This book constitutes thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Applied Soft Computing and Communication Networks (ACN 2020) held in VIT, Chennai, India, during October 14-17, 2020. The research papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from several initial submissions. The book is directed to the researchers and scientists engaged in various fields of intelligent systems.

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**Sabu M. Thampi **is Professor at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K), Technopark Campus, Trivandrum, Kerala State, India. He has completed Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka. Sabu has several years of teaching and research experience in various institutions in India. His current research interests include sensor networks, Internet of things (IoT), cognitive computing, affective computing, social networks, nature-inspired computing, image forensics, and video surveillance. He has authored and edited few books published by reputed international publishers and published papers in academic journals and international and national proceedings. Sabu has served as Guest Editor for special issues in few international journals and Program Committee Member for many international conferences and workshops. He has co-chaired several international workshops and conferences. He has initiated and is also involved in the organization of several annual conferences/symposiums. Sabu is currently serving as Editor for Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Elsevier, and Journal of Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier; Associate Editor for IEEE Access and International Journal of Embedded Systems, Inderscience, UK; and Reviewer for several reputed international journals. Sabu is Senior Member of IEEE and Member of IEEE Communications Society, IEEE SMCS, and Senior Member of ACM. He is Founding Chair of ACM Trivandrum Professional Chapter.

Jaime Lloret Mauri received his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Physics in 1997, his B.Sc.+M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering in 2003 and his Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering (Dr. Ing.) in 2006. He is Cisco Certified Network Professional Instructor. He worked as Network Designer and Administrator in several enterprises. He is currently Associate Professor in the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He is Chair of the Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute (IGIC), and he is Head of the Active and collaborative techniques and use of technologic resources in the education (EITACURTE) Innovation Group. He is Director of the University Diploma Redes y Comunicaciones de Ordenadores, and he has been Director of the University Master Digital Post Production for the term 20122016. He has been Internet Technical Committee Chair (IEEE Communications Society and Internet Society) for the term 20132015. He has authored 22 book chapters and has more than 380 research papers published in national and international conferences and international journals (more than 140 with ISI Thomson JCR). He has been Co-Editor of 40 conference proceedings and Guest Editor of several international books and journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks (with ISI Thomson Impact Factor), the international journal Networks Protocols and Algorithms, and the International Journal of Multimedia Communications, and IARIA Journals Board Chair (8 journals), and he is (or has been) Associate Editor of 46 international journals (16 of them with ISI Thomson Impact Factor). He has been involved in more than 400 program committees of international conferences and more than 150 organization and steering committees. He leads many national and international projects. He is currently Chair of the Working Group of the Standard IEEE 1907.1. He has been General Chair (or Co-Chair) of 38 international workshops and conferences. He is IEEE Senior and IARIA Fellow. Xavier Fernando is Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He has (co-)authored over 200 research articles and three books (one translated to Mandarin) and holds few patents and non-disclosure agreements. He is Director of the well-funded Ryerson Communications Lab. He was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer and delivered over 50 invited talks and keynote presentations all over the world. He was Member in the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) Education Board Working Group on Wireless Communications. He was Chair of IEEE Canada Humanitarian Initiatives Committee 20172018. He was also Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section and IEEE Canada Central Area. His work has won 30 awards and prizes so far including Professional Engineers Ontario Award in 2016, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Prize in 2010, Sarnoff Symposium Prize in 2009, Opto-Canada best poster prize in 2003, and CCECE best paper prize in 2001. He was General Chair for IEEE International Humanitarian Technology Conference (IHTC) 2017 and General Chair of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2014. He has been in the organizing/steering/technical program committees of numerous conferences and journals. He was Member of Board of Governors of Ryerson Uni...

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Algebraic Modelling of a Generic Fog Scenario for Moving IoT Devices.- A Novel Approach to Preserve DRM for Content Distribution over P2P Networks.- Secure Multimodal Biometric Recognition in Principal Component Subspace.- EEG Based Emotion Recognition and Its Interface with Augmented Reality.- Profile Verification Using Blockchain.- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks Detection: A Machine Learning Approach.- Intrusion Detection Using Deep Neural Network with AntiRectifier Layer.- CloudSim Exploration: A Knowledge Framework for Cloud Computing Researchers.- A Comprehensive Survey on Big Data Technology Based Cybersecurity Analytics Systems.- P2P Bot Detection Based on Host Behavior and Big Data Technology.- Serverless Deployment of a Voice-Bot for Visually Impaired.- Interference Management Technique for LTE, Wi-Fi Coexistence Based on CSI at the Transmitter.