Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2018)


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This book highlights recent research on Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition, Information Assurance and Security. It presents 38 selected papers from the 10th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2018) and the 14th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2018) held at Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), Portugal during December 13–15, 2018. SoCPaR – IAS 2018 is a premier conference and brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves soft computing and information assurance and their applications in industry and the real world. Including contributions by authors from over 25 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.




ICDSMLA 2020


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This book gathers selected high-impact articles from the 2nd International Conference on Data Science, Machine Learning & Applications 2020. It highlights the latest developments in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, soft computing, human–computer interaction and various data science and machine learning applications. It brings together scientists and researchers from different universities and industries around the world to showcase a broad range of perspectives, practices and technical expertise.




Cybersecurity Teaching in Higher Education


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This book collects state-of-the-art curriculum development considerations, training methods, techniques, and best practices, as well as cybersecurity lab requirements and aspects to take into account when setting up new labs, all based on hands-on experience in teaching cybersecurity in higher education.In parallel with the increasing number and impact of cyberattacks, there is a growing demand for cybersecurity courses in higher education. More and more educational institutions offer cybersecurity courses, which come with unique and constantly evolving challenges not known in other disciplines. For example, step-by-step guides may not work for some of the students if the configuration of a computing environment is not identical or similar enough to the one the workshop material is based on, which can be a huge problem for blended and online delivery modes. Using nested virtualization in a cloud infrastructure might not be authentic for all kinds of exercises, because some of its characteristics can be vastly different from an enterprise network environment that would be the most important to demonstrate to students. The availability of cybersecurity datasets for training and educational purposes can be limited, and the publicly available datasets might not suit a large share of training materials, because they are often excessively documented, but not only by authoritative websites, which render these inappropriate for assignments and can be misleading for online students following training workshops and looking for online resources about datasets such as the Boss of the SOC (BOTS) datasets. The constant changes of Kali Linux make it necessary to regularly update training materials, because commands might not run the same way they did a couple of months ago. The many challenges of cybersecurity education are further complicated by the continuous evolution of networking and cloud computing, hardware and software, which shapes student expectations: what is acceptable and respected today might be obsolete or even laughable tomorrow.




Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environments


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The application of contemporary and emerging operational research optimization methods in renewable energy is vital to creating and maintaining sustainable environments across the planet. More research is needed to understand how modern and innovative technological solutions can enhance accessible global energy. Operational Research for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environments is a critical scholarly resource that examines the efficient use of modern electrical technology and renewable energy sources that have a positive impact on sustainable development. Highlighting topics such as cogeneration thermal modules, photovoltaic (PV) solar, and renewable energy systems (RES) application practices, this publication is geared towards academics, advocates, government officials, policymakers, humanized managers, practitioners, professionals, and students interested in the latest research on renewable energy and clean technology for sustainable rural development.




Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020)


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This book highlights the recent research on soft computing and pattern recognition and their various practical applications. It presents 62 selected papers from the 12th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2020) and 35 papers from the 16th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2020), which was held online, from December 15 to 18, 2020. A premier conference in the field of artificial intelligence, SoCPaR-IAS 2020 brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems, network security and their applications in industry. Including contributions by authors from 40 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering.




Trends in Deep Learning Methodologies


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Trends in Deep Learning Methodologies: Algorithms, Applications, and Systems covers deep learning approaches such as neural networks, deep belief networks, recurrent neural networks, convolutional neural networks, deep auto-encoder, and deep generative networks, which have emerged as powerful computational models. Chapters elaborate on these models which have shown significant success in dealing with massive data for a large number of applications, given their capacity to extract complex hidden features and learn efficient representation in unsupervised settings. Chapters investigate deep learning-based algorithms in a variety of application, including biomedical and health informatics, computer vision, image processing, and more. In recent years, many powerful algorithms have been developed for matching patterns in data and making predictions about future events. The major advantage of deep learning is to process big data analytics for better analysis and self-adaptive algorithms to handle more data. Deep learning methods can deal with multiple levels of representation in which the system learns to abstract higher level representations of raw data. Earlier, it was a common requirement to have a domain expert to develop a specific model for each specific application, however, recent advancements in representation learning algorithms allow researchers across various subject domains to automatically learn the patterns and representation of the given data for the development of specific models. - Provides insights into the theory, algorithms, implementation and the application of deep learning techniques - Covers a wide range of applications of deep learning across smart healthcare and smart engineering - Investigates the development of new models and how they can be exploited to find appropriate solutions




Intelligent Systems Design and Applications


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This book highlights recent research on intelligent systems and nature-inspired computing. It presents 223 selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2022), which was held online. The ISDA is a premier conference in the field of computational intelligence, and the latest installment brought together researchers, engineers, and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems and their applications in industry. Including contributions by authors from 65 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of computer science and engineering.




Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022)


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This book highlights the recent research on soft computing, pattern recognition, nature-inspired computing, and their various practical applications. It presents 69 selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022) and 19 papers from the 14th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2022), which was held online, from December 14 to 16, 2022. A premier conference in the field of soft computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications, SoCPaR-NaBIC 2022 brought together researchers, engineers, and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems, network security, and their applications in industry. Including contributions by authors from over 25 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of computer science and engineering.







Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021)


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This book highlights the recent research on soft computing, pattern recognition, nature-inspired computing and their various practical applications. It presents 53 selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2021) and 11 papers from the 13th World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC 2021), which was held online, from December 15 to 17, 2021. A premier conference in the field of soft computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, SoCPaR-NaBIC 2021 brought together researchers, engineers and practitioners whose work involves intelligent systems, network security and their applications in industry. Including contributions by authors from over 20 countries, the book offers a valuable reference guide for all researchers, students and practitioners in the fields of computer science and engineering.