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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 22nd International TRIZ Future Conference on Automated Invention for Smart Industries, TFC 2022, which took place in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2022; the event was sponsored by IFIP WG 5.4.The 39 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. They are organized in the following thematic sections: New perspectives of TRIZ; AI in systematic innovation; systematic innovations supporting IT and AI; TRIZ applications; TRIZ education and ecosystem.

Perfectly-secure cryptography is a branch of information-theoretic cryptography. A perfectly-secure cryptosystem guarantees that the malicious third party cannot guess anything regarding the plain text or the key, even in the case of full access to the cipher text. Despite this advantage, there are only a few real-world implementations of perfect secrecy due to some well-known limitations. Any simple, straightforward modeling can pave the way for further advancements in the implementation, especially in environments with time and resource constraints such as IoT. This book takes one step towards this goal via presenting a hybrid combinatorial-Boolean model for perfectly-secure cryptography in IoT. In this book, we first present an introduction to information-theoretic cryptography as well as perfect secrecy and its real-world implementations. Then we take a systematic approach to highlight information-theoretic cryptography as a convergence point for existing trends in research on cryptography in IoT. Then we investigate combinatorial and Boolean cryptography and show how they are seen almost everywhere in the ecosystem and the life cycle of information-theoretic IoT cryptography. We finally model perfect secrecy in IoT using Boolean functions, and map the Boolean functions to simple, well-studied combinatorial designs like Latin squares.This book is organized in two parts. The first part studie s information-theoretic cryptography and the promise it holds for cryptography in IoT. The second part separately discusses combinatorial and Boolean cryptography, and then presents the hybrid combinatorial-Boolean model for perfect secrecy in IoT.

This book systematically establishes the almost periodic theory of dynamic equations and presents applications on time scales in fuzzy mathematics and uncertainty theory. The authors introduce a new division of fuzzy vectors depending on a determinant algorithm and develop a theory of almost periodic fuzzy multidimensional dynamic systems on time scales. Several applications are studied; in particular, a new type of fuzzy dynamic systems called fuzzy q-dynamic systems (i.e. fuzzy quantum dynamic systems) is presented. The results are not only effective on classical fuzzy dynamic systems, including their continuous and discrete situations, but are also valid for other fuzzy multidimensional dynamic systems on various hybrid domains. In an effort to achieve more accurate analysis in real world applications, the authors propose a number of uncertain factors in the theory. As such, fuzzy dynamical models, interval-valued functions, differential equations, fuzzy-valued differential equations, and their applications to dynamic equations on time scales are considered.

This monograph examines the stability of various coupled systems with local Kelvin-Voigt damping. The development of this area is thoroughly reviewed along with the authors' contributions. New results are featured on the fundamental properties of solutions of linear transmission evolution PDEs involving Kelvin-Voigt damping, with special emphasis on the asymptotic behavior of these solutions. The vibrations of transmission problems are highlighted as well, making this a valuable resource for those studying this active area of research. The book begins with a brief description of the abstract theory of linear evolution equations with a particular focus on semigroup theory. Different types of stability are also introduced along with their connection to resolvent estimates. After this foundation is established, different models are presented for uni-dimensional and multi-dimensional linear transmission evolution partial differential equations with Kelvin-Voigt damping. Stabilization of Kelvin-Voigt Damped Systems will be a useful reference for researchers in mechanics, particularly those interested in the study of control theory of PDEs.

This edited book covers ongoing research in both theory and practical applications of using deep learning for social media data. Social networking platforms are overwhelmed by different contents, and their huge amounts of data have enormous potential to influence business, politics, security, planning and other social aspects. Recently, deep learning techniques have had many successful applications in the AI field. The research presented in this book emerges from the conviction that there is still much progress to be made toward exploiting deep learning in the context of social media data analytics. It includes fifteen chapters, organized into four sections that report on original research in network structure analysis, social media text analysis, user behaviour analysis and social media security analysis. This work could serve as a good reference for researchers, as well as a compilation of innovative ideas and solutions for practitioners interested in applying deep learning techniques to social media data analytics.  

"e;This book is a comprehensive text for the design of safety critical, hard real-time embedded systems. It offers  a splendid example for the balanced, integrated treatment of systems and software engineering, helping readers tackle the hardest problems of advanced real-time system design, such as determinism, compositionality, timing and fault management. This book is an essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in a wide range of disciplines impacted by embedded computing and software. Its conceptual clarity, the style of explanations and the examples make the abstract concepts accessible for a wide audience."e;Janos Sztipanovits, DirectorE. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of EngineeringInstitute for Software Integrated SystemsVanderbilt UniversityReal-Time Systems focuses on hard real-time systems, which are computing systems that must meet their temporal specification in all anticipated load and fault scenarios. The book stresses the system aspects of distributed real-time applications, treating the issues of real-time, distribution and fault-tolerance from an integral point of view. A unique cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts between the academic and industrial worlds has led to the inclusion of many insightful examples from industry to explain the fundamental scientific concepts in a real-world setting.  Compared to the Second Edition, new developments in communication standards for time-sensitive networks, such as TSN and Time-Triggered Ethernet are addressed. Furthermore, this edition includes a new chapter on real-time aspects in cloud and fog computing.The book is written as a standard textbook for a high-level undergraduate or graduate course on real-time embedded systems or cyber-physical systems.  Its practical approach to solving real-time problems, along with numerous summary exercises, makes it an excellent choice for researchers and practitioners alike.

This book examines whether the integration of edge intelligence (EI) and blockchain (BC) can open up new horizons for providing ubiquitous intelligent services. Accordingly, the authors conduct a summarization of the recent research efforts on the existing works for EI and BC, further painting a comprehensive picture of the limitation of EI and why BC could benefit EI. To examine how to integrate EI and BC, the authors discuss the BC-driven EI and tailoring BC to EI, including an overview, motivations, and integrated frameworks. Finally, some challenges and future directions are explored. The book explores the technologies associated with the integrated system between EI and BC, and further bridges the gap between immature BC and EI-amicable BC.Explores the integration of edge intelligence (EI) and blockchain (BC), including their integrated motivations, frameworks and challenges;Presents how BC-driven EI can realize computing-power management, data administration, and model optimization;Describes how to tailor BC to better support EI, including flexible consensus protocol, effective incentive mechanism, intellectuality smart contract, and scalable BC system tailoring;Presents some key research challenges and future directions for the integrated system.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Progress in Cryptology, LATINCRYPT 2023, held in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2023. The 19 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Symmetric-Key Cryptography; Multi-Party Computation; Isogeny-Based Cryptography; Discrete Logarithm Problem; Cryptographic Protocols; Real-World Cryptography; and Zero-Knowledge Proofs.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2023, held in Zadar, Croatia, during September 26¿29, 2023.The 13 full papers and 17 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Applications and digital library systems; data citation and citation analysis; discovering science, monitoring and publishing science; knowledge creation; Human-Computer Interaction; digital humanities; and digital cultural heritage.

This volume LNCS 14240 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval, SPIRE 2023, held in Pisa, Italy, during September 26¿28, 2023. The 31 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They cover topics such as: data structures; algorithms; constrained Substring complexity; data compression codes; succinct k-spectra; and LCP array of wheeler DFAs.

This book, dedicated to Professor Georgi M. Dimirovski on his anniversary, contains new research directions, challenges, and many relevant applications related to many aspects within the broadly perceived areas of systems and control, including signal analysis and intelligent systems. The project comprises two volumes with papers written by well known and very active researchers and practitioners. The first volume is focused on more foundational aspects related to general issues in systems science and mathematical systems, various problems in control and automation, and the use of computational and artificial intelligence in the context of systems modeling and control. The second volume is concerned with a presentation of relevant applications, notably in robotics, computer networks, telecommunication, fault detection/diagnosis, as well as in biology and medicine, and economic, financial, and social systems too. 

The 2nd edition of this book provides novel topics and studyies in boundaries of networks and Big Data Systems.The central theme of this book is the extent to which the structure of the free dynamical boundaries of a system controls the evolution of the system as a whole. Applying three orthogonal types of thinking - mathematical, constructivist and morphological, it illustrates these concepts using applications to selected problems from the social and life sciences, as well as economics. In a broader context, it introduces and reviews some modern mathematical approaches to the science of complex systems. Standard modeling approaches (based on non-linear differential equations, dynamic systems, graph theory, cellular automata, stochastic processes, or information theory) are suitable for studying local problems. However they cannot simultaneously take into account all the different facets and phenomena of a complex system, and new approaches are required to solve the challenging problem of correlations between phenomena at different levels and hierarchies, their self-organization and memory-evolutive aspects, the growth of additional structures and are ultimately required to explain why and how such complex systems can display both robustness and flexibility. This graduate-level text addresses a broader interdisciplinary audience, keeping the mathematical level essentially uniform throughout the book, and involving only basic elements from calculus, algebra, geometry and systems theory.  

This book provides an account of the latest developments in IoT and cloud computing, and their practical applications in various industrial, scientific, business, education, and government domains. The book covers the advanced research and state of the art review of the latest developments in IoT and cloud computing and how they might be employed post-COVID era. The book also identifies challenges and their solutions in this era, shaping the direction for future research and offering emerging topics to investigate further. The book serves as a reference for a broader audience such as researchers, application designers, solution architects, teachers, graduate students, enthusiasts, practitioners, IT managers, decision-makers and policymakers. The book editors are pioneers in the fields of IoT and Cloud computing.Provides an account of the latest developments in IoT and cloud computing and how it can aid in a COVID-19 Era in a variety of applications; Identifies IoT and cloud computing challenges and their solutions, shaping the direction for future research; Serves as a reference for researchers, application designers, solution architects, teachers, and graduate students.

This book describes solutions to the problems of energy efficiency, resiliency and cyber security in the domain of Edge Computing and reports on early deployments of the technology in commercial settings. This book takes a business focused view, relating the technological outcomes to new business opportunities made possible by the edge paradigm. Drawing on the experience of end user deploying prototype edge technology, the authors discuss applications in financial management, wireless management, and social networks. Coverage includes a chapter on the analysis of total cost of ownership, thereby enabling readers to calculate the efficiency gain for use of the technology in their business.Provides a single-source reference to the state-of-the art of edge computing;Describes how researchers across the world are addressing challenges relating to power efficiency, ease of programming and emerging cyber security threats in this domain;Discusses total cost of ownership for applications in financial management and social networks;Discusses security challenges in wireless management.

This book aims to introduce recent advances in IoT and its applications for smart environments. The state of the art is reviewed with a focus on the technologies, applications, challenges, and opportunities. At this stage, a comprehensive understanding of the formal and practical applications of IoT in the different scenarios of smart environments is necessary to support future research. Therefore, the main contribution of this book is a comprehensive study of the most recent proposals for smart environments. In addition, this book synthesizes existing information and highlights common threads and gaps that lead to new and complex areas of future research. The book covers a range of major research subjects which will foster future implementations. The topics include smart learning environments, crowdsensing applications, participatory citizen sensing, multimodal perception systems and security challenges. This book seeks to provide a valuable framework for future research projects by expounding the topic to academics, engineers, and industry professionals, which is necessary for the design of future IoT architectures for smart environments.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Health Information Science, HIS 2023, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, during October 23¿24, 2023.The 20 full papers and 9 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Depression & Mental Health, Data Security, Privacy & Healthcare Systems, Neurological & Cognitive Disease Studies, COVID-19 Impact Studies, Advanced Medical Data & AI Techniques, Predictive Analysis & Disease Recognition, Medical Imaging & Dataset Exploration, Elderly Care and Knowledge Systems.

This book is inspired by the development of distributed model predictive control of networked systems to save computation and communication sources. The significant new contribution is to show how to design efficient DMPCs that can be coordinated asynchronously with the increasing effectiveness of the event-triggering mechanism and how to improve the event-triggered DMPC for different requirements improvement of control performance, extension to interconnected networked systems, etc. The book is likely to be of interest to the persons who are engaged in researching control theory in academic institutes, the persons who go in for developing control systems in R&D institutes or companies, the control engineers who are engaged in the implementation of control algorithms, and people who are interested in the distributed MPC.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, CISIM 2023, held in Tokio, Japan, during September 22-24, 2023.The 36 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 77 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: biometrics and pattern recognition applications; computer information systems and security; industrial management and other applications; machine learning and artificial neural networks; modelling and optimization; wellbeing and affective engineering; and machine learning using biometric data and kansei data.

The book provides an examination of how fog security is changing the information technology industry and will continue to in the next decade. The authors first discuss how fog enables key applications in wireless 5G, the Internet of Things, and big data. The book then presents an overview of fog/edge computing, focusing on its relationship with cloud technology, Internet of Things and the future with the use of secure 5G/6G communication. The book also presents a comprehensive overview of liabilities in fog/edge computing within multi-level architectures and the intelligent management. The last part of the book reviews applications of fog/edge computing in smart cities, including in Industrial IoT, edge-based augmented reality, data streaming, and blockchain-based.

This book highlights recent advances in smart cities technologies, with a focus on new technologies such as biometrics, blockchains, data encryption, data mining, machine learning, deep learning, cloud security, and mobile security.  During the past five years, digital cities have been emerging as a technology reality that will come to dominate the usual life of people, in either developed or developing countries. Particularly, with big data issues from smart cities, privacy and security have been a widely concerned matter due to its relevance and sensitivity extensively present in cybersecurity, healthcare, medical service, e-commercial, e-governance, mobile banking, e-finance, digital twins, and so on. These new topics rises up with the era of smart cities and mostly associate with public sectors, which are vital to the modern life of people. This volume summarizes the recent advances in addressing the challenges on big data privacy and security in smart cities and points out the future research direction around this new challenging topic.

This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 6th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2021), held in Goa, India, on 5-6 August 2021. The book covers the topics such as big data and data mining, data fusion, IoT programming toolkits and frameworks, green communication systems and network, use of ICT in smart cities, sensor networks and embedded system, network and information security, wireless and optical networks, security, trust, and privacy, routing and control protocols, cognitive radio and networks, and natural language processing. Bringing together experts from different countries, the book explores a range of central issues from an international perspective.

This book highlights the latest design and development of security issues and various defences to construct safe, secure and trusted Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). In addition, the book presents a detailed analysis of the recent approaches to security solutions and future research directions for large-scale CPS, including its various challenges and significant security requirements. Furthermore, the book provides practical guidance on delivering robust, privacy, and trust-aware CPS at scale. Finally, the book presents a holistic insight into IoT technologies, particularly its latest development in strategic applications in mission-critical systems, including large-scale Industrial IoT, Industry 4.0, and Industrial Control Systems. As such, the book offers an essential reference guide about the latest design and development in CPS for students, engineers, designers, and professional developers.