Jianliang Xu - Böcker

The concept of content delivery (also known as content distribution) is be­ coming increasingly important due to rapidly growing demands for efficient distribution and fast access of information in the Internet. Content delivery is very broad and comprehensive in that the contents for distribution cover a wide range of types with significantly different characteristics and performance concerns, including HTML documents, images, multimedia streams, database tables, and dynamically generated contents. Moreover, to facilitate ubiqui­ tous information access, the network architectures and hardware devices also vary widely. They range from broadband wired/fixed networks to bandwid- constrained wireless/mobile networks, and from powerful workstations/PCs to personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cellular phones with limited processing and display capabilities. All these levels of diversity are introducing numerous challenges on content delivery technologies. It is desirable to deliver contents in their best quality based on the nature of the contents, network connections and client devices. This book aims at providing a snapshot of the state-of-the-art research and development activities on web content delivery and laying the foundations for future web applications. The book focuses on four main areas: (1) web con­ tent delivery; (2) dynamic web content; (3) streaming media delivery; and (4) ubiquitous web access. It consists of 17 chapters written by leading experts in the field. The book is designed for a professional audience including academic researchers and industrial practitioners who are interested in the most recent research and development activities on web content delivery.

The concept of content delivery has become increasingly more important due to rapidly growing demands for efficient distribution and fast access of information from the Internet. The content can be diverse and broad-ranging, and the desire to facilitate ubiquitous information access demands varied network architectures and hardware devices. The need to deliver quality information -- given the nature of the content, network connections and client devices -- introduces various challenges for content delivery technologies. Web Content Delivery offers the most comprehensive coverage of state-of-the-art research, providing insightful and thought-provoking possibilities for the future of web applications. Written by leading international researchers, the book focuses on web content delivery, dynamic web content, streaming media delivery and ubiquitous web access. Web Content Delivery is an essential reference for both academic researchers and industrial practitioners.

This volume constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2021, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in April 2021.The 29 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. DASFAA 2021 presents the following five workshops:6th International Workshop on Big Data Quality Management (BDQM 2021)5th International Workshop on Graph Data Management and Analysis (GDMA 2021)First International Workshop on Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Data Security Applications (MLDLDSA 2021)6th International Workshop on Mobile Data Management, Mining, and Computing on Social Network (MobiSocial 2021)2021 International Workshop on Mobile Ubiquitous Systems and Technologies (MUST 2021)Due to the Corona pandemic this event was held virtually.

Specifically, we discuss cohesive community search, attributed community search, social circle discovery, and geo-social group search.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of 5 workshops of the 15th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2014, held in Macau, China, June 16-18, 2014.The 38 revised full papers are organized in topical sections on the 5 following workshops: Second International Workshop on Emergency Management in Big Data Age, BigEM 2014; Second International Workshop on Big Data Management on Emerging Hardware, HardBD 2014; International Workshop on Data Management for Next-Generation Location-based Services, DaNoS 2014; International Workshop on Human Aspects of Making Recommendations in Social Ubiquitous Networking Environment, HRSUME 2014; International Workshop on Big Data Systems and Services, BIDASYS 2014.

This two-volume set, LNCS 9658 and 9659, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2016, held in Nanchang, China, in June 2016. The 80 full research papers presented together with 8 demonstrations were carefully reviewed and selected from 266 submissions.

This two-volume set, LNCS 9658 and 9659, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2016, held in Nanchang, China, in June 2016.

This two-volume set, LNCS 10987 and 10988, constitutes  the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2018, held in Macau, China in July 2018.The 40 full papers presented together with 30 short papers, 6 demonstration papers and 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: Text Analysis, Social Networks, Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Knowledge Graphs, Database and Web Applications, Data Streams, Data Mining and Application, Query Processing, Big Data and Blockchain.

This two-volume set, LNCS 10987 and 10988, constitutes  the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Joint Conference, APWeb-WAIM 2018, held in Macau, China in July 2018.The 40 full papers presented together with 30 short papers, 6 demonstration papers and 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 168 submissions. The papers are organized around the following topics: Text Analysis, Social Networks, Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Knowledge Graphs, Database and Web Applications, Data Streams, Data Mining and Application, Query Processing, Big Data and Blockchain.

This book constitutes the workshop proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2011, held in Hong Kong, China, in April 2011. The volume contains six workshops, each focusing on specific research issues that contribute to the main themes of the DASFAA conference: The First International Workshop on Graph-structured Data Bases (GDB 2011); the First International Workshop on Spatial Information Modeling, Management and Mining (SIM3 2011); the International Workshop on Flash-based Database Systems (FlashDB 2011); the Second International Workshop on Social Networks and Social Media Mining on the Web (SNSMW 2011); the First International Workshop on Data Management for Emerging Network Infrastructures (DaMEN 2011); and the Fourth International Workshop on Data Quality in Integration Systems (DQIS 2011).

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2013, held in Beidaihe, China, in June 2013. The 47 revised full papers presented together with 29 short papers and 5 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 248 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on data mining; information integration and heterogeneous systems; big data; spatial and temporal databases; information extraction; new hardware and miscellaneous; query processing and optimization; social network and graphs; information retrieval; workflow systems and service computing; recommender systems; security, privacy, and trust; semantic Web and ontology.