Overview of a technique for trapping and manipulation of micro and nanoparticles with light, sound, temperature gradients, and electric fieldsOptoelectronic Tweezers for Manipulation at the Micro and Nano Scale takes readers on a journey to explore the fascinating world of Optoelectronic Tweezers (OET) and their applications in micro- and nano-scale manipulation. Starting from the evolution of nanotechnology, this book delves into the development of optica...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Internet of Vehicles, IOV 2016, held in Nadi, Fiji, in December 2016.The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 55 submissions.IOV 2016 is intended to play an important role for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IOV architectures, protocols, services, and applications, as we...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2016, held in Beijing, China, in November 2016.The 66 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions and focus on topics such as: participatory sensing, crowdsourcing, and citizen science; architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks ...

Edge computing has been identified as one of the key technologies for 5G networks and beyond due to two prominent advantages: low network latency and reduced core network load. By empowering cloud capabilities and IT service environments at the network edge, edge computing can well support applications of 5G and beyond, such as augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), vehicular network (ultra-reliable low-latency communication services)，Internet of Things (massive machine type communication serv...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Standard Conference on Trustworthy Distributed Computing and Services, ISCTCS 2013, held in Beijing, China, in November 2013. The 49 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 267 papers. The topics covered are trustworthy infrastructure; security, survivability and fault tolerance; standards, evaluation and certification; trustworthiness of services.

The main objective of ICSCTEA 2013 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers and academicians from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in soft computing techniques and engineering application. This conference provides opportunities for them to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2015, held in Wuhan, China, in November 2015.The 24 full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They address topics around networking, technology and systems, including but not limited to collaborative cloud computing, architecture and evaluati...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Big Data Computing and Communications, BigCom 2016, held in Shenyang, China, in July 2016. The 39 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions.BigCom is an international symposium dedicated to addressing the challenges emerging from big data related computing and networking.The conference is targeted to attract researchers and practitioners who are int...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication, SmartCom 2016, held in Shenzhen, China, in December 2016. The 59 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 210 submissions.The conference focuses on both smart computing and communications fields and aims to collect recent academic work to improve the research and practical applications.

This book presents the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering (MUE2017) and the 12th International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech2017), held in Seoul, South Korea on May 22–24, 2017.These two conferences provided an opportunity for academic and industrial professionals to discuss recent advances in the area of multimedia and ubiquitous environments including models and systems, new directions, and novel app...

This book contains the combined proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing Application and Wireless Sensor Network (UCAWSN-15) and the 16th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT-15). The combined proceedings present peer-reviewed contributions from academic and industrial researchers in fields including ubiquitous and context-aware computing, context-awareness reasoning and representation, location ...

This volume presents selected papers from prominent researchers participating in the 11th International Conference on Future Information Technology and the 10th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, Beijing, China, April 20-22, 2016.These large international conferences provided an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the fields of multimedia technology and ubiquitous engineering including new models and syst...