This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the Eighth International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications (SmartCom 2024), organized by Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from 12 to 13 January 2024 in Pune, India. It covers the state-of-the-art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications (SmartCom 2022), organized by Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) in partnership with IFIP InterYIT during January 11–12, 2022. It covers the state of the art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the International Conference on Smart Trends for Information Technology and Computer Communications (SmartCom 2019), organized by the Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from 24 to 25 January 2019. It covers the state-of-the-art and emerging topics pertaining to information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the International Conference on Smart Trends for Information Technology and Computer Communications (SmartCom 2020), organized by the Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from 23 to 24 January 2020. It covers the state-of-the-art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the Seventh International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications (SmartCom 2022), organized by Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from January 24–25, 2023, in Jaipur, India. It covers the state-of-the-art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book gathers high-quality papers presented at the Fifth International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications (SmartCom 2021), organized by Global Knowledge Research Foundation (GR Foundation) from March 2 – 3 , 2021. It covers the state of the art and emerging topics in information, computer communications, and effective strategies for their use in engineering and managerial applications. It also explores and discusses the latest technological advances in, and future directions for, information and knowledge computing and its applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2016, held in Jaipur, India, in August 2016. The 106 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 469 submissions. The papers address issues on smart and secure systems; technologies for digital world; data centric approaches; applications for e-agriculture and e-health; products and IT innovations; research for knowledge computing.

Recent developments in the fields of intelligent computing and communication have paved the way for the handling of current and upcoming problems and brought about significant technological advancements. This book presents the proceedings of IConIC 2021, the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, held on 26 and 27 March 2021 in Chennai, India. The principle objective of the annual IConIC conference is to provide an international scientific forum where participants can exchange innovative ideas in relevant fields and interact in depth through discussion with their peer group. The theme of the 2021 conference and this book is ‘Smart Intelligent Computing and Communication Technology’, and the 109 papers included here focus on the technological innovations and trendsetting initiatives in medicine, industry, education and security that are improving and optimizing business and technical processes and enabling inclusive growth. The papers are grouped under 2 headings: Evolution of Computing Intelligence; and Computing and Communication, and cover a broad range of intelligent-computing research and applications. The book provides an overview of the cutting-edge developments and emerging areas of study in the technological fields of intelligent computing, and will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry.

This reference provides the reader with focused information about microstrip antenna design and applications. Readers are first introduced to the basic design of microstrip antennas. Subsequent chapters explain how microstrip antennas are suitable for practical applications. These chapters cover topics such as fractal and defected ground structure antennas, microstrip antenna evaluation, and the use of microstrip antennas in mobile communications and IoT applications. Scholars, researchers, and industrial professionals involved in the fields of electronics and electrical engineering as well as instrumentation will benefit from the information given in this book.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Smart Trends in Information Technology and Computer Communications, SmartCom 2017, held in Pune, India, in August 2017. The 38 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 310 submissions. The papers address issues on smart and secure systems; smart and service computing; smart data and IT innovations.