agriculture, and intelligent information systems for agriculture.

​This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Recent Trends in Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2023, held in Yerevan, Armenia, during September 28–30, 2023. The 19 full papers 2 short papers and 1 demo paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Natural Language Processing; Computer Vision; Data Analysis and Machine Learning; Network Analysis; Theoretical Machine Learning and Optimization; and Demo Paper.

This proceedings constitutes selected papers from the Workshops KGMA and SemiBDMA which were held in conjunction with APWeb-WAIM 2023 which took place in Wuhan, China, during October 6-8, 2023. The 7 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 15 papers submitted to these workshops. They focus on new research approaches on the theory, design, and implementation of data management systems.

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management, GISTAM 2023, held in Prague, Czech Republic during April 25–27, 2023. The 6 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. They focus on challenges in geo-spatial data sensing, observation, representation, processing, visualization, sharing and managing, in all aspects concerning both information communication and technologies (ICT) as well as management information systems and knowledge-based systems.

This two-volume set LNAI 14844-14845 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2024, held in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, during July 9-12, 2024. The 54 full papers and 22 short papers presented in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 335 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: Part I: Predictive modelling and disease risk prediction; natural language processing; bioinformatics and omics; and wearable devices, sensors, and robotics. Part II: Medical imaging analysis; data integration and multimodal analysis; and explainable AI.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Baltic Conference on Digital Business and Intelligent Systems, Baltic DB&IS 2024, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, during June 30–July 3, 2024. The 13 full papers and 3 short papers presented here, were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions, and focus on the various fields of Business digitalization and development of intelligent business systems. Abstracts from the keynote speeches from the conference are also included in these proceedings.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th CCF China Blockchain Summit, CBCS 2023, held in Haikou, China, in December 2023. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers deal with research results and development activities in all aspects of blockchain science and technology.

This book constitutes selected papers from the 20th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2023, which was held in Dubai, UAE, during December 11-12, 2023. EMCIS covers technical, organizational, business, and social issues in the application of information technology and is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems (IS) as a discipline of high impact for IS professionals and practitioners. It focuses on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The 43 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 126 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Metaverse; blockchain technology and applications; digital governance; healthcare information systems; artificial intelligence; Part II: Big data and analytics; digital services and social media; innovative research projects; managing information systems; smart cities.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the scientific satellite events held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, ICSOC 2023. The conference was held in Rome, Italy, during November 28 – December 1, 2023.This year, these satellite events were organized around four main tracks, including a workshop track, a demonstration track, a Ph.D. symposium, and an invited tutorial track.The ICSOC 2023 workshop track consisted of the following six workshops covering a wide range of topics that fall into the general area of service computing:Third International Workshop on AI-Enabled Process Automation (AI-PA 2023)7th Workshop on Adaptive Service-Oriented and Cloud Applications (ASOCA2023)First International Workshop on Secure, Accountable and Privacy-Preserving Data-Driven Service-Oriented Computing (SAPD 2023)First Services and Quantum Software Workshop (SQS 2023)First International Workshop on Sustainable Service-Oriented Computing: Addressing Environmental, Social, and Economic Dimensions (SSCOPE 2023) 19th International Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications and Cloud Services (WESOACS 2023)

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Applied Machine Learning and Data Analytics, AMLDA 2023, held in Lübeck, Germany, during November 9–10, 2023.The 17 full papers and 2 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The main conference AMLDA 2023 is renowned for presenting cutting-edge research on all aspects of machine learning as well as important application areas such as healthcare and medical imaging informatics, biometrics, forensics, precision agriculture, risk management, robotics, and satellite imaging.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 15th International Conference, MEDES 2023, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 5–7, 2023The 29 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: Design Issues & BlockChain, Query Processing and Visualization, Learning Issues, Services and Systems, Business and Communication Technologies, Digital Twin and Security, Architecture Technologies, Time and Text Management.

SNOMED CT wird zunehmend auch in Deutschland als wesentlicher Baustein innovativer digitaler Gesundheitsanwendungen verwendet. Sie gilt mit über 350.000 formal definierten Konzepten sowie mehrsprachigen Bezeichnungen als ausdrucksmächtigste internationale Referenzterminologie. Gleichwohl stellt die Einführung von SNOMED CT mit dem Potenzial zur Postkoordination „neuer Konzepte“ einen Paradigmenwechsel dar. Dieser geht einher mit vielfältigsten methodischen Grundlagen, die interessierten Anwendern und Software-Entwicklern vermittelt werden müssen, um den erwarteten Nutzen realisieren zu können. Dieses Buch soll hierzu einen Beitrag leisten.

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 5th International Conference, CSEI 2023, held in Kunming, China, during August 11–13, 2023.The 76 full papers and the 21 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 297 submissions. They focus on computer science, education informatization and engineering education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and information technology, educational informatization and big data for education.

These two volumes constitute the revised selected papers of the 5th International Conference, CSEI 2023, held in Kunming, China, during August 11–13, 2023.The 76 full papers and the 21 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 297 submissions. They focus on computer science, education informatization and engineering education, innovative application for the deeper integration of education practice and information technology, educational informatization and big data for education.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computing and Data Sciences, ICACDS 2024, held in Velizy, France, during May 9–10, 2024. The 28 full papers present here, were carefully reviewed and selected from 174 submissions. The papers focus on innovative research in the field of Advanced Computing and Data Sciences, including areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, cloud computing, computer vision and natural language processing.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th EAI International Conference on Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures, FABULOUS 2024, held in Zagreb, Croatia, during May 9–10, 2024. The 14 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers are organized in thematic sessions on: Future access networks, Sustainable Communications Computing Infrastructures, Environment Applications Scenarios.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Applications, WISA 2024, held in Yinchuan, China, during August 2–4, 2024. The 39 full papers and 11 short papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 193 submissions. These papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Knowledge construction; Intelligent service; Intelligent computing; Large language model; Security; Information system applications.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Data Management Technologies and Applications, DATA 2023, held in Rome,Italy during July 11–13, 2023, Proceedings. The 6 full paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 106 submissions. The papers are organized in subject areas as follows: Big Data Applications, Data Analytics, Data Science, NoSQL Databases, Social Data Analytics, Dimensional Modelling, Deep Learning and Big Data, Decision Support Systems, Data Warehouse Management and Data Management for Analytics.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory, SAGT 2024, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during September 3–6, 2024. The 29 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: matching; fair division and resource allocation; mechanism design; game theory and repeated games; pricing, revenue, and regulation; matroid theory in game theory; information sharing and decision making; computational complexity and resource allocation.

This book constitutes the refereed post proceedings of the 17th Research Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research, MTSR 2023, held in Milan, Italy, during October 25–27, 2023. The 27 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. These papers are compiled from the following eight tracks of the conference: Digital Libraries, Information Retrieval, Big, Linked, Social, and Open Data; Agriculture, Food, and Environment; Open Repositories, Research Information Systems, and Data Infrastructures; Digital Humanities and Digital Curation; Cultural Collections and Applications; European and National Projects; Knowledge IT Artifacts in Professional Communities and Aggregations; and Metadata, Identifiers, and Semantics in Decentralized Applications, Blockchains, and P2P Systems.

This volume is a collection of papers on emerging concepts, significant insights, and novel approaches to Information Systems Development (ISD). It delves into the latest trends in ISD and examines how organizational goals, structure, and the business environment--including regulations and societal trends--can impact the creation and implementation of information systems. The book draws on invited papers selected from the proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Information Systems Development hosted by Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, on August 30-September 1, 2023 (ISD2023).The general theme of ISD2023 was'Information Systems Development, Organizational Aspects, and Societal Trends'. This volume is specifically designed for researchers who are interested in exploring the methodological and operational perspectives of Information Systems Development, as well as the impact of organizational aspects and societal trends.The primary target audience for this volume is those who want to deepen their understanding of ISD from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference, ICWE 2024, held in Tampere, Finland, during June 17-20, 2024. The 16 full papers and 8 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. This volume includes all the accepted papers across various conference tracks. The ICWE 2024 theme, “Ethical and Human-Centric Web Engineering: Balancing Innovation and Responsibility,” invited discussions on creating Web technologies that are not only innovative but also ethical, transparent, privacy-focused, trustworthy, and inclusive, putting human needs and well-being at the core.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2024, which took place in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, during October 28-31, 2024. The 22 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 113 submissions. They are grouped into the following topics: process modeling; advanced modeling languages; ontological modeling; domain and goal modeling; language models and conceptual modeling; applications of conceptual modeling.

The seven-volume set LNCS 14850-14856 constitutes the proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2024, held in Gifu, Japan, in July 2024. The total of 147 full papers, along with 85 short papers, presented together in this seven-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 722 submissions. Additionally, 14 industrial papers, 18 demo papers and 6 tutorials are included. The conference presents papers on subjects such as: Part I: Spatial and temporal data; database core technology; federated learning. Part II: Machine learning; text processing. Part III: Recommendation; multi-media. Part IV: Privacy and security; knowledge base and graphs. Part V: Natural language processing; large language model; time series and stream data. Part VI: Graph and network; hardware acceleration. Part VII: Emerging application; industry papers; demo papers.

This book comprises select proceedings from the 4th International Conference on Data, Engineering, and Applications (IDEA 2022). The contents discuss novel contributions and latest developments in the domains of data structures and data management algorithms, information retrieval and information integration, social data analytics, IoT and data intelligence, Industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing, data fusion, natural language processing, geolocation handling, image, video and signal processing, ICT applications and e-governance, among others. This book is of interest to researchers in academia and industry working in big data, data mining, machine learning, data science, and their associated learning systems and applications.

The three-volume proceedings set CCIS 2049, 2050 and 2051 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Technologies on International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2023, held in Samborondon, Ecuador, November 22–24, 2023. The 66 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 250 submissions. They are organized in sections by topics as follows: Intelligent Systems, Communications, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Learning, Electronics, Machine Vision, Security, Technology Trends, and Z AT for Engineering Aplications.

The three-volume proceedings set CCIS 2049, 2050 and 2051 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Technologies on International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2023, held in Samborondon, Ecuador, November 22–24, 2023. The 66 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 250 submissions. They are organized in sections by topics as follows: Intelligent Systems, Communications, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Learning, Electronics, Machine Vision, Security, Technology Trends, and Z AT for Engineering Aplications.

This book constitutes the 5th International Workshop, IoTBDH 2023, held in Birmingham, UK, during October 21–25, 2023.The 7 full papers and 4 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They focus on the state-of-the-art research and applications in utilizing IoT and big data technology for healthcare by presenting efficient scientific and engineering solutions, addressing the needs and challenges for integration with new technologies, and providing visions for future research and development.

This project was motivated by the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of the IFIP Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference, the event that led to IFIP's Technical Committee 9 (TC 9). Although IFIP committees are mainly technical, TC 9 is dedicated to research at the intersection of information and communication technology (ICT) with society. In addition to sponsoring HCC, TC 9 supports groups that have specific research interests. In consultation with their members, the leaders of each group offer chapters about their groups'history and goals. An additional chapter describes TC 9's formation, and an appendix details the national groups that work closely with TC 9. Overall, this volume is a useful guide to the historical development of research on ICT and society, providing readers with important reference works and relevant themes, and also points to likely new trends in these domains.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International conference, ICOCI 2023, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during September 13–15, 2023.The 55 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers focus on ensuring cybersecurity and privacy, digital media and information literacy, navigating AI development and deployment, harnessing technology for sustainable development, digital healthcare and well-being, education transformation through technology, digital entrepreneurship and innovation.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International conference, ICOCI 2023, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during September 13–15, 2023.The 55 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers focus on ensuring cybersecurity and privacy, digital media and information literacy, navigating AI development and deployment, harnessing technology for sustainable development, digital healthcare and well-being, education transformation through technology, digital entrepreneurship and innovation.

This 4-volume set of LNCS 14495-14498 constitutes the proceedings of the 40th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023, held in Shanghai, China, August 28 – September 1, 2023. The 149 papers in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 385 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Detection and Recognition; Image Analysis and Processing; Image Restoration and Enhancement; Image Attention and Perception; Reconstruction; Rendering and Animation; Synthesis and Generation; Visual Analytics and Modeling; Graphics and AR/VR; Medical Imaging and Robotics; Theoretical Analysis; Image Analysis and Visualization in Advanced Medical Imaging Technology; Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics and Engineering.

This two-volume set LNAI 14844-14845 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2024, held in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, during July 9-12, 2024. The 54 full papers and 22 short papers presented in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 335 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: Part I: Predictive modelling and disease risk prediction; natural language processing; bioinformatics and omics; and wearable devices, sensors, and robotics. Part II: Medical imaging analysis; data integration and multimodal analysis; and explainable AI.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2024, held in PhGroningen, The Netherlands, as Part of the 19th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2024, during June 17–21, 2024. The 5 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. They focus on all practical and conceptual aspects of distributed applications, including their design, modeling, implementation, and operation; the supporting middleware; appropriate software engineering methodologies and tools; and experimental studies and applications.

The three-volume proceedings set CCIS 2049, 2050 and 2051 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Technologies on International Conference on Applied Technologies, ICAT 2023, held in Samborondon, Ecuador, November 22–24, 2023. The 66 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 250 submissions. They are organized in sections by topics as follows: Intelligent Systems, Communications, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Learning, Electronics, Machine Vision, Security, Technology Trends, and Z AT for Engineering Aplications.

This book—consisting of four parts—brings forth a comprehensive evaluation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) utilization in engineering and infrastructures. The field of engineering has consistently been a bastion of problem-solving and innovation. It has continuously aided humanity in conquering seemingly unsolvable obstacles by pushing the limits of human capability and ingenuity. In the modern age, modern computational methods and digital systems present themselves as the frontier of novel technological innovation, thus attaining the potential to considerably strengthen various engineering fields. Tackling essential topics such as the incorporation of informatics in infrastructure, cybersecurity, advanced networking techniques, and smart resource management, this book peers into the future of engineering, proving as an excellent resource for engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, network specialists, and finally, computer scientists.

This 4-volume set of LNCS 14495-14498 constitutes the proceedings of the 40th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023, held in Shanghai, China, August 28 – September 1, 2023. The 149 papers in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 385 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Detection and Recognition; Image Analysis and Processing; Image Restoration and Enhancement; Image Attention and Perception; Reconstruction; Rendering and Animation; Synthesis and Generation; Visual Analytics and Modeling; Graphics and AR/VR; Medical Imaging and Robotics; Theoretical Analysis; Image Analysis and Visualization in Advanced Medical Imaging Technology; Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics and Engineering.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2024, which was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, during September 18–20, 2024. The 24 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They are grouped into the following topics: advancements in tools and theory; data-driven approaches.