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The book covers current developments in the field of expert applications and security, which employ advances of next-generation communication and computational technology to shape real-world applications. It gathers selected research papers presented at the ICETEAS 2018 conference, which was held at Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre, Jaipur, India, on February 17-18, 2018. Key topics covered include expert applications and artificial intelligence; information and application security; advanced computing; multimedia applications in forensics, security and intelligence; and advances in web technologies: implementation and security issues.

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Vijay Singh Rathore is a Professor at JECRC, Jaipur. He completed his PhD in Computer Sciences at the University of Rajasthan. He is an active member of various academic committees, including IEEE, ACM, UGC, IGNOU, RTU, UOR, IISU, and JNU. He has published over 100 papers in high impact journals and conference proceedings and has written books on computer science, information technology and management. He has also filed two patents for SMILE and FOBIA. Marcel Worring is a Professor at Data Science for Business Analytics (Amsterdam Business School) and an Associate Professor at the Informatics Institute (IvI). He is also an Associate Director of Amsterdam Data Science. He completed his PhD in Shape Analysis of Digital Curves at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests are in multimedia analytics, with a focus on the integration of multimedia analysis, multimedia Mining, information visualization, and multimedia Interaction into a coherent framework that yields more than its constituent components. Durgesh Kumar Mishra received his M.Tech. degree in Computer Science from DAVV, Indore in 1994 and PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2008. He is currently working as a Professor (CSE) and Director of the Microsoft Innovation Centre at SAIT, Indore, MP, India. He is also Visiting Faculty at IIT-Indore, MP, India. He has 24 years of teaching and 10 years of research experience, and has published over 90 papers in refereed international/national journals and conferences, including IEEE, ACM conferences. He has also served the Computer Society of India (CSI) as Chairman, CSI Indore Chapter; State Student Coordinator- Region III MP; Member-Student Research Board; Core Member-CSI IT Excellence Award Committee. He is currently Chairman of CSI Division IV Communication at National Level (2014-2016). He had been Chief Editor of the Journal of Technology and Engineering Sciences, a consultant to industry and Government of Madhya Pradesh organizations, and a member of BIS, for the Government of India for Information Security domain. Amit Joshi is a young entrepreneur and researcher with a B.Tech in Information Technology and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, and is currently his research in the areas of Cloud Computing and Cryptography. He has 6 years´ academic and industry experience in prestigious organizations of Udaipur and Ahmedabad. He is an active member of ACM, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many other professional societies. He has presented and published more than 30 papers in national and international journals and IEEE and ACM conferences. He has also edited three books on diverse subjects and organized over 15 national and international conferences and workshops. Shikha Maheshwari has dedicated over 10 years to educating the engineering students who will shape the country´s future. She received her M.Tech. degree in CSE from Mody Institute of Technology & Science, Laxmangarh, in 2008. She is currently working as an Assistant Professor (CSE) at JECRC, Jaipur, India. She was also recognized as a Microsoft Innovative Educator - Expert (MIE-E) in 2017. She is also a member of the editorial boards and program committees and a reviewer for numerous national and international refereed journals & conferences.

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