Two former college friends run into each other on the morning train and find themselves reflecting on the very different paths their lives have taken...A counterfeiter, forever living outside the law, starts to envy a friend who’s managed to get out of the game and establish a normal life...A security officer in a futuristic version of Beijing West Railway Station chases down a passenger who the screens say is ‘intentionally lost’...Beijing may be known to us, in th...

This book consists of papers on the recent progresses in the state of the art in natural computation, fuzzy systems, and knowledge discovery. The book is useful for researchers, including professors, graduate students, as well as R & D staff in the industry, with a general interest in natural computation, fuzzy systems, and knowledge discovery. The work printed in this book was presented at the 2022 18th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems, and Knowledge Discover...

This book consists of papers on the recent progresses in the state of the art in natural computation, fuzzy systems and knowledge discovery. The book is useful for researchers, including professors, graduate students, as well as R & D staff in the industry, with a general interest in natural computation, fuzzy systems and knowledge discovery. The work printed in this book was presented at the 2020 16th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (...

The two-volume set LNCS 9242 + 9243 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Intelligence Science and Big Data Engineering, IScIDE 2015, held in Suzhou, China, in June 2015.The total of 126 papers presented in the proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 416 submissions. They deal with big data, neural networks, image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition and graphics, object detection, dimensionality reduction and manifold learning,...

This book aims to examine innovation in the fields of computer engineering and networking. The book covers important emerging topics in computer engineering and networking, and it will help researchers and engineers improve their knowledge of state-of-art in related areas. The book presents papers from The Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Computer Engineering and Network (CENet2013) which was held on 20-21 July, in Shanghai, China.

The 3-volume set CCIS 1422, CCIS 1423 and CCIS 1424 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Security, ICAIS 2021, which was held in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2021.The total of 131 full papers and 52 short papers presented in this 3-volume proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1013 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: artificial intelligence;Part II:...

The two-volume set CCIS 1491 and 1492 constitutes the refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the 16th CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ChineseCSCW 2021, held in Xiangtan, China, November 26–28, 2021. The conference was held in a hybrid mode i.e. online and on-site in Xiangtan due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 65 revised full papers and 22 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. The papers are or...

The three-volume proceedings set LNCS 13655,13656 and 13657 constitutes the refereedproceedings of the 4th International Conference on Machine Learning for Cyber Security, ML4CS 2022, which taking place during December 2–4, 2022, held in Guangzhou, China.The 100 full papers and 46 short papers were included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 367 submissions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17 International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2016, held in Yangzhou, China, in October 2016.The 68 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. They provide a valuable and timely sample of latest research outcomes in data engineering and automated learning ranging from methodologies, frameworks, and techniques to applications including various topic...

This two-volume set of LNCS 12736-12737 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Security, ICAIS 2021, which was held in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2021. The conference was formerly called “International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security” with the acronym ICCCS.The total of 93 full papers and 29 short papers presented in this two-volume proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from 1013 submissions. Overal...

This book contains selected papers presented at ICGEC 2021, the 14th International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Computing, held from October 21-23, 2021 in Jilin City, China. The conference was technically co-sponsored by Springer, Northeast Electric Power University Fujian University of Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. It is intended as an international forum for the researchers and professionals in all...

This two-volume set of LNCS 13393 and LNCS 13394 constitutes - in conjunction with the volume LNAI 13395 - the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2022, held in Xi'an, China, in August 2022. The 209 full papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 449 submissions.This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies as well as the emerging applications of intelligent...