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Entertainment Computing and Serious Games

First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference, ICEC-JCSG 2019, Arequipa, Peru, November 11–15, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Erik van der Spek, Stefan Göbel, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Esteban Clua, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference on Entertainment Computing and Serious Games, ICEC-JCSG 2019, held in Arequipa, Peru, in November 2019.The 26 full papers, 5 short papers, and 16 poster, demonstration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover a large range of topics at the ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference on Entertainment Computing and Serious Games, ICEC-JCSG 2019, held in Arequipa, Peru, in November 2019.The 26 full papers, 5 short papers, and 16 poster, demonstration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover a large range of topics at the
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Hands-On Dashboard Development with QlikView

Practical guide to creating interactive and user-friendly business intelligence dashboards

by Abhishek Agarwal ...

A step-by-step approach to building stunning dashboards with QlikViewKey FeaturesPerform effective storytelling through interactive dashboards built with QlikViewCreate different types of visualizations from a variety of data sourcesIncludes tips, tricks, and best practices to perform effective Business Intelligence using QlikViewBook DescriptionQlikView is one of the market leaders when it comes ... Read more

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A step-by-step approach to building stunning dashboards with QlikViewKey FeaturesPerform effective storytelling through interactive dashboards built with QlikViewCreate different types of visualizations from a variety of data sourcesIncludes tips, tricks, and best practices to perform effective Business Intelligence using QlikViewBook DescriptionQlikView is one of the market leaders when it comes
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Knowledge Management

Learning from Knowledge Engineering

by Jay Liebowitz ...

Knowledge Management (KM) is strongly rooted in the discipline of Knowledge Engineering (KE), which in turn grew partly out of the artificial intelligence field. Despite their close relationship, however, many KM specialists have failed to fully recognize the synergy or acknowledge the power that KE methodologies, techniques, and tools hold for enh ... Read more

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Knowledge Management (KM) is strongly rooted in the discipline of Knowledge Engineering (KE), which in turn grew partly out of the artificial intelligence field. Despite their close relationship, however, many KM specialists have failed to fully recognize the synergy or acknowledge the power that KE methodologies, techniques, and tools hold for enh
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Parallel Computational Technologies

13th International Conference, PCT 2019, Kaliningrad, Russia, April 2–4, 2019, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Leonid Sokolinsky, Mikhail Zymbler ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies, PCT 2019, held in Kaliningrad, Russia, in April 2019.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on high performance architectures, tools and technologies; parallel numerical ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies, PCT 2019, held in Kaliningrad, Russia, in April 2019.The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on high performance architectures, tools and technologies; parallel numerical
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Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations

STAF 2018 Collocated Workshops, Toulouse, France, June 25-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Manuel Mazzara, Iulian Ober, Gwen Salaün ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book contains the thoroughly refereed technical papers presented in eight workshops collocated with the International Conference on Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations, STAF 2018, held in Toulouse, France, in June 2018.The 65 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions.The events whose papers are included in this volume are:CoSim-CPS 2018: ... Read more

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This book contains the thoroughly refereed technical papers presented in eight workshops collocated with the International Conference on Software Technologies: Applications and Foundations, STAF 2018, held in Toulouse, France, in June 2018.The 65 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions.The events whose papers are included in this volume are:CoSim-CPS 2018:
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Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality

25th International Working Conference, REFSQ 2019, Essen, Germany, March 18–21, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Eric Knauss, Michael Goedicke ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering - Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2019, held in Essen, Germany, in March 2019.The 13 full papers and 9 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: Automated Analysis; Making Sense of ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering - Foundation for Software Quality, REFSQ 2019, held in Essen, Germany, in March 2019.The 13 full papers and 9 short papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: Automated Analysis; Making Sense of
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Designing for Older Adults

Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches, Third Edition

by Sara J. Czaja, Walter R. Boot, Neil Charness, Wendy A. Rogers ...

Series series Human Factors and Aging Series
Winner of the 2019 Richard M. Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award 2019 – Gerontological Society of AmericaThis new edition provides easily accessible and usable guidelines for practitioners in the design community for older adults. It includes an updated overview of the demographic characteristics of older adult populations and the scientific knowledge base of the aging process relevant to ... Read more

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Winner of the 2019 Richard M. Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award 2019 – Gerontological Society of AmericaThis new edition provides easily accessible and usable guidelines for practitioners in the design community for older adults. It includes an updated overview of the demographic characteristics of older adult populations and the scientific knowledge base of the aging process relevant to
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Filter Banks and Audio Coding

Compressing Audio Signals Using Python

by Gerald Schuller ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This textbook presents the fundamentals of audio coding, used to compress audio and music signals, using Python programs both as examples to illustrate the principles and for experiments for the reader. Together, these programs then form complete audio coders. The author starts with basic knowledge of digital signal processing (sampling, filtering) to give a thorough introduction to filter banks ... Read more

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This textbook presents the fundamentals of audio coding, used to compress audio and music signals, using Python programs both as examples to illustrate the principles and for experiments for the reader. Together, these programs then form complete audio coders. The author starts with basic knowledge of digital signal processing (sampling, filtering) to give a thorough introduction to filter banks
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Artificial Intelligence in Education

22nd International Conference, AIED 2021, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 14–18, 2021, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Ido Roll, Danielle McNamara, Sergey Sosnovsky, Rose Luckin, Vania Dimitrova ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNAI 12748 and 12749 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2021, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in June 2021.*The 40 full papers presented together with 76 short papers, 2 panels papers, 4 industry papers, 4 doctoral consortium, and 6 workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

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This two-volume set LNAI 12748 and 12749 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2021, held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in June 2021.*The 40 full papers presented together with 76 short papers, 2 panels papers, 4 industry papers, 4 doctoral consortium, and 6 workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from
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Nutzerverhalten verstehen – Softwarenutzen optimieren

Kommunikationsanalyse bei der Softwareentwicklung

by Mario Donick ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Software muss nicht nur technische Definitionen, Standards und Normen erfüllen, sondern von ihren Benutzern auch entsprechend wahrgenommen werden. Nutzer und Käufer erwarten eine bestimmte Leistung, die zu den eigenen Zielen passen muss und es ist Aufgabe der Softwareentwickler, diese Leistung zu liefern.Da es hierbei nie eine vollständige Passung geben kann, entsteht ein Kommunikationsproblem – ... Read more

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Software muss nicht nur technische Definitionen, Standards und Normen erfüllen, sondern von ihren Benutzern auch entsprechend wahrgenommen werden. Nutzer und Käufer erwarten eine bestimmte Leistung, die zu den eigenen Zielen passen muss und es ist Aufgabe der Softwareentwickler, diese Leistung zu liefern.Da es hierbei nie eine vollständige Passung geben kann, entsteht ein Kommunikationsproblem –
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Hands-On Exploratory Data Analysis with Python

Perform EDA techniques to understand, summarize, and investigate your data

by Suresh Kumar Mukhiya, Usman Ahmed ...

Discover techniques to summarize the characteristics of your data using PyPlot, NumPy, SciPy, and pandasKey FeaturesUnderstand the fundamental concepts of exploratory data analysis using PythonFind missing values in your data and identify the correlation between different variablesPractice graphical exploratory analysis techniques using Matplotlib and the Seaborn Python packageBook ... Read more

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Discover techniques to summarize the characteristics of your data using PyPlot, NumPy, SciPy, and pandasKey FeaturesUnderstand the fundamental concepts of exploratory data analysis using PythonFind missing values in your data and identify the correlation between different variablesPractice graphical exploratory analysis techniques using Matplotlib and the Seaborn Python packageBook
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At the Intersection of Language, Logic, and Information

ESSLLI 2018 Student Session, Sofia, Bulgaria, August 6–17, 2018, Selected Papers

Edited by Jennifer Sikos, Eric Pacuit ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is organized every year by the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) in different sites around Europe. The papers cover vastly dierent topics, but each fall in the intersection of the three primary topics of ESSLLI: Logic, Language and Computation.The 14 papers presented in this volume have been selected among ... Read more

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The European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) is organized every year by the Association for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI) in different sites around Europe. The papers cover vastly dierent topics, but each fall in the intersection of the three primary topics of ESSLLI: Logic, Language and Computation.The 14 papers presented in this volume have been selected among
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Pro JPA 2 in Java EE 8

An In-Depth Guide to Java Persistence APIs

by Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol, Massimo Nardone ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) and other related APIs as found in the Java EE 8 platform from the perspective of one of the specification creators. A one-of-a-kind resource, this in-depth book provides both theoretical and practical coverage of JPA usage for experienced Java developers.Authors Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol and Massimo Nardone take a hands-on approach, based on their ... Read more

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Learn to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) and other related APIs as found in the Java EE 8 platform from the perspective of one of the specification creators. A one-of-a-kind resource, this in-depth book provides both theoretical and practical coverage of JPA usage for experienced Java developers.Authors Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol and Massimo Nardone take a hands-on approach, based on their
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Transactions on Edutainment XIII

Edited by Zhigeng Pan, Adrian David Cheok, Wolfgang Müller, Mingmin Zhang ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This journal subline serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative research ideas, theories, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-art methods, and tools in all different genres of edutainment, such as game-based learning and serious games, interactive storytelling, virtual learning environments, VR-based education, and related fields. It covers aspects ... Read more

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This journal subline serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative research ideas, theories, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-art methods, and tools in all different genres of edutainment, such as game-based learning and serious games, interactive storytelling, virtual learning environments, VR-based education, and related fields. It covers aspects
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Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing

26th Workshop, JSSPP 2023, St. Petersburg, FL, USA, May 19, 2023, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Dalibor Klusáček, Julita Corbalán, Gonzalo P. Rodrigo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2023, held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, during May 19, 2023.The 8 full papers and one keynote paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The volume contains two sections: keynote and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2023, held in St. Petersburg, FL, USA, during May 19, 2023.The 8 full papers and one keynote paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 14 submissions. The volume contains two sections: keynote and
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Multimedia Information Technology and Applications

21st International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications, MITA 2025, Jeju, South Korea, July 21–24, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by Byung-Gyu Kim, Hiroo Sekiya, Deokwoo Lee ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications, MITA 2025, Jeju, South Korea, during July 21–24, 2025.The 14 full papers and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Artificial Intelligence ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Multimedia Information Technology and Applications, MITA 2025, Jeju, South Korea, during July 21–24, 2025.The 14 full papers and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 94 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Artificial Intelligence
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Options and Derivatives Programming in C++23

Algorithms and Programming Techniques for the Financial Industry

by Carlos Oliveira ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book is a hands-on guide for programmers who want to learn how C++ is used to develop solutions for options and derivatives trading in the financial industry. It explores the main algorithms and programming techniques used in implementing systems and solutions for trading options and derivatives. This updated edition will bring forward new advances in C++ software language and libraries, with ... Read more

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This book is a hands-on guide for programmers who want to learn how C++ is used to develop solutions for options and derivatives trading in the financial industry. It explores the main algorithms and programming techniques used in implementing systems and solutions for trading options and derivatives. This updated edition will bring forward new advances in C++ software language and libraries, with
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Building a Product Master

by Edufdev ...

Embark on a journey to master data engineering with "Building a Product Master," authored by Edufdev, a passionate data engineer. This best-seller immerses you in a fascinating expedition from technology selection to the construction of a valuable Product Master.Explore the keys to choosing the right technology, delve into platform evaluation, and discover why Python stands as the ideal ally for ... Read more

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Embark on a journey to master data engineering with "Building a Product Master," authored by Edufdev, a passionate data engineer. This best-seller immerses you in a fascinating expedition from technology selection to the construction of a valuable Product Master.Explore the keys to choosing the right technology, delve into platform evaluation, and discover why Python stands as the ideal ally for
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Numerical Computations with GPUs

Edited by Volodymyr Kindratenko ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book brings together research on numerical methods adapted for Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). It explains recent efforts to adapt classic numerical methods, including solution of linear equations and FFT, for massively parallel GPU architectures. This volume consolidates recent research and adaptations, covering widely used methods that are at the core of many scientific and engineering ... Read more

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This book brings together research on numerical methods adapted for Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). It explains recent efforts to adapt classic numerical methods, including solution of linear equations and FFT, for massively parallel GPU architectures. This volume consolidates recent research and adaptations, covering widely used methods that are at the core of many scientific and engineering
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Testing Software and Systems

30th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, ICTSS 2018, Cádiz, Spain, October 1-3, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Inmaculada Medina-Bulo, Mercedes G. Merayo, Robert Hierons ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Testing Software and Systems, ICTSS 2018, held in Cádiz, Spain, in October 2018. The 8 regular and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. ICTSS is a series of international conferences addressing the conceptual, theoretic, and practical problems of testing ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Testing Software and Systems, ICTSS 2018, held in Cádiz, Spain, in October 2018. The 8 regular and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. ICTSS is a series of international conferences addressing the conceptual, theoretic, and practical problems of testing
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Immersive Learning Research Network

4th International Conference, iLRN 2018, Missoula, MT, USA, June 24-29, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Dennis Beck, Colin Allison, Leonel Morgado, Johanna Pirker, Anasol Peña-Rios, Todd Ogle, Jonathon Richter, Christian Gütl ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2018, held in Missoula, MT, USA, in June 2018.The 12 revised full papers and the two revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on environmental sciences, climate change ... Read more

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This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Network, iLRN 2018, held in Missoula, MT, USA, in June 2018.The 12 revised full papers and the two revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on environmental sciences, climate change
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Advances in Computational Intelligence

Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Intelligence 2015

Edited by Sudip Kumar Sahana, Sujan Kumar Saha ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This volume comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence 2015 (ICCI15). This book aims to bring together work from leading academicians, scientists, researchers and research scholars from across the globe on all aspects of computational intelligence. The work is composed mainly of original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, ... Read more

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This volume comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence 2015 (ICCI15). This book aims to bring together work from leading academicians, scientists, researchers and research scholars from across the globe on all aspects of computational intelligence. The work is composed mainly of original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical,
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Human-Experiential Design of Presence in Everyday Blended Reality

Living in the Here and Now

by John Waterworth, Kei Hoshi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book explores how our lives and social interactions have become split between two intertwined, but not integrated, realities: the physical and the digital. Our sense of presence in the here and now has become fragmented, and yet earlier design approaches reinforced the problem, rather than leading to improvements. The authors address these issues by laying out a new human computer interaction ... Read more

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This book explores how our lives and social interactions have become split between two intertwined, but not integrated, realities: the physical and the digital. Our sense of presence in the here and now has become fragmented, and yet earlier design approaches reinforced the problem, rather than leading to improvements. The authors address these issues by laying out a new human computer interaction
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Network and Parallel Computing

21st IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference, NPC 2025, Nha Trang, Vietnam, November 14–16, 2025, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Xiaoliang Wang, Xiaohong Jiang, Noel Crespi, Baoliu Ye ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-part volume LNCS 16305 and 16306 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2025, which was held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 14-16, 2025.The 76 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, parallel and ... Read more

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This two-part volume LNCS 16305 and 16306 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st IFIP International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2025, which was held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, during November 14-16, 2025.The 76 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 223 submissions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, parallel and
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