Frontier Computing

This volume contains the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Frontier Computing (FC 2015), Bangkok, Thailand, September 9-11, 2015, and brings together state-of-the-art results covering many aspects of emerging computer science and information technology from international academic and industrial researchers.   FC 2015 aimed at providing an open forum to reach a comprehensive understanding of the recent advances and developing trends in information technology, computer science and engineering, with themes under the scope of communication networks, business intelligence and knowledge management, web intelligence, and any related fields that prompt the development of information technology.  Contributions cover a wide spectrum of topics: database and data mining, networking and communications, web and internet of things, embedded system, soft computing, social network analysis, security and privacy, optics communication, and ubiquitous/pervasive computing. Many papers have shown great academic potential and value, and in addition indicate promising directions of research in the focused realm of this conference series.

Readers, including students, researchers, and industry professionals, will benefit from the results presented in this book, and it provides indicators for emerging trends for those starting their research careers.  

• Big data
• Frontier computing
• Human-centric computing
• Uviquitous computing
• Wireless sensor networks

• Dept of Information Tech, Overseas Chinese University, Taichung, Taiwan

  Jason C Hung

• Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan

  Neil Y. Yen

• Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

  Kuan-Ching Li

Dr. Jason C. Hung is an Associate Professor of Department of Information Management at Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan, ROC. His research interests include Multimedia Computing and Networking, Distance Learning, E-Commerce, and Agent Technology. From 1999 to date, he was a part time faculty of the Computer Science and Information Engineering Department at Tamkang University. Dr. Hung received his BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and Information Engineering from Tamkang University, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He also received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Engineering from Tamkang University in 2001. Dr. Hung has published over 110 papers and book chapters, as well as participated in many international academic activities, including the organization of many international conferences. He is the founder and Workshop chair of International Workshop on Mobile Systems, E-commerce, and Agent Technology. He is also the Associate Editor of the InternationalJournal of Distance Education Technologies, published by Idea Group Publishing, USA.

Dr. Neil Y. Yen is an Associate Professor at the University of Aizu, Japan. Dr. Yen received doctorates in Human Sciences (major in Human Informatics) at Waseda University, Japan, and in Engineering (major in Computer Science) at Tamkang University, Taiwan in March and June 2012 respectively. His doctor degree at Waseda University was funded by the JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) under RONPAKU program. Dr. Yen has actively involved himself in the international activities, including editorial works in journals and books, society services in academic conferences sponsored by IEEE/ACM, etc., and devoted himself to discover advanced and interesting research directions. Dr. Yen has been engaged in the interdisciplinary realms of research, and his research interests are now primarily in the scope of human-centered computing and big data.

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