Fog computing is a new computing paradigm that extends cloud services by providing
computing resources in the form of fog nodes closer to the edge devices. Fog computing …

Many researchers have used fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic in a variety of applications
related to computer science and engineering, given the capability of fuzzy inference systems …

The high complexity, connectivity, and data exchange of modern software systems make it
crucial to consider confidentiality early. An often used mechanism to ensure confidentiality is …

Service robotics involves the design of robots that work in a dynamic and very open
environment, usually shared with people. In this scenario, it is very difficult for decision …

Hate speech propagated online has been a long-trailing issue which induces several
negative effects on society. The current efforts for the automated detection of hate speech …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) has recently been applied in the domain of cultural
exhibition enabling the cultural sites to provide more personal and proactive experiences to …

Humans are good at understanding subjective or vague statements which, however, are
hard to express in classical logic. Fuzzy logic is an evolution of classical logic that can cope …

Breast perfusion data are dynamic medical image data that depict perfusion characteristics
of the investigated tissue. These data consist of a series of static datasets that are acquired …

Point cloud processing has gained consideration for 3D object recognition and classification
tasks. In this context, an important task is to detect the distinct and repeatable 3D keypoints …

Dynamic consolidation of virtual machines (VMs) is an effective way to improve resource
utilization and power efficiency in cloud computing, directly affecting Quality of Service …