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The following topics are dealt with: computational intelligence; communication systems; communication networks; intelligent systems; sensor nodes; circuits; devices; wireless sensor network; modelling and performance; software platforms; middleware; testing; security; authentication; dependability; image processing; speech processing; signal processing; energy; power; transport; logistics; harbour; shipping; marine; parallel architecture; distributed architecture; Internet modelling; semantic Web; ontologies; mobile ad hoc network; vehicular technology; vehicular networks; QoS; data dissemination; and cooperative autonomous systems.