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The following topics are dealt with: computer technology; information technology; ubiquitous computing; secure computing; autonomic computing; dependable computing; pervasive intelligence; pervasive computing; wireless communication; 5G technologies; wireless sensor; ad hoc networks; data management; database systems management; information security; pattern recognition; data mining; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things; multimedia application; QoS/QoE provision; computer graphics; image processing; smart health; utility computing; cloud computing; social media mining; text understanding; intelligent communication; social networks; cybercrimes; sustainable high performance computing; intelligent Big Data systems; cyber-physical computing; and knowledge computing.