Kenji Matsui (editor) - Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Volume 1: 18th International Conference (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems)

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The 18th International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence 2021 (DCAI 2021) is a forum to exchange of ideas between scientists and technicians from both academic and business areas is essential to facilitate the development of systems that meet the demands of todays society. The technology transfer in fields such as distributed computing or artificial intelligence is still a challenge, and for that reason, this type of contributions will be specially considered in this symposium. Distributed computing performs an increasingly important role in modern signal/data processing, information fusion, and electronics engineering (e.g., electronic commerce, mobile communications, and wireless devices). Particularly, applying artificial intelligence in distributed environments is becoming an element of high added value and economic potential.

Research on intelligent distributed systems has matured during the last decade and many effective applications are now deployed. Nowadays, technologies, such as Internet of things (IoT), Industrial Internet of things (IIoT), big data, blockchain, distributed computing in general, are changing constantly because of the large research and technical effort being undertaken in both universities and businesses. Most computing systems from personal laptops to edge/fog/cloud computing systems are available for parallel and distributed computing. This conference is the forum in which to present application of innovative techniques to complex problems in all these fields.

This years technical program will present both high quality and diversity, with contributions in well-established and evolving areas of research. Specifically, 55 papers were submitted to main track and special sessions, by authors from 24 different countries (Angola, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, USA), representing a truly wide area network of research activity. The DCAI21 technical program has selected 21 papers and, as in past editions, it will be special issues in ranked journals such as electronics, sensors, systems, robotics, mathematical biosciences, and ADCAIJ. These special issues will cover extended versions of the most highly regarded works. Moreover, DCAI21 Special Sessions have been a very useful tool to complement the regular program with new or emerging topics of particular interest to the participating community.