Connects four contemporary areas of research: Artificial Intelligence, big data analytics, knowledge modelling, and healthcare Covers a list of diverse topics related to healthcare and knowledge modelling Summarizes the most important recent and valuable research related to big data analytics in the healthcare sector Includes case studies related to the application of big data in healthcare Highlights modern developments, challenges, opportunities, and future research directions in healthcare

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2017, held in Pune, India, in August 2017. The 38 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 310 submissions. The papers address issues on smart and secure systems; smart and service computing; smart data and IT innovations.