The rapid evolution of 6G networks demands communication systems that go beyond data transmission toward intelligent understanding. Semantic communication (SemCom) represents a paradigm shift from transmitting bits to transmitting meaning. By integrating artificial intelligence, knowledge graphs, and reasoning capabilities, cognitive SemCom further enables networks to infer, interpret, and deliver only task-relevant information, thereby achieving higher efficiency, robustness, and explaina...

As Large Language Models increasingly shape professional discourse—legal proceedings, cross-border documentation, and professional education—questions of linguistic equity and algorithmic accountability become urgent. The book develops a computational framework for evaluating fairness in AI-mediated institutional communication.The book introduces a transformer-based benchmarking architecture designed to measure communicative competence and fairness across multilingual institutional...

This book explores metonymic patterns in Li Bai's poetry from a cognitive poetic perspective **and offers new insights into the use of metonymies in poetry more widely.**Focusing more specifically on Annotations to the Annals of the Complete Collection of Li Bai compiled by A Qi, it sheds light on the poetic style of one of the most celebrated poets of China's Tang Dynasty (610-907 AD).Adopting corpus-based and introspection methods, this book builds a met...

Intelligent Railway Alignment Design offers a comprehensive exploration of intelligent railway alignment optimization. The book considers a variety of critical topics, starting with the optimal selection of key technical standards for railway design and then introduces the comprehensive geographic information model. The methods for evaluating the suitability of the railway alignment based on the comprehensive geographic information model are discussed, together with economic optimization m...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th CCF China Blockchain Summit on Blockchain Technology and Application, CBCC 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during December 18–21, 2025.The 26 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Blockchain Privacy Protection; Blockchain Data and Behavior Analysis; Blockchain Technology Innovation and Applications; Smart Contract; Block...

CFD analysis for pump design and performance evaluationDesigning highly efficient pumps requires transitioning from traditional trial-and-error methods to advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approaches and tools. Impeller Pumps: Design and Performance Evaluation using Computational Fluid Dynamics provides researchers and engineers with detailed methodologies for applying CFD to centrifugal, axial flow, mixed flow, vortex, and multistage pu...

Delay Doppler Communications and Sensing: Principles, Advances and Applications of OTFS provides a comprehensive exploration of the principles and cutting-edge developments of delay Doppler (DD) communications and sensing with a specific focus on the advances and application of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS). It highlights the fundamental theory for DD communications and sensing through the Zak transform, and discusses how this classic concept from quantum physics can reshape moder...

Edge AI at Home: Run Local LLMs on Your Windows GPU is a practical, step-by-step handbook for anyone who wants to run powerful AI locally—right on a Windows GPU laptop or desktop—without relying on the cloud.Instead of getting stuck in theory, you'll follow clear, hands-on instructions to set up a local AI environment and start using it immediately for real work and creative projects. You'll learn how to run local models, build privacy-friendly workflows, and turn your own PC into ...

This 9-volume set CCIS 3034-3042 constitutes - in conjunction with the 21-volume set LNCS 16642-16662, the 5-volume set LNAI 16663-16667 and the 4-volume set LNBI 16668-16671 - the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2026, held in ON, Canada, July 22–26, 2026.The 336 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4561 submissions.These papers have been organized in the following topi...

This 9-volume set CCIS 3034-3042 constitutes - in conjunction with the 21-volume set LNCS 16642-16662, the 5-volume set LNAI 16663-16667 and the 4-volume set LNBI 16668-16671 - the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2026, held in ON, Canada, July 22–26, 2026.The 336 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4561 submissions.These papers have been organized in the following topi...

This 21-volume set LNCS 16642-16662 constitutes - in conjunction with the 5-volume set LNAI 16663-16667 and the 4-volume set LNBI 16668-16671 - the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2026, held in ON, Canada, during July 22–26, 2026.The 1096 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4561 submissions.This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies...

This 21-volume set LNCS 16642-16662 constitutes - in conjunction with the 5-volume set LNAI 16663-16667 and the 4-volume set LNBI 16668-16671 - the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2026, held in ON, Canada, during July 22–26, 2026.The 1096 papers presented in these proceedings books were carefully reviewed and selected from 4561 submissions.This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies...