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​This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart, STACOM 2023, as well as the Cardiac MRI Reconstruction Challenge, CMRxRecon Challenge. There was a total of 53 submissions to the workshop. The 24 regular workshop papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 paper submissions. They deal with cardiac segmentation, modelling, strain quantification, registration, statistical shape analysis, and quality control. In addition, 21 papers from the CMRxRecon challenge are included in this volume. They focus on fast CMR image reconstruction and provide a benchmark dataset that enables the broader research community to promote advances in this area of research.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart, STACOM 2022, held in conjunction with the 25th MICCAI conference. The 34 regular workshop papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected after being revised and deal with topics such as: common cardiac segmentation and modelling problems to more advanced generative modelling for ageing hearts, learning cardiac motion using biomechanical networks, physics-informed neural networks for left atrial appendage occlusion, biventricular mechanics for Tetralogy of Fallot, ventricular arrhythmia prediction by using graph convolutional network, and deeper analysis of racial and sex biases from machine learning-based cardiac segmentation. In addition, 14 papers from the CMRxMotion challenge are included in the proceedings which aim to assess the effects of respiratory motion on cardiac MRI (CMR) imaging quality and examine the robustness of segmentation models in face of respiratory motion artefacts. A total of 48 submissions to the workshop was received.

This book constitutes thoroughly refereed and revised selected best and visionary papers from the Workshops held at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems AAMAS 2022, which took place online, during May 9–13, 2022.The 5 best papers and 4 visionary papers included in this book stem from the following workshops: - 13th Workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multi-agent Systems (OptLearnMAS);- 23rd Workshop on Multi-Agent Based Simulation (MABS);- 6th Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Urban Systems (ABMUS);- 10th Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS);- 1st Workshop on Rebellion and Disobedience in AI (RaD-AI).There was a total of 59 submissions to these workshops.

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 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.

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.

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. 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 book constitutes revised selected papers from the workshops held at the 29th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Euro-Par 2023, which took place in Limassol, Cyprus, during August 28–September 1, 2023. The 42 full papers presented in this book together with 11 symposium papers and 14 demo/poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. The papers cover covering all aspects of parallel and distributed processing, ranging from theory to practice, from small to the largest parallel and distributed systems and infrastructures, from fundamental computational problems to applications, from architecture, compiler, language and interface design and implementation, to tools, support infrastructures, and application performance aspects. LNCS 14351: First International Workshop on Scalable Compute Continuum (WSCC 2023). First International Workshop on Tools for Data Locality, Power and Performance (TDLPP 2023). First International Workshop on Urgent Analytics for Distributed Computing (QuickPar 2023). 21st International Workshop on Algorithms, Models and Tools for Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Platforms (HETEROPAR 2023). LNCS 14352: Second International Workshop on Resource AWareness of Systems and Society (RAW 2023). Third International Workshop on Asynchronous Many-Task systems for Exascale (AMTE 2023). Third International Workshop on Performance and Energy-efficiency in Concurrent and Distributed Systems (PECS 2023) First Minisymposium on Applications and Benefits of UPMEM commercial Massively Parallel Processing-In-Memory Platform (ABUMPIMP 2023). First Minsymposium on Adaptive High Performance Input / Output Systems (ADAPIO 2023).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tools and Methods of Program Analysis, TMPA 2021, held in Tomsk, Russia, during November 25–27, 2021.The 15 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. They focus on various aspects of application of modern methods of data science to the analysis of software quality.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Symposium, SDLT 2023, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, during November 30 – December 1, 2023.The 8 full papers and the short paper included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The volume focuses on current systems and new solutions to create a scientific background for a solid development of innovative Distributed Ledger Technology application.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Conference, ICCSST 2023, held in Bangalore, India, during May 8–9, 2023.The 39 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 200 submissions. They focus on artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, cloud computing, cyber security, data science, e-commerce, computer architecture, image and video processing, pandemic preparedness and digital technology, pattern recognition and classification.

This two-volume set constitutes the revised selected papers of the 18th CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ChineseCSCW 2023 held in Harbin, China, in August 2023. The 54 full papers and 28 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Social Media and Online Communities; Collaborative Mechanisms, Models, Approaches, Algorithms and Systems; Crowd Intelligence and Crowd Cooperative Computing; Cooperative Evolutionary Computation and Human-like Intelligent Collaboration; Domain-Specific Collaborative Applications.

This two-volume set constitutes the revised selected papers of the 18th CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ChineseCSCW 2023 held in Harbin, China, in August 2023. The 54 full papers and 28 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 221 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Social Media and Online Communities; Collaborative Mechanisms, Models, Approaches, Algorithms and Systems; Crowd Intelligence and Crowd Cooperative Computing; Cooperative Evolutionary Computation and Human-like Intelligent Collaboration; Domain-Specific Collaborative Applications.

This 3-volume set, CCIS 2058-2060 constitutes the First International Conference, on Artificial Intelligence, IAIC 2023, held in Nanjing, China, in November 2023. The 85 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 428 submissions. The papers are clustered in parts on: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Data Security and information Security; Computer Networks and IoT. The papers present recent research and developments in artificial intelligence and its applications in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and ethical considerations.

This 3-volume set, CCIS 2058-2060 constitutes the First International Conference, on Artificial Intelligence, IAIC 2023, held in Nanjing, China, in November 2023. The 85 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 428 submissions. The papers are clustered in parts on: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Data Security and information Security; Computer Networks and IoT. The papers present recent research and developments in artificial intelligence and its applications in machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and ethical considerations.

This volume constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2023, held in Alicante, Spain, in June 6–9, 2023.The 10 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They stem from the following workshops:Third International Workshop on Big Data Driven Edge Cloud Services (BECS 2023) Second International Workshop on the Semantic Web of Everything (SWEET 2023) Second International Workshop on Web Applications for Life Sciences (WALS2023)

This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 24th International Conference on Information Security Applications, WISA 2023, held in Jeju Island, South Korea, during August 23–25, 2023.The 25 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Cryptography; network and application security; privacy and management; attacks and defenses; post-quantum cryptography and quantum cryptanalysis.

This volume constitutes short papers and DETECT 2022 workshop papers, presented during the 11th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, MEDI 2022, held in Cairo, Egypt, in November 2022.The 11 short papers presented were selected from the total of 65 submissions. This volume also contains the 4 accepted papers from the DETECT 2022 workshop, held at MEDI 2022. The volume focuses on advances in data management and modelling, including topics such as data models, data processing, database theory, database systems technology, and advanced database applications.

This book constitutes thoroughly reviewed, revised and selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Human Centered Computing, HCC 2021, held in virtually, due to COVID- 19, in December 2021. The 18 full and 9 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 68 submissions. The conference focuses on the following three main themes as follows: Data such as Data Visualization, Big Data, Data Security, Hyper connectivity such as Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Mobile Network and Collaboration such as Collective Intelligence, Peer Production, Context Awareness and much more.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Reproducible Research in Pattern Recognition, RRPR 2022, held in Montreal, Canada, in August 2022. The 5 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers, were carefully reviewed and selected from 9 submissions. The papers were organized into three main categories

This book constitutes selected and revised papers from the 23rd International Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Supercomputer Technologies, MMST 2023, held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, during November 13–16 2023. The 18 full papers and 7 short papers presented in the volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 45 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: computational methods for mathematical models analysis; computation in optimization and optimal control; artificial intelligence and supercomputer simulation.

This volume constitutes short papers and DEITS 2023 workshop papers, presented during the 12th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, MEDI 2023, held in Sousse, Tunisia, in November 2023.The 12 short papers presented were selected from the total of 99 submissions. This volume also contains the 7 accepted papers from the DEITS 2023 workshop, held at MEDI 2023. The volume focuses on machine learning and optimization; natural language processing; modeling and data management; healthcare applications; data engineering in IoT systems.

The two-volume proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications, icSoftComp 2023, held in Changa, Anand, India, in December 2023. The 42 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 351 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Volume number 2020: Theory and Methods; Systems and ApplicationsVolume number 2031: Systems and Applications; Hybrid Techniques.

The two-volume proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications, icSoftComp 2023, held in Changa, Anand, India, in December 2023. The 42 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 351 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Volume number 2020: Theory and Methods; Systems and ApplicationsVolume number 2031: Systems and Applications; Hybrid Techniques.

This two-volume set CCIS 1981 and 1982 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Optimization, Learning Algorithms and Applications, OL2A 2023, held in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, in September 2023.The 66 revised full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I:Machine learning; learning algorithms in engineering education; machine learning and data analysis in internet of things; optimization; optimization in the SDG context.Volume II:Computer vision based on learning algorithms; machine learning and AI in robotics; optimization in control systems design.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Distributed Computer and Communication Networks: Control, Computation, Communications, DCCN 2023, held in Moscow, Russia, during September 25–29, 2023. The 37 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Distributed Systems Applications; Analytical Modeling of Distributed Systems; Computer and Communication Networks.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cognitive Computation and Systems, ICCCS 2023, held in Urumqi, China, October 14–15, 2023.The 26 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. ICCCS aims to bring together experts from different expertise areas to discuss the state-of-the-art in cognitive computing and intelligent systems, and to present new research results and perspectives on future development. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Perception and learning and decision making and systems.

This book constitutes the refereed revised selected papers of the 10th Latin American Conference on High Performance Computing, CARLA 2023, held in Cartagena, Colombia, during September 18–22, 2023.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: High Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence using HPC Scale and High Performance Computing Applications.

The two-volume set LNCS 14526 and 14527 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2023, held in Hangzhou, China, during December 9–10, 2023.The 38 full papers and 7 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 152 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Signature; blockchain; cryptography primitive; public key cryptography; security and privacy; Part II: System security; cryptography engineering; cryptanalysis; short papers, posters.

The two-volume set LNCS 14526 and 14527 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, Inscrypt 2023, held in Hangzhou, China, during December 9–10, 2023.The 38 full papers and 7 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 152 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Signature; blockchain; cryptography primitive; public key cryptography; security and privacy; Part II: System security; cryptography engineering; cryptanalysis; short papers, posters.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, CLSW 2023, held in Singapore, during May 19–21, 2023. The 61 full papers and 15 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics and related fields, including Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography, Phycological Linguistics, and Sociological linguistics.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, CLSW 2023, held in Singapore, during May 19–21, 2023. The 61 full papers and 15 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: lexical semantics and related fields, including Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Computational Lexicography, Phycological Linguistics, and Sociological linguistics.

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 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 the revised selected papers of the 9th International conference, ICOCI 2023, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during September 13–15, 2023.The 55 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers focus on ensuring cybersecurity and privacy, digital media and information literacy, navigating AI development and deployment, harnessing technology for sustainable development, digital healthcare and well-being, education transformation through technology, digital entrepreneurship and innovation.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International conference, ICOCI 2023, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during September 13–15, 2023.The 55 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 134 submissions. The papers focus on ensuring cybersecurity and privacy, digital media and information literacy, navigating AI development and deployment, harnessing technology for sustainable development, digital healthcare and well-being, education transformation through technology, digital entrepreneurship and innovation.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 13th International Conference on HPCST 2023, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 19–20, 2023.The 21 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing; Information Technologies and Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena; Computing Technologies in Data Analysis and Decision Making; Information and Computing Technologies in Automation and Control Science; Computing Technologies in Information Security Applications.

The two-volume set LNCS 14388 and 14389 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Russian Supercomputing Days International Conference (RuSCDays 2023) held in Moscow, Russia, during September 25-26, 2023.The 44 full papers and 1 short paper presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: supercomputer simulation; distributed computing; and HPC, BigData, AI: algorithms, technologies, evaluation.

The two-volume set LNCS 14388 and 14389 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Russian Supercomputing Days International Conference (RuSCDays 2023) held in Moscow, Russia, during September 25-26, 2023.The 44 full papers and 1 short paper presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: supercomputer simulation; distributed computing; and HPC, BigData, AI: algorithms, technologies, evaluation.

This open access book constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Symposium on AI, Data and Digitalization, SAIDD 2023, held in Sogndal, Norway, during May 9–10, 2023.The 13 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. The papers deal with the impact of data and AI on the digital revolution and their contribution to solving societal challenges.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed and revised selected papers from the 12th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods, ICPRAM 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during February 22–24, 2023. The 28 full papers and 42 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: theory and methods and applications.

This book contains revised selected papers from the 30th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2023, held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, in August 2023.The 21full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Cryptanalysis of Lightweight Ciphers; Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasures; Post-Quantum Constructions; Symmetric cryptography and fault attacks; Post-Quantum Analysis and Implementations; Homomorphic encryption; Public-Key Cryptography; and Differential Cryptanalysis.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications, SecITC 2023, held in Bucharest, Romania, in November 2023. The 14 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They focus on all theoretical and practical aspects related to information technology and communications security.

The two-volume set CCIS 2053 and 2054 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Advanced Computing Conference, IACC 2023, held in Kolhapur, India, during December 15–16, 2023.The 66 full papers and 6 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 425 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I:The AI renaissance: a new era of human-machine collaboration; application of recurrent neural network in natural language processing, AI content detection and time series data analysis; unveiling the next frontier of AI advancement.Volume II:Agricultural resilience and disaster management for sustainable harvest; disease and abnormalities detection using ML and IOT; application of deep learning in healthcare; cancer detection using AI.

This book contains the revised and extended versions of selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, ICAART 2023, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during February 22–24, 2023. The 23 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 306 submissions. The conference was organized in 2 tracks as follows: One track focuses on Agents, Multi-Agent Systems and Software Platforms, Distributed Problem Solving and Distributed AI in general. The other track focuses mainly on Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Representation, Planning, Learning, Scheduling, Perception Reactive AI Systems, and Evolutionary Computing and other topics related to Intelligent Systems and Computational Intelligence.

This two-volume set LNCS 14398 and LNCS 14399 constitutes the refereed proceedings of eleven International Workshops which were held in conjunction with the 28th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2023, in The Hague, The Netherlands, during September 25-29, 2023. The 22 regular papers included in these proceedings stem from the following workshops:9th International Workshop on the Security of Industrial Control Systems and of Cyber-Physical Systems, CyberICPS 2023, which accepted 8 papers from 18 submissions;18th International Workshop on Data Privacy Management, DPM 2023, which accepted 11 papers from 18 submissions;7th International Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology, CBT 2023, which accepted 6 papers from 20 submissions;7th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Requirements Engineering, SECPRE 2023, which accepted 4 papers from 7 submissions.4th International Workshop onCyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, CSPS4CIP 2023, which accepted 11 papers from 15 submissions.6th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things, ADIoT 2023, which accepted 6 papers from 10 submissions;Second International Workshop on System Security Assurance, SecAssure 2023, which accepted 5 papers from 8 submissions;First International Workshop on Attacks and Software Protection, WASP 2023, which accepted 7 papers from 13 submissionsInternational Workshop on Transparency, Accountability and User Control for a Responsible Internet, TAURIN 2023, which accepted 3 papers from 4 submissions;International Workshop on Private, Secure, and Trustworthy AI, PriST-AI 2023, which accepted 4 papers from 8 submissions;International Workshop on Security and Artificial Intelligence, SECAI 2023, which accepted 5 papers from 10 submissions.