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The book is a collection of high-quality peer-reviewed research papers presented in International Conference on Soft Computing Systems (ICSCS 2015) held at Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Chennai, India. These research papers provide the latest developments in the emerging areas of Soft Computing in Engineering and Technology. The book is organized in two volumes and discusses a wide variety of industrial, engineering and scientific applications of the emerging techniques. It presents invited papers from the inventors/originators of new applications and advanced technologies.

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Dr. L. Padma Suresh obtained his doctorate from M S University and Dr. M.G.R University, respectively. He is presently working as a Professor and Head in Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, India. Dr. Suresh is well known for his contributions to the field in both research and education contributing over 50 research articles in journal and conferences. He is the editorial member of International Journal of Advanced Electrical and Computer Engineering and also served as reviewer for various reputed journals. He has been a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education. He also served in many committees as Convener, Chair, and Advisory member for various external agencies. His research is currently focused on Artificial Intelligence, Power Electronics, Evolutionary Algorithms, Image Processing, and Control Systems.

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