Springer Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks: Proceedings of ACN 2020: 187 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 187)

This book constitutes thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks (ACN 2020) held in VIT, Chennai, India, during October 14–17, 2020. The research papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from several initial submissions.  The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various fields of intelligent systems. From the Back Cover This book constitutes thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks (ACN 2020) held in VIT, Chennai, India, during October 14–17, 2020. The research papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from several initial submissions.  The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various fields of intelligent systems. About the Author Sabu M. Thampi is Professor at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K), Technopark Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala State, India. He has completed Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Sabu has several years of teaching and research experience in various institutions in India. His current research interests include sensor networks, Internet of things (IoT), cognitive computing, affective computing, social networks, nature-inspired computing, image forensics, and video surveillance. He has authored and edited few books published by reputed international publishers and published papers in academic journals and international and national proceedings. Sabu has served as Guest Editor for special issues in few international journals and Program Committee Member for many international conferences and workshops. He has co-chaired several international workshops and conferences. He has initiated and is also involved in the organization of several annual conferences/symposiums. Sabu is currently serving as Editor for Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Elsevier, and Journal of Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier; Associate Editor for IEEE Access and International Journal of Embedded Systems, Inderscience, UK; and Reviewer for several reputed international journals. Sabu is Senior Member of IEEE and Member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE SMCS, and Senior Member of ACM. He is Founding Chair of ACM Trivandrum Professional Chapter. Jaime Lloret Mauri received his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Physics in 1997, his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering (Dr. Ing.) in 2006. He is Cisco Certified Network Professional Instructor. He worked as Network Designer and Administrator in several enterprises. He is currently Associate Professor in the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC), and he is Head of the “Active and collaborative techniques and use of technologic resources in the education (EITACURTE)” Innovation Group. He is Director of the University Diploma “Redes y Comunicaciones de Ordenadores,” and he has been Director of the University Master “Digital Post Production” for the term 2012–2016. He has been Internet Technical Committee Chair (IEEE Communications Society and Internet Society) for the term 2013–2015. He has authored 22 book chapters and has more than 380 research papers published in national and international conferences and international journals (more than 140 with ISI Thomson JCR). He has been Co-Editor of 40 conference proceedings and Guest Editor of several international books and journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the “Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks” (with ISI Thomson Impact Factor), the international journal “Networks Protocols and Algorithms,” and the International Journal of Multimedia Communications, and IARIA Journals Board Chair (8 journals), and he is (or has been) Associate Editor of 46 international journals (16