Lecture Notes in Computer Science

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2022, held in Santiago, Chile during November 8–11, 2022. 

The 18 full and 4 work-in-process papers presented in this volume were selected from 37 submissions and underwent careful double-blind peer review. The papers focus on innovative technical, human and organizational approaches to expand collaboration support including computer science, management science, design science, cognitive and social science.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems, NordSec 2022, held in Reykjavic, Iceland, during November 30 – December 2, 2022. The 20 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. The NordSec conference series addresses a broad range of topics within IT security and privacy.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 23^rd International Conference on Information Security Applications, WISA 2022, which took place on Jeju Island, South Korea, during August 2022.

The 25 papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: network security; cryptography; vulnerability analysis; privacy enhancing technique; security management; security engineering.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, GameSec 2022, held in October 2022 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The 15 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers are grouped thematically on: deception in security; planning and learning in dynamic environments; security games; adversarial learning and optimization; novel applications and new game models.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design, COSADE 2023, held in Munich, Germany, during April 3–4, 2023.

The 12 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: fault-injection analyses and countermeasures; side-channel analyses and countermeasures; attacks on PQC and countermeasure; and analyses and tools.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference, ICISC 2022, held in Seoul, South Korea, during November 30–December 2, 2022. 
The 24 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Public Key Encryption with Hierarchical Authorized Keyword Search, Implicit Key-stretching Security of Encryption Schemes.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2022, held in Ottawa, ON, Canada, during December 12–14, 2022.
The 26 regular and 3 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Cryptography; Machine Learning; Cybercrime and Privacy; Physical-layer Security; Blockchain; IoT and Security Protocols; and Short Papers.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13810 and 13811,  constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science, LOD 2022, together with the papers of the Second Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, ACAIN 2022.
The total of 84 full papers presented in this two-volume post-conference proceedings set was carefully reviewed and selected from 226 submissions. These research articles were written by leading scientists in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, computational optimization, neuroscience, and data science presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods, and applications.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13810 and 13811,  constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Machine Learning, Optimization, and Data Science, LOD 2022, together with the papers of the Second Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience, ACAIN 2022.
The total of 84 full papers presented in this two-volume post-conference proceedings set was carefully reviewed and selected from 226 submissions. These research articles were written by leading scientists in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, computational optimization, neuroscience, and data science presenting a substantial array of ideas, technologies, algorithms, methods, and applications.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13826 and LNCS 13827, constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics, PPAM 2022, held in Gdansk, Poland, in September 2022.

The 77 regular papers presented in these volumes were selected from 132 submissions. For regular tracks of the conference, 33 papers were selected from 62 submissions.

The papers were organized in topical sections named as follows:

Part I: numerical algorithms and parallel scientific computing; parallel non-numerical algorithms; GPU computing; performance analysis and prediction in HPC systems; scheduling for parallel computing; environments and frameworks for parallel/cloud computing; applications of parallel and distributed computing; soft computing with applications and special session on parallel EVD/SVD and its application in matrix computations.

Part II: 9th Workshop on Language-Based Parallel Programming (WLPP 2022); 6th Workshop on Models, Algorithms and Methodologies for Hybrid Parallelism in New HPC Systems (MAMHYP 2022); first workshop on quantum computing and communication; First Workshop on Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Performance Computing (WAML 2022); 4th workshop on applied high performance numerical algorithms for PDEs; 5th minisymposium on HPC applications in physical sciences; 8th minisymposium on high performance computing interval methods; 7th workshop on complex collective systems.

This two-volume set, LNCS 13826 and LNCS 13827, constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics, PPAM 2022, held in Gdansk, Poland, in September 2022.

The 77 regular papers presented in these volumes were selected from 132 submissions. For regular tracks of the conference, 33 papers were selected from 62 submissions.

The papers were organized in topical sections named as follows:

Part I: numerical algorithms and parallel scientific computing; parallel non-numerical algorithms; GPU computing; performance analysis and prediction in HPC systems; scheduling for parallel computing; environments and frameworks for parallel/cloud computing; applications of parallel and distributed computing; soft computing with applications and special session on parallel EVD/SVD and its application in matrix computations.

Part II: 9th Workshop on Language-Based Parallel Programming (WLPP 2022); 6th Workshop on Models, Algorithms and Methodologies for Hybrid Parallelism in New HPC Systems (MAMHYP 2022); first workshop on quantum computing and communication; First Workshop on Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Performance Computing (WAML 2022); 4th workshop on applied high performance numerical algorithms for PDEs; 5th minisymposium on HPC applications in physical sciences; 8th minisymposium on high performance computing interval methods; 7th workshop on complex collective systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, CRITIS 2022, which took place in Munich, Germany, during September 14–16, 2022.
The 16 full papers and 4 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: protection of cyber-physical systems and industrial control systems (ICS); C(I)IP organization, (strategic) management and legal aspects; human factor, security awareness and crisis management for C(I)IP and critical services; and future, TechWatch and forecast for C(I)IP and critical services.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment, DIMVA 2023, held in Hamburg, Germany, in July 2023.
The 12 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers are organized in thematical sections named: Side Channels Attacks; Security and Machine Learning; Cyber Physical System Security; Security Issues when Dealing with Users; Analysis of Vulnerable Code; Flow Integrity and Security.

This volume LNCS 13942 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 37th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference, DBSec 2023, in Sophia-Antipolis, France, July 19–21, 2023.  

The 19 full papers presented together with 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The conference focuses on secure data sharing; access control and vulnerability assessment; machine learning; and mobile applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Cyber Security, Cryptology, and Machine Learning, CSCML 2023, held in Be'er Sheva, Israel, in June 2023.

The 21 full and 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. They deal with the theory, design, analysis, implementation, and application of cyber security, cryptography and machine learning systems and networks, and conceptually innovative topics in these research areas.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing, CollabTech 2023, held in Osaka, Japan, during August 29–September 1, 2023, in hybrid mode.

The papers focus on innovative technical, human and organizational approaches to expand collaboration support including computer science, management science, design science, cognitive and social science.

This volume constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 38th International Conference on High Performance Computing, ISC High Performance 2023, held in Hamburg, Germany, during May 21–25, 2023. 
The 49 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. 
 ISC High Performance 2023 presents the following workshops: 

• 2nd International Workshop on Malleability Techniques Applications in High-Performance Computing (HPCMALL)
• 18th Workshop on Virtualization in High-Performance Cloud Computing (VHPC 23)
• HPC I/O in the Data Center (HPC IODC)
• Workshop on Converged Computing of Cloud, HPC, and Edge (WOCC’23)
• 7th International Workshop on In Situ Visualization (WOIV’23)
• Workshop on Monitoring and Operational Data Analytics (MODA23)
• 2nd Workshop on Communication, I/O, and Storage at Scale on Next-Generation Platforms: Scalable Infrastructures
• First International Workshop on RISC-V for HPC
• Second Combined Workshop on Interactive and Urgent Supercomputing (CWIUS)
• HPC on Heterogeneous Hardware (H3)

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics, ICR 2023, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, during October 25–29, 2023.
The 33 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: focused the foundations and means of collaborative behavior of one or more robots physically interacting with hu-mans in operational environments configured with embedded sensor networks and cloud services under uncertainty and environmental variability.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2023, which took place as a hybrid event in Yokohama, Japan, during August 29–31, 2023.

The 14 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: System and Hardware Security; Symmetric Key Cryptography; Public Key Cryptography; Zero Knowledge Proofs; and Card Based Cryptography.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the satellite workshops held around the 21st International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2023, held in Kyoto, Japan, in June 2023.

The 34 full papers and 13 poster papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. They stem from the following workshops:

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning, RuleML+RR 2023, held in Oslo, Norway, during September 18–20, 2023.  

The 13 full papers and 3 short papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They focus on all aspects of theoretical advances; novel technologies; innovative applications; knowledge representation; reasoning with rules; and research, development, applications of rule-based systems.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th Nordic Conference, NordSec 2023, held in Oslo, Norway, during November 16–17, 2023.

The 18 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions. This volume focuses on a broad range of topics within IT security and privacy.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security, GameSec 2023, held in Avignon, France, during October 18–20, 2023.
The 19 full papers and 4 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Mechanism design and imperfect information, Security Games, Learning in security games, Cyber deception, Economics of security, Information and privacy and Short articles.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, SciSec 2023, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, during July 11–14, 2023. 

The four-volume set LNCS 14344-14347 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2023, which took place in The Hague, The Netherlands, during September 25-29, 2023.

The 93 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 478 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part II: Network, web and internet; privacy; and remote.

Part III: Attacks; blockchain; and miscellaneous.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications, SecITC 2023, held in Bucharest, Romania, in November 2023.

The 14 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. They focus on all theoretical and practical aspects related to information technology and communications security. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2024, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during January 29–February 2, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2024, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during January 29–February 2, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 30th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2024, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, during January 29–February 2, 2024.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2023, held in Bordeaux, France, during December 11–13, 2023.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2023, held in Bordeaux, France, during December 11–13, 2023.

The 27 regular and 8 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections:

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design, COSADE 2024, held in  Gardanne, France, during April 9–10, 2024. 

The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Analyses and Tools; Attack Methods; Deep-Learning-Based Side-Channel Attacks; PUF/RNG; and Cryptographic Implementations.

This LNCS 14627 conference volume constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods, NFM 2024, held in Moffett Field, CA, USA in June 2024. The 20 full papers together with 6 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions.

The conference focuses on the on formal techniques for software and system assurance for applications in space, aviation, robotics, and other NASA-relevant safety-critical systems.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, CRITIS 2023, held in Helsinki region, Finland, during September 13–15 2023.

The 13 full papers and 3 short papers and one Paper in Progress were carefully selected from 25 submissions. The conference addressed four scientific focus areas, namely information, infrastructures, security and hybrid threats in an interdisciplinary manner and specifically in the context-based analyses and complex optimization methods.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment, DIMVA 2024, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, during July 17–19, 2024.

The 22 full papers and 6 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. The papers are organized in thematical sections named: vulnerability detection and defense; malware and threats; mobile and web application security; AI for security; hardware and firmware security; cyber physical systems and IoT.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Uncertainty for Safe Utilization of Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, UNSURE 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 10, 2024.

The 20 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: annotation uncertainty; clinical implementation of uncertainty modelling and risk management in clinical pipelines; out of distribution and domain shift identification and management; uncertainty modelling and estimation.

AI has become an emerging technology to assess security and privacy, with many challenges and potential solutions at the algorithm, architecture, and implementation levels. So far, research on AI and security has looked at subproblems in isolation but future solutions will require sharing of experience and best practice in these domains.

The editors of this State-of-the-Art Survey invited a cross-disciplinary team of researchers to a Lorentz workshop in 2019 to improve collaboration in these areas. Some contributions were initiated at the event, others were developed since through further invitations, editing, and cross-reviewing. This contributed book contains 14 invited chapters that address side-channel attacks and fault injection, cryptographic primitives, adversarial machine learning, and intrusion detection. The chapters were evaluated based on their significance, technical quality, and relevance to the topics of security and AI, and each submission was reviewed in single-blind mode and revised.

The 12 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: protection of cyber-physical systems and industrial control systems (ICS); C(I)IP organization, (strategic) management and legal aspects; human factor, security awareness and crisis management for C(I)IP and critical services; and future, TechWatch and forecast for C(I)IP and critical services.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Machine Learning for Networking, MLN 2021, held in Paris, France, in December 2021. The 10 revised full papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They present and discuss new trends in in deep and reinforcement learning, pattern recognition and classification for networks, machine learning for network slicing optimization, 5G systems, user behavior prediction, multimedia, IoT, security and protection, optimization and new innovative machine learning methods, performance analysis of machine learning algorithms, experimental evaluations of machine learning, data mining in heterogeneous networks, distributed and decentralized machine learning algorithms, intelligent cloud-support communications, resource allocation, energy-aware communications, software-defined networks, cooperative networks, positioning and navigation systems, wireless communications, wireless sensor networks, and underwater sensor networks.

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Innovative Security Solutions for Information Technology and Communications, SecITC 2021, which was held virtually in November 2021.
The 22 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They deal with emergent topics in security and privacy from different communities.  

This book constitutes selected papers from the 24^th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, ICISC 2021, held in Seoul, South Korea, in December 2021.
The total of 23 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers are arranged by topic: Cryptographic Protocol in Quantum Computer Age; Security Analysis of Hash Algorithm; Security analysis of Symmetric Key Encryption Algorithm; Fault and Side-Channel Attack; Constructions and Designs; Quantum Circuit; Efficient Implementation. The aim of this conference was to provide an international forum for the latest results of research, development, and applications within the field of information security and cryptology.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the satellite workshops held around the 20th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2022, held in Rome, Italy, in June 2022. Due to the Corona pandemic the workshop was held as a virtual event. 

The 31 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They stem from the following workshops:

– AIHWS: 3rd ACNS Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Hardware Security

– AIoTS: 4th ACNS Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Industrial IoT Security

– CIMSS: 2nd ACNS Workshop on Critical Infrastructure and Manufacturing System Security

– Cloud S& P: 4th ACNS Workshop on Cloud Security and Privacy

– SecMT: 3rd ACNS Workshop on Security in Mobile Technologies

– SiMLA: 4th ACNS Workshop on Security in Machine Learning and its Applications

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 14th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2021, held in Paris, France, in December 2021.

The 18 full papers and 9 short paper presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. They cover a range of topics such as Analysis and Detection; Prevention and Efficiency; and Privacy by Design.

Chapters “A Quantile-based Watermarking Approach for Distortion Minimization”, “Choosing Wordlists for Password Guessing: An Adaptive Multi-Armed Bandit Approach” and “A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for IoT Intrusion Detection” are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link. springer. com.

This open access book presents the main scientific results from the H2020 GUARD project. The GUARD project aims at filling the current technological gap between software management paradigms and cybersecurity models, the latter still lacking orchestration and agility to effectively address the dynamicity of the former. This book provides a comprehensive review of the main concepts, architectures, algorithms, and non-technical aspects developed during three years of investigation; the description of the Smart Mobility use case developed at the end of the project gives a practical example of how the GUARD platform and related technologies can be deployed in practical scenarios.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Cyber Security Cryptography and Machine Learning, CSCML 2022, held in Be'er Sheva, Israel, in June - July 2022.

The 24 full and 11 short papers presented together with a keynote paper in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. They deal with the theory, design, analysis, implementation, or application of cyber security, cryptography and machine learning systems and networks, and conceptually innovative topics in these research areas.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment, DIMVA 2022, held in Cagliari, Italy, in June – July 2021.
The 10 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 36th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy, DBSec 2022, held in Newark, NJ, USA, in July 2022.

The 12 full papers and 6 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The conference covers research in data and applications security and privacy.

This LNCS 13407 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24^th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2022, held in Canterbury, UK,, in September 2022. 

The 34 revised full papers presented in the book were carefully selected from 150 submissions

The papers are organized around the following topics: Cryptography, Authentication, Privacy and Anonymity, Attacks and Vulnerability Analysis, Artificial Intelligence for Detection, and Network Security and Forensics.

This volume LNCS 12429 constitutes the papers of the 11^th 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 book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2022, which took place as a hybrid event in Tokyo, Japan, in August/September 2022. The 12 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: mathematical cryptography; system security and threat intelligence; symmetric-key cryptography; post-quantum cryptography; advanced cryptography. 

This book LNCS 13547 constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Cyberspace Safety and Security, CSS 2022, held in Xi’an, China, in October 2022. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 initial submissions. The papers focus on Cyberspace Safety and Security, such as authentication, access control, availability, integrity, privacy, confidentiality, dependability and sustainability issues of cyberspace.

This open access book LNCS 13353 constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Electronic Voting, E-Vote-ID 2022, held in Bregenz, Austria, in October 2022. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions.

The conference collected the most relevant debates on the development of Electronic Voting, from aspects relating to security and usability through to practical experiences and applications of voting systems, also including legal, social, or political aspects, amongst others.

The three volume set LNCS 13554, 13555, 13556 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2022, which took place in September 2022. The conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in a hybrid mode.

The 104 full papers and 6 poster papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 562 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part II: Anonymity; cloud security; access control; authentication; digital signatures; IoT security; applications;

The three volume set LNCS 13554, 13555, 13556 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS 2022, which took place in September 2022. The conference took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in a hybrid mode.

The 104 full papers and 6 poster papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 562 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part II: Anonymity; cloud security; access control; authentication; digital signatures; IoT security; applications;

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Science of Cyber Security, SciSec 2022, held in Matsu, Japan in August 2022.
The 36 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: blockchain and applications; cryptography and applications; network security; cyber-physical system; malware; mobile system security; system and web security; security in financial industry; social engineering and personalized security; privacy and anonymity.

This book constitutes the  refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, ISPEC 2022, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in November 2022.

The 33 full papers together with 2 invited papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 87 submissions.

The main goal of the conference is to promote research on new information security technologies, including their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Robotics, ICR 2022, held in Fuzhou, China, in December 2022.

The 25 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. Challenges of human-robot interaction, robot control and behavior in social robotics and collaborative robotics, as well as applied robotic and cyber-physical systems are mainly discussed in the papers.

This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Attacks and Defenses for Internet-of-Things, ADIoT 2022, held in conjunction with ESORICS 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September 30, 2022, in hybrid mode.

The 7 full papers and 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Workshop, IWDW 2022, held in Guilin, China, during November 18-19, 2022. 
The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Steganology, Forensics and Security Analysis, Watermarking.

This 4-volume set of LNCS 14495-14498 constitutes the proceedings of the 40 ^th Computer Graphics International Conference, CGI 2023, held in Shanghai, China, August 28 – September 1, 2023.
The 149 papers in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 385 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Detection and Recognition; Image Analysis and Processing; Image Restoration and Enhancement; Image Attention and Perception; Reconstruction; Rendering and Animation; Synthesis and Generation; Visual Analytics and Modeling; Graphics and AR/VR; Medical Imaging and Robotics; Theoretical Analysis; Image Analysis and Visualization in Advanced Medical Imaging Technology; Empowering Novel Geometric Algebra for Graphics and Engineering.