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This book constitutes extended, revised, and selected papers from the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence supported by the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, JSAI-isAI 2021, held online in November 2021. The 26 full papers were carefully selected from 86 submissions. The papers are organized in the volume according to the following workshops: 15th International Workshop on Juris-Informatics, JURISIN 2021; 18th Workshop on Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics, LENLS 18, 5th International Workshop on SCIentific DOCument Analysis, SCI-DOCA 2021; Workshop on Artificial Affective (Kansei) Intelligence, KANSEI-AI 2021; 5th Workshop on Artificial Intelligence of and for Business, AI-Biz 2021.

This two-volume set LNCS 14465-14466 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2023, held in Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy, in September 2023. The 31 full papers, 7 short papers, presented together with 2 invited talks, and one contest report, were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 100 submissions. The abstracts of 11 posters presented at the conference can be found in the back matter of the volume. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: beyond planarity; crossing numbers; linear layouts; geometric aspects; visualization challenges; graph representations; graph decompositions; topological aspects; parameterized complexity for drawings; planar graphs; frameworks; algorithmics.

This two-volume set LNCS 14465-14466 constitutes the proceedings of the 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2023, held in Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy, in September 2023. The 31 full papers, 7 short papers, presented together with 2 invited talks, and one contest report, were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 100 submissions. The abstracts of 11 posters presented at the conference can be found in the back matter of the volume. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: beyond planarity; crossing numbers; linear layouts; geometric aspects; visualization challenges; graph representations; graph decompositions; topological aspects; parameterized complexity for drawings; planar graphs; frameworks; algorithmics.

This book constitutes extended, revised, and selected papers from the JSAI annual conference, JSAI 2022, and the 14th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, JSAI-isAI 2022, held in Kyoto, Japan, in June 2022. The 18 full papers were carefully selected from 67 submissions and presented during the two events: 16th International Workshop on Juris-informatics, JURISIN 2022, and JSAI 2022 Intenational Session. This papers present discussion on fundamental and practical issues in Juris-informatics among researchers from various backgrounds such as law, social science, information and intelligent technology, logic, and philosophy, including the conventional AI and Law area.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 8th International Symposium on Algorithmic Aspects of Cloud Computing, ALGOCLOUD 2023, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on September 5, 2023. The 13 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They focus on algorithmic aspects of computing and data management in modern cloud-based systems interpreted broadly so as to include edge- and fog-based systems, cloudlets, cloud micro-services, virtualization environments, decentralized systems, as well as dynamic networks.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Algorithmic Aspects of Cloud Computing, ALGOCLOUD 2022, which took place in Potsdam, Germany, on September 6, 2022.The 6 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Cloud-Based Urban Mobility Services; New Results in Priority-Based Bin Packing; More Sparking Soundex-based Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage and Privacy Preserving Queries of Shortest Path Distances.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2022, held in Tokyo, Japan, during September 13-16, 2022. The 25 full papers, 7 short papers, presented together with 2 invited talks, one report on graph drawing contest, and one obituary in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The abstracts of 5 posters presented at the conference can be found in the back matter of the volume. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: properties of drawings of complete graphs; stress-based visualizations of graphs; planar and orthogonal drawings; drawings and properties of directed graphs; beyond planarity; dynamic graph visualization; linear layouts; and contact and visibility graph representations.

This book constitures selected and revised papers presented at the First International Workshop on Measuring Ontologies for Value Enhancement, MOVE 2020, held as Virtual Event in October 2020. The 7 extended and revised papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 13 submissions. Along with them, the volume presents 5 invited papers. The volume articles are arranged in the topical sections on complexity of knowledge-intensive endeavors; ontology modeling; enterprise ontologies; knowledge discovery and innovations.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems, COINE 2023, held in London, UK, on May 29, 2023 (co-located with 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS)).This book contains 10 full papers which are the extended and revised versions of the papers accepted to the workshop.The papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 13 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Norms, Social contracts, Institutions, and Privacy; Studies on the notion of Value; and Argumentation and Conventions

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computing, LSSC 23021, which was held in Sozopol, Bulgaria, during June 7-11, 2021. The 60 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 73 submissions. The volume also includes two invited talks in full paper length. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Fractional diffusion problems: numerical methods, algorithms and applications; large-scale models: numerical methods, parallel computations and applications; application of metaheuristics to large-scale problems; advanced discretizations and solvers for coupled systems of partial differential equations; optimal control of ODEs, PDEs and applications; tensor and matrix factorization for big-data analysis; machine learning and model order reduction for large scale predictive simulations; HPC and big data: algorithms and applications; and contributed papers.

This book constitutes selected revised papers of the 15th International Conference, NooJ 2021, held in Besançon, France, in June 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. NooJ is a linguistic development environment that allows linguists to formalize several levels of linguistic phenomena. NooJ provides linguists with tools to develop dictionaries, regular grammars, context-free grammars, context-sensitive grammars and unrestricted grammars as well as their graphical equivalent to formalize each linguistic phenomenon. The 20 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topics:​ linguistic formalization and analysis, digital humanities and teaching, natural language processing applications.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems, COINE 2022, which was held in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 9, 2022.The 14 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 15 submissions. They deal with autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, focusing on the scientific and technological aspects of social coordination, organizational theory, artificial (electronic) institutions, and normative and ethical MAS.

This volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2023, which was held in Guangzhou, China, during August 16–18, 2023. The 114 full papers and 30 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 395 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: knowledge science with learning and AI; knowledge engineering research and applications; knowledge management systems; and emerging technologies for knowledge science, engineering and management.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops of the 6th Asia-Pacific Web and Web-Age Information Management International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data, APWeb-WAIM 2022: The Fifth International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Management and Applications, KGMA 2022, The Fourth International Workshop on Semi-structured Big Data Management and Applications, SemiBDMA 2022, and The Third International Workshop on Deep Learning in Large-scale Unstructured Data Analytics, DeepLUDA 2022, held in Nanjing, China, in August 2022. The 23 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 39 submissions and present recent research on the theory, design, and implementation of data management systems.

The three-volume sets constitute the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2022, held in Singapore, during August 6–8, 2022. The 169 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 498 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I: Knowledge Science with Learning and AI (KSLA)Volume II: Knowledge Engineering Research and Applications (KERA)Volume III: Knowledge Management with Optimization and Security (KMOS)

The 16th volume of ToPNoC contains revised and extended versions of a selection of the best workshop and tutorial papers presented at the 41st International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency, Petri Nets 2020, and the 20th International Conference on Application of Concurrency to System Design, ACSD 2020.The papers cover a diverse range of topics including model checking and system verification, refinement and synthesis; foundational work on specific classes of Petri nets; and innovative applications of Petri nets and other models of concurrency. Application areas covered in this volume are: process mining, verification, formal semantics, distributed simulations, business processes, distributed systems, and net synthesis. Thus, this volume gives a good overview of ongoing research on concurrent systems and Petri nets.

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.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

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 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.

Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency (ToPNoC) XVII. These Transactions publish archival papers in the broad area of Petri nets and other models of concurrency, ranging from theoretical work to tool support and industrial applications. ToPNoC issues are published as LNCS volumes, and hence are widely distributed and indexed. This Journal has its own Editorial Board which selects papers based on a rigorous two-stage refereeing process. ToPNoC contains: – Revised versions of a selection of the best papers from workshops and tutorials at the annual Petri net conferences – Special sections/issues within particular subareas (similar to those published in the Advances in Petri Nets series) – Other papers invited for publication in ToPNoC – Papers submitted directly to ToPNoC by their authors The 17th volume of ToPNoC contains revised and extended versions of a selection of the best workshop and tutorial papers presented at the 43rd International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency, Petri Nets 2022. The papers cover a diverse range of topics including model checking and system verification, refinement and synthesis, foundational work on specific classes of Petri nets, and innovative applications of Petri nets and other models of concurrency. Application areas covered in this volume are: process mining, verification, formal semantics, distributed simulations, business processes, distributed systems, and net synthesis. Thus, this volume gives a good overview of ongoing research on concurrent systems and Petri nets.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2022, which took place in October 2022 in a virtual mode. The 48 full papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 239 submissions. They deal with the latest advances in fundamental research, innovative technology, and applications of the Semantic Web, linked data, knowledge graphs, and knowledge processing on the Web. Papers are organized in a research track, resources and in-use track. The research track details theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web and its intersection with other disciplines. The resources track promotes the sharing of resources which support, enable or utilize semantic web research, including datasets, ontologies, software, and benchmarks. And finally, the in-use-track is dedicated to novel and significant research contributions addressing theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of the Semantic Web and its intersection with other disciplines.The chapters'Hashing the Hypertrie: Space- and Time-Efficient Indexing for SPARQL in Tensors','Agree to Disagree: Managing Ontological Perspectives using Standpoint Logic','GNNQ: A Neuro-Symbolic Approach to Query Answering over Incomplete Knowledge Graphs','ISSA: Generic Pipeline, Knowledge Model and Visualization tools to Help Scientists Search and Make Sense of a Scientific Archiveare'are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology, Europhras 2022, held in Malaga, Spain, in September 2022.The 16 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions. The papers in this volume cover a number of topics including general corpus-based approaches to phraseology, phraseology in translation and cross-linguistic studies, phraseology in language teaching and learning, phraseology in specialized languages, phraseology in lexicography, cognitive approaches to phraseology, the computational treatment of multiword expressions, and the development, annotation, and exploitation of corpora for phraseological studies.

This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2022, which was held during April 2-7, 2022, in Munich, Germany, as part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2022. The 46 full papers and 4 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The proceedings also contain 16 tool papers of the affiliated competition SV-Comp and 1 paper consisting of the competition report. TACAS is a forum for researchers, developers, and users interested in rigorously based tools and algorithms for the construction and analysis of systems. The conference aims to bridge the gaps between different communities with this common interest and to support them in their quest to improve the utility, reliability, exibility, and efficiency of tools and algorithms for building computer-controlled systems.

The three-volume set LNCS 13245, 13246 and 13247 constitutes the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2022, held online, in April 2021. The total of 72 full papers, along with 76 short papers, are presented in this three-volume set was carefully reviewed and selected from 543 submissions. Additionally, 13 industrial papers, 9 demo papers and 2 PhD consortium papers are included. The conference was planned to take place in Hyderabad, India, but it was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Algebraic Informatics, CAI 2022, held as virtual event, in October 27–29, 2022.The 2 abstracts, 3 full papers of invited speakers, and 12 contributed papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The papers contain original and unpublished research; the topics of them lie in automata theory, cryptography, coding theory, DNA computation, computer algebra, and theory of software architectures.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems, FORMATS 2022, held in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2022. The 12 full papers together with 2 short papers that were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions are presented in this volume with 3 full-length papers associated with invited/anniversary talks. The papers focus on topics such as modelling, design and analysis of timed computational systems. The conference aims in real-time issues in hardware design, performance analysis, real-time software, scheduling, semantics and verification of real-timed, hybrid and probabilistic systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Algorithms and Computation, WALCOM 2022, which was held in Jember, Indonesia, during March 24-26, 2022.This proceedings volume contains 30 full papers which were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 89 submissions and 3 invited papers. They cover diverse areas of algorithms and computation, such as approximation algorithms, computational complexity, computational geometry, graph algorithms, graph drawing and visualization, online algorithms, parameterized complexity and property testing.

This volume constitutes selected papers presented during the 8th International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing, META 2021, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in October 201. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was partiqally held online. The 16 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 53 submissions. They are organized in the topical sections on ​combinatorial optimization; continuous optimization; optimization and machine learning; applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2022, held in Rome, Italy, in September 2022. The 11 full papers and 19 short papers presented together with 5 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. 8 chapters are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th Latin American Symposium on Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2042, which took place in Puerto Varas, Chile, in March 2024. The 44 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Algorithms and Data Structures; Approximation and Online Algorithms; Complexity Theory; Part II: Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Parameterized Algorithms; Automata Theory and Formal Languages; and Game Theory and Fairness.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th Latin American Symposium on Theoretical Informatics, LATIN 2042, which took place in Puerto Varas, Chile, in March 2024. The 44 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 93 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Algorithms and Data Structures; Approximation and Online Algorithms; Complexity Theory; Part II: Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Parameterized Algorithms; Automata Theory and Formal Languages; and Game Theory and Fairness.

The two open access volumes LNCS 14574 and 14575 constitute the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2024, which took place in Luxembourg in April 2024.The 24 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Infinite games; categorical semantics; automata and synthesis; Part II: Types and programming languages; logic and proofs; infinite-state systems.

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.

The two open access volumes LNCS 14574 and 14575 constitute the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2024, which took place in Luxembourg in April 2024.The 24 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Infinite games; categorical semantics; automata and synthesis; Part II: Types and programming languages; logic and proofs; infinite-state systems.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The two-volume set LNCS 14461 and LNCS 14462 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 15–17, 2023. The 73 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Optimization in graphs; scheduling; set-related optimization; applied optimization and algorithm; Graph planer and others;Part II: Modeling and algorithms; complexity and approximation; combinatorics and computing; optimization and algorithms; extreme graph and others; machine learning, blockchain and others.

This two volume set volume LNCS 14422-14423 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference, COCOON 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 2023. The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Combinatorics and Algorithms; Algorithmic Solution in Applications; and Algorithm in Networks.Part II: Complexity and Approximation; Graph Algorithms; and Applied Algorithms.

The two-volume set LNCS 14461 and LNCS 14462 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 15–17, 2023. The 73 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Optimization in graphs; scheduling; set-related optimization; applied optimization and algorithm; Graph planer and others;Part II: Modeling and algorithms; complexity and approximation; combinatorics and computing; optimization and algorithms; extreme graph and others; machine learning, blockchain and others.

This two volume set LNCS 14422-14423 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference, COCOON 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 2023. The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Combinatorics and Algorithms; Algorithmic Solution in Applications; and Algorithm in Networks.Part II: Complexity and Approximation; Graph Algorithms; and Applied Algorithms.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2023, which took place in October 2023 in Athens, Greece. The 58 full papers presented in this double volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. Many submissions focused on the use of reasoning and query answering, witha number addressing engineering, maintenance, and alignment tasks for ontologies. Likewise, there has been a healthy batch of submissions on search, query, integration, and the analysis of knowledge. Finally, following the growing interest in neuro-symbolic approaches, there has been a rise in the number of studies that focus on the use of Large Language Models and Deep Learning techniques such as Graph Neural Networks.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2023, which took place in October 2023 in Athens, Greece. The 58 full papers presented in this double volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. Many submissions focused on the use of reasoning and query answering, witha number addressing engineering, maintenance, and alignment tasks for ontologies. Likewise, there has been a healthy batch of submissions on search, query, integration, and the analysis of knowledge. Finally, following the growing interest in neuro-symbolic approaches, there has been a rise in the number of studies that focus on the use of Large Language Models and Deep Learning techniques such as Graph Neural Networks.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2023, held in Budapest, Hungary, during September 27–29, 2023.The 63 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 218 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: collective intelligence and collective decision-making; deep learning techniques; natural language processing; data mining and machine learning; social networks and intelligent systems; cybersecurity, blockchain technology and Internet of Things; cooperative strategies for decision making and optimization; computational intelligence for digital content understanding; knowledge engineering and application for Industry 4.0; computational intelligence in medical applications; and ensemble models and data fusion.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.

The nine-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2023, held in Changsha, China, in November 2023. The 1274 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 652 submissions. The ICONIP conference aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers, scientists, and industry professionals who are working in neuroscience, neural networks, deep learning, and related fields to share their new ideas, progress, and achievements.