Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Instruction Parallelism to Cluster Computing is the proceedings of the third Austrian-Hungarian Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Systems organized jointly by the Austrian Computer Society and the MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute. This book contains 18 full papers and 12 short papers from 14 countries around the world, including Japan, Korea and Brazil. The paper sessions cover a broad range of research topics in the area of parallel and distributed systems, including software development environments, performance evaluation, architectures, languages, algorithms, web and cluster computing. This volume will be useful to researchers and scholars interested in all areas related to parallel and distributed computing systems.

The two-volume set, LNCS 14146 and 14147 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2023, held in Penang, Malaysia, in August 2023. The 49 full papers presented together with 35 short papers  were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 155 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Data modeling; database design; query optimization; knowledge representation;  Part II: Rule-based systems; natural language processing; deep learning; neural networks.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held at the 34th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2023, held in Penang, Malaysia, in August 2023: The 7th International Workshop on Cyber-Security and Functional Safety in Cyber-Physical Systems, IWCFS 2023, and The 3rd International Workshop on AI System Engineering: Math, Modelling and Software, AISys2023.  The 7 full papers and 3 short papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 20 submissions, and discuss a range of topics including: knowledge discovery, biological data, cyber security, cyber-physical system, machine learning, knowledge graphs, information retriever, data base, and artificial intelligence.

This volume LNCS 12925 constitutes the papers of the 23rd International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, held in September 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic it was held virtually. The 12 full papers presented together with 15 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 71 submissions. The papers reflect a wide range of topics in the field of data integration, data warehousing, data analytics, and recently big data analytics, in a broad sense. The main objectives of this event are to explore, disseminate, and exchange knowledge in these fields.

Distributed and Parallel Systems: From Instruction Parallelism to Cluster Computing is the proceedings of the third Austrian-Hungarian Workshop on Distributed and Parallel Systems organized jointly by the Austrian Computer Society and the MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute. This book contains 18 full papers and 12 short papers from 14 countries around the world, including Japan, Korea and Brazil. The paper sessions cover a broad range of research topics in the area of parallel and distributed systems, including software development environments, performance evaluation, architectures, languages, algorithms, web and cluster computing. This volume will be useful to researchers and scholars interested in all areas related to parallel and distributed computing systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2023, which took place in Penang, Malaysia, during August 28-30, 2023.The 8 full papers presented together with 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 17 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: e-Government; strategy; artificial intelligence.

The Internet is subject to permanent modi?cations and to continuous restr- turing. This is primarily due to the tremendous rise in demand for bandwidth by the ever increasing number of users. When compared to the early years of the Internet the quality of the services o?ered had to be signi?cantly improved in di?erent respects (delay, network and service availability, jitter,. . . )inorder to satisfy the needs of many new applications. Within the last decade two new developments have contributed to many new opportunities, as well as to a need for intensive research and development: - the increased mobility of users together with the desire for ubiquitous hi- quality access to all o?ered services, at reasonable cost; - the use of wireless communication. Despite their relatively low capacity (when compared with ?xed backbone n- works) the use of radio links supports the ubiquitous availability of Internet services in a quasiperfect way. A considerable amount of research and development activities are currently - ing on worldwide in order to adapt Internet services to the particular needs of mobile users and of wireless communication links. These questions were - tensively discussed at the ?rst workshop organized by the EURO-NGI Network of Excellence ('Next Generation Internet'), which has been funded by the - ropean Union since January 2004 under their IST programme.

Performance evaluation, reliability, and performability are key factors in the development and improvement of computer systems and computer networks. This volume contains the 25 accepted and invited papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation. The papers focus on new techniques and the extension of existing techniques for performance and reliability analysis. Tools to support performance and reliability modelling and measurement in all kinds of applications and environments are presented, and the practicability and generality of the approaches are emphasized. The volume summarizes the state of the art and points out future demands and challenges, and will interest both scientists and practitioners.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, DaWaK 2023, which took place in Penang, Malaysia, during August 29-30, 2023. The 18 full papers presented together with 19 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 155 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Data quality; advanced analytics and pattern discovery; machine learning; deep learning; and data management.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held at the 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2022, held in Vienna, Austria, in August 2022: The 6th International Workshop on Cyber-Security and Functional Safety in Cyber-Physical Systems (IWCFS 2022); 4th International Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs (MLKgraphs 2022); 2nd International Workshop on Time Ordered Data (ProTime2022); 2nd International Workshop on AI System Engineering: Math, Modelling and Software (AISys2022); 1st International Workshop on Distributed Ledgers and Related Technologies (DLRT2022); 1st International Workshop on Applied Research, Technology Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Software and Data Science (ARTE2022). The 40 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 62 submissions, and discuss a range of topics including: knowledge discovery, biological data, cyber security, cyber-physical system, machine learning, knowledge graphs, information retriever, data base, and artificial intelligence.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13426 and 13427, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2022, held in Vienna in August 2022.The 43 full papers presented together with 20 short papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 120 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: Big Data Management and Analytics, Consistency, Integrity, Quality of Data, Constraint Modelling and Processing, Database Federation and Integration, Interoperability, Multi-Databases, Data and Information Semantics, Data Integration, Metadata Management, and Interoperability, Data Structures and much more.

This volume LNCS 13428 constitutes the papers of the 24 th International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, held in August 2022 in Vienna, Austria. The 12 full papers presented together with 12 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 57 submissions. The papers reflect a wide range of topics in the field of data integration, data warehousing, data analytics, and recently big data analytics, in a broad sense. The main objectives of this event are to explore, disseminate, and exchange knowledge in these fields.

This volume includes the papers presented at the 24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence (iiWAS 2022), organized in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia Intelligence (MoMM2022). The dominant research focus of submitted papers was artificial intelligence and machine learning. The accepted papers presented advances and innovations in an array of areas such as internet of things, virtual and augmented reality, various business applications. iiWAS 2022 attracted 97 papers, from which the Program Committee selected 26 regular papers and 25 short papers. Due to safety concerns as well as other restrictions preventing travel and gatherings, it was decided to organize iiWAS 2022 as a virtual conference.

This volume includes the papers presented at the 20th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing & Multimedia Intelligence (MoMM2022), organized in conjunction with 24th International Conference on Information Integration and Web Intelligence. The dominant research focus of submitted papers was artificial intelligence and machine learning. The accepted papers presented advances and innovations in an array of areas such as online teaching, activity and movement detection, greenhouse gas emission, smart irrigation, network security, and video delivery. MoMM2022 attracted 34 papers, from which the Program Committee selected 8 regular papers and 8 short papers. Due to safety concerns as well as other restrictions preventing travel and gatherings, it was decided to organize MoMM2022 as a virtual conference.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13426 and 13427, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2022, held in Vienna in August 2022.The 43 full papers presented together with 20 short papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 120 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: Big Data Management and Analytics, Consistency, Integrity, Quality of Data, Constraint Modelling and Processing, Database Federation and Integration, Interoperability, Multi-Databases, Data and Information Semantics, Data Integration, Metadata Management, and Interoperability, Data Structures and much more.

This volume LNCS 12429 constitutes the papers of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 20221, held in Vienna, Austria, in August 2022. The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions and focus on information systems and ICT aspects of e-government. The papers are organized in 3 topical sections: e-government theoretical background; semantic technologies and legal issues;; artificial intelligence and machine learning in e-government context.

This volume LNCS 12926 constitutes the papers of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2021, held in September 2021 as part of the DEXA 2021 conference. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 13 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions and focus on information systems and ICT aspects of e-government. The papers are organized in 3 topical sections: e-government theoretical background and cases; identity management and legal issues; artificial intelligence and machine learning in e-government context.

This two-volume set, LNCS 12923 and 12924, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held virtually. The 37 full papers presented together with 31 short papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 149 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: big data; data analysis and data modeling; data mining; databases and data management; information retrieval; prediction and decision support.

This volume LNCS 12927 constitutes the papers of the 18th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Digital Business, TrustBus 2021, held in September 2021 as part of the DEXA 2021 conference. The event was held virtually due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 11 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions regarding advancements in the state of the art and practice of trust and privacy in digital business. The papers are organized in topical sections: Trust Evaluation; Security Risks; Web Security; Data Protection and Privacy Controls; and Privacy and Users

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops held at the 32nd International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2021, held in a virtual format in September 2021: The 12th International Workshop on Biological Knowledge Discovery from Data (BIOKDD 2021), the 5th International Workshop on Cyber-Security and Functional Safety in Cyber-Physical Systems (IWCFS 2021), the 3rd International Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs (MLKgraphs 2021), the 1st International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Clean, Affordable and Reliable Energy Supply (AI-CARES 2021), the 1st International Workshop on Time Ordered Data (ProTime2021), and the 1st International Workshop on AI System Engineering: Math, Modelling and Software (AISys2021). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held virtually. The 23 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 50 submissions, and discuss a range of topics including: knowledge discovery, biological data, cyber security, cyber-physical system, machine learning, knowledge graphs, information retriever, data base, and artificial intelligence.

This two-volume set, LNCS 12923 and 12924, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held virtually. The 37 full papers presented together with 31 short papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 149 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: big data; data analysis and data modeling; data mining; databases and data management; information retrieval; prediction and decision support.

The two-volume set, LNCS 14146 and 14147 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2023, held in Penang, Malaysia, in August 2023. The 49 full papers presented together with 35 short papers  were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 155 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Data modeling; database design; query optimization; knowledge representation;  Part II: Rule-based systems; natural language processing; deep learning; neural networks.

The double volumes LNCS 12391-12392 constitutes the papers of the 31st International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2020, which will be held online in September 2020. The 38 full papers presented together with 20 short papers plus 1 keynote papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 190 submissions.

The double volumes LNCS 12391-12392 constitutes the papers of the 31st International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2020, which will be held online in September 2020. The 38 full papers presented together with 20 short papers plus 1 keynote papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 190 submissions.

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the three workshops held at the 31st International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2020, held in September 2020: The 11th International Workshop on Biological Knowledge Discovery from Data, BIOKDD 2020, the 4th International Workshop on Cyber-Security and Functional Safety in Cyber-Physical Systems, IWCFS 2020, the 2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning and Knowledge Graphs, MLKgraphs2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held virtually. The 10 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 15 submissions, and discuss a range of topics including: knowledge discovery, biological data, cyber security, cyber-physical system, machine learning, knowledge graphs, information retriever, data base, and artificial intelligence.