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Informatics and Communication Technologies for Societal Development

Proceedings of ICICTS 2014

  • Unique central theme of impact of computing on needs of society
  • Multiple aspects of direct real-life computing applications
  • Coverage of current topics such as bio-computing
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Crowd Counting Using Wireless Infrared Distance Sensors for Indoor Environments

    • Liu Yan, Liu Chao, Peng Ke Wei, Shao Tao
    Pages 1-8
  3. Target Detection in Infrared Images Using Block-Based Approach

    • S. Rajkumar, P. V. S. S. R. Chandra Mouli
    Pages 9-16
  4. Cloud Service Brokers: Addressing the New Cloud Phenomenon

    • Bimlesh Wadhwa, Aditi Jaitly, Nidhi Hasija, Bharti Suri
    Pages 29-40
  5. Hybrid Intelligent System for Lung Cancer Type Identification

    • Yenatfanta Shifferaw, Kumudha Raimond
    Pages 41-49
  6. Auditing Mechanism to Verify the Integrity of Remote Data in Cloud

    • V. Nirmala, R. Shanmugalakshmi, M. Kiruthika
    Pages 51-60
  7. A Novel-Based Multi-agent Brokering Approach for Job Scheduling in a Cloud Environment

    • G. Nithya, R. Engels, H. Rahul Das, G. Jayapratha
    Pages 71-84
  8. Efficiently Scheduling Hadoop Cluster in Cloud Environment

    • D. Raghuram, N. Gayathri, G. Sudha Sadasivam
    Pages 95-102
  9. FTMXT: Fault-Tolerant Immediate Mode Heuristics in Computational Grid

    • Sanjaya Kumar Panda, Pabitra Mohan Khilar, Durga Prasad Mohapatra
    Pages 103-113
  10. Assurance System in Traditional Body Area Network for Medical Diligence

    • Ankit Agarwal, Burla Rajesh, K. Aanandha Saravanan
    Pages 115-125
  11. Ensemble Classifier for Concept Drift Data Stream

    • S. Senthamilarasu, M. Hemalatha
    Pages 127-137
  12. Automatic Adaptation of Frames Using NSEW Affine Translation

    • D. Raveena Judie Dolly, G. Josemin Bala, J. Dinesh Peter
    Pages 139-148
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 173-176

About this book

This volume comprises research papers presented at the International Conference on Informatics and Communication Technologies for Societal Development (ICICTS 2014) held at Karunya University, India. The content focuses on the recent advancements in image or signal processing, computer vision, communication technologies, soft computing, advanced computing, data mining and knowledge discovery. The primary objective of this volume is to facilitate advancement and application of the knowledge and to promote ideas that solve problems faced by society through cutting-edge technologies. The chapters contain selected articles from academicians, researchers and industry experts in the form of frameworks, models and architectures. Practical approaches, observations and results of research that promotes societal development are also incorporated. This volume will serve as a useful compendium for interested readers and researchers working towards societal development from the technological perspective.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Computer Science and Technolog, Karunya University, Coimbatore, India

    Elijah Blessing Rajsingh

  • School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Anand Bhojan

  • Department of Information Technology, Karunya University, Coimbatore, India

    J. Dinesh Peter

About the editors

Elijah Blessing Rajsingh is Professor and Director of the School of Computer Science and Technology at Karunya University, India. He received his MTech and PhD degrees from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, India. His areas of research interest include network security, mobile computing, wireless and ad hoc networks, parallel and distributed computing, grid computing and pervasive computing. He has several papers to his credit. He is an Associate Editor for International Journal of Computers & Applications, Acta Press, Canada and member of the editorial review board for many peer reviewed journals. He has been identified as an Expert Member of National Board of Accreditation (NBA), India. His research on health systems is being funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research. He is a member of IEEE, CSI, ISTE and has served as international advisory board member for various international conferences and workshops.

Anand Bhojan is currently working in the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. His areas of specialization are systems & networking, multimedia systems and energy management & sustainability. Dr Anand is very active in the areas of his expertise. He has several publications in various reputed international journals and has authored more than ten books which are widely referred to. He is also an Honorary Secretary of International Researchers Club, Singapore.

J. Dinesh Peter is currently working as Head, Department of Information Technology at Karunya University, Coimbatore. Prior to this, he was a full time research scholar at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, from where he received his PhD in computer science and engineering. His research focus includes image processing and computer vision. He has published many papers in various international journals and conferences.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Informatics and Communication Technologies for Societal Development

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of ICICTS 2014

  • Editors: Elijah Blessing Rajsingh, Anand Bhojan, J. Dinesh Peter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1916-3

  • Publisher: Springer New Delhi

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer India 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1915-6Published: 19 September 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2965-0Published: 11 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1916-3Published: 08 September 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 176

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 34 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks, Computers and Society, Information Systems and Communication Service

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