This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2020, held in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, in November 2020.*The 29 full papers and 8 short were carefully reviewed and selected from 161 submissions. The selected papers are organized into the following topical headings: big data analytics and distributed systems; security and privacy engineering; industry 4.0 and smart city: data analytics and security; data analytics and healthcare systems; machine learning-based big data processing; emerging data management systems and applications; and short papers: security and data engineering. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This volume, the 36th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains eight revised, extended papers selected from the 3rd International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2016, and the 10th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications, ACOMP 2016, which were held in Can Tho City, Vietnam, in November 2016. Topics covered include big data analytics, massive dataset mining, security and privacy, cryptography, access control, deep learning, crowd sourcing, database watermarking, and query processing and optimization.

This volume, the 23rd issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems,focuses on information and security engineering. It contains five revised and extended papers selected from the proceedings of the First International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2014, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, November 19-21, 2014. The titles of the five papers are as follows: A Natural Language Processing Tool for White Collar Crime Investigation; Data Leakage Analysis of the Hibernate Query Language on a Propositional Formulae Domain; An Adaptive Similarity Search in Massive Datasets; Semantic Attack on anonymized Transactions; and Private Indexes for Mixed Encrypted Databases.

The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected through networks has led to an evolution of data- and knowledge-management systems from centralized systems to decentralized systems enabling large-scale distributed applications providing high scalability. Current decentralized systems still focus on data and knowledge as their main resource. Feasibility of these systems relies basically on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques and the support of agent systems with scaling and decentralized control. Synergy between grids, P2P systems, and agent technologies is the key to data- and knowledge-centered systems in large-scale environments. This, the 16th issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains extended and revised versions of 7 papers, selected from the 30 papers presented at the International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications, ACOMP 2013, held October 23-25, 2013, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Topics covered include data engineering, information retrieval, query processing and optimization, energy-efficient resource allocation, and security and privacy.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2014, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2014. The 23 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: big data analytics and applications; security and privacy engineering; crowdsourcing and social network data analytics; biometrics and data protection in smart devices; cloud data management and applications; and advances in query processing and optimization.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Data Management in Grid and Peer-to-Peer Systems, Globe 2014, held in Munich, Germany, in September 2014, in conjunction with DEXA 2014. The 7 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: query processing in cloud, grid, and P2P systems: optimization and recommendation; MapReduce framework: data privacy and similarity search; data management in grid systems: protocol and recovery failure.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2022, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, during November 23-25, 2022. The 41 full papers(including 4 invited keynotes) and 12 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 170 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: invited keynotes; big data analytics and distributed systems; security and privacy engineering; machine learning and artificial intelligence for security and privacy; smart city and industry 4.0 applications; data analytics and healthcare systems; and security and data engineering.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2021, which was supposed to be held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2021, but the conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24 full papers presented together with 2 invited keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. The selected papers are organized into the following topical headings: Big Data Analytics and Distributed Systems; Advances in Machine Learning for Big Data Analytics; Industry 4.0 and Smart City: Data Analytics and Security; Blockchain and IoT Applications; Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Security and Privacy; Emerging Data Management Systems and Applications.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2021, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2021.*The 28 full papers and 8 short were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. The selected papers are organized into the following topical headings: big data analytics and distributed systems; security and privacy engineering; industry 4.0 and smart city: data analytics and security; blockchain and access control; data analytics and healthcare systems; and short papers: security and data engineering. * The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2019, held in Nha Trang City, Vietnam, in November 2019.The 38 full papers and 14 short papers presented together with 2 papers of keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The selected papers are organized into the following topical headings: Invited Keynotes, Advanced Studies in Machine Learning, Advances in Query Processing and Optimization, Big Data Analytics and Distributed Systems, Deep Learning and Applications, Cloud Data Management and Infrastructure, Security and Privacy Engineering, Authentication and Access Control, Blockchain and Cybersecurity, Emerging Data Management Systems and Applications, Short papers: Security and Data Engineering.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2018, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2018. The 28 revised full papers and 7 short papers presented together with two papers of keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from 122 submissions. The selected papers are organized into the following topical headings: security and privacy engineering; authentication and access control; big data analytics and applications; advanced studies in machine learning; deep learning and applications; data analytics and recommendation systems; Internet of Things and applications; smart city: data analytics and security; and emerging data management systems and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2016, held in Can Tho City, Vietnam, in November 2016. The 28 revised full papers and 7 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 128 submissions. The accepted papers were grouped into the following sessions: Advances in query processing and optimization Big data analytics and applications Blockchains and emerging authentication techniques Data engineering tools in software development Data protection, data hiding, and access control Internet of Things and applications Security and privacy engineering Social network data analytics and recommendation systems

The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected through networks has led to an evolution of data- and knowledge-management systems from centralized systems to decentralized systems enabling large-scale distributed applications providing high scalability. Current decentralized systems still focus on data and knowledge as their main resource. Feasibility of these systems relies basically on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques and the support of agent systems with scaling and decentralized control. Synergy between grids, P2P systems, and agent technologies is the key to data- and knowledge-centered systems in large-scale environments. This, the 31st issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains six revised selected papers from the 2nd International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2015, and the 9th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications, ACOMP 2015, which were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2015. Topics covered include big data analytics, data models and languages, security and privacy, complex business services, and cloud data management.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2016, held in Can Tho City, Vietnam, in November 2016. The 27 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: Big Data Analytics and Cloud Data Management; Internet of Things and Applications; Security and Privacy Engineering; Data Protection and Data Hiding; Advances in Authentication and Data Access Control; Access Control in NoSQL and Big Data; Context-based Data Analysis and Applications; Emerging Data Management Systems and Applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2015, held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November 2015. The 20 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They have been organized in the following topical sections: big data analytics and massive dataset mining; security and privacy engineering; crowdsourcing and social network data analytics; sensor databases and applications in smart home and city; emerging data management systems and applications; context-based analysis and applications; and data models and advances in query processing.

The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer science. Since the 1990s, the Internet has become the main driving force behind application development in all domains. An increase in the demand for resource sharing across different sites connected through networks has led to an evolution of data- and knowledge-management systems from centralized systems to decentralized systems enabling large-scale distributed applications providing high scalability. Current decentralized systems still focus on data and knowledge as their main resource. Feasibility of these systems relies basically on P2P (peer-to-peer) techniques and the support of agent systems with scaling and decentralized control. Synergy between grids, P2P systems, and agent technologies is the key to data- and knowledge-centered systems in large-scale environments. This, the 41st issue of Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems, contains seven revised, extended papers selected from the 4th International Conference on Future Data and Security Engineering, FDSE 2017, which was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in November/December 2017. The main focus of this special issue is on data and security engineering, as well as engineering applications.