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This proceedings LNCS 13521 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually as part of the 24th International Conference, HCII 2022, in June 26 to July 1, 2022. HCII 2022 received a total of 5583 submissions from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Volume LNCS 13522 is part of the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually during June 26 to July 1, 2022.A total of 5583 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

This proceedings LNCS 13516 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually as part of the 24th International Conference, HCII 2022, during June 26 to July 1, 2022. HCII 2022 received a total of 5583 submissions from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held in July 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Washington DC, USA but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 5222 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 81 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 241 posters were included in the volumes of the proceedings that were published before the start of the conference. Additionally, 174 papers and 146 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of HCI, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings before the conference took place. In addition, a total of 333 papers and 144 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). These contributions address the latest research and development efforts in the field and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The 54 late breaking papers presented in this volume were organized in two topical sections named: User Experience Design and Evaluation Methods and Tools; Design Case Studies; User Experience Case Studies.

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings before the conference took place. In addition, a total of 333 papers and 144 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). These contributions address the latest research and development efforts in the field and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems.

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication in the HCII 2020 proceedings before the conference took place. In addition, a total of 333 papers and 144 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference as “Late Breaking Work” (papers and posters). These contributions address the latest research and development efforts in the field and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The 34 late breaking papers presented in this volume were organized in two topical sections named: Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Design and Implementation; and User Experience in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality.

This year the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2019, which was held in Orlando, Florida, USA, in July 2019, introduced the additional option of'late-breaking work', which applied both for papers and posters with the corresponding volumes of the proceedings. The 47 late-breaking papers included in this volume were published after the conference has taken place. They were organized in the following topical sections: user experience design and evaluation; information, visualization, and decision making; virtual and augmented reality; learning and games; human and task models in HCI; and design and user experience case studies.

This two-volume set LNAI 14473-14474 constitutes revised selected papers presented at the Third CAAI International Conference, CICAI 2023, in Fuzhou, China, in July 2023. CICAI is a summit forum in the field of artificial intelligence and the 2023 forum was hosted by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). The 100 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 376 submissions. CICAI 2023 conference covers a wide range of of AI generated content, computer vision, machine learning, nature language processing, application of AI, and data mining, amongst others.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the refereed proceedings of the 5th The Global IoT Summit, GIoTS 2022, which took place in Dublin, Ireland, in June 20–23, 2022. The 33 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed andselected from 75 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: ioT enabling technologies; ioT applications, services and real implementations; ioT security, privacy and data protection; and ioT pilots, testbeds and experimentation results.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on ICT for Health, Accessibility and Wellbeing, IHAW 2022, held in Larnaca, Cyprus, in December 2022. The revised 14 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully selected from 33 submissions. The papers are thematically arranged in the following sections: Visual Impairment and ICT for Mobility; ICT and Student Health; ICT and Wellbeing and ICT & Health prevention

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Iberoamerican Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI-COLLAB 2022, which took place in Havana, Cuba, in October 2022. The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as emotional interfaces, usability, video games, computational thinking, collaborative systems, IoT, software engineering, ICT in education, augmented and mixed virtual reality for education, gamification, emotional interfaces, adaptive instructional systems, accessibility, use of video games in education, artificial intelligence in HCI and infotainment, among others.

This post-conference book constitutes selected papers of the Fifth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2021, held virtually due to COVID 19, and Sixth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2022, held in Valletta, Malta, in October 2022.The 8 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions for CHIRA 2021 and 37 submissions for CHIRA 2022. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including user-centered interaction design patterns, user experience design, multimedia and multimodal Interaction, interaction design modelling, haptic and tangible devices, accessible and adaptive interaction, user behaviour analysis, user experience evaluation, modelling human factors, mobile computer-human interaction, machine learning, information retrieval, human-centered AI and design and evaluation.

This three-volume set LNCS 13604-13606 constitutes revised selected papers presented at the Second CAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Beijing, China, in August 2022. CICAI is a summit forum in the field of artificial intelligence and the 2022 forum was hosted by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI). The 164 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 521 submissions. CICAI aims to establish a global platform for international academic exchange, promote advanced research in AI and its affiliated disciplines such as machine learning, computer vision, natural language, processing, and data mining, amongst others.

This book constitutes selected papers of the Fourth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2020, held virtually, in November 2020.The 8 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including Interaction design, human factors, entertainment, cognition, perception, user-friendly software and systems, pervasive technologies and interactive devices.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction, IHCI 2021, which took place in Kent, OH, USA, in December 2021. The 59 full and 9 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 142 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named human centered AI; and intelligent interaction and cognitive computing

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2021, held in Beijing, China, in May, 2021. The 10 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers deal with the analysis and interaction design of a variety of complex work and life contexts found in different business and application domains. They focus on interaction design for work engagement taking usability of interactive systems to the next level by providing employees pleasurable and meaningful experiences via the tools used at work. The papers are organized the following topical sub-headings: Trends in human Work Interaction Design; Workplace & work experience Analysis for Interaction Design; and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Human Work.

This book contains a series of revised papers selected from 7 workshops organized by 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, which was held in September 2021 in Bari, Italy. The 15 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They show the design of interactive technologies addressing one or more United Nations'Sustainable Development Goals, to deal with evolving contexts of use in today's and future application domains and its influence on human-centered socio-technical system design and devel-opment practice, share educational resources and approaches to support the process of teaching and learning HCI Engineering (HCI-E), share educational resources and approaches to support the process of teaching and learning HCI Engineering (HCI-E), and address and discuss geopolitical issues in Human-Computer Interaction as a field of knowledge and practice.Chapter “Extreme Citizen Science Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and Opportunities for a Human-Centred Design Approach” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive Television, jAUTI 2020, in Aveiro, Portugal, in December 2020.•The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on audiovisual content and experiences; design and development of iTV applications; iTV and videos in learning; iTV for the elderly; usability and UX evaluations.•Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.

This book constitutes selected papers of the Second International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2018, held in Seville, Spain, in September 2018, and Third International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2019, held in Vienna, Austria, in September 2019.The 7 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions for CHIRA 2018 and 36 submissions for CHIRA 2019. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including Interaction design, human factors, entertainment, cognition, perception, user-friendly software and systems, pervasive technologies and interactive devices.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Perception, Representations, Image, Sound, Music, CMMR 2019, held in Marseille, France, in October 2019. The 46 full papers presented were selected from 105 submissions. The papers are grouped in 9 sections. The first three sections are related to music information retrieval, computational musicology and composition tools, followed by a section on notations and instruments distributed on mobile devices. The fifth section concerns auditory perception and cognition, while the three following sections are related to sound design and sonic and musical interactions. The last section contains contributions that relate to Jean-Claude Risset's research.

This book compiles the most visionary papers from 10 workshops held at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2017, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in May 2017. The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. They deal with novel ideas proposing a change in the way research is currently carried out.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2023, which was held during November 2023.The 12 regular papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. They were organized in following topical sections: Understanding and Enhancing Conversational Interactions, LLM-driven Conversational Design and Analysis, Ethical Perspectives and Bias, Complementing Perspectives.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during February 19–21, 2023. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 395 submissions. VISIGRAPP aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in theoretical advances and applications of computer vision, information visualization, computer graphics and interaction.

This book constitutes the referred proceedings of the 9th Iberoamerican Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI-COLLAB 2023, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, during September 13–15, 2023. The 23 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. They cover a variety of topics related to HCI such as: Emotional Interfaces, Usability, Video Games and Gamification, Computational Thinking, Internet of Things (IoT), Software Engineering, ICT in Education, Augmented and Mixed Virtual Reality for Education, Emotional Interfaces, Adaptive Instructional Systems, Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence in HCI, Industry 4. 0 and HCI, Infotainment Systems, Intelligent Systems, Collaborative Work and Learning, Cognition, and Interaction, among others.

This book contains revised selected papers presented at 3 workshops held at the 17th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2019, which was held in September 2019 in Paphos, Cyprus. The workshops are: - Beyond Computers: Wearables, Humans, And Things - WHAT! - User Experiences and Wellbeing at Work (UX@Work) - Workshop on Handling Security, Usability, User Experience and Reliability in User-Centered Development Processes. The 12 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They show advances in the field of HCI dealing with topics such as wearables, user experience and wellbeing at work, security, usability, user experience and reliability in user-centered development processes.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Gerotechnology, IWoG 2019, held in Cáceres, Spain, in September 2019. The 24 revised full papers along with 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 77 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on smart technologies and algorithms for health; technologies to increase the quality of life of the elderly population;Internet of Things (IoT); solutions for active aging, social integration and self-care; monitoring and management of chronic and non-chronic diseases; health interventions to support caregivers of elderly people; public and other health initiatives.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-CITIES 2019, held in Soria, Spain, in October 2019. The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers focus on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability; Infrastructures, Energy and the Environment; Mobility and Internet of Things; and Governance and Citizenship.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Security Protocols, held in Cambridge, UK, during March 27–28, 2023. Thirteen papers out of 23 submissions were selected for publication in this book, presented together with the respective transcripts of discussions. The theme of this year's workshop was “Humans in security protocols — are we learning from mistakes?” The topics covered are securing the human endpoint and proving humans correct.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2022, which was held during November 2022.The 12 papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 27 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: chatbot users and user experience; chatbot design and applications.

This book constitutes the referred proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2022, Virtual Event, February 6–8, 2022. The 15 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 392 submissions. The purpose of VISIGRAPP is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in both theoretical advances and applications of computer vision, computer graphics and information visualization. VISIGRAPP is composed of four co-located conferences, each specialized in at least one of the aforementioned main knowledge areas, namely GRAPP, IVAPP, HUCAPP and VISAPP.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive Television, jAUTI 2018, in Bernal, Argentina, in October 2018.The 13 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Contexts of application of the IDTV; Design and Implementation Techniques of IDTV Content and Services; Interaction Techniques, Technologies and Accesibility of IDTV Services; Testing and User Experience of IDTV Services.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Optimization and Applications, OPTIMA 2018, held in Petrovac, Montenegro, in October 2018.The 35 revised full papers and the one short paper presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on mathematical programming; combinatorial and discrete optimization; optimal control; optimization in economy, finance and social sciences; applications.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 4 workshops, held at the 5th International Conference on Internet Science, St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 2018: Workshop 1 : Detecting Social Problems in Online Content, Workshop 2: CONVERSATIONS, Workshop 3: The Future of Decentralized Governance: A Workshop on Encryption,Blockchains, and Personal Data, and Workshop 4: Internet as an issue: An international workshop on governmentand media narratives. The 20 full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The contributions of the Workshop 1: Detecting Social Problems in Online Content has united Russian scholars who work upon Russian-language datasets. Workshop 2: CONVERSATIONS: An international workshop on chatbot research and design regularly discusses the novel issues in their research and production area. Workshop 3: The Future ofDecentralized Governance: A Workshop on Encryption, Blockchains, and Personal Data. At this workshop scholars and industry representatives from France, the Netherlands, the UK, and Russia have discussed distributed governance technologies based on blockchain and other privacy-protecting technologies. Workshop 4: Internet as an issue: An international workshop on government and media narratives took a rare approach and regarded Internet as a focus for public discussion.

This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third IFIP TC 5 DCITDRR International Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, ITDRR 2018, held as part of the 24th IFIP World Computer Congress, WCC 2018, in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018.The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers focus on various aspects and challenges of coping with disaster risk reduction. The main topics include areas such as natural disasters, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile computing, emergency management, disaster information processing, and disaster risk assessment and management.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on ICTs for Improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques, REHAB 2016, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2016.The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers explore how technology can contribute toward smarter and effective rehabilitation methods.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th Iberoamerican Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI-Collab 2019, held in Puebla, Mexico, in June 2019.The 31 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers describe models, design patterns, implementations, evaluations of existing applications, and systemic reviews; all of which are very important aspects within HCI.

This book contains revised selected papers presented at 4 workshops held at the 16th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2017, in Mumbai, India, in September 2017. The workshops are: Workshop on Dealing with Conflicting User Interface Properties in User-Centered Development Processes (IFIP WG 13.2 and 13.5), Workshop on Cross Cultural Differences in Designing for Accessibility and Universal Design Organizers (IFIP WG 13.3), Human Work Interaction Design Meets International Development (IFIP WG 13.6), and Beyond Computers: Wearables, Humans, and Things - WHAT! (IFIP WG 13.7).The 15 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They show advances in the field of HCI dealing with topics such as human-centered computing, user interface design, evolutionary user interface prototyping, end-user development systems, accessibility design, human work interaction design, and wearables.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 6th Workshop on Computer Games, CGW 2017, held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017, in Melbourne, Australia, in August 2017. The 12 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics related to computer games; discussing six abstract games: Chinese Checkers, Chinese Dark Chess, Hex, Othello, Poker, and SameGame.

This book contains selected papers presented at the 12th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.5, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management, held in Ispra, Italy, in September 2017.The 12 revised full papers, 5 invited papers and 4 workshop papers included in this volume were carefully selected from a total of 48 submissions and were subject to a three-phase review process. The papers combine interdisciplinary approaches to bring together a host of perspectives: technical, legal, regulatory, socio-economic, social, societal, political, ethical, anthropological, philosophical, and psychological. They are organized in the following topical sections: privacy engineering; privacy in the era of the smart revolution; improving privacy and security in the era of smart environments; safeguarding personal data and mitigating risks; assistive robots; and mobility and privacy.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 4 workshops, held at the 4th International Conference on Internet Science, Thessaloniki, Greece, in November 2017: the Second International Workshop on the Internet for Financial Collective Awareness and Intelligence, IFIN 2017, the International Workshop on Data Economy 2017, the International Workshop on Digital Technology to Support Social Innovation, DSI 2017, and the International Workshop on Chatbot Research and Design, CONVERSATIONS 2017. The 17 full papers presented together with one short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The contributions of the IFIN workshop focus on a multidisciplinary dialogue on how to use the internet to promote financial awareness and capability among citizens whereas the papers of the Data Economy workshop show how online data change economy and business. The aim of the DSI workshop was to collect the lessons learned from different platforms and settings, and to understand the requirements and challenges for building and using digital platforms to effectively engage broad participation in the social innovation process. The papers of the Conversations workshop explore the brave new world of human-computer communication through natural language, gathering latest developments in chatbots research and design.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 5.5 International Precision Assembly Seminar, IPAS 2018, held in Chamonix, France, in January 2018. The 20 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address topics such as machine vision and metrology for assembly operations, gripping and handling technologies, numerical methods and planning in assembly, digital technologies and Industry 4.0 applications, precision assembly methods, assembly systems and platforms and human cooperation, and machine learning. They are organized in the following topical sections: design and deployment of assembly systems; human robot cooperation and machine vision; assembly methods and models; digital technologies and industry 4.0 applications; and gripping and handling solutions in assembly.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th IFIP WG 13.6 Working Conference on Human Work Interaction Design, HWID 2018, held in Espoo, Finland, in August 2018.The 19 revised and extended full papers presented were carefully selected for inclusion in this volume. The papers deal with the analysis and interaction design of a variety of complex work and life contexts found in different business and application domains. They focus on interaction design for work engagement taking usability of interactive systems to the next level by providing employees pleasurable and meaningful experiences via the tools used at work. The papers are organized in two sections: the first section presents cases of HWID in practice, while the second one focuses on methodological discussion.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016. The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers present relevant trends of current research on ageing well and e-health, including: ambient assisted living, mobile assistive technology, lifestyle engineering and life quality, electronic health records, security and privacy in e-Health, smart environments, home care and remote monitoring.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of two workshops held at the International Conference on Health – Exploring Complexity and Medical Informatics Europe, HEC 2016, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2016: the 8th International Workshop on Knowledge Representation for Health Care, KR4HC 2016, and the 9th International Workshop on Process-oriented Information Systems in Healthcare, ProHealth 2016. The 8 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ontologies in health care; clinical quality, evaluation, and simulation; computer guidelines engineering and usage; and comorbidity and clinical process management.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Semantics, Analytics, Visualization,- Enhancing Scholarly Data,- SAVE-SD 2016, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in April 2016. The 5 full papers, 6 demo and poster papers and 2 position papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The papers are organized in two topical sections:'Extracting Knowledge from Research Publications'and'Semantic Technologies for Citation and Topic Analysis'.

The volume LNCS 12287 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Security Protocols, held in Cambridge, UK, in April 2019. The volume consists of 16 thoroughly revised invited papers presented together with the respective transcripts of discussions. The theme of this year's workshop was “Security Protocols for Humans'The topics covered included Designing for Humans and Understanding Humans, Human Limitations in Security, Secure sharing and collaboration and much more.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the AVI 2016 Workshop on Road Mapping Infrastructures for Advanced Visual Interfaces Supporting Big Data Applications in Virtual Research Environments, AVI-BDA 2016, held in Bari, Italy, in June 2016. The 10 revised full papers in this volume present the elaborated outcome of the initial position papers capturing the results oft the roadmapping discussions in the workshop at which comments of several external reviewers for these full publications were also integrated.

This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 13.8 International Conference on Culture, Technology, and Communication, CaTaC 2016, held in London, UK, in June 2016.The 9 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers explore the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different theoretical and methodological perspectives, genres, and styles. They deal with cultural attitudes towards technology and communication, interaction design, and international development.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Workshops on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems, COIN 2015. The workshops were co-located with AAMAS 2015, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2015, and with IJCAI 2015, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2015. The 23 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 initial submissions for inclusion in this volume. The papers cover a wide range of topics from work on formal aspects of normative and team based systems, to software engineering with organizational concepts, to applications of COIN based systems, and to philosophical issues surrounding socio-technical systems. They highlight not only the richness of existing work in the field, but also point out the challenges and exciting research that remains to be done in the area.