This book offers a broad and structured overview of the state-of-the-art methods that could be applied for context-dependent languages like Arabic. It also provides guidelines on how to deal with Arabic scene data that appeared in an uncontrolled environment impacted by different font size, font styles, image resolution, and opacity of text. Being an intrinsic script, Arabic and Arabic-like languages attract attention from research community. There are a number of challenges associated with the detection and recognition of Arabic text from natural images. This book discusses these challenges and open problems and also provides insights into the complexities and issues that researchers encounter in the context of Arabic or Arabic-like text recognition in natural and document images. It sheds light on fundamental questions, such as a) How the complexity of Arabic as a cursive scripts can be demonstrated b) What the structure of Arabic text is and how to consider the features from a given text and c) What guidelines should be followed to address the context learning ability of classifiers existing in machine learning.

​This book covers the theory, design and applications of computer networks, distributed computing and information systems. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution, and there are many emerging areas of information networking and their applications. Heterogeneous networking supported by recent technological advances in low-power wireless communications along with silicon integration of various functionalities such as sensing, communications, intelligence and actuations is emerging as a critically important disruptive computer class based on a new platform, networking structure and interface that enable novel, low-cost and high-volume applications. Several of such applications have been difficult to realize because of many interconnections problems. To fulfill their large range of applications, different kinds of networks need to collaborate, and wired and next-generation wireless systems should be integrated in order to develop high-performance computing solutions to problems arising from the complexities of these networks. The aim of the book “Advanced Information Networking and Applications” is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to the emerging areas of information networking and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, and Graphics, NCVPRIPG 2017, held in Mandi, India, in December 2017. The 48 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on video processing; image and signal processing; segmentation, retrieval, captioning; pattern recognition applications.

The 13-volume set LNCS 14425-14437 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2023, held in Xiamen, China, during October 13–15, 2023. The 532 full papers presented in these volumes were selected from 1420 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Action Recognition, Multi-Modal Information Processing, 3D Vision and Reconstruction, Character Recognition, Fundamental Theory of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Vision Problems in Robotics, Autonomous Driving, Pattern Classification and Cluster Analysis, Performance Evaluation and Benchmarks, Remote Sensing Image Interpretation, Biometric Recognition, Face Recognition and Pose Recognition, Structural Pattern Recognition, Computational Photography, Sensing and Display Technology, Video Analysis and Understanding, Vision Applications and Systems, Document Analysis and Recognition, Feature Extraction and Feature Selection, Multimedia Analysis and Reasoning, Optimization and Learning methods, Neural Network and Deep Learning, Low-Level Vision and Image Processing, Object Detection, Tracking and Identification, Medical Image Processing and Analysis.

This 2-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2019, held in Madrid, Spain, in July 2019. The 99 papers in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: Part I: best ranked papers; machine learning; pattern recognition; image processing and representation. Part II: biometrics; handwriting and document analysis; other applications.

The foundation of any successful enterprise lies in a well-crafted IT strategy. In today's volatile economic climate, it is necessary to harmonize the exigencies of daily operations with the demands of future growth and development. As information technology continues to permeate every facet of our lives and industries, the nexus between entrepreneurship and innovation remains pivotal. Advanced Intelligence Systems and Innovation in Entrepreneurship delves deep into the intricate web that binds information technology (IT) strategy, advanced intelligence systems, and the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship. Within these pages, experts dissect the anatomy of IT strategies, deciphering their critical role in achieving IT and business objectives. This book discusses intelligence systems, the very embodiment of artificial intelligence's transformative potential. These systems possess the capacity to perform tasks once reserved for human intelligence, making decisions, solving complex problems, and learning from data. Yet, the book does not shy away from addressing the thorny issues of employment, privacy, and security that accompany such profound technological shifts. This book underscores how futuristic technologies empower entrepreneurs to innovate sustainably, fostering business growth while safeguarding our environment. Entrepreneurs, in their quest for new and inventive products and services, wield information technology as a transformative tool. The need for organizational restructuring, aligned with the demands of these technologies, becomes evident, with case studies showcasing the impact of IT on entrepreneurial activities.This book is deal for scholars, researchers, students, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, educators, technologists, policymakers, and innovators.

Two significant areas of study that are continually impacting various dimensions in computer science are computer vision and imaging. These technologies are rapidly enhancing how information and data is being exchanged and opening numerous avenues of advancement within areas such as multimedia and intelligent systems. The high level of applicability in computer vision and image processing requires significant research on the specific utilizations of these technologies. Advancements in Computer Vision Applications in Intelligent Systems and Multimedia Technologies is an essential reference source that discusses innovative developments in computational imaging for solving real-life issues and problems and addresses their execution in various disciplines. Featuring research on topics such as image modeling, remote sensing, and support vector machines, this book is ideally designed for IT specialists, scientists, researchers, engineers, developers, practitioners, industry professionals, academicians, and students seeking coverage on the latest developments and innovations in computer vision applications within the realm of multimedia systems.

This book provides a collection of the state-of-the-art research attempts to tackle the challenges in image and signal processing from various novel and potential research perspectives. The book investigates feature extraction techniques, image enhancement methods, reconstruction models, object detection methods, recommendation models, deep and temporal feature analysis, intelligent decision support systems, and autonomous image detection models. In addition to this, the book also looks into the potential opportunities to monitor and control the global pandemic situations. Image processing technology has progressed significantly in recent years, and it has been commercialized worldwide to provide superior performance with enhanced computer/machine vision, video processing, and pattern recognition capabilities. Meanwhile, machine learning systems like CNN and CapsNet get popular to provide better model hierarchical relationships and attempts to more closely mimic biological neural organization. As machine learning systems prosper, image processing and machine learning techniques will be tightly intertwined and continuously promote each other in real-world settings. Adopting this trend, however, the image processing researchers are faced with few image reconstruction, analysis, and segmentation challenges. On the application side, the orientation of the image features and noise removal has become a huge burden.

The two-volume set LNCS 10704 and 10705 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2018, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in February 2018. Of the 185 full papers submitted, 46 were selected for oral presentation and 28 for poster presentation; in addition, 5 papers were accepted for Multimedia Analytics: Perspectives, Techniques, and Applications, 12 extended abstracts for demonstrations ,and 9 accepted papers for Video Browser Showdown 2018. All papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions.